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Use Yah Blinkah turned in a career-best performance on Wednesday (Aug. 3) when the three-year-old pacing colts and geldings met at Bangor in the Maine Standardbred Breeders Stakes (MSBS).  In the first $18,227 MSBS division, a non-wagering event, driver Heath Campbell sent Use Yah Blinkah right to the front from post position one.  From there, the son of Western Maverick set fractions of :28.3 and :59.2 while he controlled the tempo by a comfortable by 1-1/2 lengths.   Having travelled these roads before, Use Yah Blinkah must have ‘remembered the way’ as the Valerie Grondin-trained gelding had won his only other race of the season at

Leg 3B of the Prospect Series for two-year-old trotting fillies has been rescheduled following Wednesday's cancellation at Grand River Raceway due to severe weather conditions in the region. The single Prospect Series division has been rescheduled as a non-wagering event on Grand River Raceway's Friday, Aug. 5 card, with a post time of 6:10 p.m. The division, originally programmed as Race 1 on the Aug. 3 card, will not be redrawn.  All entrants will be contacted directly by Race Office staff. To view Friday's harness racing entries, click on the following link: Friday Entries - Grand River Raceway.

The Pennsylvania fair circuit came to Clearfield for its only four-day stand of the season – two-year-olds on Sunday and Monday, then three-year-olds the last two days, with trotters on the first card of the age group and pacers the second. The freshman baby trotters thus led off on Sunday, with the fastest time, 2:05.1, recorded by the Fordham Road-Diamond Creek gelding Drive To Deliver for owner/trainer Roger Hammer. Hammer won two races as owner/trainer/driver; Brady Brown also drove two winners on the card. During Monday’s baby pacing action, the Betting Line-Goldies Bad Girl filly Rambling Ruby became the fair circuit’s only five-time winner

Hottieonthehorizon picked up her sixth win of the Running Aces season with a dominating stroll-in-the-park style win in the $16,500 Mares Open Handicap Pace on Tuesday night (Aug. 3). Sent off as the overwhelming 1-20 favourite in the five-horse affair, driver Luke Plano wasted no time in getting the impressive daughter of Vertical Horizon to the front of the field to take control of the contest and post an opening fraction of :27.3 with Avaya Hanover (Mooney Svendsen) securing the pocket and Shesureissomething (Richard Magee) tracking along in third. From there, Plano slowed the pace down dramatically and stole a second quarter breather of

It will be a stakes-filled day at Northside Downs on Saturday, Aug. 6, as a total of five Atlantic Sires Stakes events are slated for the afternoon race card. Two-year-old trotters will go as a non-wagering event at 12:45 p.m.   Four trotters will go behind the gate for a purse of $12,160.  Undefeated Irish Ray (Marc Campbell) leaves from post four and will look to keep his win streak intact, and Gettin Salty, who has been second in all those events, leaves from the inside for Corey MacPherson. The three-year-old trotters will be split into two divisions of five, each set racing for

Washington, PA — Elimination winners Beach Glass and Pebble Beach may appear unbeatable in Saturday’s $350,000 final of the Delvin Miller Adios Pace for the Orchids at Hollywood Casino at The Meadows, but don’t count out Tony Alagna. Few trainers can match his Adios success in recent years. Alagna won the Orchids in 2016 with Racing Hill and finished second in 2018 with American History. He’s sent eight colts into the Adios final over the last three years, including Atlas Hanover, Quick Snap and Nautical Hanover on Saturday. The 16-race Adios Day card gets underway at 11:45 a.m.; the Adios goes as race 15 with an approximate

Batavia, NY — The “glamour division” of the New York Sire Stakes was well represented on Wednesday night (July 27) at Batavia Downs as 14 top 3-year-old pacing colts and geldings bred in the Empire State lined up in two $59,200 contests. In the first division, Seven Hundred (Huntsville-Exclamation) took advantage of a perfect trip to score his second NYSS victory in 2022. Seven Hundred took advantage of a perfect trip to score his second NYSS victory in 2022. Wendy J. Lowery photo. Twin B Deluxe (Jason Bartlett) went right for the lead while Seven Hundred (Jim Morrill Jr.) and Bounty Hunter (Jordan Stratton) tucked in

Lexington, KY — Meg Jewett Leavitt, who owns and operates the well-known Standardbred farm Walnut Hall Limited in Lexington, Ky., in partnership with her husband, Alan Leavitt, will be honored for her dedication to the lives of horses during Hats Off Day, presented by Rood & Riddle Equine Hospital, on Saturday (July 30) at the Kentucky Horse Park. Jewett Leavitt will be recognized during Hats Off Day with several others, including Dr. Tom Riddle, veterinarian and founder of Hats Off Day, and retired Thoroughbred jockey Chris McCarron. Now in its 19th year, Hats Off Day offers family-friendly activities that include horse and pony rides, interactive

This Week: Delvin Miller Adios, Adioo Volo, and Arden Downs, The Meadows, Washington, Pa. and Hambletonian, Hambletonian Oaks, Peter Haughton and Jim Doherty eliminations, Tompkins-Geers, and Miss Versatility leg, The Meadowlands, East Rutherford, N.J. Schedule of events: The Grand Circuit week kicks off on Friday (July 29) at The Meadows with two $20,000 divisions of the Arden Downs for both 2-year-old colt trotters and 2-year-old filly trotters. The big Saturday (July 30) card at The Meadows features the $350,000 Delvin Miller Adios for 3-year-old male pacers. Also on the card will be the $102,355 Adioo Volo for 3-year-old filly pacers, three divisions in the $60,400 Arden

Berlin, MD — On Wednesday (July 27), Ocean Downs hosted the sophomore Maryland Sire Stake finals, each going for a purse of $75,000 before a large crowd. Hoofbeats De Vie (Charlie De Vie) and driver Russell Foster remained undefeated in the colt and gelding trot, winning all six races each year at two and three. In their usual style, it was a gate-to-wire win in 2:01.3 for owner-breeder Joie De Vie Stable and trainer Chris Lakata. Tungsten Tim (Lockkeeper) was up for the place spot. Reinsman John Wagner steered Anthonys All In (Rusty’s All In) to his sixth victory in six 2022 starts, all in