In John Stefanos’ mind, he has reached the Cooperstown of harness racing. As a travel baseball coach in Illinois for six years, Stefanos guided his Under-12 squad through a 104-team national tournament into the Sweet 16 held in Cooperstown, N.Y. As a Standardbred harness racing owner his equine namesake, Coach Stefanos (Tellitlikeitis), has reached the
While Alexa Skye took all the early betting action, it was The Pantheist who prevailed in the $25,000 Fillies and Mares Open Handicap Pace at Dayton Raceway on Friday, Oct. 20.
The biggest winner on Cumberland Run’s inaugural 10-race harness program Sunday was the track itself, according to those in attendance as live horse racing came to southeastern Kentucky for the first time.