Stay updated with breaking news from Luck Stable. Get real-time updates on events, politics, business, and more. Visit us for reliable news and exclusive interviews.
After having a career year in 2022, La Bella Vita N has returned to action in fine form in 2023 and claimed her second consecutive win in only three starts this year on Monday afternoon at Plainridge Park in the $25,000 fillies and mares Winners-Over pacing feature and took a personal season's best mark in the process.
Matt Zuccarello is just a happy man. And why shouldn't he be? After all he just had his first driving double. It came in on the rainy evening of July 1st over the muddy double oval at Yonkers Raceway in the NAADA trotting series when he guided Checkmate Hill to a 1:59 victory in the first non-wagering split and came right back to score a 1:57.4 triumph in the second. To say that the talented youngster is happy would be a gross understatement especially since it was his first career driving double. In the first event Zuccarello sent Checkmate Hill immediately to the lead from the six-hole a...
After having to cancel its first seasonal leg last week due to unsafe track conditions this years NAADA Trotting Series finally got underway with two $8,000 legs Monday at Yonkers Raceway and when the judges posted the official signs John Calabrese and Matt Zuccarello each emerged victorious in their respective splits. Calabrese's victory came behind the veteran Cantab Hall gelding when Calabrese darted Dark Pool to the lead from the pole position and after being overcome by Golden Kronos (Tony Ciuffetelli) Calabrese quickly retook command after the quarter was trotted in :28.4. And once on t...