“It’s not an enjoyable thing anymore to train horses, it’s going to be what gets me out of the harness racing business." That was the sentiment from Harness Racing's first $300 million dollar man in a Harnesslink exclusive interview detailing the latest twist in the saga with industry regulators and their somewhat unhinged crusade to
The two leading harness racing trainers in North America, Ron Burke and Ake Svanstedt, both had horses with positive test results as reported to the USTA from last week. Burke’s horse Saulsbrook Genesis at Northfield Park was found to contain Altrenogest in a blood test. Burke was fined $500 for the infraction. Svanstedt’s horse Baptism
While Saulsbrook Genesis had been hitting the board in recent efforts against Open company at MGM Northfield Park, it has been a few weeks since the son of Sunshine Beach had scored a victory. That changed on Sunday (June 25) as he cruised to a comfortable win in the $20,000 co-featured event.
The co-featured $20,000 Open Trot has been a race not to miss as of late at MGM Northfield Park, and on Sunday (May 28), that was no different as Flemsteen made things look easy, closing from off-the-pace to win by a nose.
The Open trotting class at MGM Northfield Park proved challenging once again on Sunday (May 21), as the co-featured event not only produced the third different winner in three weeks but, for the third week in a row, a world record was set over the "Home of the Flying Turns."