Northfield: Ohio Sires Stakes action featured on Sunday
Favorites were perfect in $75,000 Ohio Sires Stakes races for 3-year-old male trotters and 2-year-old colt and gelding pacers on Sunday night at Northfield Park.
Greg ReinhartJul 12, 2026
Favorites were perfect in $75,000 Ohio Sires Stakes races for 3-year-old male trotters and 2-year-old colt and gelding pacers on Sunday night at Northfield Park.
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Blue Jean Gal set a 1:51 3/5 Ontario Sires Stakes (OSS) record while winning the first of two C$100,000 divisions of the second Gold Series leg for 3-year-old trotting fillies on Sunday (July 12) at Woodbine Mohawk Park. Lo And Behold won the second Gold division.
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Two longshot daughters of Papi Rob Hanover used speedy tactics to post clear wins in their respective divisions of three $30,000 Pennsylvania All-Stars races for 2-year-old pacing fillies during the Sunday twilight card at Pocono Downs at Mohegan Pennsylvania. The other cut was won by the favorite, a daughter of Captaintreacherous who came from behind to win by the smallest possible margin.
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The record-breaking 2026 live harness racing season for Oak Grove Racing, Gaming & Hotel draws to a close this week with three days of racing starting on Monday (July 13) and eight total Kentucky Sire Stakes (KYSS) finals through the week.
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Drivers Chris Page and Chris Lems, along with trainer Steve Carter, had a pair of victories in $50,000 Ohio Sires Stakes tests for 2-year-old trotters on Saturday night at Scioto Downs.
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The Meadowlands wrapped up their stakes-filled card on Saturday night with a single $40,000 division of the second leg of the Miss Versatility Series for older trotting mares, and the winner was Woman Of Passion.
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Brandon Blvd took the lead on the backstretch and then held off a slew of challengers in the stretch to capture the Grade 1 $810,000 Meadowlands Pace, for 3-year-olds, in 1:48 1/5 Saturday (July 11) at the Meadowlands.
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Torrid fractions poised double millionaire Bythemissal for a furious bid from last down the center of the track to score his first stakes win as a 7-year-old with a 1:47 upset at 55-1 in the first of two $135,700 divisions of the Grade 2 William Haughton Memorial on Saturday night (July 11) at the Meadowlands.
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In another showdown with arch-rival Somemore Blue, Whoomp, driven by John De Long for trainer Roger Welch, slugged it out down the stretch to finish on top in the lone $94,000 division of the fourth leg of the Indiana Sire Stakes for 3-year-old filly pacers on Saturday (July 11) at Harrah's Hoosier Park.
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After taking on all comers in the Hoosier State as a sophomore, Indiana sensation On To Norway has proven worthy of the Grand Circuit stage so far in his 4-year-old season, following up his North American-record 1:48 3/5 score in last week's Grade 2 Graduate Series final with a gutsy 2:04 3/5 victory over 1 1/8 miles in the Grade 1 $425,000 E.T. Gerry Jr. Hambletonian Maturity, for 4-year-old trotters, on Saturday (July 11) at the Meadowlands.
Favorites were perfect in $75,000 Ohio Sires Stakes races for 3-year-old male trotters and 2-year-old colt and gelding pacers on Sunday night at Northfield Park.
Blue Jean Gal set a 1:51 3/5 Ontario Sires Stakes (OSS) record while winning the first of two C$100,000 divisions of the second Gold Series leg for 3-year-old trotting fillies on Sunday (July 12) at Woodbine Mohawk Park. Lo And Behold won the second Gold division.
Two longshot daughters of Papi Rob Hanover used speedy tactics to post clear wins in their respective divisions of three $30,000 Pennsylvania All-Stars races for 2-year-old pacing fillies during the Sunday twilight card at Pocono Downs at Mohegan Pennsylvania. The other cut was won by the favorite, a daughter of Captaintreacherous who came from behind to win by the smallest possible margin.
The record-breaking 2026 live harness racing season for Oak Grove Racing, Gaming & Hotel draws to a close this week with three days of racing starting on Monday (July 13) and eight total Kentucky Sire Stakes (KYSS) finals through the week.
Drivers Chris Page and Chris Lems, along with trainer Steve Carter, had a pair of victories in $50,000 Ohio Sires Stakes tests for 2-year-old trotters on Saturday night at Scioto Downs.
The Meadowlands wrapped up their stakes-filled card on Saturday night with a single $40,000 division of the second leg of the Miss Versatility Series for older trotting mares, and the winner was Woman Of Passion.
Brandon Blvd took the lead on the backstretch and then held off a slew of challengers in the stretch to capture the Grade 1 $810,000 Meadowlands Pace, for 3-year-olds, in 1:48 1/5 Saturday (July 11) at the Meadowlands.
Torrid fractions poised double millionaire Bythemissal for a furious bid from last down the center of the track to score his first stakes win as a 7-year-old with a 1:47 upset at 55-1 in the first of two $135,700 divisions of the Grade 2 William Haughton Memorial on Saturday night (July 11) at the Meadowlands.
In another showdown with arch-rival Somemore Blue, Whoomp, driven by John De Long for trainer Roger Welch, slugged it out down the stretch to finish on top in the lone $94,000 division of the fourth leg of the Indiana Sire Stakes for 3-year-old filly pacers on Saturday (July 11) at Harrah's Hoosier Park.
After taking on all comers in the Hoosier State as a sophomore, Indiana sensation On To Norway has proven worthy of the Grand Circuit stage so far in his 4-year-old season, following up his North American-record 1:48 3/5 score in last week's Grade 2 Graduate Series final with a gutsy 2:04 3/5 victory over 1 1/8 miles in the Grade 1 $425,000 E.T. Gerry Jr. Hambletonian Maturity, for 4-year-old trotters, on Saturday (July 11) at the Meadowlands.