Two year olds were in action Thursday morning over a "sloppy" track at The Meadows, and the results were relayed to harnessracing.com by track announcer Roger Huston. Trainer David Brickell directed a pair of winners himself, winning the events by a combined 40 lengths.

Brickell won the first of the four qualifiers with Ps He's Perfect, who led wire to wire to score by 18 1/4 lengths in 2:01.1. A gelded son of Tuffofthetoughest, Ps He's Perfect expanded his lead over three rivals as he posted fractions of :30.2, 1:01.2 and 1:30.2.

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After beginning his career in Europe, trotter Tuonoblu Rex has made himself at home in North America. The 5-year-old stallion is 3-for-3 since his arrival in the U.S. and will try to extend his win streak in Sunday's $150,000 Maxie Lee Memorial Invitational at Harrah's Philadelphia.

The Maxie Lee is one of three stakes-level invitational events at Harrah's Philadelphia on Sunday, along with the $150,000 Betsy Ross for older female pacers and the $150,000 Ben Stafford Jr. for older male pacers. The day's first race is 12:40 p.m. and the invites are races 10 through 12 on the 14-race card.

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Hoosier Park Racing & Casino played host to a 14-race card highlighted by Indiana Sires Stakes action on Wednesday, but it was leading driver Trace Tetrick who stole the show. Winning eight of the evening's 14-races, Tetrick once again tied the record for most wins in one night, a feat that he also reached in 2012.

Eric Ledford established the eight race record in 1999 while Don Irvine Jr. recorded eight wins in 2003 and most recently, Sam Widger accomplished an eight win night in late 2016. While the track was rated "good" for much of the evening due to rain in the area, Tetrick didn't seem to mind.

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The second leg of the New Jersey Sires Stakes (NJSS) for 3-year-old trotters and pacers headlines the Friday night card at The Meadowlands leading into the $100,000 final for each of the four sophomore divisions next Friday.

There is but a single division of each group as the connections of a few leg one winners have chosen to take the week off with their final berth secured.

The pacing colts are first up with a six pack set to go in the evening's second race. Every Way Out has dominated this class from day one and there's no reason to expect any change here.... more...

As part of the Ontario Sires Stakes season opener on Sunday, May 21, trainer Mark Steacy and driver Sylvain Filion were honored for their 2016 Johnston and Lampman Cup victories. As the three-year-old trotting and pacing colts kicked off the Confederation Cup program at Flamboro Downs, Steacy and Filion were presented with commemorative Citizen Eco-Drive watches from Ontario Racing Executive Director Rob Cook.

Steacy earned his first Johnston Cup title in 2016 with a point tally of 269, generated from 132 starts, 14 wins, 13 seconds and 21 third-place finishes in Ontario Sires Stakes action. Twenty-six different horses carried the Steacy stable colours in OSS action last season, banking a total of $603,540. Among... more...

Batavia Downs is pleased to announce that Shane Hoehn will be joining their staff as assistant race secretary and program director for the upcoming live harness racing meet that begins on July 26.

Hoehn was born and raised in Vernon, N.Y., and started working at Vernon Downs right out of high school. During his 20-year tenure there, he started out selling programs and eventually became their full-time race secretary, a post he held for seven years.

In 2010, Hoehn left his duties at Vernon to pursue his own business venture. However in 2012, he went back to his... more...

Despite a prolonged deluge of rain, countless lightning flashes, accompanying claps of thunder and a one hour and 10 minute delay due to the weather, Pompano Park was able to get their racing program in on Wednesday night with Goldstar Rockette taking the $9,500 Open Pace for Mares and Groovey Kid annexing the $9,500 companion event for trotters.

Goldstar Rockette, a 7-year-old Florida-bred daughter of Rock On driven by Bryce Fenn, won a brief tussle early in taking the lead and then went on to post fractions of :26.3, :56.4 and 1:24.2 before a :28.4 finale was just enough to hold off the furious late surge of Sue's Night Out, handled by... more...