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Tioga Downs welcomes two divisions of the New York Sire Stakes for three-year-old trotting fillies on Sunday, July 11. Splash Blue Chip (Ake Svanstedt) Is the 2-1 morning line favourite in the $56,000 first division. Svanstedt trains the filly by E L Titan. She has a second and a third-place finish in her four starts this season. She has earned nearly $200,000 in her career. Contested Hanover (Scott Zeron) looks to be her top competition. The filly by Chapter Seven is trained by George D...

No Where To Hide captured the featured $7,800 fillies and mares pace at Tioga Downs on Friday. No Where To Hide ($23.40) went to the front early for driver Braxten Boyd, but Sweet Young Thing (Wally Hennessey) got the lead just before hitting the first quarter in :27. She used a :29.2 second quarter to hit the half in :56.2. Arnies Angel (Renaldo Morales III) was first to make a move going first-over as they headed for the final turn. Sweet Young Thing continued to lead and hit three-quarter...

Mike Merton drove his 4,000th winner with Solo Story at Tioga Downs on Sunday (July 4). It was definitely a memorable Fourth of July for Mike Merton. Merton, who was the 2018 driver’s champion at Tioga, guided Solo Story ($6.30) first over around the final turn and wore down Furious Beach to get win No. 4,000 in 1:53. Solo Story is owned by JP Houle Stables and trained by Gaston Lareau. Merton had two wins on the night. His 4,001st win came with Waimac Attack N ($3.00). Golden Kronos breez...

Bolt Of Beauty charged late to capture the $9,000 Fillies and Mares Open Pace at Tioga Downs on Saturday (June 26).

Hillsdale Daily News HILLSDALE - A young man with drive to succeed in harness racing is making his mark in the form of horse racing still being observed throughout the country. Braxten Boyd, 21, has been training horses for about three years. He has been driving horses for two years, earning a "P" license (pari-mutuel) in summer 2019. He is the son of Mindy Eggleston and Brett Boyd, both of Hillsdale. He attended Jackson College from the fall 2018 through spring 2020. He played on the golf team...

Ideal Jimmy ($3.40) cruised to an easy win in the $10,000 Open Pace. Ideal Jimmy was sent straight for the lead by driver Jody Jamieson, and the pair led through a :27.1 and a :55.3 half. Chatelroll (Frank Affrunti) came first-up to challenge Ideal Jimmy all the way down the backstretch, but Ideal Jimmy shook off the challenge and led to three-quarters in 1:22.1. As they made the turn for home, Ideal Jimmy found another gear and won easily in a lifetime best of 1:49.4. Prairie Panther (Wally ...

Tioga Downs, Inc. offered a guaranteed $5,000 Pick-4 pool to players wagering on Sunday May 30th, 2021, starting in Race 6. The Pick-4 pool guarantee was not “seeded” correctly. This was an error by United Tote Eastern Hub and the Tioga team. The total pool was $3,537.24 and, after the 21 percent takeout, the money out to the winners was $2,790.30. American Racing-Tioga Downs, Inc. will seed the Pick-4 pool immediately this coming Sunday (June 6) with the missing $1.159.70 we left out of ...

Tioga Downs will not be racing on Friday (June 4) or any Fridays in the month of June as currently there just are not enough horses to fill three cards per week. The plan is to race three days on the weeks Tioga hosts a New York Sires Stakes event, otherwise live racing will be confined to Saturdays and Sundays. Condition sheets for the upcoming weekend will be available later today. (Tioga Downs)

Hoosier Shark was an upset winner in featured $5,500 pace at Tioga Downs, paying $58.00 to win, on Saturday (May 29). Devisser led to the first quarter in :26.2. Idealthecards took control as they went by the stands for the first time and led by the half in :55.4. He started to scoot loose up the backstretch and led to three-quarters in 1:24.1. As they made the turn for home, 1-9 favourite Rousseau came first-up to challenge. Hoosier Shark then made a sweeping three-wide move in the stretch ...

Wally Hennessey continues to rack up the wins at Tioga Downs. He drove six winners, including the featured $9,000 Fillies and Mares Open Pace with Landry Seelster, on Saturday (May 22). In the feature, Landry Seelster worked her way to the front and led to the first quarter in :26.1. She slowed the pace with a :29.3 second quarter, hitting the half in :55.4. Persistent Bettor made a first-over move to try to get to Landry Seelster, but Landry Seelster shook her off and led to three-quarters in ...