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CHESTER, Pa.— Yogi Sheridan scored a double with a narrow victory and a romp in the pair of $8,500 harness racing divisions of the American Harness Drivers Club (AHDC) Pace at Harrah’s Philadelphia on Sunday (Oct. 18). Sheridan swooped to snag the first division with even-money favorite Lincoln Boulevard in a 1:56.3 mile. Taking back […]
COLUMBUS, Ohio— Hambletonian Oaks winner Nezuko Kamado S (Chapter Seven) persisted with a first-over grind and staved off late pursuers to take the first of three $25,000 Grade 1 Breeders Crown harness racing eliminations for 3-year-old trotting fillies in a track-record 1:51.2 mile on Saturday night (Oct. 17) at Scioto Downs. Little Road and She’s […]
COLUMBUS, Ohio—Ohio Sires Stakes champion Blue Ranger matched the Scioto Downs track record she set last month when ripping out of the pocket to a 1:53.1 victory in the first of two $25,000 Breeders Crown eliminations for 2-year-old trotting fillies on Friday night (Oct. 16). Leaving from post 2, driver Dexter Dunn idled off the […]
MONTICELLO, N.Y.— Alan Schwartz ripped Doo Wop Kid around stalled duelers and sailed home a winner in the lone $8,500 harness racing division of the North American Amateur Drivers Association (NAADA) Trot at Monticello Raceway on Wednesday (Oct. 14). Leaving from post 3, Schwartz landed into fourth while Papa Joe Lozito (driven by Robert Ciavardini) […]
WILKES-BARRE, Pa.— Joe Lee and Yogi Sheridan took their peers pillar to post in their respective $10,000 harness racing divisions of the American Harness Drivers Club (AHDC) Trot on Saturday (Oct. 10) as part of a busy weekend for the club. Lee turned away all challengers in the first AHDC Trot to deliver 1-2 favorite […]
LEXINGTON, Ky.—Emmas Mystery CCL (Muscle Hill) bolted from a ground-saving trip to a lifetime-best 1:51.4 harness racing victory in the first of three divisions—a race sponsored by the Harness Horse Youth Foundation’s 50th anniversary—of the $255,349 Grade 3 Bluegrass Stakes for sophomore trotting fillies on Saturday (Oct. 10) at The Red Mile. Leaving from the […]
LEXINGTON, Ky.—Ake Svanstedt trainee Magic Punk and Marcus Melander pupil Neighver Punt both returned from defeat in the $575,000 Grade 1 Kentucky Futurity last week to win in their respective $114,000 divisions of the Grade 3 Bluegrass Stakes for 3-year-old trotting males on Saturday afternoon (Oct. 10) at The Red Mile. Magic Punk plugged first-over […]
LEXINGTON, Ky.—Trainer Marcus Melander swept the pair of $139,000 Grade 3 International Stallion Stakes divisions for 2-year-old trotting fillies—sponsored by Midland Acres—on Friday (Oct. 9) at The Red Mile with two longer-priced propositions in maidens A Tale Of Kemp and Sweetest Of All. A Tale Of Kemp ripped from off the speed to stun at […]
LEXINGTON, Ky.—Bluegrass division winner Blazin Lou (Sweet Lou) turned away another Bluegrass winner in 1-5 favorite Rumble And Sway to romp in a 1:49.1 lifetime best and win the second of two $104,000 Grade 3 International Stallion Stakes divisions for 2-year-old pacing males on Friday (Oct. 9) at The Red Mile. Driver Todd McCarthy charged […]
YONKERS, N.Y.— Rey Franco and Yogi Sheridan capitalized off pocket trips to win their respective harness racing divisions of the North American Amateur Drivers Association (NAADA) Trot at Yonkers Raceway on Thursday night (Oct. 8). Franco popped for a 9-1 upset in the $13,400 division with PC Free Wheeling in a 1:59.3 mile. After 1-9 […]
LEXINGTON, Ky.— Odds-on favorite Whateverittakes As and 5-1 shot Special Day both vaulted off speedy early fractions and past expended rivals late to win in their respective $135,500 divisions of the Grade 3 International Stallion Stakes for 2-year-old trotting males on Thursday afternoon (Oct. 8) at The Red Mile. Entering from a narrow defeat as […]
LEXINGTON, Ky.— Holy secured back-to-back Grand Circuit victories at The Red Mile after she thrusted to the top in the closing strides to snag the $163,000 Grade 3 International Stallion Stakes for 2-year-old pacing fillies, sponsored by The Cuddy Farms, on Thursday (Oct. 8). Leaving from post 3, driver Todd McCarthy settled Holy into fifth […]
LEXINGTON, Ky.— Trainer Ron Burke’s dynamic harness racing duo of Melillo (Sweet Lou) and Al Papi (Papi Rob Hanover) —both graded stakes winners at the upper echelon of their division—will face off in the $365,000 Grade 2 Tattersalls Pace, sponsored by Cameo Hills Farm, in the final race on the final day of the 2026 […]
LEXINGTON, Ky.— Finishing no worse than second in all seven of her starts with already a half-million dollars banked, Grade 1 Jim Doherty Memorial winner Birr Castle looks to return to the harness racing winner’s circle when she starts as the odds-on favorite in the first of two $139,000 International Stallion Stakes divisions for 2-year-old […]
LEXINGTON, Ky.— Ron Burke trainee Cleveland Darby, who swept the Ohio Triple Crown with wins in the Ohio State Fair, Ohio Sires Stakes Championship and the Ohio Breeders Championship, looks for five harness racing wins in a row when she comes to The Red Mile to compete in the $163,000 Grade 3 International Stallion Stakes […]
WILKES-BARRE, Pa.— Tony Beltrami blew away his rivals in the $10,000 American Harness Drivers Club (AHDC) Trot while Geovany Hernandez scored in the following race with a pillar-to-post effort to win the $10,000 AHDC Pace on Saturday (Oct. 3) at Pocono Downs. Beltrami delivered odds-on favorite Call Option to a 1:54.1 victory by open lengths. […]
LEXINGTON, Ky.— Trainer Nancy Takter snagged the top two finishing spots of the $300,000 Grade 1 61st Kentucky Filly Futurity when her harness racing trainee She’s Moni (Walner) overcame a second-tier draw to seize the front and never look back for a lifetime-best equaling 1:50.1 victory over stablemate Madam Cheval on Saturday (Oct. 3) at […]
LEXINGTON, Ky.—Hope Hill (Papi Rob Hanover) turned the tables after a 3-1/2 length defeat to Brett Pelling’s star sophomore pacing filly Miss Jum Jabber in the Kentucky Championship Series final when she overpowered her late in the stretch for a 1:49 victory in the second of the cohort’s $151,000 Grade 3 Bluegrass Stakes on Saturday […]
LEXINGTON, Ky.— Last season’s Horse of the Year Beau Jangles and this season’s North American earnings leader Brandon Blvd both uncorked front-stepping 1:47.2 efforts to win their respective $79,000 divisions of the Grade 3 Bluegrass Stakes for 3-year-old pacing colts and geldings on Saturday afternoon (Oct. 3) at The Red Mile. In the first division, […]
LEXINGTON, Ky.— Ake Svanstedt trainee Mr Mouton (Chapter Seven), who spoiled the 27-race win streak of On To Norway in a Graduate Series division this summer, torched the track at The Red Mile on the undercard of the 134th Kentucky Futurity to clock a track record for 4-year-old trotting geldings with a 1:49.3 mile in […]
LEXINGTON, Ky.— Rumble And Sway splashed decisively along the mud to lead every step for a 1:51.4 victory in the first of three $89,300 Bluegrass Stakes divisions for 2-year-old pacing males on Friday afternoon (Oct. 2) at The Red Mile. Harness racing driver Tim Tetrick asserted Rumble And Sway from the pylon post to seize […]
LEXINGTON, Ky.— Wall Of Fame (Walner) remained resolute under intense homestretch pressure from pocket-popping Gabriela Beatriz S to keep her perfect harness racing record intact with a 1:54.3 effort over an off track in the $94,000 second Grade 3 Bluegrass Stakes division – the Norman Woolworth Memorial sponsored by Arden Homestead Stable – for 2-year-old […]
YONKERS, N.Y.— Tony Beltrami and Yogi Sheridan both capitalized from pylon draws with different trips to win in their respective harness racing divisions of the North American Amateur Drivers Association (NAADA) Trot at Yonkers Raceway on Thursday night (Oct. 1). Beltrami zipped up the rim with Canthaveme around the last turn to snag a 2:00.2 […]
LEXINGTON, Ky.— World champion Lifetime Dreamer, who set the global mark for 2-year-old trotting geldings with a 1:51.1 victory on Hambletonian Day at The Meadowlands, returned to the winner’s circle with an open-length victory on Thursday afternoon (Oct. 1) in the first $91,000 Bluegrass division – sponsored by the Captain Corey Syndicate and Hanover Shoe […]
