Page 2 - Volume Eight News Today

The Saturday (June 24) session of two-year-old qualifiers at The Meadowlands featured 98 horses; 68 were sold at public auction for more than $10.7 million — an average of $158,200, with 30 home-breds sporting pedigrees that would easily demand another $3-5 million.

Volume Eight, the co-fastest two-year-old trotter of 2022, takes the top spot in the first edition of Ken Warkentin’s "Road to the Hambletonian."

On Monday afternoon at Pocono Downs at Mohegan Pennsylvania, the theme of the day was “Driver Tyler Buter and Trainer John Butenschoen Click With Another Three-Year-Old Trotter,” as the trotmeisters sent out four winning diamond-gaited sophomores, including both winners in the $15,000 featured races.

Woodbine Entertainment today released the full list of horses nominated to this season’s major stakes races at Woodbine Mohawk Park.

Joe Sbrocco enjoyed his best year as a horse owner in 2022 and being able to revel in the experience with friends made it all the more memorable.

Volume Eight, the 2022 Dan Patch Award Winner as two-year-old trotting colt of the year, has added a familiar face to his ownership group in advance of his three-year-old season.

Bella Bellini became the fourth female trotter this century to receive a Dan Patch Award at ages three and four when the six 2022 divisional trotting champions were announced on Tuesday, Dec. 27 by the United States Harness Writers Association.

Freshmen Standardbreds of each gait and sex competed in their final Grand Circuit contest of the season with the Fall Final Four — composed of the Goldsmith Maid, Valley Victory, Three Diamonds and Governor's Cup — on Saturday night (Nov. 26) at The Meadowlands.

As if that weren’t enough, Saturday’s (Nov. 26) extraordinary racing program will showcase many of the sport’s biggest stars on “Fall Final Four/TVG Championships Night.”

After watching Volume Eight win the Kindergarten Classic Series championship by 8-1/4 lengths in 1:52 in his most recent race on Nov. 12, trainer Noel Daley is hoping to see a similar performance in Saturday’s $416,200 Valley Victory Stakes for two-year-old male trotters at The Meadowlands.