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WATTSBURG PA – The Pennsylvania fair circuit began its busiest stretch of the entire summer with a Fair Sire Stakes meet on Saturday and Sunday at the Erie County Fairgrounds in this borough in the far northwest corner of Pennsylvania. The two-year-olds started the harness racing action off on Saturday, and the fastest performers on […]
BEDFORD PA – In conjunction with the United States Trotting Association (USTA) annual meeting for District 7, the Pennsylvania Fair Banquet was held on Saturday evening here at the Omni Bedford Springs & Spa. Sam Beegle, president of the PHHA, hosted the evening along with Daryl Breniser, a member of the PA Horse Racing Commission. They presided over […]
BEDFORD PA – The United States Trotting Association (USTA) annual meeting for District 7, Pennsylvania, was held on Saturday afternoon at the Omni Bedford Springs & Spa. Officiating at the meeting was Sam Beegle, who was returned a Chairman of the District. Other USTA district directors present were Barry Brown, Rich Gillock, and Rick Kane. […]
GRATZ PA – The male pacer Ante Up Hanover (Betting Line) and the female trotter Little Town Road (Fordham Road), both 2023 Pennsylvania Fair Sire Stakes Championship race winners, were the harness racing speed stars during the meeting on Sunday and Monday at Gratz in eastcentral Pennsylvania, the next-to-last stop on the circuit this year […]
HARRISBURG PA – The Pennsylvania Fair Harness Racing Circuit will have its final two stops of the 2024 season this week: racing will take place on Sunday and Monday at noon at the Gratz (PA) Fairgrounds, and then the season closes at the Bloomsburg Fairgrounds on Friday and Saturday (October 20-21), with an 11 a.m. […]
GRATZ PA – The Pennsylvania Fair Sire Stakes series came to this eastcentral borough on Friday and Saturday as the first of the season-ending cards “in the east” that has this 2-Day event followed by the Gratz Fair harness racing this coming weekend and then concluding at Bloomsburg. The two-year-olds got the action going on […]
CHESTER, PA – Second choice Parkavenuelisa (Heston Blue Chip) stalked favored Take Your Pick from the two-hole, then went to the passing lane and worked past the leader by a nose in winning the $13,500 distaff pacing feature on Friday afternoon at Harrah’s Philadelphia. Hall Of Famers David Miller and Linda Toscano collaborated for the […]
DAYTON, PA – A major theme running through the two days of Pennsylvania Fair Sire Stakes at the Dayton Fairgrounds was the quantity of horses who already had a nice number of fair wins adding to their totals, especially on Wednesday, when the two-year-olds raced. In the colt divisions, trainer/driver Todd Schadel had a couple […]
HONESDALE PA – The rains that have been plaguing harness racing all over in the last couple of weeks finally made their way to the Wayne County Fair in this northeastern Pennsylvania city on Thursday (Aug. 8), forcing cancellation of the three-year-old Pennsylvania Fair Sire Stakes action and also a free-for-all trot. But Wednesday (Aug. […]
HONESDALE PA — The Todd Schadel stable made a “sweep” of the four “A” sections of the Pennsylvania Fair Sire Stakes for harness racing three-year-olds raced Saturday afternoon (Aug. 3) at the fairgrounds near the northeast corner of the state, including setting the all-age track trotting mark of 1:59.3 with the filly Loveyoubunches (Fordham Road). […]
BEDFORD, PA – On Friday afternoon (July 19) at the Bedford (PA) Fair, the harness racing three-year-old Fordham Road filly Loveyoubunches won a Pennsylvania Fair Sire Stakes event in 1:58.1 – the fastest mile by age, sex, and gait in the history of the Pennsylvania fairs, knocking a tick off the standard set by Plumb […]
MEADVILLE PA – “Youthful veteran” horseman Wayne Long drove career winner number 1,000 during Friday’s (July 5) harness racing for two-year-olds at a two-day Pennsylvania Fair Sire Stakes meet at the Crawford County Fairgrounds in this northwest Pennsylvania city. Long guided PHR (Heston Blue Chip – Escape Girl) to her first (and his 1000th) victory […]
WASHINGTON, PA, July 3, 2024 — Attention, all you Pennsylvania studs who’ve been dominating sires stakes. You’re about to meet rivals from the first crops of two new shooters who are determined to take some of your cash away. Those new players are Papi Rob Hanover and Tall Dark Stranger, and filly pacers from their […]
STONEBORO, PA – Chatty Vanessa (Captain Ahab) paced the fastest harness racing mile, 1:59.3, during a Pennsylvania Fair Sire Stakes two-day session at the Stoneboro (PA) Fairgrounds in this northwest Pennsylvania borough on Friday and Saturday, while another pair of sophomore pacers, one male and one female, became the first performers to post two triumphs […]
PROSPECT, PA – The 2024 Pennsylvania Fair Sire Stakes circuit is set to begin this Tuesday, June 25, with the harness racing season to open at the Big Butler Fairgrounds in this west central Pennsylvania borough. Pennsylvania law provides for a set of Fair Sire Stakes during the operating period of each applying fair in […]
CHESTER, PA – The Trixton gelding Toccoa Falls, held at 21-1 despite a victory in his latest start, found room up the inside and thwarted a giant late burst by heavy harness racing favorite Stable Genius to win the $14,000 fast-class handicap on “Trottin’ Thursday” at Harrah’s Philadelphia. Yanks Dugout took the field to the […]
CHESTER, PA – The 1-2-3 finishers in the $13,000 featured trot Thursday afternoon (May 23) at Harrah’s Philadelphia collectively went over the $5 million lifetime earnings harness racing milestone, as Eurobond (Love You, $728,400) defeated Crystal Fashion ($2,341,250) by three-quarters of a length, with JL Cruze ($1,938,160) another length back in third. JL Cruze had […]
CHESTER, PA – Harness racing trainer Joe Columbo, the runaway leader in the training standings at the current Harrington Raceway meeting, shipped a truckload of sharp horses to Harrah’s Philadelphia on a special Derby Day card (May 4) of racing and won with four of them, all four at least co-owned by his principal patrons […]
BEDFORD PA – The Pennsylvania Harness Horsemen’s Association, the Meadows Standardbred Owners Association, and the Pennsylvania Fair Harness Horsemen’s Association held their annual banquet in conjunction with the USTA District 7 meeting, with the dinner hosted at the Omni Resort Bedford and some 140 people attending. The focus was on the top performers during the […]
BEDFORD PA – The largest gathering for a USTA District meeting this harness racing season east of Des Moines came to the Omni Resort Bedford in this southwestern Pennsylvania town for the District 7 annual meeting on Saturday afternoon (Jan. 20). District 7 Chairman Sam Beegle presided over the meeting; fellow District director Rich Gillock […]
BEDFORD, PA – Since it rejoined the Pennsylvania fair harness racing circuit in 2013 after a 23-year absence, the Bedford Fairgrounds has seen its share of rain-caused cancellations. But the track was blessed with two dry days for its Fair meeting on Thursday and Friday, and Pennsylvania fans and horsemen were rewarded with a speed […]
BEDFORD PA – Fairgrounds are noted for their exciting rollercoaster rides, and the 11-race harness racing meet held at the fairgrounds in this southwest Pennsylvania town on Sunday (Jul. 16) and Monday (Jul. 17), conducted as a “2-Day Pennsylvania Fair Sire Stakes meet” per state statute, had more ups and downs than the thrill machines […]
HUGHESVILLE, PA – There was little luck with the two-year-old Pennsylvania Fair Sire Stakes harness racing on Wednesday (Jul. 12) at the Lycoming County Fair in this northcentral borough in the state (near the home of Williamsport and the Little League World Series), but then the three-year-olds put on a great show Thursday, headed by […]
State College PA — Members from the United States Trotting Association District 7 met on Saturday (Jan. 21) at the Graduate Hotel in State College PA (location of Penn State) to discuss proposed USTA harness racing rule changes and to make recommendations that will be conveyed at the USTA’s annual board of directors meeting in […]
