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One of South Australia’s most respected owners and breeders, Peter Medhurst, has been recognised for a lifetime of dedication to harness racing, receiving the Nevada Smoke Special Achievement Award at the 2025 Horse of the Year Awards. The Nevada Smoke Award honours outstanding service and contribution to the South Australian harness racing industry, making Medhurst […]
Lloyds Loves (Rusty’s All In), winner of eight races during the Winter-Spring harness racing meet at Rosecroft Raceway, was honored Saturday night (May 18) as the Horse of the Meet. The four-year-old mare was first or second in 12 of 13 starts and made $53,300 during the meet, competing for trainers John Wagner and most […]
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 […]
Last week, Walden Woods (Betting Line) finished second in the $12,000 Open I pace at Rosecroft Raceway, losing a late lead literally in the final strides. This week, the six-year-old rolled to the top in the first turn and never looked back for harness racing Roger Plante securing his second win in six starts with […]
Winning in any athletic competition is hard. Winning with consistency is what separates the best from the rest of the pack. Since January of 2020, no horse at Rosecroft has won more harness racing contests than Precision Bluechip (Bettor’s Delight). While a rightful disqualification cost him his 40th career win last week, there would be […]
Closing from eighth last week, Pasta Momma (Huntsville) simply had too far to come to catch Talk Show Chica in last week’s harness racing Mares Open at Rosecroft. Tuesday night (Oct. 31), Jonathan Roberts put the three-year-old filly on the front and she did now let him down, winning in 1:52.4 setting a new lifetime […]
Jammin Jack (Angus Hall) is one of three very talented harness racing trotters in the Stacey Mclenaghan barn. Tuesday night (Oct. 24) at Rosecroft he added a $10,000 Open Handicap Trot win to his 2023 portfolio as Frank MIlby guided him to a win over Funnyfunnyriddle (Hugh O’Neil) and Crossfit Mouse (Corey Braden). He won […]
Harness racing driver Eric Davis and Marco Beach (Somebeachsomewhere) used a different tactic this week, a harder one at that, but still found the win in the $12,000 Open I for pacers at Rosecroft Raceway Thursday (Oct. 19) night in 1:51.1. Leaving from post six, Davis was parked as Doubleornothing N set the early pace through […]
Johnathan Ahle capped a big Tuesday (Oct. 17) night by winning both harness racing features at Rosecroft Raceway and finishing the night driving five winners on the card. In the $12,000 Open Mares Handicap, Got The Gold Sprinted (Bettors Delight) around Talk Show Chica for the lead just past the first quarter and rolled to […]
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 […]
Driver Russell Foster concluded a terrific week of harness racing at Rosecroft Raceway with four wins on the 14-race betting card and one other in the non-betting Maryland Sires Stakes races on Thursday (Sept. 28) night. Foster has been in the bike now for all five lifetime starts for the two-year-old filly trotter, Only I […]
Sires Stakes cards in general tend to be chalk ladened affairs for the harness racing bettors. Low win payouts and exotics that tend to return low on the investment. However, sometimes you can catch lightning in a bottle and Tuesday night (May 16) at Rosecroft Raceway, it struck twice as the track hosted four $85,000 […]
Harness racing driver Trae Porter and Leonard’s Legacy (Tabago Cays) were determined to call the shots in Thursday (April 20) night’s $14,000 Preferred Pace at Rosecroft Raceway. Leaving from post seven in :25.2, Porter shook off an early charge from Trip Hammer and guided the field through fractions of :53.1, 1:22.1, holding off a first […]
Dawn Amiss’ homebred, Fantastic Voyage (Cool Flying Fun), is having a sensational start to the 2023 harness racing season. Last Year, Fantastic Voyage won four times in 24 starts and netted a modest $39,805 in seasonal earnings. This year, the six-year-old stallion is headed for a bigger and better season. Thursday night (April 6) at Rosecroft […]
As the second harness racing division of the Mid-Atlantic Amateur Drivers Club took the track on Tuesday (March 28) at Rosecroft Raceway, 18-year-old Wyatt Long didn’t even have a drive. Long’s drive in the first $8,000 division, Power Of Tell, broke a head check and did not finish, so his 13th drive of the meet […]
On a warm Thursday night (March 23) with temperatures in the 70’s and Rosecroft Raceway harness racing horsemen upgrading their stock, it was no surprise that Thursday night’s card turned out the way it did. Several amazing finishes with dramatic stretch drives producing nine finishes where the winner won by less than a length and some […]
Harness racing driver Trae Porter and Leonard’s Legacy (Tobago Cays) had poor drawing luck two weeks in a row which prevented him from being a factor at Rosecroft Raceway’s $17,500 top open level. Thursday night (March 16), the six-year-old gelding finally drew inside the razor-sharp Island Of The Sea and sprinted to a 1:50.2 win […]
Lady Says Win (Western Terror), at odds of 11-1, used a perfect pocket trip from harness racing driver Trae Porter to secure the win in the $14,500 Mares Open Tuesday night (March 14) at Rosecroft Raceway. On a cold night, where the winds were sustained at 25 mph creating a sturdy headwind in the stretch, […]
Leonard’s Legacy (Tabago Cays) got a perfect pocket trip from harness racing driver Trae Porter and pounced on the favorite Stag Party in the final 1/16th of a mile to secure the win in the $17,500 Open Pace Thursday night (Feb. 23) at Rosecroft Raceway. In five starts this year at Rosecroft, the six-year-old has […]
Harness racing driver Eric Davis and Sea Of Life (Captaintreacherous) moved to the lead passing the opening quarter pole and rolled to an easy 1:53.1 victory taking the $15,500 Open Pace Thursday night (Jan. 20) at Rosecroft Raceway. Brian Tomlinson trains Sea Of Life for owner Steve Wetzel, and since that combo acquired Sea Of […]
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