Logan Park lowered the Canadian record for an older gelding trotter on a five-eighths-mile track to 1:51 4/5 in winning Saturday night's Grade 3 C$100,000 Earl Rowe Memorial Invitational Trot at Ontario's Georgian Downs.
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The fifth installment in the Whoomp versus Somemore Blue saga saw Whoomp, driven by John De Long for trainer Roger Welch, take down her rival in the $93,500 Indiana Sire Stakes for 3-year-old pacing fillies at Harrah's Hoosier Park on Saturday (August 15).
Yannick Gingras drove filly Shimmering Hanover and gelding Geologic to victories in their respective Pennsylvania Sire Stakes tilts for 3-year-old trotters on Saturday afternoon at Hollywood Casino at The Meadows.
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Matt Rose's analysis of selected races from the Sunday 8/16 and Monday 8/17 cards at Ocean Downs.
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Two-year-old trotters of both sexes were at Woodbine Mohawk Park for Ontario Sires Stakes Gold Series races on Friday night's program.
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Dandy Ideal, who won the Hempt, Matron and New York Sire Stakes finals as part of a season that saw him earn over $933,000 a year ago, scored his first stakes victory of 2026 in style, as he was a dominant 1:47 2/5 victor of the $300,000 Grade 1 Dan Patch for older pacing males on Friday night at Harrah's Hoosier Park.
The early Pick 4 sequence was not hit on Friday (August 14) at MGM Yonkers Raceway, triggering a $6,483.59 carryover and a $15,000 guaranteed pool in the wager on Saturday afternoon (August 15).
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Three Times Bettor was a 1:49 1/5 winner in the first edition of the $100,000 Rockin Nola for older pacing mares on Friday night at Harrah's Hoosier Park.
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There is a huge gap between having a horse that is extremely fast and one that is an extremely fast racehorse. The idea that every horse that shows speed becomes a racehorse is fictional since natural ability does not always translate to racetrack success. The frustration for trainers that must deal with horses that don't just fall into line and veer off the path is too numerous. Training and racing are two quite different parts to this sport and succeeding at the first is no guarantee you will succeed at the second.
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Starstruck Dreamer, a 2-year-old pacing colt by Hall of Famer Captaintreacherous and out of double O'Brien award-winner Scarlett Hanover, became the fastest freshman on a five-eighths-mile track in the sport's history when he won the single $129,892 division of the Pennsylvania Sire Stakes at Harrah's Philadelphia on Friday afternoon in 1:48 4/5.
Logan Park lowered the Canadian record for an older gelding trotter on a five-eighths-mile track to 1:51 4/5 in winning Saturday night's Grade 3 C$100,000 Earl Rowe Memorial Invitational Trot at Ontario's Georgian Downs.
The fifth installment in the Whoomp versus Somemore Blue saga saw Whoomp, driven by John De Long for trainer Roger Welch, take down her rival in the $93,500 Indiana Sire Stakes for 3-year-old pacing fillies at Harrah's Hoosier Park on Saturday (August 15).
Yannick Gingras drove filly Shimmering Hanover and gelding Geologic to victories in their respective Pennsylvania Sire Stakes tilts for 3-year-old trotters on Saturday afternoon at Hollywood Casino at The Meadows.
Matt Rose's analysis of selected races from the Sunday 8/16 and Monday 8/17 cards at Ocean Downs.
Two-year-old trotters of both sexes were at Woodbine Mohawk Park for Ontario Sires Stakes Gold Series races on Friday night's program.
Dandy Ideal, who won the Hempt, Matron and New York Sire Stakes finals as part of a season that saw him earn over $933,000 a year ago, scored his first stakes victory of 2026 in style, as he was a dominant 1:47 2/5 victor of the $300,000 Grade 1 Dan Patch for older pacing males on Friday night at Harrah's Hoosier Park.
The early Pick 4 sequence was not hit on Friday (August 14) at MGM Yonkers Raceway, triggering a $6,483.59 carryover and a $15,000 guaranteed pool in the wager on Saturday afternoon (August 15).
Three Times Bettor was a 1:49 1/5 winner in the first edition of the $100,000 Rockin Nola for older pacing mares on Friday night at Harrah's Hoosier Park.
There is a huge gap between having a horse that is extremely fast and one that is an extremely fast racehorse. The idea that every horse that shows speed becomes a racehorse is fictional since natural ability does not always translate to racetrack success. The frustration for trainers that must deal with horses that don't just fall into line and veer off the path is too numerous. Training and racing are two quite different parts to this sport and succeeding at the first is no guarantee you will succeed at the second.
Starstruck Dreamer, a 2-year-old pacing colt by Hall of Famer Captaintreacherous and out of double O'Brien award-winner Scarlett Hanover, became the fastest freshman on a five-eighths-mile track in the sport's history when he won the single $129,892 division of the Pennsylvania Sire Stakes at Harrah's Philadelphia on Friday afternoon in 1:48 4/5.
