It has been 40 years since harness racing greats Its Fritz and Cam Fella locked hooves in the Summer Championship at The Meadowlands. It was, quite possibly, the most anticipated match-up of the year and, after Its Fritz used his tremendous brushing power to open what was thought to be an insurmountable lead, Cam Fella
Stephen Messick’s homebred Misty Coast established herself as the filly to beat in next week’s $110,000 Delaware Standardbred Breeders’ Fund (DSBF) series final for three-year-old pacing fillies with a 1:55.1 win in her $20,000 second-round preliminary division on Wednesday (Dec. 6) at Bally’s Dover.
John Ryan Melsheimer was not looking to buy Adamsville Road when he went to the 2020 Lexington Selected Yearling Sale. But Melsheimer’s regard for the trotter’s mother, as well as a bargain price, resulted in the horse coming home with the Ohio-based trainer.
Last Saturday Rosecroft Raceway hosted a genuinely rare afternoon card featuring its usual array of older pacers as part of its “Fall Hoofbeats Festival” and later that evening Hoosier Park