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Seven years ago, harness racing driver Chris Alford had the opportunity to participate in several races during Little Brown Jug Week at the Delaware County Fairgrounds while in the U.S. on holiday. The renowned Australian driver’s return to the States this week is all business. Alford, who is approaching 8,000 lifetime victories and is the

When Brad Grant was looking over the list of horses available in the mixed sale at Lexington in 2020, he had his eyes set on an open-level trotter who could race both locally and stateside at the Preferred ranks. With a bid of $220,000, the high-profiled owner found his trotter in Its Academic, who has more than exceeded expectations almost three years later.

The $1,000,000 MGM Yonkers International Trot is fast approaching and today (August 30) the harness racing field swells to nine as two United States representatives are added to the mix. It’s Academic (Uncle Peter) and Venerate (Love You) were invited to the September 9 worldwide event and their connections have accepted the invitations from Racing

The $1 million MGM Yonkers International Trot is fast approaching and today (Wednesday, Aug. 30) the field swelled to nine as two United States representatives are added to the mix. Its Academic and Venerate were invited to the Sept. 9 worldwide event and their connections have accepted the invitations from Racing Secretary Joe Frasure.

Taking advantage of a perfect trip, Johnny Boy brushed late to capture the $15,000 Open I Handicap trotting feature at Batavia Downs on Friday night (Aug. 18). 

Purchased privately following a runner-up performance in the Cane Pace at The Meadowlands, Seven Colors showed his new connections just how good he was with a jaw-dropping world-record victory in the $300,000 Carl Milstein Memorial at MGM Northfield Park on Saturday (Aug. 12).

Seven Colors (Stay Hungry) wasted no time making an impression for his new connections, setting a world record for three-year-old pacing colts on a half-mile track, winning the $300,000 Milstein Memorial in 1:48.1 in harness racing action from Northfield Park Saturday night (August 12th). With Dexter Dunn at the controls, Seven Colors left as hard

Midnight Nolan continued to shine in the Buckeye Stallion Series as she won for the third time in the series, taking a $20,000 division at MGM Northfield Park on Wednesday, Aug. 9.

Former Ohio Sires Stakes champions Bythemissal and Its Academic will headline the Myron Charna President's Pace and Tom Aldrich President's Trot, respectively, on a stacked undercard leading up to the $300,000 Carl Milstein Memorial on Saturday (Aug. 12) evening at MGM Northfield Park.  

Nine Buckeye Stallion Series races highlighted the first night of racing on Tuesday (Aug. 8) from the Champaign County Fairgrounds in Urbana, Ohio with each of the five divisions for two-year-old colt trotters and the four divisions for two-year-old filly pacers carried a purse of $20,000. Dan Noble won four of the nine races, two in each division.