September Saturdays at Woodbine Mohawk Park typically feature many of harness racing's best in competing in Grand Circuit stakes events. This weekend, the final Friday and Saturday of August, sets the stage for the first big Saturday on Sept. 2.
Venerate topped a trio of Maple Leaf Trot contenders in a tune up for next week's $600,000 (est.) final on Thursday morning (Aug. 24) at The Meadowlands.
Mark McKelvie of Woodbine Mohawk Park announced that the Maple Leaf Trot, one of Canada's richest harness racing trotting races, will go straight to a final on Sep. 2 with eight entrants. Among them is Alrajah One IT (Maharajah), who came to North America from Italy and won three Grand Circuit stakes races last year
Harness Racing Schedule of Events: A busy Saturday afternoon (Aug. 19) of Grand Circuit racing for 3-year-olds will take place at Pocono with main events and consolations for the Earl Beal Memorial (colt and gelding trot), Max C. Hempt Memorial (colt and gelding pace), James Lynch Memorial (filly pace) and the Delmonica Hanover (filly trot). The
In this week's edition of Rewind Robert Smith takes a "stroll" back in time as he presents his monthly "Years Ago" feature and this time around it is all about the decade of the 1950's.