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Harness racing trainer/driver Ake Svanstedt put on another command performance in the John Simpson Sr. Memorial stakes races on Tuesday (Oct. 17) at Pocono Downs at Mohegan Pennsylvania. A day after winning with all three of his Simpson starters, Svanstedt swept all three $43,100 “Super Bowl” divisions for two-year old trotting colts and geldings. What’s

R Melina, a daughter of Chapter Seven, will face off against six harness racing rivals in the first of three $25,000 Breeders Crown eliminations for freshman trotting fillies on Thursday night, Oct. 19, at Hoosier Park. Post time for the third race is 6:57 pm, with a first race post of 6:15 pm, ET. Foaled

Trainer/driver Ake Svanstedt picked up wins in three of the five John Simpson Sr. Memorial stakes races held on Monday (Oct. 16) afternoon at Pocono Downs at Mohegan Pennsylvania.

Harness racing trainer/driver Ake Svanstedt picked up wins in three of the five John Simpson Sr. Memorial stakes races held on Monday (Oct. 16) afternoon at Pocono Downs at Mohegan Pennsylvania. Svanstedt’s trainees won two of the three $30,400 splits for three-year-old trotting fillies (The Elma) and one of two $54,750 divisions of the two-year-old

Harness racing Secretary Robin Schadt has put together one of the best programs Hawthorne Racecourse has seen in recent years. The reason, says the seasoned race tracker, who divides her duties and time between Hawthorne and Cal-Expo, is simple. “Due to the legislative casino approval, this is the first time in a very long time

Harness Racing This Week: Courageous Lady, MGM Northfield Park, Northfield, Ohio; and John Simpson Stakes, Pocono Downs at Mohegan Pennsylvania, Wilkes-Barre, Pa. Schedule of events: Grand Circuit action will be held on Saturday night (Oct. 14) at MGM Northfield Park with the $100,000 Courageous Lady for 3-year-old filly pacers. Morning-line favorite Ucandoit Blue Chip will call

LEXINGTON, Ky.— Having secured the second jewel of Trotting’s Triple Crown, Tactical Approach (Tactical Landing) will look to add another onto his resume when he starts as the 3-1 morning line harness racing favorite in the $450,000 131st Kentucky Futurity, which wraps the 15-race card and the Grand Circuit meet on Sunday (Oct. 8). Tactical Approach

LEXINGTON, Ky.— Having secured the second jewel of Trotting’s Triple Crown, Tactical Approach (Tactical Landing) will look to add another onto his resume when he starts as the 3-1 morning line harness racing favorite in the $450,000 131st Kentucky Futurity, which wraps the 15-race card and the Grand Circuit meet on Sunday (Oct. 8). Tactical Approach

Seven of the top 10 Standardbreds in the most recent Hambletonian / Breeders Crown poll will be in action during a star-studded finale to the Grand Circuit meet at The Red Mile on Sunday, Oct. 8.

Going to the track as a kid initiated Robby Bath’s interest in harness racing. Attending a Harness Racing Youth Foundation camp created his passion. Bath participated in the HHYF program in the early 2000s. On Friday, the 33-year-old Pennsylvania native sends out Dame Good Time (Chapter Seven-Dame Du Lac) in the fifth of five International