MILTON, September 14, 2023 – Rookie harness racing trotters had the spotlight Thursday night (Sep. 14) for the Champlain Stakes at Woodbine Mohawk Park. A pair of two-year-old trotting filly divisions and a single contest for colts and geldings were contested. Willowtime (Lookslikeachpndale) improved to a perfect three for three with a 1:54.4 victory in
Emoji Hanover (Greenshoe) and Tea Party Hanover (Stay Hungry), both sold for six digits as yearlings, tallied their first career harness racing victories on Thursday (Aug. 24) at Woodbine Mohawk Park. $180,000 seller Emoji Hanover cut the mile in the lidlifter for Louis-Philippe Roy and ran up the score down the lane to win by
Per Engblom would enjoy seeing his three-year-old trotter Ethan T Hanover on the road to the Hambletonian, but the trainer is going to let the colt determine his own path for the season.
Ethan T Hanover is the 5-2 morning line favourite in Saturday’s $38,529 elimination of the Dexter Cup at Freehold Raceway. The Dexter Cup is the season’s first Grand Circuit race for three-year-old trotters and features several horses eligible to August’s Hambletonian Stakes, the sport’s premier event for sophomore trotters.
A total of 10 horses entered the Dexter Cup, resulting in Saturday’s single elimination. The top six finishers in the eight-horse elimination will join bye recipients Ambassador Hanover and Sunny Crockett in the May 1 final.