Bye Byrd News Today

In this week's edition of Rewind Robert Smith takes a slightly different path as he recalls the once popular practice of sending and receiving postcards in the mail.

Forced to retreat early, defending Pennsylvania champion Fulton rallied to a career-best 1:49.2 victory — his fifth straight — in Saturday’s (May 6) Pennsylvania Sires Stake at Hollywood Casino at The Meadows.

The Hall of Fame Screening Committee of the United States Harness Writers Association (USHWA), after meeting with a select group of Harness Racing Museum Trustees, has announced that Lucien Fontaine has been elected to the Harness Racing Hall of Fame, through a Veterans designation, and that Frank Antonacci and Per Eriksson would be the Hall of Fame ballot candidates for this summer’s election.

Southwind Gendry solidified his spot as one of the tops in his division Saturday (May 1) at The Meadows when he blazed a Pennsylvania Sires Stake (PASS) split in 1:49.4. Literl Lad Hanover captured the other division in the $153,856 event for three-year-old pacing colts and geldings, known as the Bye Bye Byrd, giving trainer Ron Burke a stake sweep. Purchased as a yearling for a relatively modest $30,000, Southwind Gendry exceeded expectations by winning the PASS Championship, the Matron and di...