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BERLIN, Md. — Richard Hans’ homebred 2-year-old trotting colt Yall Keep Dreaming (Yall Beneath Me-Upside Blue Chip) was never in doubt in Sunday’s (Aug. 18) $10,000 Maryland Sire Stakes preliminary at Ocean Downs, coasting to a 2:04.3 decision over a pair of John Wagner trainees for his second harness racing victory in as many starts […]
BERLIN, Md. — I’m The Prince (Luck Be Withyou-Move On B B) rolled to his second consecutive win in Tuesday’s (July 30) featured harness racing event at Ocean Downs, an $8,500 top-level conditioned pace. After sitting the pocket behind Major Key through a :27 first split, Jonathan Ahle quarter-moved 2-5 favorite I’m The Prince to […]
BERLIN, Md. — Kasey Bendix and Virginia Marvel’s homebred Fancy Like That (Rusty’s For Real-Scootin Woody) delivered another devastating harness racing blow to her Maryland Sire Stakes competition on Wednesday (July 17) at Ocean Downs, beating Covid For Real by 11-1/4 lengths in 1:55.3 in a $10,000 second-round preliminary for 3-year-old pacing fillies. The filly […]
BERLIN, Md. — Ocean Downs’ leading harness racing driver, Johnathan Ahle, swept both $12,000 Open events on the Wednesday (July 10) program at the Eastern Shore half-miler, taking the Open 1 Handicap Trot with College Tuition and then giving Got The Gold her second win in a row in the Fillies and Mares Open Handicap […]
BERLIN, MD — Harness racing driver Jonathan Ahle won four races on Thursday (June 27) at Ocean Downs to extend his lead over Trae Porter atop the drivers’ standings. Two of Ahle’s wins came for trainer Darren Ferrell, who notched a hat trick on the 12-race card. Ahle kicked off his grand slam with Brian […]
BERLIN, MD — Harness racing drivers Russell Foster and Johnathan Ahle were the stars on Thursday night (June 6) at Ocean Downs, each winning three races on the 12-race program. Foster kicked off his hat trick in the co-featured seventh race, an $8,000 third-level conditioned pace, with Techtopia Hanover (Artspeak), whom he owns in partnership […]
CHESTER, PA – The evergreen trotter JL Cruze (Crazed) made an early move to control the pace and went on to win the $11,000 top fast-class harness racing contest on “Trottin’ Thursday” at Harrah’s Philadelphia. The thirteen-year-old gelding was on the move before Crazyland hit the quarter in :27.4, going on to the lead and […]
BERLIN, MD — Invading from Harrah’s Philadelphia off a pair of second-place finishes, Sinatra De Vie (Southwind Frank) sustained a first-over attack and dueled down Coventry Hall for a two-length harness racing win in Wednesday’s (June 5) $11,000 Open Handicap Trot at Ocean Downs. Johnathan Ahle and Sinatra De Vie settled in fourth early behind […]
Between Jim Marohn Jr and Johnathan Ahle, they didn’t leave much opportunity for anyone else to score at Freehold Raceway on Saturday (Feb 24). Together they scored nine times on the 12-race harness racing card; Marohn won five times and Ahle won four. Five wins on a card is no easy feat and is always […]
EAST RUTHERFORD, NJ – Queen Of Success (Captaintreacherous-Cashaway) showed a pair of wins racing in the weekly pacing feature for mares back in mid-December, but facing a tougher field Friday night at The Meadowlands, she was sent to the gate as the 8-1 fourth choice in the field of five. After things didn’t go as […]
Outside of the equine talent and the harness racing horsemen who prepare them, the most important person on Thursday night (Jan. 18) was Rosecroft Track Superintendent Dan Herbst and his hard-working crew. The Mid Atlantic has been saturated over the past couple of weeks by rain and snow and the Rosecroft surface was lightning fast […]
Christmas came early this year for Johnathan Ahle and the harness racing owners and trainers whom he drove for on Saturday (Dec. 23) at Freehold Raceway. He won five of his nine drives on the card. Ahle made it look easy in race three where he steered 4-1 Ideal Suspect (American Ideal) from the rail […]
Johnathan Ahle and Got The Gold (Bettor’s Delight) used a late burst in the final quarter mile to take the $12,000 Mares Open Tuesday night at Rosecroft in 1:54. Michael Hall trains the winner for the Let It Ride Stable. Pace setter Talk Show Chica (Corey Braden) was second, Siri Blue Chip (William Carter) was […]
EAST RUTHERFORD, NJ – The Meadowlands big-stakes season ended last Saturday (Nov. 25) on Fall Final Four/FanDuel Championships Night, yet with winter about to place its chilly grip on the Northeast, The Big M will now shift into cold-weather mode, which means harness racing at the mile oval will continue to be the best in […]
Good horses are hard to acquire. Harness racing trainer Richard Hans has been able to take care of that on his own through the years breeding talents including Cams Rocket and Googoo Gaagaa. Ya’ll Beneath Me, a six-year-old son of Googoo Gaagaa, for the third time this meet tied his Aged Stallion Track record, trotting […]
On a warm Thursday night (March 23) with temperatures in the 70’s and Rosecroft Raceway harness racing horsemen upgrading their stock, it was no surprise that Thursday night’s card turned out the way it did. Several amazing finishes with dramatic stretch drives producing nine finishes where the winner won by less than a length and some […]
Prior to this past December, harness racing driver Johnathan Ahle had never driven at Rosecroft Raceway. This year, the Maryland oval has become something of a home away from home. Ahle, who lives in New Jersey, is third in wins among drivers at Rosecroft, where his total of 23 is two behind second-place Russell Foster. […]
Lady Says Win (Western Terror), at odds of 11-1, used a perfect pocket trip from harness racing driver Trae Porter to secure the win in the $14,500 Mares Open Tuesday night (March 14) at Rosecroft Raceway. On a cold night, where the winds were sustained at 25 mph creating a sturdy headwind in the stretch, […]
PLAINS, Pa.–Two $11,000 divisions in the American Harness Drivers Club series went to post today at Mohegan Sun Pocono and when the judges hung the official signs Lou Beltrami was victorious with Crazy About Pat (Crazed) in the first harness racing division while Jonathan Ahle and Tony Verruso shared honors in a dead-heat in the […]
Plains, Pa.– The front-end was the place to be in both $11,000 American Harness Drivers Club’s trots today at Mohegan Sun Pocono. John Calabrese won his harness racing division on the engine with Innisfallen (Explosive Matter) in 1:57.1 and Jonathan Ahle used the front-end route to score with TSM Photo Bugger (S J`s Photo) in […]
