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Driver Braxton Boyd bested all drivers on the opening day card Saturday (May 1) with four victories including one in the $9,000 featured Fillies & Mares Open Pace with Another Beach Day. Another Beach Day got the lead just before hitting the first quarter in :27.4. Persistent Better went right by as they went by the stands. She led to the half in :58.3 and to three-quarters in 1:26.4. Another Beach Day popped the pocket as they reached the stretch and went right on by to win in 1:55.1. Shecou...

Live harness racing will make its return to upstate New York this spring with Tioga Downs preparing to kick off the 2021 season on Saturday, May 1. Racing will follow a Friday and Saturday evening, Sunday matinee schedule covering 59 dates until September 25. "With the casino operational and revenue projected to return to pre-COVID levels, the purses for the 2021 season will be close to the 2019 levels," said the track in a press release. "It is our hope that live attendance and on-site wagerin...

Dee Leftwich Photo Harness racing, at its very core, is a career that follows a routine pattern, but at the same time, follows no routine at all. In other words, the everyday routine of each stable is set through a similar schedule – morning feed, stalls, buckets, watering, jogging or training, bathing, lunch, and dinner. Now these schedules vary from stable to stable. Everything from how far a horse is jogged to how much they are fed to how many buckets of water each horse has can be differe...