Gulf Shores and Pleaseletmeknow will lead the field into next Friday night's (July 1) MGM Grand Messenger Stakes final for three-year-old colt and gelding pacers after taking tonight's (June 24) $40,000 eliminations at Yonkers Raceway.
After three preliminaries of the Pennsylvania Sire Stakes (PaSS) for three-year-old pacing colts, there are no repeat winners, as on Wednesday afternoon at Harrah’s Philadelphia, Layton Hanover and Energetic Hanover emerged victorious in their respective $69,179 divisions (June 8).
With the draw for the 2022 Pepsi North America Cup eliminations just one week away, the majority of pacing three-year-olds aiming for Canadian harness racing's biggest prize have made on-track appearances and a fair number will be in action this weekend.
The “glamour boys,” the three-year-old pacers, were at Pocono for the Memorial Day Monday holiday card, competing in the second preliminaries of their respective events: three divisions of a $138,758 Pennsylvania Sire Stake, and four $20,000 cuts of the complementary Stallion Series.