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Plainville, MA — Owners and trainers of harness racing horses eligible to the Massachusetts Sire Stakes should take note that the 2024 continuation payments for all 2 and 3-year-old contenders are due by Monday, April 15. The 2-year-old payment is $200, and the 3-year-old payment is $300. If there has been a change of name […]
Plainville, MA — Eight $150,000 harness racing divisions made up of the best 2 and 3-year-old trotters and pacers bred in the state went postward in the $1.2 million finals of the Massachusetts Sire Stakes at Plainridge Park on a perfect fall Tuesday afternoon (Oct. 24) and the day produced champions, records and streaks. Rooster […]
Plainville, MA — The third leg of the $3 million Massachusetts Sire Stakes for 3-year-olds was held at Plainridge Park on Tuesday (Oct. 17) and the races produced a laundry list of harness racing headlines including streaking winners and personal and stake records. There was only one single class contested for $75,000 as the other […]
Plainville, MA — The third leg for 2-year-old eligibles of the $3 million Massachusetts Sire Stakes were held on Monday (Oct. 16) at Plainridge Park and the roster of undefeated harness racing freshman participants was whittled down to two when the action concluded. In the $75,000 pacing filly division which was the first of two […]
Plainville, MA — Week two of 2-year-olds competing in the $3 million Massachusetts Sire Stakes at Plainridge Park got underway on Tuesday afternoon (Oct. 3) and harness racing history was made in three different categories by Rocknroll Lou (Sweet Lou-Beautiful Lady) after a very impressive effort in the $75,000 division for male pacers. Yannick Gingras […]
Plainville, MA — The second day of the $3 million Massachusetts Sire Stakes held at Plainridge Park on Tuesday (Sept. 26) featured 2-year-old performers of both gaits and genders and dominant winners prevailed in most of the harness racing events. The fillies went one $75,000 race each on the trot and pace while the colts […]
Plainville, MA — The $3 million Massachusetts Sire Stakes got underway at Plainridge Park on Monday (September 25) and visiting drivers Yannick Gingras and Scott Zeron both had hat tricks, driving three winners apiece out of the eight MASS divisions that went postward. And it’s noteworthy that those divisional winners were sent behind the gate […]
Plainville, MA — The Massachusetts Sire Stakes will kick off its four-week harness racing run at Plainridge Park on Monday (Sept. 25) and for the first time in its history, total purses have hit the $3 million mark. Another milestone that was achieved this year was the largest number of eligible horses that entered the […]
Plainville, MA — The $2.5 million (est.) Massachusetts Sire Stakes will kick off its 2023 harness racing season at Plainridge Park on Monday (Sept. 25). The resident mare program that allows foals to have dual eligibility with stake programs in other states has grown exponentially with the support of the Massachusetts Race Horse Development Fund […]
Plainville, MA — It was Million Dollar Monday (Oct. 24) at Plainridge Park as eight fields of finalists vied for $125,000 each to determine this year’s Massachusetts Sire Stakes harness racing champions. Rain and off-going greeted the horses but outstanding performances were still put forth as the uber-competitive Massachusetts breeding program produced winners for eight […]
Plainville, MA — The third leg for 3-year-old eligibles of the $2.56 million Massachusetts Sire Stake were held at Plainridge Park on Monday afternoon (Oct. 17) with $260,000 in purses up for grabs with four harness racing divisions valued at $65,000 each. Treacherous Tom (Captaintreacherous-Kate) remained unbeaten in the stake this year after taking his […]
Plainville, MA — With perfect fall weather and a lightning-fast track greeting the harness racing contestants at Plainridge Park on Sunday (Oct. 16), stake and track records along with lifetime marks were the order of the day as the third leg of the $2.56 Massachusetts Sire Stakes for 2-year-old eligibles were held. The trotting fillies […]
Plainville, MA — The $2.5 Million (est.) Massachusetts Sire Stakes returned to Plainridge Park on Monday (Oct. 3) and featured the second round of harness racing 2-year-old contests with a total purse of $260,000 up for grabs. There were a total of six races held with the colt trotters and filly pacers going one division […]
Plainville, MA — The 2-year-olds took center stage in the $2.5 million (est.) Massachusetts Sire Stakes at Plainridge Park on Monday afternoon (Sept. 26) and four of the five harness racing winners were piloted by Hall of Fame driver Yannick Gingras. There were 11 trotting fillies who entered on Monday, so they were split into […]
Plainville, MA — Harness racing horsemen and women are reminded that the draw for the first legs of the $2.5 million (est.) Massachusetts Sire Stakes will take place on Thursday (Sept. 22) at Plainridge Park. All 3-year-old divisions will go on Sunday (Sept. 25) and all 2-year-old divisions will be on Monday (Sept. 26) and […]
Plainville, MA — Massachusetts bred 2 and 3-year-old harness racing trotters and pacers who are eligible to the $2.4 million (est.) Massachusetts Sire Stakes later this year have already gotten underway and are winning at tracks across the northeast and the list starts with a pair of 3-year-old trotters who made a lot of news […]
Plainville, MA — Anyone who is eligible to compete in the 2022 Massachusetts Sire Stakes should take note that continuation payments are due on Tuesday (Feb. 15). The stakes that start on Sunday (Sept. 25) have an estimated total value of $2.24 million and will be contested in three $60,000 preliminary legs for each age, […]
Plainville, MA –— The $2.24 million Massachusetts Sire Stakes wrap up their 2021 harness racing season at Plainridge Park on Monday (Oct. 25) when eight races valued at $100,000 each will be contested and one local trainer will have a major presence once again. Trainer George Ducharme is a native of Walpole, Massachusetts who started […]
Plainville, MA — The $2.24 million (est.) Massachusetts Sire Stakes kicks off at Plainridge Park this weekend on Sunday (Sept. 26) when harness racing 3-year-olds of both gaits and sexes will make their first starts in the state-bred series and continue on Monday (Sept. 27) when the 2-year-olds will hit the track. All eight divisions […]
Plainville, MA — The Massachusetts Standardbred breeding program has grown exponentially in recent years thanks to the Commonwealth’s Race Horse Development Fund that was started in 2011 in conjunction with the state’s expanded gaming legislation. The program is designed to promote the breeding of Massachusetts Standardbreds to both upgrade the harness racing program and sustain […]
