Winter Asher Stalbaum News Today

Imagine a harness racing contest where three trotters face off against three pacers, with one of the trotters going off as the favorite. In race two at Cal Expo on Friday night (Dec. 27), it actually happened on the track. The three trotters drew from the inside trio of posts and TSS Hot House drew

“Who cares?” While there were many complimentary remarks about the last Mane Attraction harness racing column pointing out future concerns, the one that was the most notable was the one that quite succinctly wrote, “Who cares?” It is a response just like that that has put harness racing’s future in jeopardy. When I came to

An $8,000 Open Pace featuring A Major Omen and a $7,500 Filly and Mare Open Pace headed by stablemates Lucky Lil Lady and Prom Queen get the marqee treatment on Friday night at Cal Expo.

The 47-night Cal Expo harness racing meeting kicks off Friday with a 12-race card featuring an $8,800 Open Trot and an $8,000 Filly and Mare Open Pace. The Watch and Wager LLC session will run through May 3. Racing will be conducted this week on Friday and beginning next week will see a mostly Friday

The 47-night Cal Expo meeting kicks off on Friday, Nov. 17 with a 12-race card featuring an $8,800 Open Trot and an $8,000 Filly and Mare Open Pace.

The Cal Expo 47-night meeting kicks off this Friday, Nov. 17, with a 12-race program on tap.

A pair of $9,500 Opens shared the Friday spotlight at Northville Downs as five-year-old pacing mare Uniquerock, driven by Kody Massey, and seven-year-old trotting gelding Travlin Swan, with driver/trainer Art McIlmurray, won their respective races.

Eyes Dont Lie came up big to win the $10,800 featured Mares Open Handicap Pace on Friday night (June 2) at Northville Downs. 

Six-year-old Eyes Dont Lie and owner/trainer/driver Winter Asher-Stalbaum took the Northville Downs’ co-featured $10,800 Mares Open Pace while seven-year-old Travlin Swan and trainer/driver Art McIlmurray captured the $10,800 Open Trot on Friday night (May 5).

Shenandoah Downs will host its two biggest races of the spring season on Saturday (April 22) -- the $25,000 Blue Ridge Open Pace and $25,000 Alleghany Open Trot -- in addition to a drivers challenge for up-and-coming reinsmen.