For the first time in 2023, the New York Sire Stakes harness racing circuit paid a visit to MGM Yonkers Raceway on Thursday night (June 22) with a couple of $77,300 divisions for 2-year-old colt and gelding trotters on the 12-race program. In the first grouping Bargain (Chapter Seven), driven by Yannick Gingras, blasted right
The Friday (April 7) morning qualifiers at The Meadowlands were headlined by familiar names that have had significant careers thus far in harness racing and Nancy Takter trainees were the ones that frequented the top of the charts.
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First-time starter Beach Cowgirl powered to the point with a first-over move and kept right on rolling, scoring in a stakes record 1:51 in Friday’s $165,755 Pennsylvania Sire Stakes at Hollywood Casino at The Meadows.
A number of high-profile Standardbreds made solid strides toward a return to the races during the Saturday (April 24) session of qualifiers at The Meadowlands.
Calle Palema (Ake Svanstedt) was a wire-to-wire winner in 1:56.1 over 2020 freshman standouts Zenith Stride (Brian Sears) and In Range (Tim Tetrick). The gelded son of Muscle Hill - Fillyanthropy, a three-time winner as a rookie, took a new lifetime mark for owner Bender Sweden Inc. of Vero Beach, Fl.
Balenciaga didn t make any starts at two, but the $270,000 yearling started on the path to justifying that price tag with a first-over grinding win in 1:56.3. The son of Chapter Seven - Iluvmyjimmychoos was guided to victory by Scott Zeron for trainer Paul Kelley and owners SRF Stable and Crawford Farms. Maverick, harness racing s highest priced yearling by virtue of his $1.1 million sale price, made a break in stride while closing in the stretch.