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CHESTER, Pa.— Yogi Sheridan scored a double with a narrow victory and a romp in the pair of $8,500 harness racing divisions of the American Harness Drivers Club (AHDC) Pace at Harrah’s Philadelphia on Sunday (Oct. 18). Sheridan swooped to snag the first division with even-money favorite Lincoln Boulevard in a 1:56.3 mile. Taking back […]
COLUMBUS, Ohio— Hambletonian Oaks winner Nezuko Kamado S (Chapter Seven) persisted with a first-over grind and staved off late pursuers to take the first of three $25,000 Grade 1 Breeders Crown harness racing eliminations for 3-year-old trotting fillies in a track-record 1:51.2 mile on Saturday night (Oct. 17) at Scioto Downs. Little Road and She’s […]
COLUMBUS, Ohio—Ohio Sires Stakes champion Blue Ranger matched the Scioto Downs track record she set last month when ripping out of the pocket to a 1:53.1 victory in the first of two $25,000 Breeders Crown eliminations for 2-year-old trotting fillies on Friday night (Oct. 16). Leaving from post 2, driver Dexter Dunn idled off the […]
MONTICELLO, N.Y.— Alan Schwartz ripped Doo Wop Kid around stalled duelers and sailed home a winner in the lone $8,500 harness racing division of the North American Amateur Drivers Association (NAADA) Trot at Monticello Raceway on Wednesday (Oct. 14). Leaving from post 3, Schwartz landed into fourth while Papa Joe Lozito (driven by Robert Ciavardini) […]
WILKES-BARRE, Pa.— Joe Lee and Yogi Sheridan took their peers pillar to post in their respective $10,000 harness racing divisions of the American Harness Drivers Club (AHDC) Trot on Saturday (Oct. 10) as part of a busy weekend for the club. Lee turned away all challengers in the first AHDC Trot to deliver 1-2 favorite […]
LEXINGTON, Ky.—Trainer Ron Burke eclipsed an historic milestone when his harness racing trainee Al Papi (Papi Rob Hanover) stormed from off the speed to win the $365,000 Grade 2 Tattersalls Pace on closing day Saturday (Oct. 10) at The Red Mile, pushing the conditioner past the $400-million mark in career earnings. Driver Yannick Gingras got […]
LEXINGTON, Ky.— After nailing an upset on Miss Jum Jabber in a Grade 3 Bluegrass Stakes division last week, Hope Hill (Papi Rob Hanover) upped the score with a 1:51.1 harness racing victory in the $212,000 Grade 2 Glen Garnsey Memorial—sponsored by Diamond Creek Farm—on Saturday (Oct. 10) at The Red Mile. Leaving from post […]
LEXINGTON, Ky.—Stalwart pacing vets Prince Hal Hanover and Twin B Joe Fresh clinched victories in their respective Grade 3 Allerage Farms divisions on an increasingly rainy afternoon at The Red Mile on Saturday (Oct. 10). Prince Hal Hanover pounced from the mud off a pocket ride to clinch a 1:49 victory in the $145,000 Allerage […]
LEXINGTON, Ky.—Emmas Mystery CCL (Muscle Hill) bolted from a ground-saving trip to a lifetime-best 1:51.4 harness racing victory in the first of three divisions—a race sponsored by the Harness Horse Youth Foundation’s 50th anniversary—of the $255,349 Grade 3 Bluegrass Stakes for sophomore trotting fillies on Saturday (Oct. 10) at The Red Mile. Leaving from the […]
LEXINGTON, Ky.—Ake Svanstedt trainee Magic Punk and Marcus Melander pupil Neighver Punt both returned from defeat in the $575,000 Grade 1 Kentucky Futurity last week to win in their respective $114,000 divisions of the Grade 3 Bluegrass Stakes for 3-year-old trotting males on Saturday afternoon (Oct. 10) at The Red Mile. Magic Punk plugged first-over […]
LEXINGTON, Ky.—Trainer Marcus Melander swept the pair of $139,000 Grade 3 International Stallion Stakes divisions for 2-year-old trotting fillies—sponsored by Midland Acres—on Friday (Oct. 9) at The Red Mile with two longer-priced propositions in maidens A Tale Of Kemp and Sweetest Of All. A Tale Of Kemp ripped from off the speed to stun at […]
LEXINGTON, Ky.—Bluegrass division winner Blazin Lou (Sweet Lou) turned away another Bluegrass winner in 1-5 favorite Rumble And Sway to romp in a 1:49.1 lifetime best and win the second of two $104,000 Grade 3 International Stallion Stakes divisions for 2-year-old pacing males on Friday (Oct. 9) at The Red Mile. Driver Todd McCarthy charged […]
YONKERS, N.Y.— Rey Franco and Yogi Sheridan capitalized off pocket trips to win their respective harness racing divisions of the North American Amateur Drivers Association (NAADA) Trot at Yonkers Raceway on Thursday night (Oct. 8). Franco popped for a 9-1 upset in the $13,400 division with PC Free Wheeling in a 1:59.3 mile. After 1-9 […]
LEXINGTON, Ky.— Odds-on favorite Whateverittakes As and 5-1 shot Special Day both vaulted off speedy early fractions and past expended rivals late to win in their respective $135,500 divisions of the Grade 3 International Stallion Stakes for 2-year-old trotting males on Thursday afternoon (Oct. 8) at The Red Mile. Entering from a narrow defeat as […]
While the focus will be on some of the big name stables and higher profile horses at tonight’s Premier meeting at Addington, Southern trained horses will be well represented. Oamaru horseman Matty Williamson is taking four runners north; Axel Rose (En Solitaire), Tactical Bid (Tactical Landing), Oricorio (Father Patrick) and Seeking Clarity (Ultimate Sniper). Both […]
LEXINGTON, Ky.— Holy secured back-to-back Grand Circuit victories at The Red Mile after she thrusted to the top in the closing strides to snag the $163,000 Grade 3 International Stallion Stakes for 2-year-old pacing fillies, sponsored by The Cuddy Farms, on Thursday (Oct. 8). Leaving from post 3, driver Todd McCarthy settled Holy into fifth […]
LEXINGTON, Ky.— Trainer Ron Burke’s dynamic harness racing duo of Melillo (Sweet Lou) and Al Papi (Papi Rob Hanover) —both graded stakes winners at the upper echelon of their division—will face off in the $365,000 Grade 2 Tattersalls Pace, sponsored by Cameo Hills Farm, in the final race on the final day of the 2026 […]
LEXINGTON, Ky.— Finishing no worse than second in all seven of her starts with already a half-million dollars banked, Grade 1 Jim Doherty Memorial winner Birr Castle looks to return to the harness racing winner’s circle when she starts as the odds-on favorite in the first of two $139,000 International Stallion Stakes divisions for 2-year-old […]
The spotlight this weekend for Australian Harness Racing is at Melton with the build up to the Victoria Cup carnival on 17 October. The Smokin Up sprint opens up the nine event program and we see the clash of the Jason Grimson trained Our Sunset Delight who is making his Melton debut up against the […]
LEXINGTON, Ky.— Ron Burke trainee Cleveland Darby, who swept the Ohio Triple Crown with wins in the Ohio State Fair, Ohio Sires Stakes Championship and the Ohio Breeders Championship, looks for five harness racing wins in a row when she comes to The Red Mile to compete in the $163,000 Grade 3 International Stallion Stakes […]
WILKES-BARRE, Pa.— Tony Beltrami blew away his rivals in the $10,000 American Harness Drivers Club (AHDC) Trot while Geovany Hernandez scored in the following race with a pillar-to-post effort to win the $10,000 AHDC Pace on Saturday (Oct. 3) at Pocono Downs. Beltrami delivered odds-on favorite Call Option to a 1:54.1 victory by open lengths. […]
LEXINGTON, Ky.—Marcus Melander trainee Nix Nacken (Muscle Hill) collected back-to-back Grade 1 victories following a win over 2026 Hambletonian winner Apex in the Canadian Trotting Classic when he sprung from a ground-saving trip and collared leg-weary harness racing rivals to win the $575,000 Grade 1 134th Kentucky Futurity—sponsored by Hunterton Farms—in a world-record equaling 1:50 […]
LEXINGTON, Ky.— Trainer Nancy Takter snagged the top two finishing spots of the $300,000 Grade 1 61st Kentucky Filly Futurity when her harness racing trainee She’s Moni (Walner) overcame a second-tier draw to seize the front and never look back for a lifetime-best equaling 1:50.1 victory over stablemate Madam Cheval on Saturday (Oct. 3) at […]
LEXINGTON, Ky.—Hope Hill (Papi Rob Hanover) turned the tables after a 3-1/2 length defeat to Brett Pelling’s star sophomore pacing filly Miss Jum Jabber in the Kentucky Championship Series final when she overpowered her late in the stretch for a 1:49 victory in the second of the cohort’s $151,000 Grade 3 Bluegrass Stakes on Saturday […]
