Saturday night at the Meadowlands was pleasant weather-wise with temperatures in the 50s and little to no wind while the action on the racetrack was hot right from the start.

The sixth race was the $63,000 Whata Baron final, remembering one of the great pacers of the early years at the Meadowlands and it turned out to be a slugfest.

Captive Audience and Wake Up Peter were both in line for a sweep and Dave Miller made a bold early statement, flaunting the impressive early speed of Captive Audience through the :26.3 opening quarter while Scott Zeron and Wake Up Peter could not find position from his outside post and were forced to press on... more...

The following is a statement from U.S. Trotting Association president Phil Langley regarding the decision by the USTA Executive Committee to table a television sponsorship proposal put forth by the Meadowlands.

Over the past day or so, there has been some criticism of the United States Trotting Association and its Executive Committee's vote to table until next year a funding request recently put forth by Jeff Gural. Specifically, the Meadowlands asked that money from the USTA be directed to Meadowlands management to facilitate the television broadcast of two races, the Meadowlands Pace in July and the Little Brown Jug in September. I wish to... more...

Scioto is ready to kick off another exciting summer of power packed racing and generous purses. The action starts on Thursday, May 8, be sure to join us as we celebrate our freedom and honor America with the flying of an American flag that was flown over the skies of Afghanistan and is provided to us by the United States Air Force.

Live racing will continue Tuesday through Saturday until August and Wednesday through Saturday until closing night, Sept. 27. We will also have a few holiday cards with an early post time of 1 p.m. Be sure to check out the racing calendar for complete details.

Stakes-filled action is back this summer in full... more...

Foiled Again lost Saturday night. Not exactly the stuff that breaks into regularly-scheduled programming, but rare enough. Harness racing's richest-ever performance added nothing to his $6.1 million bankroll, winding up a non-factor sixth in the third and final $50,000 division of Yonkers Raceway's George Morton Levy Memorial Pacing Series.

Starting outside his six rivals as the fifth and final preliminary round concluded, he and driver Yannick Gingras had Mach it So (Tim Tetrick) leave directly inside of him. "Foiled”—his place in next week's final already secure—took back to last and never reached contention.

Meanwhile, stablemate Easy... more...

Mohegan Sun at Pocono Downs hosts the three remaining $30,000 championship races in the Bobby Weiss Series this Tuesday and Wednesday, with the late-developing 3 and 4 year olds racing for the glory in the male trot and female pace divisions the first day and the lady trotters then closing out the quartet of series finals.

It's hard to make a case against a horse who has won all four of his series prelims, each week posting the fastest clocking of all divisions and last week the fastest of all (1:53.3), and no one doubts that the Justice Hall gelding Ray Hall will be the one to beat as he starts from post four Tuesday for trainer Mark Harder... more...

After finishing second in both preliminary legs, Frisky Magic will look for her best stride when she faces the gate in Monday's $43,200 final of the Lifetime Dream Series at Woodbine.

Trained throughout her career by Per Henriksen, Frisky Magic will look for the upset in race nine when she begins from post... more...

A Stitch In Time, unbothered by an outside post, put together a dominant performance to win the $30,000 final of the Bobby Weiss late closer series for 3- and 4-year-old pacing colts, stallions, and geldings on Saturday night at Mohegan Sun at Pocono Downs.

Despite drawing the outside post in a field of nine, A Stitch In Time (Kent's On Nuke-Sheza Gimmie Girl), a 4-year-old gelding trained by Lou Pena, was made the 6-5 favorite based on a 1:49.3 win in the final preliminary leg. Driver George Napolitano Jr. maneuvered him into fourth around the first turn while Getitoffyourchest set the early pace. A Stitch In Time quickly brushed to the lead on the front stretch, set a big lead with imposing fractions, and came... more...