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Five divisions of three-year-old filly trotters opened the first leg of the Buckeye Stallion Series (BSS) on Sunday, April 30 at Miami Valley Raceway.  Each division carried a purse of $20,000.

Grammy nominated duo The Milk Carton Kids are debuting the new track “North Country Ride” off their forthcoming record I Only See The Moon, due May 19 via Far Cry Records in partnership with Thirty Tigers. Stream/share the song HERE and pre-order/pre-save the album HERE.

Rose Run Valor and Yo Mister shared the Miami Valley spotlight on Wednesday, April 19, as the former won the $34,000 Open Handicap Trot and the latter won the championship leg of the $30,000 Dr. Dan Farwick Memorial Trotting Series.

Rose Run Valor used a ground-saving trip and an opening up the stretch to score a 1:53 upset in Miami Valley Raceway’s $30,000 Open Handicap Trot on Wednesday (April 12).

The first ever spring harness season at Shenandoah Downs kicked off Saturday on a warm but blustery afternoon as local Woodstock, Virginia resident trainer Betsy Brown reached the winner's circle in the initial race with Terrys Watching -- runner-up in the 2022 Virginia Breeder's Two-Year-Old Colt/Gelding Trot Championship.

Yogi Sheridan powered off a parked mile and John Calabrese caught a loose leader in the final strides to take their respective $9,000 divisions – both from post 8 – of the American Harness Drivers Club (AHDC) Trots at Freehold Raceway on Saturday afternoon (April 1).

Although there were only three female trotters mixed with a half dozen male counterparts in the $25,000 final of the Ray Paver Sr. Memorial Series on Wednesday (March 22) at Miami Valley Raceway, two of those mares showed their heels to the field and swept the winning exacta spots.

In an excerpt from her memoir, The Urgent Life, Bozoma Saint John recounts when she and her late husband lost their baby, Eve, after she was born prematurely. 

Horror film fans will have to see for themselves if Silent House turns into a home-invasion shocker, a ghost story, or something else entirely.

Hanover Shoe Farms has reported that champion racehorse and Hall of Fame sire Cantab Hall was humanely euthanized on Monday morning (Jan. 23), at the age of 22, due to arthritic disabilities.