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The claiming races do not produce story headlines on a regular basis at most harness racing tracks, but one of the top performances of the night on Sunday, Aug. 27 at Running Aces came in such a contest.
Stride The Hill added his name to the Running Aces record books on Sunday, Aug. 20 with an impressive gate-to-wire score in the $17,600 Open Handicap Trot.
Running Aces presented its signature pacing event of the summer on Sunday, July 23, with a very talented field of eight lining up behind the gate for the 2023 Dan Patch Free-For-All.
The $35,000 Ron Banks Memorial FFA Mares Pace was the main event on the Sunday evening (June 25) harness racing card at Running Aces and featured a deeply talented field of eight top-level distaffers going into battle over a rain-soaked surface, which was listed as sloppy.
A trio of feature events headlined the Thursday night (June 3) card at Running Aces, including two divisions of the Minnesota-sired sophomore pace. The $15,000 “A” division featured a rematch of last week’s top two finishers: SD Watchmenow (Brian Detgen) took the top prize in the last outing and was a slight wagering favourite to repeat in this week’s contest, sent off as the 4-5 choice. SD Watchmenow was fastest from the gate and easily found the lead from post four, while Alilthundadownunda (Nick Roland) left alertly from post two to secure pocket position. The leader stole a modera...