Two-year-olds were in the spotlight Saturday (Nov. 18) night at The Meadowlands in six $20,000 eliminations for next week’s four big-money “Fall Final Four” finals.
Driver Joe Bongiorno had some power on Friday night (Oct. 27) at The Meadowlands and the 30-year-old pilot put it to good use, taking two of the seven $20,000 leg-five divisions of the Crawford Farms Kindergarten Series for two-year-olds of each sex and gait.
Trainer Joe Holloway returns to The Red Mile with another promising pacing prospect on Friday afternoon (Sept. 29): the Always B Miki colt Newsroom, who will try to raise his unbeaten streak to seven in the third of four divisions for the $348,000 Bluegrass Stakes for two-year-old pacing colts and geldings.
Canadian-owned Its Academic matched the fastest trotting mile in the history of Harrah's Hoosier Park in the $210,000 Caesars Trotting Classic, highlighting the Grand Circuit stakes action on Friday, Sept. 22 in Indiana.