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2022 Breeders Crown winner Gaines Hanover (Cantab Hall) captured the $177,200 Simcoe Stakes for open trotters for his first harness racing stakes victory of the season on Saturday (Sep. 2) at Woodbine Mohawk Park. Sylvain Filion landed him a third-over spot coming down the backstretch as Ghostly Casper (Doug McNair) sped through :28 and :56
Woodbine Mohawk Park featured a $23,000 condition trot as the top race on the Tuesday (Aug. 22) evening card and Stable Genius made every pole a winning one to post an upset victory.
The Harness Horse Youth Foundation now has the 2023 set of HARNESS HEROES available for harness racing collectors old and new. “The cards are a longtime favorite project of HHYF” explained Ellen Taylor, HHYF Executive Director. “They are educational and fun as well as emulating other sports cards which make them keepsakes for some racing
Just six years ago, Ron Burke nearly had his first Hambletonian victory before What The Hill suffered the only disqualification of a first-place finisher in the race’s history. He and Yannick Gingras, also still chasing a win in the American classic, exited Saturday night (July 29) at The Meadowlands primed and ripe for revenge.