Two of the sport’s Top 10 stars, three-year-old female pacer Sylvia Hanover and two-year-old female pacer Geocentric, will lead a total of 60 horses into Friday’s Breeders Crown eliminations at Harrah’s Hoosier Park.
U.S. Hall of Fame trainer Ron Burke holds a strong hand in the finals of the $615,000 Canadian Pacing Derby and $530,000 Maple Leaf Trot, which headline the Saturday night (Sept. 2) stakes card at Woodbine Mohawk Park.
In a victory rich with milestones, Lyons Legend blazed home in a track record 1:50.3 in Thursday’s $162,460 Pennsylvania Sires Stakes (PASS) event at Hollywood Casino at The Meadows, extended her career unbeaten streak to six and completed her sweep of the four preliminary PASS legs.
With a year of seasoning against the sport’s best older male pacers under his belt, Lous Pearlman is set to begin his 2023 campaign on Saturday, April 8 in the $36,000 Open 2/Open 1 Handicap at The Meadowlands.