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A year after being scratched from the Maple Leaf Trot at Woodbine Mohawk Park because of an injury that sidelined him the remainder of the harness racing season, Alrajah One IT (Maharajah) is ready to return to action Saturday in this year’s edition of Canada’s top event for older trotters. The 7-year-old stallion, unbeaten in

A year after being scratched from the Maple Leaf Trot at Woodbine Mohawk Park because of an injury that sidelined him the remainder of the season, Alrajah One IT is ready to return to action Saturday (Sept. 2) in this year’s edition of Canada’s top event for older trotters. The seven-year-old stallion, unbeaten in three races since arriving in North America from Europe, is the 2-1 morning-line favourite.

Lucas Wallin will hope it’s party time with Soiree Hanover, as well as several other horses from his stable, when the two-week New Jersey Classic Series (NJC) begins on Friday night (Sept. 1) at The Meadowlands.

Andy Miller and Brett Miller are not related, but they were in a way connected last week when each driver got the 10,000th win of his career.

Confederate maintained the top spot in the Week 12 edition of the Hambletonian Society/Breeders Crown poll released on Tuesday, Aug. 29 while Bythemissal, who romped by eight lengths in his Canadian Pacing Derby elimination this past weekend at Woodbine Mohawk Park made the biggest move.

After a spring and summer of turn taking on the best of the North American harness racing’s aged pacer ranks, it looks like recent returnee Bythemissal (Downbytheseaside) is ready to take a stranglehold on the division. Winner of the Little Brown Jug, Adios and Milstein at three, the $1.4 million earner had his four-year-old season

Max C. Hempt Memorial winner Confederate returned to the No. 1 spot in the Week 11 edition of the Hambletonian Society/Breeders Crown poll released on Tuesday, Aug. 22.

Hightstown, NJ — Myron Charna President’s Pace winner Bythemissal (Downbytheseaside) was the only harness racing newcomer to the Top 10 in the Week 10 edition of the Hambletonian Society/Breeders Crown poll released Tuesday. The 4-year-old male pacer joined the upper echelon at No. 9. Little else changed in the Top 10 as Sylvia Hanover (Always

Undefeated in her sophomore season, the Canadian-campaigned pacing filly Sylvia Hanover topped the Hambletonian Society/Breeders Crown poll for the third straight week.

On Sunday (Aug. 13) Red Mile hosted 10 second round sire stakes divisions on a 15-race card for freshman and sophomore fillies of both gaits. Geocentric remained a perfect four-for-four in her young career in the $80,000 Kentucky Sire Stakes split for two-year-old filly pacers and Mambacita resumed her winning ways in the leg for three-year-old trotting fillies.