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WILKES-BARRE PA — The barn of harness racing trainer Per Engblom continues to be crackling hot, as on Saturday afternoon at Pocono Downs at Mohegan Pennsylvania horses conditioned by Engblom swept the $27,500 fast-class events. First up (in two senses) was the Chapter Seven gelding Cecil Hanover, winning the top trot in 1:54 while boosting […]
CHESTER PA – Trainer Per Engblom won the top two races at Harrah’s Philadelphia during the afternoon Christmas Eve card, with the barn producing the 1-2 finishers in the $14,000 featured trot when Kewpie Doll passed Top Gun Hanover late in a 1:55.1 mile. Top Gun Hanover made two speed moves to control the tempo, […]
WILKES-BARRE PA – Trainer Per Engblom, second in this year’s North American trainers statistics behind perennial runaway leader (and current Pocono leader) Ron Burke in both the wins and earnings column, has had the care of the Always A Virgin three-year-old colt Luxury Virgin entrusted to him for three starts, and the pacer scored his […]
New Jersey harness racing trainer Per Engblom has been granted a stay of his 380-day suspension and $6,000 fine by the New Jersey Racing Commission (NJRC), allowing him to continue training while his case proceeds through the appeals process. The stay follows a formal appeal lodged by Engblom’s attorney, Andrew R. Benedict, in response to […]
New Jersey-based harness racing trainer Per Engblom has been suspended for 380 days and fined $6,000 following a post-race drug violation stemming from an April 2023 win at the Meadowlands Racetrack. The ruling, finalized by the New Jersey Racing Commission (NJRC) on April 23, 2025, stems from a positive test for Oxycodone, Carisoprodol, and Meprobamate—a […]
Live harness racing for 2024 at MGM Yonkers Raceway came to a conclusion on Friday night (December 20), with Jason Bartlett and Per Engblom once again leading driver and trainer, respectively. Bartlett capped off his third straight and 13th overall driving crown at MGM Yonkers Raceway in style, capturing eight of the 11 races on […]
Trainer Per Engblom sent out two harness racing winners on Monday night at MGM Yonkers Raceway, with the second of victories being the 1,000th of his career. Engblom joined forces with driver Jason Bartlett to take the second event with 4-year-old Sweet Lou gelding Lous The Attitude in 1:53.1 for owners Stephen and Brian Gordon, […]
EAST RUTHERFORD, NJ – Not once did a harness racing trainer win more than four races on a single card at The Meadowlands during 2023, so maybe it was on Per Engblom’s list of New Year’s resolutions to accomplish the feat. The 43-year-old native of Sweden, whose $6 million in earnings established his career high […]
Hightstown, NJ — After a busy 2023 that saw Per Engblom finish second in North America in wins and fifth in purses, the harness racing trainer is set to get right back in action this weekend with 11 horses racing at The Meadowlands. Engblom, a former Jimmy Takter assistant, saw his fifth year with his […]
When it comes to his style on the racetrack, Trendy Teen (Always B Miki) is with it. A 4-year-old gelding, Trendy Teen has jumped up to Grand Circuit action this season and held his own in the first two rounds of the Graduate Pacing Series, putting himself in position to reach the July 8 final […]
CHESTER, PA – There were a trio of $13,500 harness racing events for the developing “nw 5 races lifetime” class on the Thursday (April 13) afternoon card at Harrah’s Philadelphia. A division of trotters were the first of the featured horses to post parade, and a son of Trixton, The American Eagle, overcame a lot […]
MILTON, ON – March 2, 2023 – The New Holland Series, Woodbine’s newest winter late-closer, is set to begin with a pair of first round harness racing trotting events on Monday (March 6) at Woodbine Mohawk Park. The new series is open to horses that were non-winners of $150,000 (Fillies and Mares $175,000) in 2022. […]
CHESTER, PA – Despite persistent rainy conditions and a “sloppy -2” oval on Friday afternoon at Harrah’s Philadelphia, a great many harness racing favorites got home first, most working on the engine, including Trendy Teen (Always B Miki) in the $15,300 featured pace. Trendy Teen was sent to the lead by driver George Napolitano Jr. […]
CHESTER, PA – Hayek (E L Titan) continued his torrid form streak by taking his fourth straight harness racing victory on Thursday at Harrah’s Philadelphia, leading home a $22,500 handicap trot field with earnings of over $7 million while equaling his best clocking of 1:52.3. Yannick Gingras left well with the gelding, was in front […]
Hambletonian hopeful Chulo (What The Hill) made a misstep in his most recent outing May 28 at The Meadowlands, but harness racing trainer Per Engblom is looking for the colt to rebound in the second of Friday’s two C$30,000 eliminations of the Goodtimes Stakes for 3-year-old trotters at Woodbine Mohawk Park. Chulo, who topped the […]
Just before heading to the airport last week for a trip to the U.S. as his reward for capturing the 2020 Knutsson Rising Star Cup, 22-year-old harness racing driver Nicklas Korfitsen won a race in Norway. On Friday, a night before heading to the airport to return home, Korfitsen will try to bookend his journey with […]
