It’s not too often that a driver hopes to go a first-over trip, especially in a field of exceptional horses, but that’s exactly how it went for Andy McCarthy and Maximus Miki, who teamed up to win the $36,671 winners-over pacing feature at The Meadowlands Saturday (April 20) night.
Third-generation horsewoman Vicki Stratton kicked off Friday night's 14-race card at The Meadowlands with her first career driving win in a $15,541 Meadowlands Amateur Driving Club pace.
Tony Beltrami secured a cozy pocket ride with Dark Pool and pounced to paydirt in the $12,162 American Harness Drivers Club (AHDC) Trot at Freehold Raceway on Saturday afternoon (Feb. 17).
The $16,216 Preferred Handicap pace at Freehold Raceway was a thrilling one on Feb. 10. Mark Herschberger piloted 19-1 Big Stretch Mark to victory after a nail-biter of a stretch battle.
In a harness racing rarity, 15-year-old pacer Mariner Seelster celebrated victory on Friday evening, Feb. 9 at The Meadowlands and the achievement put him over the million-dollar mark in career earnings.
Christmas came early this year for Johnathan Ahle and the owners and trainers whom he drove for on Saturday (Dec. 23) at Freehold Raceway as he won five of his nine drives on the card.
The unusually warm weather on Saturday (Dec. 9) at Freehold Raceway wasn’t the only thing heating up. Driver Jack Pelling was on fire as he visited the winner’s circle four times on the eleven-race card, including a win in the $12,000 Preferred Handicap Pace, which was also known as the Toys for Tots Pace.
The Daily Double at Yonkers Raceway Thursday (Aug. 31) saw seven scratches, mostly due to early holiday traffic and reported accidents. There were numerous other scratches throughout the harness racing program. The scratches saw the 2nd race $36,000 Open Handicap Trot down to just three starters, but they all raced as a team down to
The American Harness Drivers Club (AHDC), in its ongoing mission to help communities and communities in need, presented another donation aimed at cancer prevention and research on Sunday (Aug. 13) at Harrah’s Philadelphia.
Editor’s Note: USTA Chairman of the Board and veteran amateur driver Joe Faraldo is in Italy for an amateur driving competition. Here are his insights from the trip and the competition. While support for amateur racing continues to grow and be accepted in the USA, it is firmly entrenched in Italy as well as throughout