Avacakes, a half sister to the fastest two-year-old trotter of 2023, fetched a six-figure sale price on Monday afternoon (Sept. 11). Avacakes brought a winning bid of $140,000 selling online via onGait.com. Sold by Steve Finkelstein’s Jesmeral Stable of New York, the four-year-old Father Patrick-Avalicious mare was purchased by Doug Paul of Delaware. Read more
Tioga Downs hosted two divisions of the New York Sire Stakes (NYSS) for 2-year-old pacing colts & geldings on Saturday (Sept. 2). Vandiemen Bluechip (Jason Bartlett) captured the $51,500 first division. Darius (Mark MacDonald) went to the front and led to the quarter in :27. He slowed things down with a :30 quarter to be …
Hopefully Buffalo Raceway officials have fast drying ink for the record book. After Deswanslittlelorie set the all-aged trotting record at Buffalo Raceway this past Saturday night with a 1:55.3 time, Wild Bill Kelso came to town on Wednesday afternoon (July 19) and tied that mark with a length victory in a New York Sire Stakes …
Come spring, this scribe’s thoughts tend to focus on yearlings, likely in part because beginning each spring I spent decades traveling to various parts of North America to evaluate those yearlings that had been consigned to Harrisburg. It was a chore that took a lot of time, a lot of hours and close to 20,000 …
Awash in soothing Lexington autumn sunshine, the incomparable Atlanta was greeting well-wishers Tuesday morning on the backside of the Crawford Farms shedrow at Fasig-Tipton with the air of class befitting a Hambletonian-winning queen. The look in her eye suggested the intense gameness that was the hallmark of a career that has earned over $3.4 million …
Crawford Farms has invested heavily in acquiring top-level broodmares, and some of the first fruits from their more recent additions will sell this week. All told, 51 babies are consigned to the Lexington Selected Yearling Sale, with 11 selling on opening night. Michelle Crawford said she is excited to see how the farm’s newest crop …
Washington, PA — First-time starter Beach Cowgirl powered to the point with a first-over move and kept rolling, scoring in a stake-record 1:51 in Friday’s (July 9) $165,755 Pennsylvania Sire Stake at Hollywood Casino at The Meadows. Proud Mary and My Little Captain captured the other divisions in the event, known as the Sand Tart, for …
Vernon Downs will host two divisions of the New York Sire Stakes for sophomore trotting fillies on Memorial Day Monday (May 30). Valentina Blu (Andrew McCarthy) is the 2-1 morning line favorite in the $60,300 first division. The Chapter Seven filly surged late to capture her first start of the 2022 season in a leg of the …
Listen as @wire2wirewendy chats with Michelle Crawford of @CrawfordFarmsUS about their big day at @RedMileHarness! #harnessracing pic.twitter.com/YXlOqGM5Ag — U.S. Trotting Assn. (@USTrotting) October 10, 2021
Usually when track records are broken, they are shaved by a mere 1/5 second or so, but on Wednesday (Aug 11) Ahundreddollarbill trotted the fastest mile ever in the 63-year history of Monticello Raceway, smashing the existing record by one second and a 1/5, and taking the lone division of NYSS, worth $112,000, in 1:54.1. …
Yannick Gingras’s tears of joy poured as steady as the rain that blanketed the 99th edition of the $1.05 million Hambletonian on Saturday at the Meadowlands. Already a Hall of Fame harness driver, Gingras, who turns 45 on Sunday, was paired with odds-on favorite Karl to win standardbred racing’s greatest prize with a flawless drive …
