The Hoosier state’s 3-year-old pacing colts were in the spotlight at Hoosier Park Racing & Casino on Friday (May 25) to square off in the opening round of Indiana Sires Stakes action and as predicted, the sophomore colts opened their series in impressive fashion. Each colt was aiming to earn a spot in the first of five $75,000 Indiana Sires Stakes finals slated for June 1 at Hoosier Park.

In the opening division, Rockinbeach (Rockin Image-Miss Sandy Beach) utilized a ground-saving trip to hand Always A Prince his first loss of the season. With Ricky Macomber Jr. in the bike, Rockinbeach used a :26.1 final quarter and the inside passing lane to track down the pacesetting Always A Prince and Trace Tetrick late in the lane to score in 1:50.2. With the... more...

Trainer Dewayne Minor doubled his pleasure Friday night (May 25) at the Meadowlands, as two of his students hit the winner’s circle in second leg action of the New Jersey Sire Stakes.

Minor was in the sulky as his Samis Rolin Stone took control at the three-eighths before storming home an easy 2-1/4 length winner over Take A Wish in 1:55, which lowered her previous lifetime best by one and four-fifth seconds. Diamondstone Us finished third, but was disqualified for interference and placed fourth. The official third-place finisher was Ocarina Hanover.

The winner, a 3-year-old trotting filly by Wishing Stone, paid $3.00 as the post-time choice. She remained perfect in two... more...

Doug McNair steered 25-1 longshot Jdcyril to victory in Friday’s (May 25) final race at Woodbine Mohawk Park to register his 3,000th career driving victory.

Canada’s reigning Driver of the Year entered the evening just two wins shy of the 3,000 win mark.

After winning the evening’s ninth race with pacing mare E R Rhonda ($4.30), McNair reached the milestone in dramatic fashion by making a big three-wide move on the far turn and ultimately prevailing in a three-horse photo with claiming pacer Jdcyril ($54.40) in the evening’s final dash.

A resident of Guelph, Ont., McNair is currently in his 11th season of driving and has been racking up the victories since day one. His... more...

Memorial Day weekend is a big one for racing and on Sunday the light will shine first on the famed Elitlopp in Sweden and then on Philadelphia for a trio of $150,000 Invitationals. The new and free HarnessRacing Weekend Preview has the full story about this year's trotting classic at the Solvalla Racetrack in Stockholm as well as a look at the three big races at Harrah's Philadelphia.

Drivers Yannick Gingras and Scott Zeron talk about their chances in the Maxie Lee Memorial with Crazy Wow and Marion Marauder, respectively. Read why Hannelore Hanover will be in action Sunday at Harrah's Philly but not in the Maxie Lee.

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Tony Hall and trainer Sarah Andrews teamed up for four wins Friday at The Meadows, including the $13,000 featured race with the 26-1 longshot Nitro Seelster. Nitro Seelster attracted so little support in the conditioned pace because he was stuck with post nine; when he was parked the opening quarter in :26.3, it appeared bettors were right to look... more...

Tequila Monday (Brian Sears, $12.20), last season’s Lismore Pace victress, found some near-anniversary symmetry Friday night (May 25), winning Yonkers Raceway’s $44,000 Filly and Mare Open Handicap Pace.

Unhurried from post position 6, Tequila Monday saw a trio of leavers in the presence of Call Me Queen Be (Eric Goodell), Lady Shadow (Jason Bartlett) and 1-2 choice Newborn Sassy (Jordan Stratton).

It was Call Me Queen Be doing the early work, as in subsections of :26.2 and :55.4. Newborn Sassy, after finding an eight-seat, made her second move. She engaged the leader in and out of a 1:23.3 three-quarters, with pole-assigned Motu Moonbeam N (Brent Holland) behind that one... more...

Bettorhaveanother worked her way to the top fairly easily for driver Marcus Miller, rated the half, then sprinted home in :54.2 to equal her mark of 1:50.3 – taken in almost identical fashion two weeks before -- in winning the $18,000 featured pace for distaffs during a Friday night card at Harrah’s Philadelphia.

Two weeks ago, Princess Fabulosa was favored over Bettorhaveanother, but the winning daughter of Bettor’s Delight got to the half in 56.1 and then zipped home in 54.2 to withstand the grind of her foe. This week Princess Fabulosa again was the crowd’s choice, but again her first-up challenge was repelled by Bettorhaveanother – who had the exact same first half (56.1) and second half (54.2)... more...

Lovineveryminute (Western Paradise) took her second crack of the season at the Fillies and Mares Open at Saratoga Casino Hotel on Friday night. The Rene Allard trainee tried going wire-to-wire in her first start in the $14,500 feature for distaffers earlier in the month but faded late in the mile to a sixth-place defeat.

On Friday night, Lovineveryminute blasted off the car early and yielded to the race’s favorite Spreester (Frank Coppola Jr). The track’s most dominant lady pacer of 2018, Spreester had gone five for seven in the local Open coming into Friday night’s try and was thus the 3-5 betting favorite in the race. After cruising through a first half of a quick 56.1, Spreester got tested by a first-over Diamondtoothgertie (Phil Fluet). Those... more...