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CHESTER, Pa.— Neil Glasser swept the $7,500 harness racing divisions of the American Harness Drivers Club (AHDC) Pace while Anthony Verruso won the lone $7,500 dash for the AHDC Trot on Sunday (Nov. 17) at Harrah’s Philadelphia. Glasser powered in the back half with Boiler Maker (Sweet Lou) to win the first division of the […]
FREEHOLD, N.J.— Anthony Verruso perched Landia (Yankee Glide) on a helmet, and the harness racing mare vaulted powerfully for home to take the $9,000 American Harness Drivers Club (AHDC) Trot going away on Saturday (Feb. 10) at Freehold Raceway. Starting from post 5, Verruso floated Landia to race sixth while Hammer Creek (driven by John […]
YONKERS, N.Y.— Anthony Verruso took his harness racing rivals pillar to post to win the $10,000 North American Amateur Drivers Association (NAADA) preliminary at Yonkers Raceway on Thursday night (Sept. 21). Leaving from post 3, Verruso secured the lead with Call Me Thefireman (Wishing Stone) while keeping 6-5 favorite By A Hoff Hanover (driven by […]
GOSHEN, N.Y.— Anthony Verruso ignited the harness racing heat early with Call Me Thefireman (Wishing Stone) and held his ground through to the finish to take the $5,000 CKG Billings Trot at Goshen Historic Track on Saturday afternoon (Jul. 1). Starting from the pylon post, Verruso pushed Call Me Thefireman for the lead as the […]
FREEHOLD, N.J.— Joe Faraldo fired down the highway and Anthony Verruso vaulted off the speed to take their respective $9,000 harness racing divisions of the American Harness Drivers Club (AHDC) Trot at Freehold Raceway on Saturday afternoon (April 29). In the first division, Faraldo protected the pylons with Grafenberg (Triumphant Caviar) to grab the lead […]
YONKERS, N.Y.— Sent the second longest shot on the board, Call Me Thefireman and Anthony Verruso cleared command from the outermost post and landed the harness racing spoils in the $10,000 North American Amateur Drivers Club (NAADA) Trot at Yonkers Raceway on Thursday night (March 16). Leaving from post 7 in the scratched-down field, Verruso […]
Freehold, NJ—It was a frigid day in Freehold, NJ and the cold weather brought some strange happenings in the first of two American Harness Drivers Club (AHDC) amateur harness racing trot events Saturday (Feb 4) at Freehold Raceway. Following the old saying, it’s better to be lucky than good, driver Anthony Verruso used every ounce […]
Freehold, NJ – It was an Italian pride day at Freehold Raceway on Saturday (1/21) as harness racing drivers Tony Beltrami and Joe Faraldo each won a heat of the American Harness Drivers Club Amateur (AHDC) trot series. In the first heat, there was a lot of early action with Spree guided by Dante Scattolini […]
Harness racing driver Johnathan Ahle was able to ask Captain Fancy (Captaintreacherous) to make two big moves in the $12,000 Preferred-Handicap Pace at Freehold Raceway Saturday, January 14, 2023, and the five-year-old gelding responded with a big victory. The 9th race feature saw a real dogfight after the start of the race as Southwind Onyx […]
Freehold, NJ—After starting the Christmas Season by donating $5,000 to the Harness Racing Hall of Fame last week, the American Harness Drivers Club (AHDC) contested their Christmas race on Saturday 12/24, Christmas Eve. And in the spirit of the season, Campbellini (Cantab Hall) with Dante Scattolini at the reins took up the part of Rudolf […]
Freehold, NJ – After donating $2,000 last week at Freehold Raceway to HABCORE a local Veterans charity, the American Harness Driver’s Club (AHDC) got back to harness racing action on Saturday (11/26) at the New Jersey oval. John Calabrese wasted no time getting the festivities started by sending Allindotime (Andover Hall) to the lead from […]
Freehold, NJ—As your parents may have told you, goods things come Allindotime (Andover Hall) and the harness racing horse, Allindotime and driver John Calabrese found that saying to be true today in the American Harness Drivers Club (AHDC) Trot at Freehold Raceway, Friday, October 15. Leaving from post 6, in what was by far the […]
PLAINS, Pa.–Two $11,000 divisions in the American Harness Drivers Club series went to post today at Mohegan Sun Pocono and when the judges hung the official signs Lou Beltrami was victorious with Crazy About Pat (Crazed) in the first harness racing division while Jonathan Ahle and Tony Verruso shared honors in a dead-heat in the […]
Yonkers, NY— Harness racing driver Tony Verruso displayed the talent that earned him the National Amateur Driver of the Year Award last by season winning both ends of the non-wagering $10,000 North America Amateur Drivers Association trots Thursday at Yonkers Raceway. He won the first division with Call Me Thefireman in 1:58.4 and came back […]
EAST RUTHERFORD, NJ – If you are a harness racing racetrack regular, you hear it all the time from other racetrack regulars: “I will not bet the favorite. All I want to do is beat the favorite.” If that is indeed the case, then the racetrack regular’s best friend is the GSY (Gural Settlemoir Yarock) […]
Monticello, NY– Tony Verruso and Alan Schwartz each walked away with a victory in their respective $7500 NAADA harness racing trots at Monticello Raceway on Wednesday afternoon, March 30. Verruso won with Jimmy Dean in 2:04 while Schwartz was victorious behind Awol Hanover in 2:02.1. In his split last year’s Amateur Driver of the Year, […]
Freehold, NJ — Harness racing amateur driver Tony Verruso sat back with Masster Blue and allowed Tony Beltrami and Latoka to cut the fractions and then closed with a rush to win the American Harness Driver’s Club trot Saturday at Freehold Raceway. Maybe it was only fitting that Verruso won the American Harness Drivers Club […]
Freehold, NJ--Recently named winner of the 2021 USHWA National Amateur Driver of the Year Award, Tony Verruso picked up today (January 1) right where he left off last year and on the first card of the new harness racing season, he reined Masster Blue to a 2:02.1 victory over a muddy track in the $9,000 […]
Northeast Philadelphia, Pa.– Two short fields of harness racing trotters contesting purses of $9,200 went to post today in the American Harness Drivers Club trots at Harrah’s Philadelphia today and each event was won by a driver named Tony. In the first event Tony Beltrami scored in wire-to-wire fashion with Shared Interest A in a […]
WILKES-BARRE, PA – The American Harness Drivers Club amateur harness racing series held a Championship and a consolation race during the Sunday twilight card at The Downs at Mohegan Sun Pocono, and on a night not favorable to speed, 2013 Amateur Driver of the Year Steve Oldford was able to overcome a long grinding trip […]
Things sometimes happen in bunches and that certainly was the case for Silvermass Volo and driver Maria de Bruijn. As Sunday’s winner of the American Harness Drivers Club (AHDC) amateur trot at Mohegan Sun Pocono Downs on Sunday 8/8, Silvermass Volo won his first race in two years, leading the field past the wire in […]
Yonkers, NY—Two $8,000 harness racing divisions in the current North American Amateur Drivers Association Trotting Series were contested tonight at Yonkers Raceway and when the judges posted the winners Tony Verruso and Scott Keppler walked away victorious after copping their respective splits. Verruso was victorious with Winneress in 1:59.3 while Keppler scored with Judge Ken […]
Tony Verruso and Christopher Petrelli won decisive victories in their North American Amateur Drivers Association (NAADA) Trot dashes on Wednesday at Monticello Raceway. Verruso improved to 10-for-31 on the season in the second programmed race, steering his Winneress to a wire-to-wire score. He elicited early speed from Winneress on the pylons to beat a hard-leaving […]
The American Harness Drivers Club (AHDC) made its first venture into Pennsylvania this past Sunday by way of Mohegan Sun at Pocono Downs, and it was quite the harness racing debut. In what was a very entertaining and well driven race, four horses blanketed the finish line and it was Tony Ciuffetelli who guided Inaperfectworld […]
