Alexandra Goldin's pacer Marco Beach not only wired the field in Sunday's featured $10,959 Winners Over Pace at Shenandoah Downs, but he shattered the previous track record by two-fifths of a second when he crossed the finish line three lengths the best in 1:51.4.
Tony and Mary Schadel's Aflame Hanover equalled a Shenandoah Downs track record time of 1:52.1 in Sunday's $10,811 Winner's Over pacing feature, which highlighted the ninth season opening race weekend in Woodstock, Virginia.
Chuck Perry's John's Dream, the Shenandoah Downs track record holder, made his first appearance at this year's four-day Shenandoah County Fair count in a big way by capturing Friday's (Sept. 1) Winners Over pacing event by six lengths in a meet best 1:55.3. His "Downs" mark of 1:52.1 was authored in 2016 and still stands.
Shenandoah Downs reached the halfway point of its 2023 pari-mutuel harness racing schedule on Mother's Day Sunday when a seven-week, 14-day spring season came to an end.
Shenandoah Downs completed its sixth annual pari-mutuel meet in Woodstock this past weekend with record purse distribution over 127 races contested over the 10-day season.