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The top two horses in North American harness racing were in action during the rich Sun Stakes Saturday card at Pocono Downs at Mohegan Pennsylvania on Saturday, Aug. 19. 

Lexington, KY --- On Monday (Aug. 7) the 15-race card at Red Mile featured two $80,000 second round legs of the Kentucky Sire Stakes, four $30,000 second round legs of the Kentucky Commonwealth Series and six $15,000 second round divisions of the Kentucky Goldenrod Series for freshman and sophomore male trotters. Brodeur (Tactical Landing) came

Brodeur came home first in the Kentucky Sire Stakes for three-year-old male trotters while Longfellow S prevailed in the leg for two-year-olds on Monday, Aug. 7 at The Red Mile.

David McDuffee has played the long game with Bella Bellini since she first stepped foot on the racetrack. His patience paid off handsomely, but all good things must come to an end.

Bella Bellini, who in 2022 became only the second four-year-old mare in history to be voted U.S. Trotter of the Year, will kick off her five-year-old season Saturday (May 6) at The Meadowlands in the first round of the Miss Versatility Series.

"I was probably four or five years old and we had a circular carpet in the living room and I was racing my little cars and I'd line them up like a horse race and I'd move them, you know, this one's second-over, this one's third-over, then the whole field had to move around this turn and they'd all move positions. From that age, it's just always been there."

Vernon Downs will be opening its gates for its 70th season of live harness racing on Saturday, April 15.

Hooker Berry was crowned the 2023 Prix d'Amérique champion on Sunday afternoon (Jan. 29) at Hippodrome Paris-Vincennes in France, giving Jean-Michel Bazire his fifth victory in the Group 1 stakes event that carried a purse of €1,000,000 ($1.4 million CAD).

On Friday (Jan. 20) the Living Horse Hall of Fame nominating committee of the Harness Racing Museum & Hall of Fame announced the results of recent balloting to determine the 2023 inductees into the Harness Racing Living Horse Hall of Fame.

Racing returned to Harrah’s Hoosier Park on Wednesday (Oct. 5) with a 14-race card loaded with Indiana Sire Stakes action. With Hoosier Champions looming just over a week away on Oct. 14, it was the last chance to earn valuable points to make it into the Indiana Sire Stakes Super Finals for the Indiana standouts.