After earning back-to-back Dan Patch Awards and earning more than $2 million on the racetrack, Lucky Chucky began his stud career last year at Winbak Farm in New York and is managed by Perretti Farms. We travel to the farm and catch up with "Chucky” on this week's episode of "Inside Harness Racing.”

"Inside Harness Racing,” a weekly, half-hour television show, airs today (Wednesday) at 6:00 PM on Time Warner Cable Sports throughout Upstate New York. For the second year in a row, the show will also be broadcast on HPI TV in Canada. Viewers can also watch every episode online at the Tioga Downs and Vernon Downs YouTube channel... more...

The fastest 2 year old in harness racing history, Sweet Lou, makes his sophomore debut Saturday in one of three legs of a $317,000 Pennsylvania Sire Stakes for pacing colts at Mohegan Sun at Pocono Downs.

Sweet Lou, who shocked the harness racing world with his 1:49 triumph in the Breeders Crown final on a cool night at Woodbine last October, drew post five in the nine-horse 12th race division of the Sire Stakes for a team that has been having some success in the sport recently, driver Dave Palone and trainer Ron Burke.

Sweet Lou is the defending champion in this Sire Stakes division – but amazingly he wasn't even favored in last year's... more...

Dontfusswithruss picked up right where he left off in stakes action last year as he returned to victory in the first round of the $30,000 Indiana Gold Sire Stakes for 3-year-old trotting colts and geldings at Hoosier Park Racing & Casino on Tuesday. The 2011 Indiana Sire Stakes champion covered the one-mile event in gate-to-wire fashion, stopping the clock in 1:57.1.

Driven by Joe Essig Jr., the son of Elegant Man took control of the lead with ease from post seven as they reached the first quarter mile marker in :28. Allstate Norm and driver Sam Widger found a seat along the rail in second as Velten San Siro followed closely in third. The slightly favored, three-horse entry trained by Lester Raber that included... more...

In a $68,778 Pennsylvania Sire Stakes at The Meadows on Tuesday afternoon, the Glidemaster-sired Maven upset Check Me Out, the 2011 Two-Year-Old Filly Trotter of the Year, in a stakes record time of 1:53.4. The clocking was just three-fifths of a second off the world record, set by Hidden Viggorish at The Meadows.

"I was happy with how she was set up going into the race, and I knew she was going to be ok, but I didn't think we'd beat Check Me Out and I didn't think we'd trot in 1:53.4," said Maven's trainer, Jonas Czernyson, from his home in New Jersey. "But she did it pretty much on her own.She's staked to about everything, so we'll see... more...

The Spring Blooded Horse Sale was the strongest since 2004 as buyers from across the country sought horses to add to their racing stables. Suit Up, consigned by Trent Stohler, was the sale topper at $18,000.The competitive 3-year-old son of Allamerican Ingot was purchased by William Hartt of Maine.

Mark Christman of Pennsylvania won the bid at $17,000 for the handsome Mythical Hall, a 4-year-old son of Andover Hall with winnings of nearly $100,000, from the Spring Haven Farm consignment. Spring Haven also offered the promising 3-year-old Real Artist filly Main Squeeze, who was purchased by John Melsheimer of Ohio for $13,500.

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Sulkies with fog lights would have been in high demand Tuesday night, with Yonkers Raceway shrouded in a heavy mist through much of the 11-race card.

Despite Mother Nature's intervention--which made life shall we say "interesting" for track announcer John Hernan and track photographer Mike Lizzi, among others--some seemed to covet the camouflage.

Jason Bartlett won four races, including both halves of the $58 early daily double.

"It was a bit tough, but we could see everyone else around us," Bartlett said. "That wasn't an issue, but some of those pylons came... more...

North State Street Stable's Monochromatic ($2.60, Brad Hanners) and Jeff and David Clark and Vernon Cannon's Ash Larue ($3.40, Jim Morand) each won their respective $16,000 Mares Junior Open divisions Tuesday at Harrington Raceway.

Ash Larue was the faster of the two winners with a front-stepping 1:53.1 wire-to-wire victory over Honey B Skipalong and Angelwithanattitude. It was the third win of the year for the 7-year-old Artiscape mare, trained by Jeff Clark.

Meanwhile, Monochromatic was also a a front end winner in 1:53.2 After clearing just before the opening... more...

Janet T. Terhune has been appointed the next director of the Harness Racing Museum & Hall of Fame by its Board of Trustees. Following the annual meeting of the Museum's trustees on July 1, Terhune will succeed Gail Cunard, who will be retiring after having served the Museum for 27 years, the last 17 as Director.

In making the announcement on Monday following the meeting of the Board of Trustees, Elbridge T. Gerry, Jr., President of the Harness Racing Museum & Hall of Fame stated, "I and the trustees are thrilled with the outcome of the Museum's search in identifying and recruiting Janet Terhune to become the next Director. When Gail Cunard notified the trustees late last year she wanted to retire in 2012, I... more...