After finishing one-two in last week’s Indiana Sire Stakes championship, two-year-old male trotters Musclefantastic and Dashing Danny are ready for action in Thursday’s Breeders Crown eliminations at their home track, Harrah’s Hoosier Park.
Driver John De Long was the star of the show at Hoosier Park on Friday night (Oct. 13) winning five Indiana Sires Stakes harness racing finals raced over a track that got wetter as the night progressed and the rain intensified. De Long, Hoosier Park’s second leading driver behind Trace Tetrick, took three $250,000 Super
Ominous skies loomed over Hawthorne Race Course much of the day on Saturday (Oct. 14) evening but the rains cleared as the track was listed as good for Night of Champions. Twelve stakes finals were contested as the best in the state of Illinois lined up with nearly $1.2 million in purses on the line.
The rain certainly didn’t dampen the spirits of any of the Illinois Conceived and Foaled harness racing pacers and trotters who vied in 12 events totaling $1,175,000 on Saturday night, Oct. 14, known as “The Night of Champions.” Starter Adam Brownly got each race off to a near perfect start over a track surface listed as
Harrah’s Hoosier Park Racing & Casino played host to Hoosier Champions Night on Friday, Oct. 13, and the 15-race program provided a fitting conclusion to the 2023 Indiana Sires Stakes season. The summer-long Indiana Sires Stakes culminated with the crowning of 10 new champions with purses offered exceeding $1.8 million.