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HAMBURG, N.Y. — Lougazi (Lou’s Legacy-Winning Blade) is really beginning to love the inside post. For the third straight week, Lougazi drew the inside and turned it into a winning journey as he snatched the harness racing victory in the $12,200 trot on Saturday night (April 27) at Buffalo Raceway. He beat longshot Kilimanjaro NL […]
Esa (E L Titan) demonstrated a top harness racing performance in the $17,000 Open Handicap Trot at Saratoga Casino Hotel on Sunday (May 21) afternoon. Driver Luke Hanners and Esa rocketed out of the gate from post four in their field of seven. The pair were the first to the top and never looked back, […]
Esa (E L Titan – Christiana Hanover) was a shining star for the Hallett Racing Stable on Sunday (May 7) at Saratoga Casino Hotel after winning the $17,000 Open Handicap Trot in 1:55.3, marking the 500th career victory for trainer John Hallett. The seven-horse feature division was filled with a hefty set of competitors and […]
HAMBURG, N.Y. — Moneymakehersmile (Mach Three, $5.80) was all smiles at the finish line as she collected the cash by winning the $15,500 Open Pace for the harness rcingfilly and mares on Wednesday afternoon (April 5) at a soggy Buffalo Raceway. It was a tough outside grind for Moneymakehersmile (Luke Hanners) but she was stubborn […]
Tuesday (April 4) afternoon’s harness racing program at Saratoga Casino Hotel consisted of three divisions of the Step Up To The Plate Claiming Series for fillies and mares. Early on, it wasn’t looking like a day for the favorites in the series as the public’s odds-on favorites were defeated in the first two divisions. The […]
There were two divisions of the Step Up To The Plate Claiming Series for trotters that served as the harness racing co-features on the Monday afternoon card at Saratoga Casino Hotel. The winners of the two divisions from last week’s (March 13) first leg squared off with each other on Monday as Esa (E L […]
Nuttin But Finesse (Art Major) and driver Luke Hanners were able to nose out race favorite Moonshine Kisses and post a mild harness racing upset in winning the $16,000 Open Handicap Pace Saturday (Nov. 26) at Saratoga Raceway. The 6th race feature got underway on the half mile oval with Nuttin But Finesse defending his […]
For the second consecutive Friday night (Sep. 15) at Saratoga Casino Hotel, the evening belonged to the tandem of harness racing driver Luke Hanners and trainer Jaymes McAssey. Just a week removed from an evening which saw Hanners pilot four winners, three for McAssey, the pair pulled off a near carbon copy to last Friday’s […]
Harness racing trainer Jaymes McAssey surged into third place in the trainer standings at Saratoga Casino Hotel when on Friday night (Sept. 9), the young conditioner scored three victories. McAssey, who was named the Peerless McGrath Award winner for up-and-coming trainers in 2017, had seven horses in on a trotting-heavy card Friday night. The conditioner […]
Plainville, MA — Pulling first-up early into fast fractions paid big dividends for Always A Miki (Always B Miki) who won the $20,000 Winners-Over feature harness racing pace at Plainridge Park on Monday afternoon (Aug. 29). Coming in with a four-race win streak, Higherthananeagle A (Bruce Ranger) left like he meant it and took the […]
Birch Island Betty (Big Jim) won the Fillies and Mares Open for the fourth time of the season at Saratoga Casino Hotel when the Eve Bergeron-trained harness racing pacer went coast-to-coast on Sunday (Aug. 21) night. Birch Island Betty powered out to the early lead and driver Luke Hanners rated the mile well, getting a […]
Nuttin But Finesse (Art Major) drew the rail for his try in Saturday’s installment of the $16,000 Open Pace at Saratoga Casino Hotel. Harness racing driver Luke Hanners has been the regular reinsman for the Janice Connor-trained pacer who is in the midst of a career year. The 2021 campaign could be considered the breakout […]
Plainville, MA — After starting slow, Patrickthepiranha A (Four Starzzz Shark) finished with a flurry to win the $25,000 Open harness racing pace at Plainridge Park on Thursday afternoon (June 2). Rock Diamonds N (Ron Cushing) took the lead at the quarter in :26.3 while seating JK Will Power (Jay Randall) and parking Rollinlikethunder (Drew […]
Plainville, MA — With rain and heavily overcast skies bearing down during the afternoon, the aptly named Chasethecloudsaway made her connection’s day brighter after winning the $25,000 Winners-Over harness racing pace for fillies and mares at Plainridge Park and setting a personal best time for herself in the process. Chasethecloudsaway (Luke Hanners) took a quick […]
Chasethecloudsaway (Sunshine Beach) was a winning harness racing machine in 2021 scoring an impressive sixteen times over the course of the year. While most of the Chris Petrelli-trained mare’s victories took place at Monticello, the then four-year-old did thrive at Saratoga Casino Hotel as well. A four-time winner of the local Fillies and Mares Open […]
Freehold, NJ — Friday’s (Dec. 10) Preferred Handicap harness racing trot looked like another coronation for Melady’s Monet. A four-time winner at Freehold Raceway this year, he was coming off a win in the Open Handicap at Yonkers Raceway two starts back and was consequently made the 1/5 favorite. Drazzmatazz had other ideas, however, and […]
Chasethecloudsaway (Sunshine Beach) moved her record to two-for-two at Saratoga Casino Hotel on Tuesday afternoon. The Chris Petrelli-trained distaffer scored in the Fillies and Mares Open for the second consecutive week as she came from off the pace to repeat in the $15,000 Tuesday harness racing feature. Last week, Chasethecloudsaway toughed out a trip on […]
Every year, the Johnny Page Award is given out to the top up-and-coming harness racing driver at Saratoga Casino Hotel. The award dates back to the 1960’s and like any “Rookie of the Year” type honors, many of the winners don’t wind up panning out long-term while others have gone on to have fantastic careers […]
Monticello, N.Y. – After scoring in the Open Pace three weeks ago, Cheyenne Ryan Lee returned to the winner’s circle in the weekly battle of the best pacers on the grounds at Monticello Raceway on Tuesday, August 10. Defending Open winner Camwood was first off the gate from post 5 with Cory Stratton. After he […]
Cheyenne Ryan Lee returned to the throne of the Open Pace harness racing class at Monticello Raceway on Tuesday and broke the $100,000 earnings mark. The Roll With Joe gelding started third for Luke Hanners and remained in line through the :28.3 first quarter mile. Hanners motioned the horse off the pylons near the halfway […]
EAST RUTHERFORD, NJ – At just 20 years of age, Luke Hanners had already driven 125 winners in his harness racing career, but never tasted victory at The Meadowlands. Until Friday night, that is. The son of longtime horseman Brad Hanners scored in the ninth race for his first-ever victory at The Big M, and […]
