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Driver Braxton Boyd bested all drivers on the opening day card Saturday (May 1) with four victories including one in the $9,000 featured Fillies & Mares Open Pace with Another Beach Day. Another Beach Day got the lead just before hitting the first quarter in :27.4. Persistent Better went right by as they went by the stands. She led to the half in :58.3 and to three-quarters in 1:26.4. Another Beach Day popped the pocket as they reached the stretch and went right on by to win in 1:55.1. Shecouldbegood N came up to finish second. Persistent Better had to settle for third. Another Beach Day ...

Live harness racing will make its return to upstate New York this spring with Tioga Downs preparing to kick off the 2021 season on Saturday, May 1. Racing will follow a Friday and Saturday evening, Sunday matinee schedule covering 59 dates until September 25. "With the casino operational and revenue projected to return to pre-COVID levels, the purses for the 2021 season will be close to the 2019 levels," said the track in a press release. "It is our hope that live attendance and on-site wagering will be permitted during the racing." Tioga also advised that the Southern Tier Harness Horseman's...

Dee Leftwich Photo Harness racing, at its very core, is a career that follows a routine pattern, but at the same time, follows no routine at all. In other words, the everyday routine of each stable is set through a similar schedule – morning feed, stalls, buckets, watering, jogging or training, bathing, lunch, and dinner. Now these schedules vary from stable to stable. Everything from how far a horse is jogged to how much they are fed to how many buckets of water each horse has can be different. But, the routine of a single stable changes as anything can happen in the barn. Horses get sick,...