The public's faith in 3-year-old filly trotter Manchego wavered ever so slightly earlier this month in the Hambletonian Oaks, when for the first time in her career she was not the favorite, but she looked to restore confidence with her stakes-record 1:50 win in the event. Now, she will try to bolster her status by taking on the boys in Friday's $350,000 Dr. Harry M. Zweig Memorial Open Trot at Vernon Downs in upstate New York.

Manchego is the 5-2 morning-line favorite in the Zweig, where she will face a field of eight male rivals. Manchego, who has won 17 of 19 career races, will start from post No. 2 with Yannick Gingras driving for... more...

2018 Hambletonian Future Wager featuring three separate pools resulted in healthy payoffs for those who backed Atlanta to become the 14th filly winner of the Hambletonian.

The minimum future wager was $1, with win wagering only with 17 percent takeout and 15 betting interests each time the pool was opened. The winner of each pool was determined by the official first-place finisher in the 2018 Hambletonian on Aug. 4.

The first pool, which opened June 22 and closed June 24, offered the top 14 contenders at the time with the remaining eligibles, including all fillies... more...

After the fourth race on Tuesday night (Aug. 14), management from Hippodrome 3R and the Québec Jockey Club drew the post positions for Sunday’s (Aug. 19) $200,000 Prix D’Été for 4-year-old pacers. The field, with nominated drivers, is as follows: 1-- Eddard Hanover (Stephane Brosseau); 2--Beckhams Z Tam (Ricky Macomber Jr.); 3--Filibuster Hanover (Louis-Philippe Roy); 4--American Wiggle... more...

Southwind Storm thundered through her Pennsylvania Stallion Series’ four preliminary legs undefeated, as the Muscle Hill–Say What filly completed the quarter by winning one of the seven two-year-old trotting filly divisions over "sloppy" going Tuesday at The Downs at Mohegan Sun Pocono.

Pat Berry hustled the Ron Burke trainee to an open length margin during a 27.2 opening quarter and set sail on the lead, and the winner maintained her advantage all the way to the wire, although Southwind Percy charged at her during the last quarter and fell short by only a nose at the end of the 1:58.4 mile. Southwind Storm is owned by Burke Racing... more...

Rival filly trotters Manchego and Plunge Blue Chip, two of the season's top sophomores as well as the fastest 3 year olds in the long history of the breed, will both race at Vernon Downs on Friday in the Dr. Harry M. Zweig Memorial trot but, in a somewhat surprising development, not against one and other.

The connections of Manchego have picked up the mantle of Hambletonian winning filly Atlanta and entered their star filly into the $350,000 Open division (Race 9) where she'll face eight colts.

Manchego (PP #2) deftly handled her competition in the $500,000 Hambletonian Oaks two weeks past with a tour de force 1:50 stakes record, marking the... more...

Tall Drink Hanover avoided a second-quarter jam up to win Tuesday’s $37,000 Whenuwishuponastar Series Final at Woodbine Mohawk Park.

A field of eight rookie pacing fillies competed in the finale of the three-week Whenuwishuponastar Series.

Trainer Tony Alagna sent out the strong duo of round one winners Key West and Tall Drink Hanover. The betting public made Key West the heavy 1-5 favorite, but a second-quarter incident likely cost her a third-consecutive victory.

Carousel and driver Doug McNair blasted off the wings of the gate to grab the early lead and... more...

Two year old pacing colts taking part in the New York Sire Stakes were featured on Tuesday night at Saratoga Casino Hotel.

There were two divisions of the $80,000+ Sire Stakes for freshman colts and in the first division, what looked like it would be a battle of the titans between the undefeated Melodies Major and the super-fast superstar Major Blake never came to fruition. The Sam Schillaci-trained Major Blake was a late scratch due to sickness which made Melodies Major (Art Major-Hilarious-Die Laughing) a 1-9 favorite as the freshman looked to build on a beginning to his career that yielded four wins in four tries.

On Tuesday night, Tyler Buter once again piloted the Mark Ford trainee and moved the star pacer out... more...