Matthew Athearn News Today

A pair of New York Sire Stakes (NYSS) for three-year-old colts and geldings on Sunday (May 26) afternoon kicked off the 2024 harness racing stakes action at Saratoga Casino Hotel with driver Tyler Buter and trainer Travis Alexander taking both splits. In the first division, a seven-horse field going for $85,500, Buter and Reggie The

A pair of New York Sire Stakes (NYSS) for three-year-old colts and geldings on Sunday (May 26) afternoon kicked off the 2024 stake action at Saratoga Casino Hotel with driver Tyler Buter and trainer Travis Alexander taking both splits.

The Grand Circuit makes its first stop of the season in Massachusetts on Thursday afternoon, May 2 when seven swift side-wheelers will go to post in the $100,000 USD Paul Revere Pace for three-year-old Open pacers.

Desperate Man, Pleaseletmeknow and Backstreet Shadow gave driver Matt Kakaley and trainer Travis Alexander victories in the three $67,568 divisions of the fourth round of the MGM Borgata Pacing Series that were held at MGM Yonkers Raceway on Monday night (April 8).

Kennebago went gate-to-wire in his $14,189 conditioned trot at Saratoga Casino Hotel on Sunday, Feb. 18 to secure the 1,000th win for his trainer, Gary Levine.

When Michael Girouard climbs into the sulky for Friday’s first harness racing contest at The Meadowlands, it will be the Massachusetts native’s first drive at the Big M in 19 years. His next will come much quicker, just several hours later. Girouard is set to drive two horses from his seven-horse stable Friday at The

When Michael Girouard climbs into the sulky for Friday’s first race at The Meadowlands, it will be the Massachusetts native’s first drive at the Big M in 19 years. His next will come much quicker, just several hours later.

Talk about a great time to be a fan of both racing and sports.

Newell Place remained in tip-top form while completing a two-race sweep of the Play Meadowlands Series after hitting the wire first in the co-featured $14,000 final for trotters on Friday, Dec. 15 at Meadowlands Racetrack.

Malibu Kid had to race from the outside for most of the mile en route to a victory in the Winners Over/Open Handicap Trot, worth a $15,000 purse, on Sunday afternoon (Dec. 3) at Saratoga Casino Hotel.