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The Maryland Sire Stakes for 2-year-old colts and geldings continued Monday evening at Ocean Downs with the second preliminary leg for both pacers and trotters. Three harness racing divisions were contested, and each produced strong performances as these young stars move one step closer to the finals. In the opening $10,000 pacing division, Better Gon […]
There may be nothing more satisfying than raising your own yearling and seeing it hit the harness racing track. Wednesday night at Rosecroft, multiple homebreds won preliminary legs in the Maryland Sires Stakes Program. Three early non-betting races took place and Richard Hans continues to breed and train winners in the young trotting categories. Y’all […]
BERLIN, Md. — After her 4-1/2-length score last week, Ragtime Red (Getitoffyourchest-Red High Heels) delivered a similarly dominant performance in the second Maryland Sire Stakes preliminary round for 2-year-old harness racing fillies, held Wednesday (Aug. 28) at Ocean Downs, pacing a lifetime-best 1:55.2 mile in her $10,000 division. Pacer Lu’s Darling and trotter K J […]
BERLIN, Md. — After scoring first-round wins last week, Yall Keep Dreaming (Yall Beneath Me-Upside Blue Chip) and Brooksforreal (Rusty’s For Real-Brooks Range) prevailed again as the odds-on favorites in their respective $10,000 Maryland Sire Stakes preliminaries for 2-year-old harness racing colts and geldings on Sunday (Aug. 25) at Ocean Downs. Sent off the 1-10 […]
BERLIN, Md. — Ragtime Red (Getitoffyourchest-Red High Heels) completed a sweep of both her preliminary Maryland Sire Stakes events with a 1:58.1 win in her $10,000 division for 2-year-old harness racing pacing fillies on Wednesday (Aug. 21) at Ocean Downs. The other first-round winners, pacer Lu’s Darling and trotter K J The Thirteenth, posted repeat […]
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. — Taking a brief respite from Grand Circuit company, Graham Grace Stables’ Call Me Goo (Googoo Gaagaa-Callmemza) showed her class on Sunday (July 28) at Ocean Downs with a easy 1:57.3 win over four harness racing rivals in the $25,500 Maryland Sire Stakes for 4- and 5-year-old trotters. The overwhelming 1-20 favorite, Call […]
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. — Maryland Sire Stakes spring harness racing champions Tony Babe (Rusty’s For Real-Aunt Babe) and Geralds A Keeper (Lockkeeper-Brilliance Hanover) both found their way back to the Ocean Downs winner’s circle in Sunday’s (July 14) $10,000 second-round splits of the Maryland Sire Stakes for 3-year-old colts and geldings — the former after tasting […]
BERLIN, Md. — Ronald Short’s homebred Babes All In (Rusty’s All In-Aunt Babe) rode the pocket to an odds-on victory in Sunday’s (July 7) $25,500 Maryland Sire Stakes for 4- and 5-year-old harness racing pacers at Ocean Downs. A two-time Maryland Sire Stakes series champion — once at 2, once at 3 — Babes All […]
BERLIN, MD — Geralds A Keeper and Cloggs For Real captured their respective $10,000 first-round Maryland Sire Stakes events for 3-year-old harness racing colts and geldings on Sunday (June 30) at Ocean Downs, giving owner Kelsey Wagner and trainer John Wagner a stakes double. In the trotting split, Trae Porter secured the pocket with Geralds […]
Cloggs For Real (Rusty’s For Real) won his opening Maryland Sires Stakes Leg in 2023 as a two-year old and looked poised for a big freshman harness racing campaign. Then, like some young athletes, immaturity and soundness issues cost him that potential almost immediately. He managed $41,200 in ten starts, but won only twice, and […]
Her dad, Googoo Gaagaa was a harness racing world champion with wicked speed. Her mom, Callmemza, won multiple DSBF Finals. Her sister, Callmegaga was a one-time MDSS stakes record holder and her grandfather, Great George Two, while quirky, could fly. So it shouldn’t be much of a surprise that Call Me Goo is a talented […]
Four Maryland Sires Stakes harness racing champions were crowned on Thursday night (Oct. 12) at Rosecroft Raceway. For Your Girls (Dontloseyourdayjob) , the homebred of owner Brian Callahan, secured his second championship of his two-year old year, winning the $85,000 Wayne Smullin Memorial, pulling away to a three and half lengths victory over Firecracker Graham […]
Harness racing driver Jason Thompson returned to Rosecroft for the first time since being injured in a racing accident over the summer at Harrington Raceway, and piloted Island Of The Sea (Always A Virgin) to a win in the $12,000 Open I at the Fort Washington, Maryland oval. Regular pilot Russell Foster, had one of […]
The second round of Maryland Sire Stakes preliminaries for two-year-old pacing fillies and trotting colts and geldings was held on Monday Aug. 28th. The first split for the pacing fillies went to post in race 1. Reinsman John Wagner sent Covid For Real (Rusty’s For Real) gate to wire winning by 1 ¼ lengths over […]
The freshman Maryland Sire Stakes opened their harness racing season at Ocean Downs on Monday, August 14th with two splits for filly pacers and one for trotting colts and geldings. Fancy Like That (Rusty’s For Real) blew away the field in the first split for the ladies, scoring by 10 ¼ lengths over Covid For Real […]
A renaissance of Maryland breeding is taking place as a trio of Maryland Standardbred Fund harness racing events were all won by Maryland stallion sired offspring. Staying close to home, the winners resembled a Maryland Sires Stake event as three-year-old pacing colts and geldings along with trotting fillies were on stage at the ocean oval. […]
The rivalries in the Maryland Sire Stakes between Call Me Goo (Googoo Gaagaa) and Goolishness (Googoo Gaagaa) in the filly trot and Val’s Girl (Rusty’s For Real) and Phoenix Rising (Movie Idol) in the filly pace continued on Wednesday July 19th, as Ocean Downs hosted the Summer Showcase for the sophomore Maryland Sire Stakes with […]
Ocean Downs hosted the final 3-year-old harness racing preliminaries of the Maryland Sire Stakes on July 12, leading to the Sophomore Showcase on Wednesday July 19 with four $85,000 finals. Call Me Goo (Googoo Gaagaa) continued to dominate the trotting fillies, scoring her fifth stakes win of 2023. Reinsman Jonathan Roberts guided Call Me Goo […]
Ocean Downs hosted the Maryland Sire Stakes 4- & 5-Year-Old Open Pace on Wednesday July 5th before a great vacationing harness racing crowd. The $25,300 event went to post as race 1 with a trio of “Open” class pacers behind the gate, Stunner’s Wish (Rusty’s For Real) the spring winner, Sea Ya Mystery (Rusty’s For […]
Harness racing driver Tony Morgan made a Thursday (Apr. 27) visit to Rosecroft a winning one as Stunners Wish (Rusty’s For Real, $2.20) took the $25,700 Maryland Sires Stakes for Aged Pacers in 1:53.3 Tim Crissman trains the winner for Crissman Inc.as the son of Rusty’s For Real won for the first time in 2023 […]
Ocean City, MD – Ocean Downs hosted one Maryland Sire Stakes prelim for freshman harness racing colt and gelding trotters and three splits for filly pacers on Monday Aug. 29th. Sultan Of Sultans (Lockkeeper) with Trae Porter in the bike, changed tactics after two weeks of pocket trips and finishing second both times, the pair […]
On a beautiful night at Ocean Downs the first prelims for the two-year-old Maryland sired harness racing colt and gelding trotters and filly pacers went to post. The lone $10,000 division for the colt and gelding trotters opened the card with favorite How Do You Goo (Googoo Gaagaa) going gate to wire, holding off a […]
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