Bryson Dunning News Today

“Who cares?” While there were many complimentary remarks about the last Mane Attraction harness racing column pointing out future concerns, the one that was the most notable was the one that quite succinctly wrote, “Who cares?” It is a response just like that that has put harness racing’s future in jeopardy. When I came to

Harness racing trainer Anthony Urbanowicz has been fined a total of $7,000 and suspended for seven months for having three horses from his stable come up positive for Cobalt at Monticello Raceway. He will be suspended through June 19, 2024. Other fines and suspensions of interest include driver Bryson Dunning, who has been fined $500

In this day and age of harness racing one would think that it would be a rare occurrence for a horseperson to fail the breathalyzer test, but there are two reported cases last week in the United States. Thomas Jackson at Pocono Downs failed the test and received a $500 fine and a five-day suspension.

Bestfriend Volo and Moni Book have stamped themselves as the horses to beat in the Bobby Weiss Series for three-year-old trotting colts, winning their second straight preliminary Sunday evening (April 16) at Pocono Downs at Mohegan Pennsylvania while both taking new marks of 1:55.

Normally the Weiss Series for sophomore trotting males would be the Sunday evening (April 9) feature during April at Pocono Downs at Mohegan Pennsylvania, but that series was rerouted to Saturday night this week to honour the wishes of horsemen who did not want to race on Easter.