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Grove City, OH – MGM Northfield Park is hosting the 2025 Buckeye Stallion Series Finals on Saturday (Oct. 4) with eight $75,000 divisions. Twin B High Tide and Hunka Hunka (Catch The Fire) enter as standouts among the harness racing entries in the four divisions of pacers. The 2024 BSS colt pace champion as a […]
Northfield, Ohio…May 28, 2025…Magical Journey (Kadabra) was given a “magical journey” by Lauren Harmon, to take top honors in the Great Lakes Amateur Driving Association (GLADA series at Northfield Park on Tuesday, May 27). The nine-year-old gelded son of Kadabra had nary an anxious moment as Harmon left with alacrity from post two, outgunning Baby […]
Northfield, Ohio…October 13, 2024…Yes, Northfield Park hosted their $2.4 million dollar Ohio Sire Stakes harness racing finals on Saturday night but, of equal importance to the millions seeking a cure of cancer, the track also played host to the “Pace for the Cure,” featuring many of the great ladies participating in our sport today. For […]
Northfield, Ohio…September 23, 2024…The Great Lakes Amateur Driving Club (GLADA) returned to action at Northfield Park on Sunday, September 22, with two “teenagers”—one of the equine kind—teaming up together to score a handy harness racing win. Wild And Crazy Guy (Crazed), the 13-year-old warhorse with 19-year-old Braiden Rhoades in the sulky, blitzed the opposition with […]
Grove City, Ohio – MGM Northfield Park hosted four $20,000 harness racing divisions for the fourth leg of the Buckeye Stallion Series for two-year-old colt trotters on Sunday evening (Sept. 8). Two victors, Vekna (Enterprise) and Sweet Harmony (Uncle Peter) scored their third series win of the season. Vekna took the second division in 1:59.2. Guided by […]
Kat (He’s Watching, Ronnie Wrenn Jr.) won the $18,500 Fillies and Mares Open Handicap harness racing pace at Northfield Park on Saturday (Mar. 16). Always Gonna B You (Aaron Merriman) took the early lead, followed by Kat in second. The Gypsy Queen Ir (Keith Kash Jr) was racing in third as they came to the […]
Northfield, Ohio… February 25, 2025…Lmc Mass Gem (Muscle Mass) made a grand return to the harness racing winner’s circle in the Great Lakes Amateur Driving Association’s (GLADA) event on Saturday, February 24. The 10-year-old gelding, recently returned to the “battlefield” after recovering from serious injury over a year ago, scored his 28th career win, sending […]
Northfield, Ohio…February 11, 2024…With harness racing celebrating being “back in business” at Northfield Park, Kandy Sweet (Team Six), handled by Larry Ferrari, put some “icing” on the cake on Saturday, February 10, by winning the Great Lakes Amateur Driving Association (GLADA) trot. The seven-year-old took charge early and withstood challenges the final half mile to […]
Oberto (Yankee Glide, Billy Davis Jr) and Makin Some Noise (Always B Miki, Kurt Sugg) won their respective $18,000 Open Handicap harness racing divisions on Sunday evening (Jan. 7) at Northfield Park. In the first feature, the Open trot, Texsong Soprano (Anthony Macdonald) took the early lead. Headoverboots As (Chris Lems) secured the pocket spot […]
Northfield, Ohio…December 31, 2023…Some say that the “Western Union” wire is no longer fashionable, replaced by e-mail and other forms of instant communication. The seven-year-old (soon to be eight) So Wishfull (Wishing Stone) proved that may be a bit premature in his case as he “wired” his five foes in Great Lakes Amateur Driving Association’s […]
Northfield, Ohio, November 13, 2023…Northfield Park’s Great Lakes Amateur Driving Club (GLADA) had as many twists and turns as Northfield Park’s great half-mile harness racing track and, when the “OFFICIAL” sign was posted, driver Jacob Baird had a 15-year-old trotter, Ursis Des Caillons (Cool Du Caux), on top in the field of eight. The French […]
