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BERLIN, Md. — After her 4-1/2-length score last week, Ragtime Red (Getitoffyourchest-Red High Heels) delivered a similarly dominant performance in the second Maryland Sire Stakes preliminary round for 2-year-old harness racing fillies, held Wednesday (Aug. 28) at Ocean Downs, pacing a lifetime-best 1:55.2 mile in her $10,000 division. Pacer Lu’s Darling and trotter K J […]
HARRINGTON, DE – Forrest Bartlett’s Iwannabewithyou (Luck Be Withyou) and driver Trae Porter were a wire-to-wire harness racing winner in 1:52.4 in the $22,500 Free-For-All Pace Monday (Aug. 26) at Harrington Raceway. The 5-year-old gelding capitalized on a much better draw this start and was sent immediately to the lead from post position 5 and […]
BERLIN, Md. — Ragtime Red (Getitoffyourchest-Red High Heels) completed a sweep of both her preliminary Maryland Sire Stakes events with a 1:58.1 win in her $10,000 division for 2-year-old harness racing pacing fillies on Wednesday (Aug. 21) at Ocean Downs. The other first-round winners, pacer Lu’s Darling and trotter K J The Thirteenth, posted repeat […]
BERLIN, Md. — After sweeping the Bucky Gray Jr. Memorial Series, Primo Maschio (Badlands Hanover-Primadonna) kept his undefeated harness racing career record intact with a devastating 13-3/4-length score in his $27,275 Maryland Standardbred Race Fund (MSRF) event for 2-year-old male pacers on Sunday (Aug. 4) at Ocean Downs. Trae Porter, who used front-end and pocket […]
BERLIN, Md. — After being overpowered by Sinatra De Vie a week ago, William and Sarah MacMillan’s Coventry Hall (Cash Hall-Canland Hall) landed back in the win column with a 1:57.1 harness racing victory in Wednesday’s (July 31) $11,000 Open Handicap Trot at Ocean Downs. Trae Porter was in no hurry early with Coventry Hall, […]
BERLIN, Md. — After odds-on wins in both preliminary legs, Primo Maschio (Badlands Hanover-Primadonna) prevailed again as the 2-5 favorite in Tuesday’s (July 23) $14,600 final of the Bucky Gray Jr. Memorial at Ocean Downs, completing a sweep of the series for 2-year-old pacers and remaining undefeated through three harness racing career starts. Trae Porter […]
BERLIN, MD — Geralds A Keeper and Cloggs For Real captured their respective $10,000 first-round Maryland Sire Stakes events for 3-year-old harness racing colts and geldings on Sunday (June 30) at Ocean Downs, giving owner Kelsey Wagner and trainer John Wagner a stakes double. In the trotting split, Trae Porter secured the pocket with Geralds […]
BERLIN, MD — After grinding uncovered to a narrow miss last week, Forrest Bartlett’s Iwannabewithyou (Luck Be Withyou) withstood a protracted early battle in Sunday’s (June 16) $12,000 Open 1 Handicap Pace at Ocean Downs and narrowly prevailed over a late-surging Fantastic Voyage to give driver Trae Porter one of six wins on the card. […]
Iwannabewithyou (Luck Be Withyou, $6.00) and harness racing driver Trae Porter took the $12,000 Open I pace at Rosecroft on Saturday night in scintillating fashion in 1:51. Porter kept him on the engine despite being parked through a quarter of :26.1, and rolled through fractions of :54.1, 1:22.1 and held off the favorite, Business Director, […]
WOODSTOCK, VA — 4/25/2023 —- Stephen Farrell’s Rocksapatriot (Rockin Cam) surged past Volley Ball Beach and Alilthundadownunda in deep stretch to score a big win Saturday in (April 22) Shenandoah Downs’ $25,000 Blue Ridge Open Pace, highlighting week four harness racing action. Despite a sloppy track from morning and early afternoon rains, the final time […]
Harness racing driver Trae Porter and Leonard’s Legacy (Tabago Cays) were determined to call the shots in Thursday (April 20) night’s $14,000 Preferred Pace at Rosecroft Raceway. Leaving from post seven in :25.2, Porter shook off an early charge from Trip Hammer and guided the field through fractions of :53.1, 1:22.1, holding off a first […]
Harness racing driver Trae Porter and Leonard’s Legacy (Tobago Cays) had poor drawing luck two weeks in a row which prevented him from being a factor at Rosecroft Raceway’s $17,500 top open level. Thursday night (March 16), the six-year-old gelding finally drew inside the razor-sharp Island Of The Sea and sprinted to a 1:50.2 win […]
Lady Says Win (Western Terror), at odds of 11-1, used a perfect pocket trip from harness racing driver Trae Porter to secure the win in the $14,500 Mares Open Tuesday night (March 14) at Rosecroft Raceway. On a cold night, where the winds were sustained at 25 mph creating a sturdy headwind in the stretch, […]
Leonard’s Legacy (Tabago Cays) got a perfect pocket trip from harness racing driver Trae Porter and pounced on the favorite Stag Party in the final 1/16th of a mile to secure the win in the $17,500 Open Pace Thursday night (Feb. 23) at Rosecroft Raceway. In five starts this year at Rosecroft, the six-year-old has […]
Freehold, NJ —- A big night on Thursday buoyed harness racing driver Trae Porter in the inaugural Rosecroft/Freehold Driving Challenge, as he took home the title and the $1,000 first prize. The series consisted of four races at Rosecroft Raceway on Thursday, Dec. 15 and four races at Freehold Raceway on Saturday, Dec. 17, pitting […]
With $1,000 up for grabs to the winner, harness racing Trae Porter took a large step forward in trying to win the first ever Rosecroft-Freehold drivers challenge on Thursday night (Dec. 15), taking three of the four divisions. With the wins, Porter stands first with 153 points, Russell Foster, who won a race in the […]
CHESTER PA – Four $12,600 features highlighting developing harness racing trotters and pacers were in the spotlight on a hot Friday afternoon at Harrah’s Philadelphia. Nautical Hanover (Captaintreacherous) enjoyed class relief from Pennsylvania Sire Stakes company to take his division of the male pace in 1:50.3, his fastest victory ever. The three-year-old colt had to […]
Harness racing driver Trae Porter had his choice of Jason Skinner trainees in the $12,500 Open Handicap for mares on Wednesday night at Rosecroft Raceway. It was a tough choice, either 65-time winner Truth And Liberty, who was 3-3 this Spring at Rosecroft or Shezza GNP N, who scorched the Fort Washington stonedust in 1:51.4 […]
Harness racing trainer Michael Hall has had Wings Of Speed since the middle of January and the new acquisition is paying dividends for his barn at Rosecroft Raceway. Wednesday night, the six-year-old son of Archangel, beat Judge Bob for a second straight week, as Trae Porter put him on the front and was never headed, […]
Rosecroft has become a launching pad for young harness racing drivers to get their career underway in recent years. The latest rising talent is 20-year-old Trae Porter. Last night, he won four races on the Sunday night card. Porter won 31 times in 414 starts in 2021 at Rosecroft and recently won a race with […]
