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HASTINGS, Mich. — The 2026 race meet at Northville Downs at Barry Expo Center came to an end Wednesday (Sept. 30), with the $30,000 Open Pace highlighting the final harness racing program. Over a rain-soaked track, RB (Megatron – Getoutthediamonds), driven, trained and owned by Kim Pluta, captured the featured event. RB and Pluta secured […]
HASTINGS, Mich. — Don’ttouchmytruck (Racing Hill – Age of Consent) and harness racing driver Kody Massey paced the fastest mile of the meet for the second consecutive week Wednesday, stopping the timer in 1:54.1 to capture the featured $14,000 Open Pace at Northville Downs at Barry Expo Center. Born Wild (Gerald Malady) left alertly from […]
HASTINGS, Mich. — Rankin (Enterprise – Luvyaformiles) and driver David Lake added another harness racing track record to the five-year-old gelding’s impressive resume Tuesday afternoon, capturing the featured $14,000 Open Trot at Northville Downs at Barry Expo Center. Rankin previously established the all-age/sex trotting record and the four-year-old gelding trotting record at the Hastings oval […]
HASTINGS, Mich. — Don’ttouchmytruck (Racing Hill – Age of Consent) and driver Kody Massey paced the fastest mile of the meet so far at Northville Downs at Barry Expo Center, stopping the timer in 1:54.4 to capture the featured $14,000 Open Pace. After a scramble for the early lead among Mother Mary, Haste Make Waste […]
HASTINGS, Mich. — Prior to today’s races at Northville Downs at Barry Expo Center, the harness racing track record for four-year-old trotting mares was 2:02.4 established on this year’s opening day by Retta Estelle and driver John Moody. As the track surface dried out and set from an earlier rain today, it got faster. In […]
Eighteen year old apprentice electrician Riley Black took a half day off work today to drive his first winner at Ascot Park. “It’s surreal really. Still a bit of a shock. It panned out beautifully. I got a drag into it from about the 400, he had too much speed and got over the top […]
HASTINGS, Mich. — Despite rainy conditions, an exciting 10-race program at Northville Downs at Barry Expo Center on Wednesday, September 9, showcased the Michigan Sire Stakes harness racing finals before concluding with an Open Pace and an Open Trot. The eight Michigan Sire Stakes finals featured a combined purse total of $736,500 and brought together […]
In the last week Dean Shannon has proven what an exceptional talent he has for spotting and buying race winners as yearlings. In 2024 at the NZB Standardbred Yearling Sales he bought five yearlings. War Chief was for himself while four were for the TAB Club and all have won races. War Chief (Captaintreacherous) who […]
HASTINGS, Mich. — Showboat Shooting (8, G, Straight Shooting–Lima Calliope), with harness racing driver/trainer Lauren Harmon in tow, left hard from post position two in Tuesday’s Northville Downs feature race. The duo secured the lead and were immediately pressured by Jet Six and driver/trainer/owner Anthony Gutierrez. Unfortunately for Jet Six and Gutierrez, they never saw […]
HASTINGS, Mich. — Racing returns to Northville Downs at the Barry Expo Center this Tuesday, September 8, and Wednesday, September 9, with the Michigan Sire Stakes finals taking center stage on Wednesday’s harness racing program. The eight Michigan Sire Stakes finals will feature a combined purse total of $736,500, bringing together some of the state’s […]
Closing day for the 2025 meet at Northville Downs at Barry Expo Center was bittersweet, as more track records were either equaled or fell and tributes to the 14-year-old pacers and a state racing steward’s retirement were held on Wednesday (Oct 15). The afternoon started off cloudy and cool with temperatures in the low 50s […]
On Tuesday’s (Oct 14) harness racing program at Northville Downs at Barry Expo Center, Mother Mary (Rockin Image – Pv Miracle Mary) came up blessed with a new track record, the fastest of four records to fall on the program. In race eight on the afternoon, the co-featured $13,200 Pace for female pacers, driver Brad […]
On Wednesday’s (Oct 8) harness racing program at Northville Downs at Barry Expo Center, King Putt (Jk Endofanera – Pv Miracle Mary) lowered the track record for three-year-old gelding pacers. Off the car, Art McIlmurray sent his charge, Absolutely Real, to the lead past the quarter in 29.3 until King Putt and Joe Casagranda took […]
On Tuesday’s (Oct 7) harness racing program at Northville Downs at Barry Expo Center, Two Birds Onestone (Black Daniels – She B Jeebeez), with driver Jennifer Main won their fourth in a row since coming to the Hastings, Michigan oval. In race 10 on the afternoon, the co-featured $13,200 Open Pace for male pacers, second […]
Jennifer Main, who has been on a roll lately at Northville Downs at Barry Expo Center in Hastings, Michigan, captured race three on the Wednesday (Oct 1) program, being chased home by fellow lady harness racing driver Lauren Harmon to complete the all-lady driver exacta, a first at the track. Solar (Father Patrick – Jupiter), […]
On Tuesday’s (Sept 30) program at Northville Downs at Barry Expo Center, former Michigan Stakes harness racing champion Two Birds Onestone (Black Daniels – She B Jeebeez), with driver Jennifer Main, blistered the all-time track record that they just set one week ago. In race 15 on the afternoon, Two Birds Onestone left alertly from […]
On Wednesday’s (Sept 24) harness racing program at Northville Downs at Barry Expo Center, former Michigan Stakes champion Two Birds Onestone (Black Daniels – She B Jeebeez), with driver Jennifer Main, smashed the all-time track record that was set just one week ago by Red Righthand Man N (Kody Massey). In race six on the […]
On Tuesday (Sept 23), Lavern Miller, 73, and 13-year-old trotting horse Celebrity Pegasus came to Northville Downs at Barry Expo Center in Hastings, MI, just like they would any other day…to race. In race two, Celebrity Pegasus (Andover Hall – Celebrity Athena), who is owned and trained by Samuel Eicher, left the starting car for […]
On a warm and sunny Wednesday (Sept 17), newcomer to Northville Downs at Barry Expo Center in Hastings, MI, Red Righthand Man N (Art Major – Let’s Go Cullen) demolished the all-time track record of 1:56, set by Bet Mine (Betting Line – Pleasant Yet Bad) on September 3, 2025, by a full second in […]
On Tuesday (Sept 16), three harness racing track records toppled at Northville Downs at Barry Expo Center in Hastings, MI. Go Go Lyla Jane (Rockin Amadeus – Rei to Go), owned by John Turgliatto, trained by Gerald Malady and driven by Kim Pluta, turned a perfect pocket trip into a track record win for the […]
Kody Massey added five driving wins to his total on Wednesday (Sept 10) at Northville Downs at Barry Expo Center in Hastings, Michigan. This brought his season total to 25 as he currently commands the harness racing driver standings, leading his next closest rival, David Lake, who has 12 wins on the meet. Massey started […]
Bet Mine (Betting Line – Pleasant Yet Bad) with leading harness racing driver Kody Massey in tow, set the newest all-time track record at Northville Downs at Barry Expo Center while also establishing a new record for an aged pacing horse on Wednesday (Sept 3). Just as the rain started to fall from a line […]
On Tuesday (Sept 2), harness racing track records continued to fall at Northville Downs at Barry Expo Center in Hastings, MI. Peter The Con (Uncle Peter – Jesse`s Con), owned and trained by Sandra Hennessey and driven by Ed Hennessey, was first up from the half, finally clearing early leader Solar entering the stretch and […]
Northville Downs at Barry Expo Center in Hastings, Michigan held the Michigan Sire Stakes Finals on Wednesday afternoon (Aug 27) and they did not disappoint. Eight races of the 11 programmed featured the Sire Stakes harness racing finals with purses of all 11 races totaling $731,240 ($30,000 of which was from the first three undercard […]
