#Sire Stakes

Zandon, shown winning the Grade I Blue Grass Stakes, runs in Saturday's Grade I Cigar Mile at Aqueduct. Photo courtesy of Keeneland Dec. 2 (UPI) -- Triple Crown contenders from the past three seasons will battle it out in a field of seven for one of this weekend's top races, the Grade I Cigar Mile at Aqueduct, where 2023 Kentucky Derby hopefuls…

SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. - The New York Racing Association Inc. (NYRA) will host a special cross breed Cross Country Pick 5 on Saturday, featuring Grade 1 thoroughbred action from Whitney Day at Saratoga Race Course and standardbred racing from the Hambletonian card at Meadowlands Racetrack. Free Equibase past performances for the Cross Country Pick…

MILTON, June 17, 2022 - This year's edition of the Pepsi North America Cup happens to be twice as nice for harness racing trainer Brian Brown. When the field of 10 lines up behind the gate for the 39 edition of the $1 million classic, the conditioner from Ostrander, Ohio, will have two opportunities, in the form of Ario Hanover and Night Hawk, for…

Winning connections celebrate after the inaugural running of the Royal Saint Lucia Turf Club's $150000 Pitons Cup on Friday. Photo courtesy of Royal Saint Lucia Turf Club Dec. 16 (UPI) -- On a horse racing weekend when "new" was the watchword from Japan all the way to Saint Lucia in the Caribbean, Instilled Regard and War Story provided a hint of…

Akron, NY - - The Upstate New York Chapter of the United States Harness Writers Association and Batavia Downs will honor three 14-year-old veteran harness racing horses who will officially retire on January 1, 2023. These horses have competed at the Downs this season and will be presented with a trophy commemorating their outstanding careers in the…

Hightstown, NJ - Health issues grounded Soaring Now (JK Endofanera) during his 2-year-old harness racing season, but the colt is flying high again as he heads to Saturday's $300000 Carl Milstein Memorial Invitational for 3-year-old pacers at MGM Northfield Park. Soaring Now heads to the Milstein off back-to-back victories in the Indiana Sire…

CHESTER, PA - Harness racing driver Andrew McCarthy picked up his 3000 North American driving victory at a soggy Harrah's Philadelphia Saturday afternoon, in his last drive before heading to northern New Jersey for nighttime activities. The 36-year-old, who has driven the winners of $61.5M, scored four times on the windswept Saturday card,…

Zandon, shown winning the Grade I Blue Grass Stakes, runs in Saturday's Grade I Cigar Mile at Aqueduct. Photo courtesy of Keeneland Dec. 2 (UPI) -- Triple Crown contenders from the past three seasons will battle it out in a field of seven for one of this weekend's top races, the Grade I Cigar Mile at Aqueduct, where 2023 Kentucky Derby hopefuls…

Life Is Good, shown winning the Pegasus World Cup at Gulfstream Park in January, is favored in Saturday's Grade I Whitney at Saratoga. Photo courtesy of Katsumi Saito Aug. 5 (UPI) -- Life is Good and Olympiad square off in the heavyweight match that is Saturday's Whitney Stakes at Saratoga, just one race after an international Group I rematch on…

The final huge weekend of racing during 2022 at The Meadowlands will kick off the day after Thanksgiving, Friday (Nov. 25), as 20-cent Pick-6 players will pump plenty of green into the pot that features a double carryover with a total pool guarantee of $100000, which is offered in conjunction with the United States Trotting Association. As if that…

WILKES-BARRE, PA - Sire Stay Hungry swept the two third preliminary round divisions of the $162620 Pennsylvania Sire Stakes for two-year-old harness racing pacing colts Sunday (Aug. 7) at The Downs at Mohegan Sun Pocono, and both divisions were clocked in 1:51.3 over sloppy going. The colt Lyons Surfing capped a big stakes night for driver Tim…

Over the past months there is not too much we don't know about Bulldog Hanover (Shadow Play). Aside from being the fastest harness racing Standardbred of all time, he is putting his 11-race winning streak on the line this Sunday (Oct. 9) in the $153000 Allerage Farms Open Pace at Lexington, Kentucky's Red Mile. The race is generously sponsored by…

Over the past months there is not too much we don't know about Bulldog Hanover (Shadow Play). Aside from being the fastest harness racing Standardbred of all time, he is putting his 11-race winning streak on the line this Sunday in the $153000 Allerage Farms Open Pace at Lexington, Kentucky's Red Mile. The race is generously sponsored by Jeff &…

Life Is Good warms up for Breeders' Cup with a win in Saturday's Grade I Woodward at Aqueduct. Photo by Dom Napolitano, courtesy of New York Racing Association Oct. 3 (UPI) -- Some monumental showdowns loom in next month's Breeders' Cup World Championships after impressive weekend performances by the likes of Life Is Good, Hot Rod Charlie, Ce Ce…

Life Is Good, seen winning the Grade 1 Pegasus World Cup at Gulfstream Park in January, warms up for the Breeders' Cup Classic in Saturday's Grade I Woodward at Aqueduct. Photo courtesy of Katsumi Saito Sept. 30 (UPI) -- Seven Breeders' Cup "Win and You're In" races, from New York through Kentucky and on to California highlight the weekend U.S.…

We're just five weeks from the Breeders' Cup World Championships at Keeneland, and final rehearsals are taking place around the world. Santa Anita's fall meet opens Friday with a welcome sign for prospects across as many as 10 divisions, while Belmont-at-Aqueduct hosts superstar Life Is Good for Saturday's Woodward Stakes. Meanwhile, Kentucky Derby…

ANDERSON, Ind. - September 17, 2022 - A week's worth of Indiana Sire Stakes harness racing action at Harrah's Hoosier Park wrapped up with the three-year-old pacing fillies stepping into the spotlight on Saturday night. Two $49000 divisions of seven fillies would highlight the 14-race card, with leg seven of Indiana Sire Stakes picking up right…

ANDERSON, Ind.-September 16, 2022 -Friday night featured fast pacing colts on the 14-race harness racing card at Harrah's Hoosier Park Racing & Casino. Two divisions of the freshman pacing colts along with a single division for the three-year-old colt pacers highlighted the September 16 card as they compete in the penultimate leg of Sire Stakes…

Lexington, KY - On Sunday (Sep. 18) The Red Mile will host eight Kentucky Championship finals worth $3.2 million for freshman and sophomore male and female harness racing trotters and pacers and two $100000 Kentucky Commonwealth series finals for 3-year-old filly trotters and 2-year-old male pacers. The total purse value of $3.4 million on the…

Lexington, KY - On Sunday (Sept. 18) The Red Mile will host eight Kentucky Championship finals worth $3.2 million for freshman and sophomore male and female harness racing trotters and pacers and two $100000 Kentucky Commonwealth series finals for 3-year-old filly trotters and 2-year-old male pacers. The total purse value of $3.4 million on the…

CHESTER, PA - Harness racing driver Tim Tetrick became only the seventh North American driver to reach 13000 career victories when he guided Sir Isaac Newton (Captaintreacherous) to victory in the fourth race at Harrah's Philadelphia on Wednesday afternoon. The two-year-old gelding, co-owned by Tim Tetrick LLC along with Jo Ann Looney-King and…

Harness racing trainer Alvin Miller knows what it's like to bring a longshot to the Dan Patch Stakes. He also knows that anything is possible, even for a longshot. Last year, Miller's Tellmeaboutit (Tellitlikeitis -Portia Blue Chip) was 68-1 from post nine in the annual event for older male pacers at Harrah's Hoosier Park Racing & Casino but came…

Northfield, OH - This year's Adios victor Bythemissal has been named the 7-5 morning line favorite in Saturday's (Aug. 13) $300000 Carl Milstein Memorial at MGM Northfield Park. The Buckeye-bred headlines an accomplished group of nine 3-year-old pacers in Northfield Park's premier event. The Milstein, a race by invitation only, is slated as race 10…