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April 26, 2024 by Brian J. Mazurek, for Buffalo RacewayIt was ladies first at Buffalo Raceway on Friday afternoon (April 26) as Gracious Triumph ($4.80) was a 'gracious' winner against the gentlemen. The 5-year-old mare defeated the boys in the featured $9,200 trot in a seasonal best 1:59.1. She beat Bridge Works by 2-1/2 lengths while Red Hot Sun was third.
April 26, 2024 by Evan Pattak, for The Meadows Standardbred Owners AssociationSplendid reached the point with a quarter-pole move and never faced an anxious moment thereafter, easily capturing Friday’s (April 26) $20,700 final of the Terry Altmeyer Memorial Trot for 3-year-old colts and geldings at Hollywood Casino at The Meadows.
April 26, 2024 by Darrell Wood, for Shenandoah DownsShenandoah Downs enter its fourth weekend of the spring harness meet in Woodstock with a pair of 12-race cards on Saturday and Sunday at 1:05 p.m. A four-pack of $25,000 Virginia Certified events in the track's Mountain Racing Series for 4- and 5-year-olds -- carded as races one, two, 11 and 12 -- will highlight action Saturday.
April 26, 2024 by Ray Cotolo, for the NAADAJohn Calabrese made a winning brush to the backside and Alan Schwartz peddled down the road to take their respective $13,100 divisions of the North American Amateur Drivers Association Spring Series on Thursday night (April 25) at Yonkers Raceway.
April 26, 2024 by Ken Weingartner, USTA Media Relations ManagerEmily Bost was in college and knew nothing about harness racing when she answered a newspaper help-wanted ad for a racehorse caretaker at Pocono Downs. Bost, who had previous experience with horses thanks to her years as a competitive rider, fell in love with the Standardbreds. Two decades later, Bost is in her sixth year as a trainer and will head to Mohegan Pennsylvania’s Pocono Downs on Saturday seeking the most lucrative win of her career when she sends Big City Daisy behind the gate in the $50,000 Bobby Weiss Series final for 3-year-old female pacers. Bost took care of the filly’s mom, Big City Betty, in the three years prior to getting her trainer’s license, making the moment even more significant.
April 25, 2024 from PHHA/Harrah's PhiladelphiaBenjamin Hanover put his name in the Harrah's Philadelphia track record books on Thursday (April 25) with a 1:51.2 score, knocking three-fifths of a second from the local divisional standard for 4-year-old trotting geldings held by Scirocco Rob since 2019.
April 25, 2024 by Evan Pattak, for the Meadows Standardbred Owners AssociationUndeterred by her eye-popping 55-1 odds, Faith Step moved confidently first over and pulled off the shocker in Thursday’s (April 25) $17,300 final of the Margaret Provost Memorial Trot, for 3-year-old fillies, at Hollywood Casino at The Meadows.
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