Page 4 - Progress Pace News Today

A pair of $35,000 eliminations for the Progress Pace went to post at Bally’s Dover on Thursday night (Nov. 17), with Beach Glass and Pebble Beach emerging victorious in their respective dashes.

After a six-week absence because of throat surgery, Meadowlands Pace champion Beach Glass is ready to return to the races in the first of Thursday’s two $35,000 Progress Pace eliminations at Bally’s Dover.

The Progress Pace for three-year-old male pacers at Bally’s Dover attracted 12 horses, leading to two $35,000 eliminations on Thursday, Nov. 17.

Beach Glass went for a jog to become the sport’s newest millionaire following the two Simcoe Stakes divisions for three-year-old pacing colts on Saturday night (Sept. 10) at Woodbine Mohawk Park.

Stakes action has hit the warming air in North America with The Meadowlands set to gather some of the continent’s top burgeoning talent for the first round of the Graduate Series on Saturday (May 7).

On this day 10 years ago, a bay son of Mr Wiggles was born that would go on to charm harness racing fans while winning some of the most entertaining battles seen on track this millennium.

Lous Pearlman already has provided his owners with great memories this season, and the colt will look to add one more to the list Wednesday when he competes in the $310,000 Progress Pace for three-year-old male pacers at Dover Downs.

The U.S. Trotting Association announced Wednesday (Oct. 27) that it has agreed to a partnership with In the Money Media Network to promote the Breeders Crown as well as a number of other major stakes race days in 2021 with a focus on the USTA Strategic Wagering program on those dates.

The Meadowlands Championship Meet escalates quickly with several important stakes this weekend. Friday features the first leg of the New Jersey Sires Stakes (NJSS) for the sophomore set. The first of three eight horse $25,000 divisions for colts and geldings kicks off the card and will serve as the stage for the Meadowlands debut of the intriguing Trixton colt Cuatro De Julio. A homebred, owned by legendary French horseman Jean Pierre Dubois as D Farm, LLC, Cuatro De Julio comes from humble be...

The Meadowlands will again host some of the sport’s top prospects, but this time with an expanded roster of stakes talent hitting the track. A 16-qualifier session on Saturday morning (April 24) begins with three-year-old trotting fillies, with $400,000 yearling and full-sister to The Ice Dutchess, The Ice Countess ($2,500, 1:56.3M), going to post. Todd McCarthy will steer the Tony Alagna trainee as she makes just the fourth start of her career. She’ll be followed in the next qualifier by s...