Yo Tillie (Todd McCarthy) emerged as the top performer from the seven divisions of the second leg of the Kentucky Sire Stakes (KYSS) on Monday at Oak Grove Racing, Gaming & Hotel with a track-record equaling 1:51 4/5 mile to win the lone $50,000 event for 4-year-old trotting mares.
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Coaches Corner and Silk Cloud A drew the coveted pole positions in the Grade 2 $478,000 MGM Borgata Pacing Series and Grade 2 $456,000 Ursula McIntyre Pacing Series finals on Friday night (May 8) at MGM Yonkers Raceway.
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Charles “Do Bronx” Oliveira da Silva, an Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) Champion and South American harness racing driver, will make his official United States pari-mutuel driving debut on Tuesday (May 5) in Race 13 at Pocono Downs at Mohegan Pennsylvania.
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Matt Rose's analysis of the Tuesday 5/5 card at Yonkers Raceway.
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When pacer Rip Tide steps onto the track Wednesday at Hollywood Casino at The Meadows, the former $100,000 yearling will look to keep his streak intact. He has competed in two qualifying races and two parimutuel events, and has finished first all four times.
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John's Dream captured the $20,000 Virginia Breeders Fund aged male pace at Shenandoah Downs Saturday - one of four Breeders race divisions on the program - and reached the winner's circle for the 35th time in Virginia. The 13-year-old Dream Away gelding won his 56th race overall and pushed his career earnings to $427,692.
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Less than 48 hours after Golden Tempo won the 152nd running of the Kentucky Derby, 3-year-old Standardbreds will take center stage on Monday (May 4) when a trio of eliminations each for the Oak Grove Trotting Derby and Oak Grove Trotting Oaks headline a blockbuster 15-race harness racing program at Oak Grove Racing, Gaming & Hotel, which opens the fortnight-long Oak Grove Festival of Racing.
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Driver Dan Noble tied Dave Palone and George Napolitano Jr.'s record for victories on a single pari-mutuel program by winning 11 of the 15 races on Saturday night at Northfield Park. Noble's total was also a track record, and he broke Stephane Bouchard's record for consecutive victories by racking up 10 straight during the card.
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Magic Punk, with trainer-driver Ake Svanstedt in the sulky, made a bold rally in the stretch on Saturday night to capture the Grade 3 $157,125 Dexter Cup at the Meadowlands in a 1:53 1/5 clocking that became a stakes record with the race formerly held only on half-mile tracks. Magic Punk, the slight 7-5 favorite, tracked down second choice Southwind Alamo in the late stages for an easy score.
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The 2026 New Jersey Sire Stakes season began with $25,000 races for 3-year-old pacers of both sexes on Saturday night, and Dexter Dunn won both of them with filly Be Perfect BG and gelding Bookie J.
Yo Tillie (Todd McCarthy) emerged as the top performer from the seven divisions of the second leg of the Kentucky Sire Stakes (KYSS) on Monday at Oak Grove Racing, Gaming & Hotel with a track-record equaling 1:51 4/5 mile to win the lone $50,000 event for 4-year-old trotting mares.
Coaches Corner and Silk Cloud A drew the coveted pole positions in the Grade 2 $478,000 MGM Borgata Pacing Series and Grade 2 $456,000 Ursula McIntyre Pacing Series finals on Friday night (May 8) at MGM Yonkers Raceway.
Charles “Do Bronx” Oliveira da Silva, an Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) Champion and South American harness racing driver, will make his official United States pari-mutuel driving debut on Tuesday (May 5) in Race 13 at Pocono Downs at Mohegan Pennsylvania.
Matt Rose's analysis of the Tuesday 5/5 card at Yonkers Raceway.
When pacer Rip Tide steps onto the track Wednesday at Hollywood Casino at The Meadows, the former $100,000 yearling will look to keep his streak intact. He has competed in two qualifying races and two parimutuel events, and has finished first all four times.
John's Dream captured the $20,000 Virginia Breeders Fund aged male pace at Shenandoah Downs Saturday - one of four Breeders race divisions on the program - and reached the winner's circle for the 35th time in Virginia. The 13-year-old Dream Away gelding won his 56th race overall and pushed his career earnings to $427,692.
Less than 48 hours after Golden Tempo won the 152nd running of the Kentucky Derby, 3-year-old Standardbreds will take center stage on Monday (May 4) when a trio of eliminations each for the Oak Grove Trotting Derby and Oak Grove Trotting Oaks headline a blockbuster 15-race harness racing program at Oak Grove Racing, Gaming & Hotel, which opens the fortnight-long Oak Grove Festival of Racing.
Driver Dan Noble tied Dave Palone and George Napolitano Jr.'s record for victories on a single pari-mutuel program by winning 11 of the 15 races on Saturday night at Northfield Park. Noble's total was also a track record, and he broke Stephane Bouchard's record for consecutive victories by racking up 10 straight during the card.
Magic Punk, with trainer-driver Ake Svanstedt in the sulky, made a bold rally in the stretch on Saturday night to capture the Grade 3 $157,125 Dexter Cup at the Meadowlands in a 1:53 1/5 clocking that became a stakes record with the race formerly held only on half-mile tracks. Magic Punk, the slight 7-5 favorite, tracked down second choice Southwind Alamo in the late stages for an easy score.
The 2026 New Jersey Sire Stakes season began with $25,000 races for 3-year-old pacers of both sexes on Saturday night, and Dexter Dunn won both of them with filly Be Perfect BG and gelding Bookie J.
