Jake Huff News Today

It is with deep sadness that we announce the passing of Michael Dean Huff Jr., 59, on Jan. 23, 2024, in Escondido, California, after suffering a stroke and brain hemorrhage.

On Florida’s Turnpike, about a mile or so from Exit 66 and Atlantic Boulevard, there’s a directional sign that, in part, reads, “Isle Casino and Racing.” That sign has been antiquated for some time as Caesars has taken over the facility and rebranded it as Harrah’s Pompano Beach. And when you approach the main entrance

Andover Contessa shipped to Saratoga Casino Hotel on Sunday (Sept. 17) and took home the winner's share of the $16,050 purse in the Winners Over/Open Handicap Trot. 

Driver Mike Merton won five of the seven races that were contested at Tioga Downs on Friday, Aug. 4, including the $11,500 featured trot with Andover Contessa. 

The Continental Divide Trail and the Backcountry Discovery Route are bringing crowds of tourists through what is almost a ghost town, keeping two historic restaurants and a bed and breakfast alive.

A pair of $16,000 contests for pacers looking to climb up the rungs of the classladder were the highlights of the Tuesday afternoon (July 4) card at Pocono Downs at Mohegan Pennsylvania.

Holy Being worked his way to the lead past a :28.1 opening quarter, got soft middle splits of :58 and 1:27, and then was able to finish strongly to win the $15,000 featured trot at Pocono Downs at Mohegan Pennsylvania on Monday afternoon in 1:55.3.

Harrah’s Philadelphia hosted its richest racing card of the year on Sunday afternoon (Sept. 4) with $1.3 million on the line in four $252,000 Pennsylvania Sire Stakes Championships for two-year-olds, their complementary $50,000 consolations, and a $40,000 Invitational among many other overnight events.

One of the longest-standing track records at Yonkers Raceway fell on Tuesday night when Gotthegreenlight won the second of two $85,500 New York Sire Stakes divisions for three-year-old pacing fillies in 1:51.3, knocking a fifth of a second off the 1:51.4 mark that Charisma Hanover set back on October 26, 2013. Patsville captured the other section.

Two-year-old colt and gelding pacers paid a visit to Yonkers Raceway on Tuesday night for three New York Sire Stakes divisions.