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As part of their Industry Day program on Monday afternoon, Grand River Raceway hosted the C$205,000 Battle Of Waterloo and the C$165,000 Battle Of The Belles for Ontario-sired 2-year-old pacers of both sexes.
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Shalom Hanover, a 2-year-old Papi Rob Hanover-Sammy's Magic Girl pacing colt, captured his division of a Pennsylvania Sire Stakes event for his grouping on Monday afternoon at Pocono Downs at Mohegan Pennsylvania, winning easily in 1:49 2/5 - a time which makes him the fastest 2-year-old of 2026 and the fastest 2-year-old of all-time at Pocono, and a clocking just a fifth shy of the all-time record for any freshman on a five-eighths-mile track (Frantic Hanover's 1:49 1/5 in last year's Sire Stakes Championship at Harrah's Philly).
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With the cancelation of racing on Sunday night, The Red Mile wound up hosting the first round of Kentucky Sire Stakes action for 2-year-old male pacers on a non-wagering program on Monday morning, followed by the opener for their trotting counterparts during the pari-mutuel card in the afternoon.
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Redland Rocket Man set a 1:48 2/5 Ontario Sires Stakes (OSS) and Grand River Raceway track record in winning the lone C$150,000 OSS Gold Leg 3 event for sophomore pacing colts and geldings on Monday's (Aug. 3) Battle of Waterloo afternoon card at the Elora track.
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Fragment improved to three-for-three since adding Lasix in late June thanks to a 1:52 2/5 victory in Monday afternoon's $119,700 New York Sire Stakes event for 3-year-old male pacers at Monticello Raceway.
Head for the Chateau Grande in East Brunswick, NJ, on Tuesday (Aug. 4), and catch a special event on the harness racing calendar when the post position draws for the $1-million Hambletonian and $500,000 Hambletonian Oaks are conducted.
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Nysos, a multiple Grade 1 winner who was often in brilliant in a career interrupted by injuries, has been retired from racing after his connections determined he will need time off and would not be ready for a bid at the Breeders’ Cup this fall.
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Greg Reinhart's analysis of the Wednesday 8/5 card at Yonkers Raceway.
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A pair of Grade 1 winners, Usha and Iron Orchard, will return to statebred company for the first time since their 2-year-old campaigns when facing six other New York-breds on Wednesday at Saratoga in the $200,000 Johnstone Stakes.
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Title Rose, West End Kid, and Remember Mama, who pretty much hit the wire all together in the Grade 1 Belmont Derby, are all back for Saturday's Grade 1, $500,000 Saratoga Derby at 1 3/16 miles on turf.
