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Taurasi (Racing Hill) continued his harness racing dominance in the Preferred Pace at Woodbine Mohawk Park with a fifth straight victory in Saturday’s $36,000 edition of the class. Doug McNair had the gelding on top the whole way, cutting fractions of :27.4, :57.2, and 1:26. Taurasi crept away by two-and-three-quarter lengths coming down the stretch […]
Fred’s Nightmare (Fred and Ginger – Nightlife) and driver Marc St. Louis, Jr. captured the featured $21,600 Open Pace on the Saturday closing night harness racing program at Northville Downs. Fred’s Nightmare and St. Louis rocketed to the lead and never looked back, setting fractions of 27.4, 57.0, 1:25.0 and clocking a winning time in […]
In front of a fan-filled grandstand, Rose Run Vincent (And Away We Go – Real Housewife) and driver/trainer David Lake captured the featured $21,600 Open Trot on Friday’s program at Northville Downs. My Uncle Cuz with driver Don Harmon and Travlin Swan and driver Art McIlmurray fired to the front, doing battle past the quarter […]
RB (Megatron – Getoutthediamonds) and owner/driver/trainer Kim Pluta captured the featured $10,800 Open Pace on the Friday night (Jan. 19) harness racing program at Northville Downs. Commander Bob rocketed up to take over the early lead from his outside position with pilot Marc St. Louis, Jr. as RB left alertly for a pocket ride. They […]
Take After Me (Holmes Hanover) reigned supreme in a field full of veteran trotters with the tightest of finishes at the Banks Peninsula harness meeting at Motukarara today. After a great beginning, driver John Morrison slotted Take After Me on the inside behind the leader Cosmic Angel. There was a bit of shuffling prior to […]
Commander Bob (Real Desire – Christa Ann) and driver David Lake captured the featured $10,800 Open harness racing pace over RB (Megatron – Getoutthediamonds) and owner/driver/trainer Kim Pluta on the Saturday night (Jan. 6) program at Northville Downs. White Belly and Marc St. Louis, Jr and Let’snotforget and Kody Massey battled for the early lead […]
Rose Run Vincent (And Away We Go – Real Housewife) and driver/trainer David Lake and Delightful Summer (Quality Western– Midsummer Delight) and driver Kody Massey captured the co-featured Open Trot and Mares Open Pace respectively on Friday’s (Jan. 5) opening night harness racing program at Northville Downs. In the $10,800 Open Trot, Travlin Swan and […]
Northville Downs has posted their opening harness racing weekend’s condition sheet on the USTA website with conditions loaded into the USTA’s Online Entry system. There will be a double draw on Tuesday, January 2, 2024 for both Friday, January 5 and Saturday, January 6 programs with the entry box closing at 12pm (Jan 2). Entries […]
Northville Downs, which opened in 1944, will be celebrating its 80th anniversary of operations in 2024 and will race 10 days from January 5, 2024, through and including February 3, 2024, with harness racing to be conducted every Friday and Saturday during this time frame with a first race post time each race night of […]
Blue Star Mercury (Mystician), winner of the $110,710 Western Canada Pacing Derby in October, scored again in an overnight harness racing event at Century Mile on Nov. 25. Michael Hennessy put the gelding on top throughout. He banged out the first half in splits of :27.3 and :56.2 and reached three-quarters in 1:25.2 as the […]
Driver Lindsay Moen and trainer Greg Cook captured the Open 1 Pace and the Open 2 Pace Saturday night with Linnycalledfrankie (Captaintreacherous – Saymynamesaymyname) and Catch Me Conrad (Tellitlikeitis – Envy) respectively as Northville Downs ended its 2023 race meet with a large crowd on hand. Following a blistering pace in the $9,500 Open 1 […]
Cousin Margie (McArdle – Save My Tootsie) and harness racing driver Lindsay Moen went to the lead past the quarter and never looked back in capturing the $9,500 Open Pace for mares in 1:56.1 Friday night (Nov. 24) at Northville Downs. Cousin Margie was asked immediately off the gate to get to the front. Coqui […]
The $9,500 Open Pace highlighted the Saturday night (Nov. 11) harness racing program at The Ville with Lyons Friends (Western Ideal – Artistic Vision) and driver Kody Massey going coast-to-coast to win by one and a quarter lengths in 1:54.4, upsetting the field at odds of 12-1. Coalford Bythesea and Justin Irvine left hard for […]
Some More Prince (Rosemont Principal – S’more) and harness racing driver Matt Kakaley captured the first ever $8,000 Barb Kakaley Memorial Trot at Northville Downs Friday night (Nov. 10) in 1:57.3. Matt Kakaley grew up on the backstretch at Northville Downs with his grandmother Barb Kakaley, who was everyone’s favorite person around the Michigan oval […]
Sunshine Boy (Sunshine Beach) shone again at Fraser Downs in his third Preferred-level harness racing victory of the season on Friday (Nov. 3). Itll Be Fine (Kelly Hoerdt), looking for a third straight win, fired out from post seven and took point over Sunshine Boy on the way to the quarter in :27.4. Dave Hudon […]
Cousin Margie (McArdle – Save My Tootsie) and harness racing driver Lindsay Moen turned the tables on Fancy Hill (Racing Hill – Beautiful Hill) and driver Skip DeMull in capturing the $9,500 Open Pace for mares in 1:56.3 Friday night (Nov. 3) at Northville Downs. When the wings of the Brownlee Gate Cam starting gate […]
The $9,500 Open Pace highlighted the Saturday night (Oct. 28) harness racing program at The Ville with Lyons Friends (Western Ideal – Artistic Vision) and driver Kody Massey upsetting the betting favorite Southwind Amazon in 1:55.1. Lyons Friends and Kody Massey left hard for the early lead as Coalfordbythesea and Justin Irvine left as well. […]
