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Several months after Karen Hauver retired from a 21-year career with the Ontario Sire Stakes program — a job that precluded her from owning a racehorse — her father suggested that she and her mother join him in ownership of a two-year-old filly pacer that was getting ready to qualify.

Hightstown, NJ — Several months after Karen Hauver retired from a 21-year career with the Ontario Sire Stakes program — a job that precluded her from owning a racehorse — her father suggested that she and her mother join him in ownership of a 2-year-old harness racing filly pacer that was getting ready to qualify.

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.

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.

Trainer/driver Ake Svanstedt wound Warrawee Michelle off the pegs in the straightaway to collar her tempo-setting stablemate and hold off a swarm of late pursuers to win the $700,000 Breeders Crown Two-Year-Old Filly Trot at Harrah’s Hoosier Park on Friday night (Oct. 27).

He may not have been dropped into the box for the Kentucky or Commonwealth Series events, but Arson served notice he may be scorching any surface his hooves are upon when capturing his division of the $50,000 Kentucky Golden Rod Series for freshman male pacers at Red Mile on Tuesday (Sept. 19) in 1:51.1. The event was one of eight $50,000 finals for freshman and sophomore male and female trotters and pacers on a 14-race card.

The catalog for the Ocala Breeders’ Sales Company’s 2023 October Yearling Sale is now available via the OBS website at obssales.com. The two-day sale is set for Tuesday and Wednesday, Oct. 10 and 11. Supplemental entries will be accepted until Sept. 26.

Lexington, KY --- On Sunday (Sept. 3) Karl (Tactical Landing-Avalicious) with driver Yannick Gingras remained undefeated in his brief career and Gifted One (Captaintreacherous-Creative Power) and driver Todd McCarthy broke her maiden in their respective $80,000 fourth round divisions of the Kentucky Championship Series for harness racing male and female freshman trotters and pacers at Red

Karl remained undefeated in his brief career and Gifted One broke her maiden in their respective $80,000 fourth round divisions of the Kentucky Championship Series for two-year-old male trotters and rookie female pacers on Sunday, Sept. 3 at The Red Mile

On Tuesday (Aug. 14), Red Mile conducted 10 sire stakes events for freshman and sophomore male and female of both gaits on a 16-race card. Hambletonian victor Tactical Approach made his return to the Bluegrass a triumphant one with a win in 1:51.3 in the $80,000 second leg of the Kentucky Sire Stakes Series for male sophomore trotters.