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Harrah’s Hoosier Park Racing & Casino played host to a stakes-filled card on Monday, May 30 that featured 10 divisions of Indiana Sires Stakes for the three-year-old competitors.

A balanced field of nine, all of whom finished either first or second in the two preliminary legs of the Claim To Fame series for $8,000 male pacers, went postward in Wednesday's (Jan. 26) $22,500 championship tilt. And after a contentious opening half mile, Billabong Beach (Sam Widger) who closed from well back in the field to capture the final in 1:53.3.

Harrah’s Hoosier Park Racing & Casino played host to a stakes filled card on Friday, May 21 and with it—officially kicked off the 2021 Indiana Sires Stakes season. The Hoosier State’s top sophomore trotters and pacers were on display and served notice that the 2021 stakes season would deliver plenty of excitement. The 2021 Indiana Sires Stakes program will feature eight legs throughout the season and culminate with the $250,000 Super Finals on October 15. It was a big night on the track...

Little Rocket Man turned in another authoritative performance to take home top honours in the featured event of the evening, the $20,000 Open Pace, on Friday, April 23 at Harrah’s Hoosier Park Racing & Casino. With driver John DeLong in the bike, Little Rocket Man stopped the timer in 1:49.1 to record his fourth straight victory and remain undefeated in four starts this season. The 1:49.1 victory is also the fastest mile of the 2021 season through just 16 nights of live racing. Leaving from ...

Preliminary legs of the George ‘Red’ Owens Memorial Series, for female non-winners of two races or $20,000 lifetime, were completed on Sunday afternoon at Miami Valley in three $12,000 divisions. Next Sunday the top nine money winners after two preliminary legs will gather for a $20,000 championship tilt. Twin Power (Dan Noble) won the quickest division in 1:54.2 over Cruizin The Night (Brett Miller) and Traffic Citation (Kayne Kauffman). The fourth and fifth place finishers in this heat,...

The annual Miami Valley “Survivor Series” for male $5,000 claimers got underway on Monday (Feb. 1) afternoon with eight divisions of 10 horses, each going for a $5,000 purse. The top five finishers from each elimination race advance to round two next Monday (Feb. 8), when the purses will be $6,000 Round three will feature the 20 horses still standing chasing $7,500 purses, and the series will culminate with a $20,000 championship tilt on Monday, Feb. 22. A total of 10 of the 80 horses in r...

Driver Dan Noble will have an enviable decision to make following the draw for the $30,000 championship of the Claim To Fame series for $20,000 claiming trotters to be held next Monday. He managed to win Monday’s divisions of the final preliminary leg, guiding both Here Comes Moony (1:56, $8) and Another Breath (1:56.4, $7.60) to relatively easy victories. There were no repeat winners in the two weeks of preliminaries, so the final should be contentious. In order of series earnings, which de...