Eighteen 3 year olds entered Tuesday for the $500,000 Hambletonian Oaks, the filly division of the Hambletonian.

Hambletonian Festival week kicks off on July 29 with two $40,438 eliminations to narrow the field to 10 for the $500,000 Oaks final on Hambletonian Day, Sat., Aug. 5, at the Meadowlands.

Favorite in the field will be Dan Patch divisional Champion Ariana G, who drew post 4 in her respective elimination. The talented homebred daughter of 2009 Hambletonian winner Muscle Hill sports a record of three wins in four tries this year, with lifetime earnings just under $1 million, at $937,839. Ariana G comes from the royal broodmare... more...

After collecting career victory 18,000 two weeks ago, Hall of Famer Dave Palone continues to roll to the next milestone.

The "winningest" driver in harness racing history piloted seven winners on Tuesday’s 14-race card at The Meadows.

Palone scored a pair of victories each for trainers Rom Burke and Paul Corey and singletons for Brent Davis, Dane Snyder and John Sullivan.

Also on Tuesday’s program, players finally solved the mystery of the Pick-5, which had eluded them for three consecutive cards and prompted a $75,000 total-pool guarantee, largest in... more...

Jeff Gural is a tower in Standardbred racing. As the owner of three racetracks: The Meadowlands in New Jersey (which features harness racing and a short Thoroughbred meet), in addition to Standardbred tracks, Vernon Downs and Tioga Downs, both located in New York State, he has become a driving force in keeping trainers suspected of using illegal performance-enhancing drugs and those trying to buy or sell horses to slaughter out of his three racetracks.

Gural will receive the Ellen and Herbert Moelis Equine Savior Award for his commitment to the humane fate and aftercare of horses bred for racing, their safety during their racing careers and... more...

Sam Beegle and Roger Hammer, both of whom began their athletic careers on the wrestling mats in this southwest Pennsylvania community and both of whom are still competing on the racetracks of Pennsylvania, were jointly honored as both hometown and statewide harness heroes during ceremonies before the start of the racing program at the Bedford Fair on Monday, July 25, the first day of a two-card session here.

The Keystone Chapter of the U.S. Harness Writers Association voted their highest award, the Mary Lib Miller Award for "outstanding service to state harness racing," to the two veterans, both of whom are in the Bedford Sports Hall of Fame. Bedford Fair Director of Racing Jake Hoover, upon hearing the... more...

Propulsion, a 6-year-old stallion by Muscle Hill-Danae, bred by Rikki Caldwell of Cane Run Farm and Bluestone Farms, set a Swedish record of 1:49.3 when he won the Hugo Aberg Memorial on Tuesday night at the five-eighths mile Jagersro track in Malmo, Sweden. Daniel Reden trains Propulsion for Bengt Agerup's Stall Zet.

The race got underway with the Jerry Riordan-trained Twister Bi taking control of the race, which left the Lufti Kolgjini-driven Dante Boko first-over. Orjan Kihlstrom took the cover with Propulsion as Twister Bi set a quick pace. Eventually Propulsion challenged Twister Bi and then passed that rival before having to hold off... more...

New Jersey horseman Vincent Fusco Sr., 74, of Freehold Township, passed away Monday, July 24, with his beloved family at his side.

He is survived by his wife of 55 years, Grace; his children Rita (Dale), Carmine (Christie), Antonia, Vincent Jr. (Michelle), Bridget (Bob), Andriana, Joseph (Dana), Paul (Robyn), Peter, Maria (Michael), and Elizabeth (Jason); 26 grandchildren and his angel great-grandson, Noah.

Visitation will be held Wednesday, July 26, and Thursday, July 27, at Clayton Funeral Home in Freehold, NJ from 5-9 pm. There will also be a Mass on Friday, July 27, at St. Roberts of Bellarmine Church in Freehold at 10 am. The family... more...

Huntsville, the 9-5 morning line favorite, will leave from post 4 while Fear The Dragon, the 2-1 second choice, starts from post 3 in Saturday's $400,000 final of the Delvin Miller Adios Pace for the Orchids at The Meadows. The powerhouse Adios Day card begins at noon and includes six Grand Circuit stakes. The Adios goes as race 11 with an approximate post time of 4 PM.

From the rail out, here is the field, with driver listed: 1--RJP (Yannick Gingras), 2-Highalator (Victor Kirby), 3-Fear The Dragon (David Miller), 4-Huntsville (Tim Tetrick), 5-Eddard Hanover (TBA), 6-Western Hill (Dave Palone), 7-Miso Fast (Matt Kakaley), 8-Blood Line (Mark... more...