Northeast Ohio's newest premier race, the Cleveland Trotting Classic, will go to post Saturday (July 1) at Northfield Park. The Classic carries a $185,000 purse and has attracted some of the best veteran trotters in North America. The Grand Circuit race is the featured event on a program that includes four $40,000 divisions of Ohio Sire Stakes for 3-year-old colt pacers.

Resolve drew post one and has been named the 8-5 morning line favorite in the Classic field by Northfield Park Executive Vice President of Racing and Simulcasting Dave Bianconi. Resolve enters Saturday's race off a 1:54.3 mile against open company at Yonkers. The race was his first start in the United States since returning from Sweden where he... more...

Glidinthruparadise followed the first-over cover of Bessie, then overtook her in mid-stretch to capture her second straight victory in Tuesday’s (June 27) $20,000 Filly & Mare Winners Over $10,000 Life/Preferred Handicap Trot at The Meadows.

Glidinthruparadise broke stride in three straight starts before righting the ship in her last outing, a conditioned event. On Tuesday, she looked more than comfortable with the track’s distaff trotting elite, downing Bessie by a length for trainer/driver Brian Zendt in 1:54.4. Bags For All finished third.

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He might not be the same beast he was in the past, but Mach It So still has a little King Kong in him. Mach It So, an 7-year-old gelding with 36 career wins and $1.81 million in earnings, faces eight foes in Saturday's $500,000 Ben Franklin Stakes for older male pacers at The Downs at Mohegan Sun Pocono. Trained by Jeff Bamond Jr. for owner Bamond Racing, Mach It So starts from post five with driver Tim Tetrick and is 12-1 on the morning line.

"He's kind of under the radar," said Bamond Jr., who with his father has owned Mach It So since September 2012. "I guess I'd rather be under the radar and making $2 million than everyone talking about... more...

The last weekend in June was outreach time at Fair Winds Farm, in Cream Ridge, NJ, for nearly 400 visitors. Fair Winds' owner, Mark Mullen, teamed up with Dr. Patty Hogan's Hogan Equine Clinic, located on the grounds of the farm, to open their doors to the public and hold a workshop for future equine health professionals.

On Saturday (June 24), high school students spent the morning with Dr. Hogan at her clinic to learn how to prepare for a career in equine medicine, either as a veterinarian or a technician.

"I'm often asked by young people how to prepare for a career caring for horses," said Hogan. "It's not all just good grades in... more...

Art and Andrew Stafford's Framed Art ($4.60, Art Stafford Jr.) was a 1:51.4 winner in the $15,000 Delaware Special Monday (June 26) at Harrington Raceway.

Framed Art assumed the early lead from Im Supersonic A, last week's winner, to an opening quarter in 27 seconds. He led the field to the half mile in 55.4 seconds and three-quarters in 1:23.2.

"Art" opened up four lengths on the field on the final turn and never relented to the wire en route to his fourth win of the year. Im Supersonic was second with Lee Is A Star third. The winner is trained by his co-owner... more...

James MacDonald climbed onto the race bike behind Future Headlines for the first time at Grand River Raceway on Monday evening and piloted the three-year-old pacing filly to her first victory of the year in a personal best 1:54.1.

Starting from post 2 in the first of two $95,600 Gold Series divisions, MacDonald was able to follow post-sitter Fade into the first turn. Content to shadow Fade through fractions of :27.3, :56.2 and 1:25.2, MacDonald waited until the fillies were squared up in the stretch before tipping Future Headlines to the outside and pointing her at the finish line. Sure of her goal, fan favourite Future Headlines powered... more...

Horses claimed out of their last start were noses apart in the $14,000 featured claiming handicap trot at The Downs at Mohegan Sun Pocono on Monday, with Southwind Warsaw overcoming a step up in class to hang the smallest possible margin of defeat on What A Peach in 1:57.1.

What A Peach was either a peach or the pits in his last six starts for trainer Jason Robinson – second, break, win, break, win, break – and upon coming to Frank Kamine's care for owner/driver Simon Allard, he managed to be both, making a miscue before the start, then getting back into the race with a big sweeping move.

But right on his bumper through the last... more...

Allergies prevent Ross Scheuerman from working with horses, but not from enjoying them. Scheuerman, who on Sunday began his second season as a running back with the Canadian Football League's Hamilton Tiger-Cats, since childhood has followed his family's exploits in harness racing. Among his favorite memories is traveling with his grandfather, trainer Del Cote, to watch pacer Next Flight compete in Delaware, where he was a multiple Delaware Standardbred Breeders Fund champion.

"I was around 11 years old," the now 24-year-old Scheuerman said. "I would go with my grandparents every week. That was a pretty memorable experience for me. That... more...