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Show Me A Million (Dover Dan) and harness racing driver Sam Widger showed true grit and stamina in winning the $35,000 Ray Paver, Sr. Memorial Trot Wednesday, April 10 at Miami Valley Raceway. The late closer series finale took place in the 8th race where unbeaten Upnaway Blue Chip (Trace Tetick) went right to the […]
Dayton, OH – Having won the likes of The Bluegrass at The Red Mile and Kindergarten Final at The Meadowlands as well as countless Open events across North America, Marloe Hanover (Captaintreacherous) adds another Open event to her resume on Friday night (Oct. 13) at Dayton Raceway all while becoming harness racing’s newest millionaire. Starting […]
LEBANON, OH. – Sam Widger, currently third in the harness racing dash standings at Miami Valley Raceway, had quite a day on Sunday (Feb. 5). The 59-year-old driver, with over 7,350 wins in his career, scored four wins in the span of five races good for a whopping $44,500 in purse earnings. Included in Widger’s […]
Miami Valley Raceway hosted the $22,500 Final of the Claim To Fame Series for Fillies and Mares Tuesday, January 24 with She’s Magical (Rockin Image) providing all the harness racing excitement. The 10th race feature for $12,500 claimers was raced over a good track with a one-second allowance from the judges. The start of the […]
LEBANON, OH – Despite spending the last month in quarantine, due to an equine herpes episode involving a different horse at his training center, Pick Me Upper (Trixton) returned to the track on Wednesday (Jan. 4) at Miami Valley and promptly upset a full field of some of the finest harness racing trotters in the […]
ANDERSON, Ind.—June 28, 2022—M-M’s Dream (Swan For All—Trading Places) continued her winning ways at Harrah’s Hoosier Park Racing & Casino after she captured the featured harness racing event of the evening, the single division of the $92,000 Indiana Sires Stakes for three-year-old trotting fillies, on Tuesday, June 28 with Sam Widger in the bike. Stopping […]
ANDERSON, Ind.— June 15, 2022— It was the three-year-old trotting colts and geldings turn in the Indiana Sires Stakes spotlight at Harrah’s Hoosier Park Racing & Casino as they squared off in the second round of stakes action on Wednesday, June 15. Two $48,500 divisions were featured on the evening’s 13-race harness racing card. In […]
LEBANON, OH – Despite an outside post, a sloppy track and 25-1 odds, Levi pulled a major upset in the $35,000 championship leg of the Claim To Fame harness racing series for $30,000 claimers at Miami Valley on Thursday (Feb. 24). All the aforementioned negative circumstances seemed like minor inconveniences to driver Sam Widger when […]
When driver Sam Widger recently reflected upon winning the 7,000th race of his career last year, he was momentarily speechless. “When I first got in this business, I just wanted to make a decent living,” said Widger, who knew little about harness racing prior to leaving college and taking a job cleaning stalls in the […]
ANDERSON, IN – October 20, 2021- Harness racing driver Sam Widger joined elite company, harness racing’s 7,000-win club, after he piloted Yuengling to victory at Harrah’s Hoosier Park Racing & Casino on Wednesday, October 20. It was a maiden breaking score for the two-year-old pacing filly and a career achievement for the 58-year-old driver. Widger […]
ANDERSON, Ind.—June 19, 2021— After the three-year-old pacing colts impressed in stakes action last week, the three-year-old harness racing fillies would not be outdone as they highlighted the evening’s 13-race card at Harrah’s Hoosier Park Racing & Casino on Friday, June 18. The evening’s program featured one $96,000 division for the three-year-old pacing fillies, and […]
