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MILTON, ON – December 19, 2024 – Woodbine Mohawk Park has released details of two new upcoming harness racing Pop-Up Series. The conditions of the two Pop-Up Series, including one starting next Thursday (December 26), are listed below. Pace – Pop-Up: Fillies & Mares Non-Winners of $30,000 in 2024 (Minimum of 15 Starts). Also Eligible: […]
WASHINGTON, PA, July 11, 2024 — Pinned against the cones with no path outside as the field turned for home, Fancy Like Louuuuu (Sweet Lou-Somewhere Sweet) found the Lightning Lane just in time and scored in Thursday’s Pop-Up Series at Hollywood Casino at The Meadows. Skepticism (Tall Dark Stranger) captured the other $10,000 second-leg division […]
WASHINGTON, PA, June 28, 2024 — Hollywood Casino at The Meadows hasn’t officially dubbed this week “Freshmen Fest,” but it well might have. By the time the four-day harness racing week ends late Saturday afternoon, a total of 108 freshmen will have faced the starter in a combination of overnights, Pop-Up Series, Pennsylvania Sire Stakes […]
Del Diggity (So Surreal) lowered her lifetime mark in a harness racing romp in the first leg of the Fillies and Mares Pop-Up Claiming Series on Tuesday (Jun. 4) at Woodbine Mohawk Park. After claiming the lead from fourth on the backstretch for Doug McNair, she added to her advantage and entered the stretch up […]
Yonkers Raceway featured the $40,000 Pop-Up Series final Tuesday, August 1 and after a three-way battle for control of the lead, Lous The Attitude (Sweet Lou), one of only two three-year-olds in the field, came away with the victory. The 1st race on the card saw the final raced at an extra distance of one […]
CUMBERLAND, ME – Racing Secretary Rob Pennington has penned several lucrative harness racing pop-up series, which resulted in full fields throughout the upcoming Friday through Sunday (July 28-July 30) three-day weekend, 37-race extravaganza at First Tracks Cumberland. Named for many of the scenic maritime attractions in the Pine Tree State, the action begins Friday (July […]
WASHINGTON, PA, July 20, 2023 — Activation (Father Patrick-Repentance) moved crisply first over, gobbled up the leader and drew off late to capture Thursday’s (Jul. 20) $15,000 harness racing championship of a Pop-Up Series for freshman colt and gelding trotters at Hollywood Casino at The Meadows. The card also featured a $15,000 Pop Up Series […]
A Boy Named Suuzz (Mr Saratoga) is now one win away from a half-million in earnings after a second straight win in the harness racing claiming pop-up series on Monday (Feb. 6) at Woodbine Mohawk Park. He took the initiative to go first-over on the backstretch but got cover as the field raced to three-quarters. […]
Batavia, NY — It was just last week that Batavia Downs set its own pari-mutuel handle bar higher after seeing $340,602 pass through betting portals both at the harness racing track and at simulcast outlets. That total became the highest on record since Western Regional Off-Track Betting reopened the Downs in 2002. However, on Monday […]
Given a perfect two-hole trip by harness racing driver Brett Miller, 9-1 Hard Cold Cash (Dali) came on in the stretch to capture the $25,000 final of the Claim To Fame Series Monday (Jan. 23) at Miami Valley Raceway. Parked out by Hard Colt Cash to the opening quarter mile, Always At My Place (Dan […]
The conclusions of a pair of harness racing Pop-Up Series at Woodbine Mohawk Park on Thursday (Nov. 17) produced close contests, with a favourite and longshot both winning in photo finishes. 12-1 outsider Cocktail Carol (Believeinbruiser, Sylvain Filion) sat sixth for much of the way, flushing out double cover as the field headed to three-quarters. […]
Woodbine Mohawk Park saw its first fields of two-year-olds of the harness racing season on Friday (Jun. 17) as two groups of fillies made their pari-mutuel debuts. In the trotting contest, Horn Player (Tactical Landing, Anthony MacDonald) looked bound for victory after a speedy backstretch brush before breaking stride in the final eighth of a […]
Saulsbrook Olympia (Big Jim) blew by all seven of her harness racing rivals in the final quarter to win the Pop-Up Series final for pacing fillies and mares on Friday (Jun. 16) at Woodbine Mohawk Park. Driver Austin Sorrie found a tight line to the inside and dropped the four-year-old mare back to eighth of […]
Saulsbrook Olympia (Big Jim) capitalized on a confident steer from harness racing driver Austin Sorrie to capture the Pop-Up Series second leg for fillies and mares on Thursday (Jun. 9). She left in a line of three, but Sorrie deferred his move to the backstretch and dropped the mare back into third early. After hitting […]
Thundering Jim showed true grit in fending off race favorite Choreographer to win the $25,000 Pop-Up Series Final at Woodbine Mohawk Park on Thursday. The 10th race feature pace saw Thundering Jim and driver Doug McNair fly off the starting gate to the early lead. Also leaving was Lyons Image and driver Jody Jamieson who […]
MILTON, ON – November 11, 2021 – Woodbine Mohawk Park today announced three Pop-Up Series to be contested in the coming weeks, with no nomination or starting fee required to enter the harness racing events. Any horses who are non-winners of $25,000 in 2021 and have made a minimum of 10 starts are eligible to […]
Southwind Petyr, driven by harness racing driver Jason Bartlett for trainer Mark Harder, matched Jimmy Freight’s track record for a 3-year-old colt pacers on Tuesday night (October 12) at Yonkers Raceway by winning in 1:50.3. Starting from post six in the $24,000 event for non-winners of six pari-mutuel races or $75,000 lifetime, Southwind Petyr, who […]
A Pop-Up Series for pacers that were non-winners of $20,000 in their last five starts began on Tuesday night (September 28) at Yonkers Raceway with four $35,000 harness racing divisions. Imstaynalive (Pat Lachance) pulled a 21-1 upset in the first section after scoring by a head in 1:52.1 following a first-over journey. Rock The Devil […]
