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Randy Delbert Manges, the longtime sales manager for the Kentucky Standardbred Horse Sales Company and later the Lexington Selected Yearling Sale, passed away on Tuesday, Dec. 19, 2023.

Through his two- and three-year-old seasons, the GTY Stable homebred Gaitway Guy competed in 12 Delaware Standardbred Breeders' Fund (DSBF) races — and won all of them. He completed his state-restricted stakes campaign on Thursday (Dec. 14) at Bally's Dover with a 1:54.2 win in the $110,000 DSBF series final for three-year-old male pacers, and in doing so he became the 10th horse since the 2002 inception of the DSBF to sweep all four championships.

There is no doubt in anyone’s mind that Confederate will be the three-year-old harness racing pacer of the year and, possibly, Pacer of the Year and, quite possibly, Horse of the Year. With hardly a blemish on his 2023 resume—just It’s My Show in the North American Cup at Woodbine and his attempt to conquer

Another overwhelming favorite lived up to the hype on Wednesday (Dec. 13) at Bally's Dover as Stephen Messick's homebred Misty Coast proved a handy 1:53.1 winner in the $110,000 Delaware Standardbred Breeders’ Fund (DSBF) series final for three-year-old pacing fillies.

It has been 40 years since harness racing greats Its Fritz and Cam Fella locked hooves in the Summer Championship at The Meadowlands. It was, quite possibly, the most anticipated match-up of the year and, after Its Fritz used his tremendous brushing power to open what was thought to be an insurmountable lead, Cam Fella

Kodack Black completed a clean sweep of the Delaware Standardbred Breeders' Fund (DSBF) series for three-year-old male trotters — and captured his second divisional title in the First State this season — with a commanding 1:57.3 win in the $110,000 final on Tuesday, Dec. 12 at Bally's Dover.

Bond (Southwind Frank) followed up on her magnificent 2-year-old harness racing season in 2022 with an even better season this year. A winner of $587,265 last semester with a mark of 1:52.3, she went on to win $847,071 this year on the strength of an 8-2-1 scorecard in 13 starts, vaulting her lifetime earnings to

GTY Stable's homebred Gaitway Guy withstood a sustained first-over attack to score his second preliminary win in the Delaware Standardbred Breeders' Fund (DSBF) series for three-year-old male pacers at Bally's Dover, drawing away to a handy 1:54.1 victory in his $20,000 second-round division on Thursday (Dec. 7).

Millionaire pacer Slick Tony will join harness racing's stallion ranks next year.

Stephen Messick’s homebred Misty Coast established herself as the filly to beat in next week’s $110,000 Delaware Standardbred Breeders’ Fund (DSBF) series final for three-year-old pacing fillies with a 1:55.1 win in her $20,000 second-round preliminary division on Wednesday (Dec. 6) at Bally’s Dover.