Shenandoah Downs Racing Secretary Dee Lineweaver carded 15 races on the Saturday afternoon (Sept. 30) racing program 14 pari-mutuel events and one race to find a cure for cancer as quickly as possible.
Shenandoah Downs reached the halfway point of its 2023 pari-mutuel harness racing schedule on Mother's Day Sunday when a seven-week, 14-day spring season came to an end.
Even though driver David Ingraham did not cross the wire first in Saturday's (April 15) first race conditioned trot at Shenandoah Downs, he did return to the winner's circle to get his picture taken. The 61-year-old reinsman had just made career start number 53,000 in that race aboard Arthur Lisi's Rocky Bomber and even though he finished fourth, was recognized afterwards for the milestone accomplishment.
The first ever spring harness season at Shenandoah Downs kicked off Saturday on a warm but blustery afternoon as local Woodstock, Virginia resident trainer Betsy Brown reached the winner's circle in the initial race with Terrys Watching runner-up in the 2022 Virginia Breeder's Two-Year-Old Colt/Gelding Trot Championship.
Shenandoah Downs completed its sixth annual pari-mutuel meet in Woodstock this past weekend with record purse distribution over 127 races contested over the 10-day season.