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By John Furgele Last fall, Manchego ran what was thought to the final race of her career in the Breeders’ Crown. A few months of rest, then it would be time to enjoy retirement for a while, and on to the business of becoming a broodmare. Oops. Well, Manchego was retired last October. Over the winter, though, trainer Nancy Takter was able to convince Manchego’s owner to unretire her and get going again for 2021 — perhaps beyond. On May 15, she rallied in deep stretch to win the Arthur Cutler Memorial at the Meadowlands. On May 30 at Harrah’s Philadelphia, she went wide again to win the...

Woodbine Entertainment confirmed Friday (June 4) that the 2021 Mohawk Million will take place on Saturday, Sept. 25, at Woodbine Mohawk Park. The $1 million race for two-year-old trotters uses a “buy-in” format. A total of nine slots for the race were available for purchase, each priced at $100,000 (CAD). Each slot owner was required to submit two $50,000 payments to secure their slot. The deadline to submit the second payment of $50,000 was June 1, 2021, and Woodbine Entertainment received the necessary payment from all slot owners to confirm the second edition of the Mohawk Million. ...

As stakes season rapidly approaches, some of harness racing's most talented athletes — including five defending Breeders Crown champions — are among the 102 horses programmed to qualify at The Meadowlands on Friday morning (April 30). Two-time Crown winner Amigo Volo headlines a stacked field of stakes-tested trotters in the eighth qualifier on the 14-race program. A winner of nine of 15 races — including the Breeders Crown, Kentucky Futurity — and nearly a million dollars in his three-year-old campaign, the gelded son of Father Patrick will return from a 5-1/2-month layoff after capp...

Woodbine Entertainment today (March 5) released the list of eligible horses for its 2021 major stakes, including the $1-million Pepsi North America Cup. The Pepsi North America Cup, harness racing’s richest race for three-year-old pacers, received 72 nominations, holding steady to last year’s number of 77. Dan Patch Award winner Perfect Sting leads the group of eligible horses for the 38th Pepsi North America Cup. The undefeated son of Always B Miki won last year’s Breeders Crown (in a dead-heat) and Kentucky Sires Stakes Championship for trainer Joe Holloway and owners Brittany Farms ...

“It is a different format, a bit like a poker game. If you want a chair at the table, you put up your money and see what happens.” Standardbred owner Brad Grant may not have had a direct stake in Venerate, winner of the inaugural Mohawk Million last September, but his six-figure buy-in for the starting slot which Venerate ultimately occupied undoubtedly proved to yield a favourable investment. Grant, along with eight others, ponied up $100,000 (U.S.) last February for the rights to a spot on the starting gate in the Mohawk Million, a brand new race for two-year-old trotters contested at M...