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The first leg of Ohio Sires Stakes action for two-year-olds concluded Sunday, July 10 at MGM Northfield Park and drivers Aaron Merriman and Chris Page each won two races. Six $40,000 divisions were contested, three for the colts and three for the fillies.

Free For All competitors flooded The Meadowlands on Saturday night (July 1) for four stakes events: The $112,500 Six Pack mare trot, $142,260 Perfect Sting mare pace, $155,140 Crawford Farms open trot and the $158,140 Dave Brower Memorial open pace.

Garry Hynes’s latest project involves a cast of 18 actors for the Dublin trilogy: Shadow of a Gunman, Juno and the Paycock and The Plough and the Stars by Seán O’Casey

Hundreds of harness racing fans flocked to Woodbine Mohawk Park over the weekend to get a front-row seat for the 40th Pepsi North America Cup running. Other than a minor accident in the eighth race that caused driver, Travis Cullen to need paramedic attention, the night went off without a hitch. The doors opened at

It's My Show (Sweet Lou) made the $1 million Pepsi North America Cup his show, with an authoritative move to the front and a tough stretch drive to win the million-dollar harness racing event on Saturday (Jun. 17) at Woodbine Mohawk Park. Scott Zeron pushed him forward from post two to claim a pocket spot

As Bella Bellini bounded to the lead in the closing stages of the mile, she had a swiftly surging challenge from Refined she could not turn away, leaving the Virgil Morgan Jr. trainee to land a 7-1 upset in the $210,000 Armbro Flight final on Saturday at Woodbine Mohawk Park.

In the midst of a grand slam on Friday (June 9) at Eldorado Scioto Downs, driver Dan Noble surpassed the 7,000 win plateau.

Matthew Athearn drove Big Box Hanover to victory in the $17,000 Winners Over/Open Handicap Trot on Sunday afternoon (May 28) at Saratoga Casino Hotel.

Its Academic trotted the fastest mile over any five-eighths-mile track in North America this year when he won the $20,000 Open Handicap Trot at Harrah’s Philadelphia on Sunday afternoon in 1:51.2.

With 230 horses entered for opening day, the Eldorado Scioto Downs race office put together 16 races for Thursday, May 11.