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After enduring a difficult year in 2025, breeder Mark Adams has found a level of comfort in watching the exploits of 2-year-old male pacer Mr Bear in 2026. Mr Bear, a son of Rockin Image-Mama’s Lil Beach who will head to Friday’s (Oct. 16) harness racing eliminations for the Grade 1 Breeders Crown at Eldorado […]
Columbus, OH – Eldorado Scioto Downs will host harness racing eliminations for the $8 million Grade 1 Breeders Crown this weekend, and there will be no shortage of past champions and up-and-coming stars in action over the two-days of competition. Eight of last year’s Breeders Crown titlists will race on Saturday (Oct. 17) when Scioto […]
Cranbury, NJ – Six horses were supplemented to the 2026 Grade 1 Breeders Crown at Ohio’s Eldorado Scioto Downs by Monday’s (Oct. 12) noon deadline, equaling the most in a year since 2014. The six horses supplemented were 4-year-old male pacer Best Chip in the Open Pace, 6-year-old female pacer Francent N in the Mare […]
Lexington, KY – Trotting filly Zoetry, a daughter of Volstead–Walner Payton, sold for $250,000 to Armitage Farm on Thursday night (Oct. 8) at Fasig-Tipton Pavilion to top the fourth and final session of the Lexington Selected Yearling Sale, which concluded with a gross of more than $60 million and record average of $81,320. This year’s […]
Ernie Gaskin is uncertain where the trip with 2-year-old colt trotter So Joyful (Rebuff) may end up, but he is enjoying the ride. So Joyful is the 2-1 morning-line favorite in Friday’s (Oct. 9) $250,000 Indiana Sire Stakes championship for freshman male trotters at Harrah’s Hoosier Park. He has finished first or second in seven […]
Lexington, KY – Trotting filly Creole Queen, a daughter of Tactical Landing-Bayou, topped Wednesday’s (Oct. 7) third session of the Lexington Selected Yearling Sale, selling for $275,000 to Marcus Melander, as agent, at Fasig-Tipton Pavilion. Creole Queen is from the family of Dan Patch Award winner Pizza Dolce, which includes Dan Patch Award winners Bella […]
Lexington, KY – Pacing colt Hey Bulldog, a son of Bulldog Hanover-Coronet, sold for $500,000 to Andrew Harris, as agent for Punisher 11 Stable, to top Tuesday’s (Oct. 6) second session of the Lexington Selected Yearling Sale at the Fasig-Tipton Pavilion. Hey Bulldog is a half-brother to 2-year-old filly Dame Frances, who won on the […]
Lexington, KY – Trotting colt Kountry Prince, a son of Walner out of Plunge Blue Chip, sold for $825,000 to Åke Svanstedt to top Monday’s (Oct. 5) record-setting opening session of the Lexington Selected Yearling Sale at the Fasig-Tipton Pavilion. Monday’s session concluded with 111 yearlings selling for $22.18 million, good for a record average […]
When trainer Chris Beaver took a look at the field for Saturday’s (Oct. 3) $250,000 Grade 2 Dayton Trotting Derby, which features seven horses with at least $1 million in career earnings and four with lifetime marks of 1:49.3 or faster, he reached a simple conclusion. “I don’t think it could be any tougher,” Beaver […]
Inexpressable (Walner) heads to Saturday’s (Oct. 3) $575,000 Grade 1 Kentucky Futurity, for 3-year-old trotters, off the sharpest performance of his harness racing career so far, and co-owner/trainer Lucas Wallin is hopeful for another top effort from his colt at Lexington’s Red Mile. On Sept. 20, Inexpressable won the $400,000 Kentucky Championship Series final by […]
For Ervin Hanover (Captaintreacherous), this might be the most wonderful time of the year. Last season, the David Menary-trained pacing stallion produced his best performances during the second half of his campaign, posting eight wins and a second in his final 10 starts on his way to Dan Patch and O’Brien divisional awards. His triumphs […]
Ken Hanover got back to his winning ways two weeks ago in the Jim Ewart Memorial and will look to maintain his momentum this Friday (Sept. 25) when he visits Harrah’s Hoosier Park to face nine rivals in the $175,000 Grade 2 Hoosier Park Pacing Derby as part of a stakes-laden card at the Indiana […]
Delaware, OH – Loua Dipa and driver Ronnie Wrenn Jr. moved to the lead approaching the :27.3 opening quarter and remained in front from there to win Wednesday’s (Sept. 23) $25,000 first heat of the Grade 1 Jugette, for 3-year-old female pacers, by a half-length in 1:53.3 at the Delaware County Fair. I’m A Lou Lou […]
The top five spots were unchanged in the Week 15 edition of the Hambletonian Society/Breeders Crown poll released Wednesday (Sept. 23), but there was shifting among the next five in the harness racing rankings. Super Chapter (Chapter Seven), who was idle, remained No. 1 for the second consecutive week. He was followed by Kentucky Championship […]
Hightstown, NJ – After putting up a $15,000 supplemental payment to get Vanna By The River into Wednesday’s (Sept. 23) $265,000 Grade 1 Jugette at the Delaware County Fair, longtime owner John Swider watched his harness racing filly draw post 8 – the least advantageous starting spot at the half-mile oval – for event’s first […]
A 2-year-old daughter of Pebble Beach whose name is a nod to the oft-quoted description of playing golf, Goodwalkspoiled will be among nine horses hoping to capture the harness racing trophy in Sunday’s (Sept. 20) $400,000 Kentucky Championship Series final for freshman filly pacers at Lexington’s Red Mile. The Red Mile hosts all eight Kentucky Championship […]
Swan Good Bi (Swan For All) will say hello to the Grand Circuit for the first time in his budding harness racing career when the undefeated Indiana-bred trotter meets nine rivals in the $475,100 Grade 1 Peter Haughton Memorial, for 2-year-old colts and geldings, on Friday night (Sept. 18) at Harrah’s Hoosier Park. Trained by […]
Following his harness racing win in the MGM Yonkers International Trot this past weekend, Super Chapter (Chapter Seven) ascended to No. 1 in the Week 14 edition of the Hambletonian Society/Breeders Crown poll released Wednesday (Sept. 16). He became the sixth different horse this year to hold the top spot, the most since six were […]
Daniel Wäjersten and Björn Goop are among the Europeans to have participated in the MGM Yonkers International Trot in the past, and they are happy to once again be part of its present. Wäjersten will send out two horses in Saturday’s $1 million Grade 1 MGM Yonkers International Trot, to be contested at 1-1/4 miles […]
On To Norway (Muscle Massive) is ready to get back on the road again. After making his past three harness racing starts at Harrah’s Hoosier Park, where he was an Indiana Sire Stakes champion last season, the 4-year-old returns to the Grand Circuit for Saturday’s (Sept. 12) $250,000 Grade 2 Charlie Hill Memorial, for older […]
Brandon Blvd (Downbytheseaside) returned to No. 1 and two unbeatens joined the Top 10 in the Week 13 Hambletonian Society/Breeders Crown poll released Wednesday (Sept. 9). Brandon Blvd, who was at the top of the poll in Weeks 6 through 8, moved up from second after winning the fourth leg of the Kentucky Championship Series […]
Thirty-two 4-year-olds have tried to upend their older harness racing rivals and win the Maple Leaf Trot since Market Share became the last of their age group to capture the race in 2013. Based on the morning-line odds for this year’s C$620,000 Grade 1 Maple Leaf Trot final, that 12-race skid could come to an […]
Nicklas Andersen spent more than a half-dozen years working for several of the most recognized names in harness racing before starting his own training stable. Now, the 30-year-old native of Denmark is hoping to make his own name in the sport. Andersen’s stable, based in central New Jersey, is off to a strong start in […]
The top three spots were unchanged in the Week 12 Hambletonian Society/Breeders Crown poll released Wednesday (Sept. 2) while Super Chapter (Chapter Seven) moved up to his highest ranking of the harness racing season. Super Chapter, who won his Maple Leaf Trot elimination in 1:49.4 at Woodbine Mohawk Park last week and is the 6-5 […]
