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Desperate Man is tenacious when it comes to racing on half-mile racetracks.

A 6-year-old gelding, Desperate Man (Shadow Play-Dreamlands Latte) has opened his 2024 harness racing Grand Circuit campaign by going 2-for-2 in the MGM Borgata Pacing Series for older male pacers at MGM Yonkers Raceway. Those two wins around The Hilltop’s half-mile oval give him 11 victories in 16 career starts on half-mile tracks. He’s missed

Harness Racing This Week: Blue Chip Matchmaker and MGM Borgata Pacing series third legs, MGM Yonkers Raceway, Yonkers, N.Y. This is the opening event of the 2024 Grand Circuit season. Schedule of events: The Grand Circuit at Yonkers features three $40,000 divisions on Friday (March 29) in the third round of the Blue Chip Matchmaker series

Desperate Man (Shadow Play) and Rocknroll Runa A (Rock N Roll Heaven) improved to two-for-two in this year's MGM Borgata Pacing Series by taking their respective $50,000 harness racing divisions of the second leg on Monday night (March 25) at MGM Yonkers Raceway. Collecting wins in the other sections were Dunkin' (Pet Rock) and Whats

Desperate Man and Rocknroll Runa A improved to two-for-two in this year's MGM Borgata Pacing Series by taking their respective $67,568 divisions of the second leg on Monday night (March 25) at MGM Yonkers Raceway. Collecting wins in the other sections were Dunkin and Whats Stanley Got A.

Closing a week ago with a sub-:26 final quarter to finish second in his 2024 debut, Canadian half-mile track record holder Linedrive Hanover prepared for a possible MGM Borgata Pacing Series opening leg appearance with a sizzling qualifying effort on Saturday, Mar. 9 at The Meadowlands.

Making his 2024 debut, the Nancy Takter-trained Red Right Hand held off the hottest horse on the grounds, Oakwood Ardan IR, on a ridiculously rain-soaked Saturday night at The Meadowlands in a thrilling $24,324 featured high-end conditioned pace.

Standardbred Canada has released the breakdown of the voting for the 35th O'Brien Awards.

Half-mile track specialist Hellabalou invaded the The Raceway at Western Fair District to take top honours in the 2024 edition of the $150,000 Camluck Classic Invitational Pace, presented by Seelster Farms, as the London, Ont. meet wrapped up in front of a packed grandstand on Friday, May 31.

Bythemissal (Downbytheseaside) was all business in a dominating track record harness racing win in the $125,000 Potomac Pace Invitational for aged pacers at Rosecroft Raceway on Thursday night (November 9th). The four-year-old Ron Burke trainee took over command from rival Allywag Hanover (Todd McCarthy) after three-eighths of a mile and he kept the pedal to