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OAK GROVE, KY — Off three straight strong efforts out of post 8 at the top harness racing class, Muskateer Hanover (Sweet Lou) landed a good draw and capitalized on the opportunity to go a lights-out 1:49.3 mile and win the $37,000 Open Handicap Pace as the 7-5 favorite on Monday (June 3) at Oak […]
OAK GROVE, KY — The tandem of harness racing driver Tony Hall and trainer Anette Lorentzon followed their hat trick on Monday with a dynamite showing on Tuesday (May 21) at Oak Grove Racing, Gaming & Hotel, striking a grand slam together including a win in the $36,000 Open Trot and Hall notching an additional […]
The Dan Patch 2023 Older Female Pacer of the Year, Grace Hill (Always B Miki), won her first harness racing start of 2024 at Eldorado Scioto Downs on Friday (May 17). Leaving from their assigned post eight, Tony Hall sent Grace Hill straight to the top and won the $27,000 fillies and mares open pace […]
Starting from the second tier in post 10 was no problem for 9-1 Ainthesamewithoutu (Sweet Lou), who using a three-wide move at the three-quarters, upset the harness racing field in capturing the $25,000 Fillies and Mares Open Handicap Pace Friday at Dayton Raceway. The 5th race feature got underway with race favorite Newsy N (Dan […]
Ainthesamewithoutu (Sweet Lou) surpassed the $100,000 mark in harness racing earnings this year with a wire-to-wire triumph in the $22,000 Fillies and Mares Open II Pace Friday (Dec. 15) at Hollywood Dayton Raceway. The 9th race feature got underway with the race favorite Ainthesamewithoutu and driver Tony Hall leaving from post six to take early command with Lee […]
After a strong showing in the $250,000 Jim Ewart Memorial last week where he finished fourth against the best older pacers in harness racing, Chase H Hanover (Captaintreacherous) beat up on a field of six rivals in winning the $27,000 Open Handicap Pace at Scioto Downs Saturday (Sept. 16). With driver Tony Hall in the […]
Brodeur (Tactical Landing), a 14-1 longshot, was able to handily defeat race favorite Ari Ferrari J in capturing the $80,000 Kentucky Sire Stakes for three-year-old harness racing trotting colts Monday (Aug. 7) at The Red Mile in Lexington, KY. The 9th race co-feature saw four lead changes by the half mile as Challenger (Tim Tetrick) […]
Eldorado Scioto Downs held two $30,000 harness racing co-feature pacing events Friday (June 2). In the 9th race final of The Steve McCoy for Ohio-sired Fillies and Mares, it was the 7-1 longshot Colorful Dragon (Fear The Dragon), who sat along the pylons for driver Tyler Smith en route to an effortless victory. 19-1 Artura […]
OAK GROVE, KY — Despite starting from the second tier, Golden Wall As (Walner) pushed his way to the middle of the pack and ground through the far turn to down the tempo setter and deliver as the 3-2 harness racing favorite in the $24,000 Open Trot at Oak Grove Racing, Gaming and Hotel on […]
Tony Hall of Stuff.co.nz reports that a High Court fight is brewing over the remains of New Zealand’s most famous harness racing horse – Cardigan Bay – and his final resting place could be paved over for a car park. The NZ Trotting Hall of Fame wants to exhume Cardigan Bay’s remains from Auckland’s Alexandra Park, where they were […]
Dayton, Ohio – Age is nothing but a number to the 3-year-old filly Ainthesamewithoutu (Sweet Lou). As the youngest harness racing competitor in the field of seven, Ainthesamewithoutu dominated the mature mares in the $25,300 Fillies and Mares Open Pace on Friday (Dec. 16) at Hollywood Gaming at Dayton Raceway. Driver Tony Hall left the […]
DAYTON, OH. – Despite frigid temperatures, Let It Ride N (Rock N Roll Heaven) captured his second straight Open Pace at Hollywood Dayton Raceway on Saturday (Nov. 19) for harness racing driver Tony Hall and trainer Mike Hitchcock. The amazing 9-year-old gelded son of Rock N Roll Heaven won for the 11th time this year, […]
Dayton, Ohio – In her open-level debut, 6-1 Ainthesamewithoutu (Sweet Lou) produced a mild harness racing upset in the $23,000 Fillies and Mares Open Handicap Pace on Friday (Nov. 18) at Hollywood Gaming at Dayton Raceway. Off the gate, the lone 3-year-old filly in the field quickly settled into the pocket behind 3-5 favorite Velocity […]
Dayton, Ohio – The cold, the snow, and Let It Ride N (Rock N Roll Heaven) made the $22,000 Open Pace on Saturday (Nov. 12) at Hollywood Gaming at Dayton Raceway a memorable one. At 4-1, Let It Ride N passed them all by to take the harness racing Open Pace in 1:51. The 9-year-old […]
Dayton, Ohio – Later Dudes (Sweet Lou) made light work of the $23,000 Open Handicap Pace on Saturday (Oct. 15) at Hollywood Gaming at Dayton Raceway. Guided by harness racing driver Tony Hall, the 5-year-old gelding refused to race from the pocket. As soon as the dust settled, 6-5 favorite Later Dudes easily made his […]
Grove City, OH – Sophomore colt and gelding harness racing pacers took to the Flying Turns of MGM Northfield Park Sunday night (Jul. 24) for the third leg in the Buckeye Stallion Series with Fluff Yeahh (Pet Rock) and Pearl Snaps (Fear The Dragon) picking up their second wins in the series. In the first […]
Grove City, Ohio – Five of the top spots in the two divisions of the Ohio Sires Stakes second leg for 3-year-old pacing fillies at Eldorado Scioto Downs Saturday June 4 were all sired by Downbytheseaside with Do It Like Bobbi and Sea Silk picking up harness racing victories. Each division went for a purse of $55,000. […]
LEBANON, OH. – Harness racing trainer Ron Burke should feel extremely confident about his talented troupe of Ohio-sired sophomore pacers as the first leg of the Ohio Sires Stakes season is set to kickoff at Miami Valley Raceway next week. After sweeping the top three positions in the $50,000 James K. Hackett Memorial for fillies […]
LEBANON, OH. – Jeffery P (Tony Hall) won his fifth open class trot in ten seasonal harness racing starts, capturing the $28,000 Open at Miami Valley in 1:53.2 on Monday (April 18). In addition to three wins in recent weeks at Miami Valley, the 7-year-old son of Full Count has also triumphed in the top […]
LEBANON, OH. – Perlucky (Tony Hall) scored a gate-to-wire 1:54.1 triumph in the Monday (April 11) $30,000 Open Handicap Trot at Miami Valley, holding off Ron Burke stablemate Celebrate With Me (Chris Page) and late-closing show finisher Delilah Seelster (Tyler Smith). It was the third 2022 win for Perlucky, the first in Ohio, as Burke […]
LEBANON, OH. – The $30,000 championship final of the Dr. Dan Farwick Memorial Trotting Series, to be contested next Wednesday (April 6), shapes up to be quite a competitive fray based on results of the final two preliminary harness racing heats on Wednesday (March 30) at Miami Valley. Fox Valley Britzka (Trace Tetrick) managed his […]
LEBANON, OH – Miami Valley Raceway opened its ninth season of live harness racing on Monday (Jan. 3) afternoon with Pick Me Upper (Tony Hall) capturing the featured $30,000 Open Trot. The five-year-old son of Trixton, trained by Junior Haynes, bested Delilah Seelster (Trace Tetrick) and Street Gossip (Brett Miller), while slight favorite Refined (Mitch […]
DAYTON, OH – The highest overnight purse of the Hollywood Dayton meet, a $60,000 mini-series final for Open Pacers, was featured on the Saturday (Dec. 13) card. The outcome was a mild surprise as Dojea Gizmo (Trevor Smith) rallied from a third-place ride along the pylons for most of the 1:51.4 mile to triumph over […]
DAYTON, OH – A large throng of harness racing fans showed up at Hollywood Dayton Raceway on Saturday (Dec. 11) to witness and wager on an exciting 14-race card peppered with three mini-series final legs as well as a plethora of opening legs of mini-series for some of the best horses in the southern Ohio […]
