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Trainer Virgil Morgan Jr. took both Opens on Friday, May 31 at Eldorado Scioto Downs. In a five-horse mad dash for the finish, Refined came out victorious in the $36,986 Open Trot in 1:53.2, while Strong Poison took the $35,616 Fillies & Mares Open Pace in 1:49.4.

What a year! I can’t wait to see the voting by the USHWANs who have been this honor to vote on this important issue. I have been asked why I took the time to do all this work. Simple! Few realize the financial implications of a single vote can be huge and, since many USHWAns,

There is no doubt in anyone’s mind that Confederate will be the three-year-old harness racing pacer of the year and, possibly, Pacer of the Year and, quite possibly, Horse of the Year. With hardly a blemish on his 2023 resume—just It’s My Show in the North American Cup at Woodbine and his attempt to conquer

Bond (Southwind Frank) followed up on her magnificent 2-year-old harness racing season in 2022 with an even better season this year. A winner of $587,265 last semester with a mark of 1:52.3, she went on to win $847,071 this year on the strength of an 8-2-1 scorecard in 13 starts, vaulting her lifetime earnings to

While there was quite a bit of competition going on in three of the four two-year-old harness racing categories this year, it seems pretty “cut and dry” that the two-year-old trotting colt “war” is between Karl (Tactical Landing) and T C I (Cantab Hall). Both were awesome this entire semester and, to make matters even

As the Mane Attraction continues with efforts for eligible voters to select the leaders in their various harness racing divisions, we continue with the two-year-old pacing colts and geldings. There looked to be about a dozen juveniles deserving a look in here and this expose’, hopefully, will give the voters an unprejudiced look at their

John Ryan Melsheimer was not looking to buy Adamsville Road when he went to the 2020 Lexington Selected Yearling Sale. But Melsheimer’s regard for the trotter’s mother, as well as a bargain price, resulted in the horse coming home with the Ohio-based trainer.

Well, it’s that time of the year! All members of the United States Harness Writers Association are awarded the privilege of voting for divisional harness racing honors, including Trotter of the Year, Pacer of the Year and, of course, the ultimate, Horse of the Year. Voters should take this responsibility very seriously as the tallied

Four fabulous performances last Saturday, Nov. 4 kicked off a month-long frenzy of stakes action that takes place at The Meadowlands during November.

The Ohio Harness Horsemen’s Association (OHHA) has announced that Ayers Ratliff has joined the OHHA team as Assistant Director.