John MacDonald uncorked yet another double-digit winner in the top class at Oak Grove Racing, Gaming & Hotel, this time guiding 12-1 shot Illusion Seelster to victory in the $41,096 Fillies & Mares Open Pace on Monday (April 29).
Pacing fillies and mares took center stage on Thursday, April 18 with a pair of $27,397 series finals highlighting the 14-race card. Finals for the Miss Windfall and Kenneth Stohler Memorial saw Seven It Is and Staying With Emily score in their respective series.
“He’s a cool horse.” That’s how harness racing trainer Jamie Macomber describes her top trotter, Dover In Motion (Dover Dan), who has now won eight trotting races in a row for the Hoosier Park-based conditioner. The burly brown gelding has career earnings of $575,670 and took a mark at 4 of 1:52.1f for owners M&M
Grand Circuit action returned to Harrah’s Hoosier Park with five divisions of The Star Destroyer for three-year-olds highlighting the 14-race card on Friday, Nov. 17. Entering as the headliners on the card, French Wine and Coach Stefanos did not disappoint.
Cumberland Run held two $70,000 finals of the Kentucky Sire Stakes on Monday (Nov. 6) afternoon with the photo finish camera needed in the first harness racing final for three-year-old filly trotter. The 3rd race got underway with a huge battle for control of the front. Caviart Gwen (Father Patrick) had the rail and left