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Inverness Ave and Nighthawk Zette secured big wins as they took down their respective rivals in two $49,500 divisions of the sixth leg of Indiana Sire Stakes action for 3-year-old colts and geldings trotters at Harrah's Hoosier Park on Thursday (August 20).
Driver Scott Zeron guided Fauvette Hanover and JK Lady Liberty to victories in a pair of $63,826 Pennsylvania Sire Stakes tests for 2-year-old pacing fillies on Thursday afternoon at Hollywood Casino at The Meadows.
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Heavy rain and a sloppy track made for a less than ideal night, but Rose Run Cowboy and My Body Guard braved the elements and defeated their competitors in a pair of New York Sire Stakes divisions for 2-year-old male pacers on Thursday (August 20) at MGM Yonkers Raceway.
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There is a carryover of $30,899 in the $2 pick six on Friday’s eight-race program at Del Mar.
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We are one week removed from the announcement that after 46 years the Hambletonian is leaving the Meadowlands. It should come as no surprise that on a personal level this is not a decision I am happy about and I want to be upfront about that. I feel some heartbreak as I write this column. For me, this is like the Dodgers leaving Brooklyn. The Hambletonian at the Meadowlands is a race I have attended more than 25 times, many with my dad and more recently an event I have attended with my son. There is even a picture of my son at six weeks old in the Hambletonian trophy that was used in several racing publications. It's a part of my childhood and much like the Dodgers continue to play baseball, the Hambletonian will continue. But it will continue someplace else and for me, it won't be the same. But I am not going to write paragraph upon paragraph about my disappointment. There is far more at stake.
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There is a reason that more than 40 percent of marriages end in divorce. Relationships require communication, trust and certainly the willingness to compromise. When those pillars break down the relationship erodes, and from the standpoint of Madison Global, that is what led to Big Ranger moving on from trainer Ronnie Gillespie to Anette Lorentzon.
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The sophomore male class of pacers has been looking for a leader for much of the season. With the 2025 Horse of the Year Beau Jangles failing thus far to fulfill that role, others have stepped forward, holding the mantle just long enough before surrendering it. As we move towards the end of the summer battles, there appeared to be only one location left on the schedule that could bring together all the major components and pinpoint the leader. That notion came to fruition on Monday (August 17) when all the major sophomore stakes winners in 2026 entered the $300,000 Max Hempt Memorial, part of a huge 14-race Sun Stakes program at Pocono Downs at Mohegan Pennsylvania.
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Trainer Matt Bax has every reason to be optimistic heading into Friday's Peaceful Way eliminations at Woodbine Mohawk Park. His freshman filly Queen Of B's has already shown the ability to tackle and conquer Ontario's best during her brief career and will now tackle Grand Circuit company for the first time. In Queen Of B's, Bax has a filly from the first crop of King Of The North, but perhaps of greater importance, out of the 2011 Peaceful Way champion Win Missy B.
A tough Thursday for handicappers will lead to a potentially lucrative Friday (August 21) at Hollywood Casino at The Meadows.
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When it comes to earning paychecks, Minoan has become a horse trainer Noel Daley can bank on.
