Page 8 - Jared Bako News Today : Breaking News, Live Updates & Top Stories | Vimarsana

Due to continuing heavy snowfall and deteriorating track conditions, Yonkers Raceway was forced to cancel races nine thru eleven on Monday night's program.

Wally Hennessey was contemplating whether to head to Saratoga Casino Hotel to drive Saturday in New York Sire Stakes action when he received a call that basically made the decision for him.

Last year's Joe Gerrity Jr. Memorial Pace winner and half-mile track world record holder This Is The Plan will face a stiff challenge in his title defense this coming Saturday at Saratoga Casino Hotel as he faces seven other top pacers including a couple of Canadian-connected contenders.

Last Comment: May 11, 2021 8:47 am ET | 1 Comment(s) | Jump to Comments Trainer Sara Baillargeon — like many horsepeople stymied by the temporary shutdown of racing in Ontario — has taken part of her family’s stable south into the United States, where she will bunker for the foreseeable future. In a feature for COSA TV, Sara Baillargeon spoke to host Greg Blanchard about her move from Ontario and how she has adjusted to the culture of racing stateside. She brought down nine horses from her father Ben Baillargeon’s barn and is currently stabled at Magical Acres in Chesterfield, N.J. Ho...

The Meadowlands will again host some of the sport’s top prospects, but this time with an expanded roster of stakes talent hitting the track. A 16-qualifier session on Saturday morning (April 24) begins with three-year-old trotting fillies, with $400,000 yearling and full-sister to The Ice Dutchess, The Ice Countess ($2,500, 1:56.3M), going to post. Todd McCarthy will steer the Tony Alagna trainee as she makes just the fourth start of her career. She’ll be followed in the next qualifier by several other prominent Hambletonian Oaks eligible including Hello I Love You ($105,987, 1:54.2M), Il...