A rookie trainer makes his debut, a veteran mare has the curtain close on her career and a photogenic pacer vies to be the winningest female in Canada during a rock solid Sunday (Dec. 31) evening New Year’s Eve program at Red Shores Racetrack and Casino at the Charlottetown Driving Park.
D A Lets Boogie (Dancin Lou-Sports Beauty) and Gridiron Seelster (Bettors Delight-Glamour Seelster) tied for the highest price of the London Classic Yearling Sale on Wednesday (Oct. 18). Day two of the harness racing sale’s second edition saw the colts each bring $200,000 and more than $3.5 million change hands on 140 yearlings. D A
Enthusiastic Melbourne harness racing trainer-driver Julian Attard has fingers crossed that he’s unlocked the key to his promising three-year-old pacer Jeremy Lou (Sweet Lou). “He gets very nervous travelling in a float to meetings, so I’ve worked out that short road-trips are the best,” Attard, of Caroline Springs, said. After a below par run at
John Leahy, the owner/breeder of world champion Jeremes Jet, confirmed that the stallion passed away on Friday, Aug. 25 at the age of 20, according to a report by the U.S. Trotting Association.