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CHESTER PA – The driver sitting number six in the dash standings at Harrah’s Philadelphia has not changed his name to Johnathan Åhle – yet. But the 29-year-old from New Jersey did drive five harness racing winners from the barn of newly-elected Hall of Famer Åke Svanstedt as Philly reopened after a week dark, also […]
CHESTER PA – Johnathan Ahle drove the 1000th winner of his still-young harness racing career on Friday afternoon at Harrah’s Philadelphia, guiding the Stay Hungry filly Staying At Tony’s to a 1:53 victory in one of two $12,000 features for developing pacing distaffs. The filly and Ahle wasted little time making the top, and the […]
FORT WASHINGTON, Md. — Driver Johnathan Ahle captured three of the six $10,000 first-round Maryland Sire Stakes preliminary events for 2-year-olds on Monday (Sept. 22) at Rosecroft Raceway. Ahle, who led all drivers with five wins on the entire program, capped his stakes hat trick with Booger Bear, a 1:57.3 winner in the lone section […]
BERLIN, Md. — After grinding to the front, Brutus Bayama (Betterthancheddar) outlasted a sustained push from Make Some Waves to win the $23,500 final of the Diane “Mum” Stevenson Memorial, for harness racing claiming pacers, on Thursday (Aug. 8) at Ocean Downs. Brutus Bayama was rated in midfield by Johnathan Ahle behind a :27.2 first-quarter […]
BERLIN, Md. — Two weeks ago, Sinatra De Vie (Southwind Frank) sustained a first-over attack to wear down Coventry Hall. Wednesday’s (June 19)’s $10,000 Open Trot at Ocean Downs was the stage for a resounding encore performance from the 4-year-old gelding, who employed identical tactics against the same pacesetting rival and achieved an identical result, […]
BERLIN, MD — William and Sarah MacMillan’s Nuttin But Finesse (Art Major) was downright determined in winning Sunday’s (June 9) $12,000 Open 1 Handicap Pace at Ocean Downs, turning aside a pair of stout stretch challengers and capping a driving grand slam for harness racing reinsman Johnathan Ahle. After protecting the lead from the pole […]
Lloyds Loves (Rusty’s All In), winner of eight races during the Winter-Spring harness racing meet at Rosecroft Raceway, was honored Saturday night (May 18) as the Horse of the Meet. The four-year-old mare was first or second in 12 of 13 starts and made $53,300 during the meet, competing for trainers John Wagner and most […]
Harness racing driver Johnathan Ahle had a sensational Tuesday night (April 9) at Rosecroft Raceway, winning seven times, half of the entire race card, and taking the lead in the Winter-Spring meet dash standings. Trae Porter and Ahle started the night with 243 drives and Porter leading Ahle, 54-52. Porter won the opener, the $10,000 […]
John Ahle and Austin Siegelman left little opportunity for any other harness racing driver to score on the 12-race card at Freehold Raceway on Saturday (Jan. 13). Between the two of them, they won nine races. Ahle had five wins, including the feature, and Siegelman was right behind him with four wins. Siegelman was 2023’s […]
EAST RUTHERFORD, NJ – For someone who won only three races during 2021, things have certainly taken a remarkably meteoric rise for harness racing driver Johnathan Ahle. The 26-year-old pilot, who still raced in amateur events as recently as 16 months ago, steered the winners of both co-featured $27,500 high-end conditioned events for pacers at […]
Johnathan Ahle capped a big Tuesday (Oct. 17) night by winning both harness racing features at Rosecroft Raceway and finishing the night driving five winners on the card. In the $12,000 Open Mares Handicap, Got The Gold Sprinted (Bettors Delight) around Talk Show Chica for the lead just past the first quarter and rolled to […]
Despite being in fourth place, three and a half lengths off the harness racing leader at the top of the stretch, Ignatius A (Roll With Joe) found an explosive late closing kick to win the $12,000 Preferred-Handicap Pace Saturday (March 11) afternoon at Freehold Raceway. The 10th race feature saw Galante A (Shaun Vallee) first […]
Harness racing driver Johnathan Ahle was able to ask Captain Fancy (Captaintreacherous) to make two big moves in the $12,000 Preferred-Handicap Pace at Freehold Raceway Saturday, January 14, 2023, and the five-year-old gelding responded with a big victory. The 9th race feature saw a real dogfight after the start of the race as Southwind Onyx […]
Six years ago, Johnathan Ahle was working in a restaurant when co-worker Sarah Vallee mentioned that her father, harness racing trainer/driver Shaun Vallee, was looking for help at his stable. Ahle had never touched a horse, and knew next to nothing about the sport, but he decided to pursue the opportunity. Six months later, he […]
