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For the first time ever, Whoomp will stray from her home track, and breeder/owner Pat DeLong feels she has earned the opportunity. The daughter of Rockin Image-Nightcap will compete in the first of Saturday’s (Oct. 17) two $25,000 eliminations for the Grade 1 Breeders Crown 3-Year-Old Filly Pace at Eldorado Scioto Downs. It will be […]
Trainer Linda Toscano and driver Scott Zeron have combined for some of the biggest wins harness racing can provide. Now they are hoping It Could Be Worse allows them to team up for the most prestigious of all on Saturday (Aug. 8) in the $1 million Grade 1 Winning Key Farm Hambletonian, for 3-year-old trotters, […]
Trenton, NJ – Anthony Miller’s first career drives were memorable as much for the weather as for the fact his harness racing career was officially underway. “We were in the rain at Converse,” the 24-year-old northern Indiana product said. “It was a complete downpour; it was a crazy day. I was right in the middle […]
Trenton, NJ – It’s a special group of people who will take to the harness racing track Sunday (July 20) for the annual Pacing for the Cure/MSOA 5K Walk/Run at Hollywood Casino at The Meadows. Pacing For the Cure is celebrating its 10th anniversary of charity work. During its first decade, the organization has expanded […]
Trenton, NJ — Braxten Boyd is in a New York state of mind as he prepares to begin defense of his Tioga Downs harness racing driving championship when the track opens Saturday (May 3). Boyd, who won a New York Sire Stakes championship last season with 2-year-old male trotter Variegated (Chapter Seven) and is hoping for […]
Trenton, NJ — As breeder/owner Don Tiger eagerly awaits the 2025 debut of Charlie May (McArdle) in Saturday’s (March 1) $25,000 feature pace at Mohegan Pennsylvania’s Pocono Downs, he couldn’t help but reflect on when his horse started racing. At that time in 2020, Tiger never dreamed that he had a horse with $2.27 million in […]
Trenton, NJ — When Emily Ratcliff called Jacob Rheinheimer to tell him he will be receiving the 2024 United States Harness Writers Association’s Barasch Breakthrough Award at this year’s Dan Patch Awards banquet, it was Christmas Eve. But to Rheinheimer, it felt almost like April Fool’s Day. “When Emily gave me the call,” he said, “it […]
Trenton, NJ — Brett Beckwith doesn’t enjoy taking days off from driving, but he won’t mind doing so on Feb. 23. That is the evening when the U.S. Harness Writers Association holds its 2024 Dan Patch Awards banquet, presented by Caesars Entertainment, at Rosen Centre in Orlando, Fla. Beckwith will be an honoree when he receives […]
East Rutherford, NJ — With morning-line favorites in five of the 12 Breeders Crown finals at the Meadowlands, harness racing trainer Ron Burke is hoping for a big weekend as he looks to add to his collection of 20 trophies. Burke ranks second in training wins in the 40-year history of the Breeders Crown, trailing […]
Trenton, NJ — While stablemates Nijinsky and Legendary Hanover enter Saturday’s $650,000 Meadowlands Pace for 3-year-olds at The Meadowlands as the top choices on the morning line at 2-1 and 3-1, respectively, a number of other harness racing horses could be in the mix when it comes to chasing victory at The Meadowlands. They include […]
Trenton, NJ — It has a catchy advertising slogan, but Ace was definitely not the place for Amanda Blackford. And it had nothing to do with a faulty rake or bum cabinet fixture, but stepped away for financial reasons and took a job at Ace Hardware. She shot up the employee ladder, quickly being promoted […]
Trenton, NJ — When Irishman Jack Killeen arrived in America on his 18th birthday, he landed at Hollywood Casino at The Meadows harness racing track and did so with GPS in hand. Fortunately for the merry wanderer, he wound up right back where he started and is happy to now call western Pennsylvania home. “This […]
In John Stefanos’ mind, he has reached the Cooperstown of harness racing. As a travel baseball coach in Illinois for six years, Stefanos guided his Under-12 squad through a 104-team national tournament into the Sweet 16 held in Cooperstown, N.Y. As a Standardbred harness racing owner his equine namesake, Coach Stefanos (Tellitlikeitis), has reached the […]
Trenton, NJ — If it weren’t for a partial knee tear and a turbulent experience in the hospital — each incident totally unrelated to the other — the sport of harness racing may not have been blessed with the presence of Katelyn Gerow. But fate has brought a bright, energetic young trainer into the sport, and […]
Trenton, NJ — Few people are completely content with their lot in life. They are constantly looking for higher-profile jobs, better pay, more recognition. The list goes on. Harness racing driver Nick Graffam is one of the few. At age 32, the lifelong Maine resident is perfectly content driving three New England tracks; Plainridge Park in […]
Trenton, NJ — When you talk about a guy who puts in a good day’s work, as the saying goes, driver Jim Marohn Jr. may be the classic example when it comes to harness racing. The 41-year-old has had lifetime hopes of hooking up with a big barn that would provide some opportunities in major […]
Trenton, NJ — Harness racing driver Trace Tetrick tried not to make a big deal out of it. In December, just for the heck of it, he checked out his win total to see how close he was to 7,000. He needed about 150, so once the season started, he forgot about it, until the […]
Trenton, NJ — Jack Pelling is in no great rush to be a top harness racing driver but is certainly happy with where his deliberate pace has brought him at this point. Pelling, in just his fourth year of driving, has opened 2023 with wins in nearly 26 percent of his 62 starts at Freehold […]
Trenton, NJ — It’s only fitting that Jim Devaux fishes in the Neversink River, a Delaware River tributary that runs behind his southeastern New York home. At the rate the 55-year-old is going, his performance as a harness racing driver may never sink below outstanding. OK, Father Time will eventually catch up, but Devaux is […]
Trenton, NJ — Tyler Miller grew up watching two of harness racing’s best go about their business on a daily basis. The son of driver Andy Miller and trainer Julie Miller, Tyler studied and learned from them, and many others. But it wasn’t until he graduated from Rider University in 2020 and became a fulltime driver, […]
Trenton, NJ — In discussing his first career harness racing driving win, Paul Hochstedler made it sound pretty boring…at first. “There’s not much to say, it was a simple win,” he remarked about his June 16 victory at the Wapello County Regional Fair in Eldon, Iowa. “I was on the outside and I just left […]
Michael Andrew has produced some harness racing standouts in his 20-plus years as a breeder, such as Dan Patch Award-winner Obrigado and millionaires Little Brown Fox and Likeabatoutahell, but he is still hoping for a Hambletonian champion. Could this be the year? According to the morning line, perhaps it can. Andrew, a Gorham, Maine resident, and […]
Trenton, NJ — A little rest, a little maturity, and a little confidence have meant a lot to Sonofamistery. Trained by Marcus Melander for harness racing owners S R F Stable and Holly Lane Stud East, the horse is 2-for-2 this year entering the $75,000 first leg of the Graduate Series for 4-year-old trotters Saturday (May […]
Trenton, NJ — Life is good for Chris Lems. He always wanted to be a Standardbred harness racing driver, and he is. He was able to satisfy both himself and his parents by attending college while still pursuing a career. It was suggested he try racing at Northfield Park in 2017, which he did. He has […]
