Plainville, MA — Grand Circuit harness racing returned to Plainridge Park on Monday (Oct. 7) afternoon and featured the Colonial Oaks Trot and the W.N. Reynolds Memorial Tar Heel for pacing colts and geldings and Leta Long for pacing fillies. All three stake records were broken and two track records fell as well, and one […]
East Rutherford, NJ — Karl (Tactical Landing-Avalicious) and T C I (Cantab Hall-Nicole’s Promise) entered their respective divisions of Saturday’s W.N. Reynolds Memorial for 3-year-old male harness racing trotters at The Meadowlands ranked as the top two contenders for August’s $1 million Hambletonian Stakes, and both solidified their standing with victories. Karl won the first […]
Plainville, MA — A pair of Grand Circuit events were the highlight of the Monday afternoon (Oct. 9) harness racing card at Plainridge Park, and both the Reynolds Stake and Colonial Trot produced some impressive winners. The $123,000 Reynolds Stake for 3-year-old pacers went in two divisions separated by gender, as the $61,550 Tar Heel […]
Plainville, MA — The Grand Circuit makes another stop at Plainridge Park on Monday (Oct. 9) when the $123,000 Reynolds Stake and $51,100 Colonial Trot tops the card. The Reynolds goes in two divisions. The $61,550 Tar Heel for 3-year-old pacing colts and geldings and the accompanying $61,450 Leta Long for 3-year-old pacing fillies. The […]
Life could not have been much better for Cote Keim last week, on and off the track. On Friday (Sept. 22), the trainer saw his 2-year-old pacers Magnifico Hanover (Captaintreacherous-Mesmerize Bluechip) and Costa Diva finish first and second, respectively, in divisions of the Reynolds Memorial at Tioga Downs. A day later, his wife, Jamie, gave […]
Executive Game (Bar Hopping-Broadway Jo Ell, Wally Hennessey) notched his seventh straight harness racing win as Tioga Downs played host to eight Reynolds Memorial divisions for freshmen pacers and trotters on Friday (September 22). Executive Game ($6.00) holds on to win the $38,850 first division Reynolds Memorial called The Judge Moore for trotting colts & […]
Tioga Downs played host to several harness racing divisions of the WN Reynolds Memorial races on Friday (Sep. 23). Texas Town (Huntsville-Tell The Truth) and driver Wally Hennessey went from last-to-first to captured the $56,500 Reynolds Memorial for 2-year-old colts & geldings (non-betting). Texas Town scored the mile in a career best of 1:54.4. He is […]
EAST RUTHERFORD, NJ – For three straight days at The Meadowlands, there will be plenty of fireworks both on and off the harness racing track during the July 4th holiday weekend. Tonight (June 30) will mark the first of two straight Thursday night live racing programs. Post time is the usual 6:20 p.m. for the nine-race […]
Harness Racing This Week: MGM Yonkers Trot, MGM Grand Messenger, New York New York Mile, and Park MGM Filly Pace finals, Yonkers Raceway, Yonkers, N.Y.; Roll With Joe, Crawford Farms, Perfect Sting, Six Pack and W.N. Reynolds Memorial, The Meadowlands, East Rutherford, N.J.; Nadia Lobell, Hoosier Park, Anderson, Ind.; and Landmark Stakes, Goshen Historic Track, […]
East Rutherford, NJ – The Meadowlands “Championship Meet” hits full stride this week with not the usual two, but three harness racing stakes laden racing programs. Thursday has been added for the next two weeks and there will be fourteen races on both Friday and Saturday to keep the overnight horses racing while the Jersey-bred […]
JD and American Ticket were the harness racing winners of the two W.N. Reynolds Memorial events for 3-year-old pacers that took place on Friday evening (May 6) at Yonkers Raceway over a sloppy, rain-soaked track. In the $41,100 Tar Heel for colts and geldings, PJ Lou (George Brennan) took the lead away from JD (Tyler […]
Harness Racing This Week: Dexter Cup and Lady Suffolk, Freehold Raceway, Freehold, N.J.; W.N. Reynolds Memorial, Yonkers Raceway, Yonkers, N.Y.; and Miss Versatility Series and Graduate Series first legs, The Meadowlands, East Rutherford, N.J. Schedule of events: Freehold Raceway will host Grand Circuit action on Saturday (May 7) with the $150,505 Dexter Cup for 3-year-old […]
Hightstown, NJ — After breeder George Zitone saw Ray Schnittker purchase So Park N Proud at the 2020 Goshen Yearling Sale, he approached the harness racing trainer and asked about retaining an interest in the pacer. Schnittker said yes, but he was changing the name of the horse. The new name would be JD, after […]
This Week: Arden Downs stakes, The Meadows, Washington, Pa.; MGM Springfield Stakes eliminations, Yonkers Raceway, Yonkers, N.Y.; and Graduate finals, Meadowlands Pace eliminations and W.N. Reynolds Memorial, The Meadowlands, East Rutherford, N.J. Schedule of events: Grand Circuit action begins on Friday (July 9) at The Meadows, with the $38,345 Arden Downs for 3-year-old filly trotters. On Saturday […]