Heath Campbell held the hot hand on Saturday at Scarborough Downs, steering three winners down victory lane; chief among them, Pembroke Dewey, who claimed top honors in an $11,767 division of the Maine Sire Stakes.
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Becky Winemiller's Wine Princess has progressed steadily through conditions in five starts for trainer Steve Margolis this year, and she took her career to the next level Aug. 11 with a wire-to-wire victory in the $100,000 Monmouth Oaks (gr. III) at Monmouth Park. 
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The first of five European transatlantic equine charters bringing European horses to Arlington's International Festival of Racing was due in at Chicago's O'Hare International Airport Saturday evening.
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There have been several changes made for this season's $50,000 Vernon and Meadowlands Drivers' Championship, the most noticeable of which is the new location. In years past, Tioga Downs was the venue for this competition, with The Meadowlands added in 2011 when Jeff Gural took over that track's management.
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Freshman trotting fillies got their turn racing four divisions, as New York Sire Stakes action continued on Friday night at America’s oldest lighted harness track, Batavia Downs. Friday night’s program also featured four divisions of the Excelsior Series.
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There is no hiding the anticipation of trainer Ron McAnally or jockey Joe Talamo these days, because they firmly believe they can pull off a mild upset in the Grade 1, $1 million Pacific Classic on Aug. 26 with Suggestive Boy, the talented South American import who worked six furlongs in 1:12.80 on Polytrack on Friday morning at Del Mar.
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Pre-entries for the 2012 editions of the Arlington Million, Beverly D. and Secretariat Stakes, as well as Arlington's inaugural running of the $400,000 American St. Leger Stakes, closed at noon Friday with 11 older horses named to the upcoming 30th anniversary edition of the Arlington Million on August 18.
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Driver Matt Kakaley won two of the four Stallion Series divisions for 3-year-old pacing fillies that were held on Friday night at Mohegan Sun at Pocono Downs. Each of the four divisions carried a purse of $20,000.
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Gracie Montana overcame a trailing post 12 to score the 5-1 upset in the inaugural edition of the Girls’ Night Out Pacing Series Final on Friday night at Mohawk.
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As the race days dwindle down to a precious few and the amateur driver field returns at full strength -- plus one new driver this season -- to race out the last few Mondays of Hazel Park’s season. Nine drivers and their eager trotters will take to the track to compete in race five on Monday evening.
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New York Yankees pitcher Mariano Rivera visited Saratoga on Friday, and the New York Racing Association (NYRA) rolled out the red carpet for the all-time great reliever.
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Only a week removed from her dominant victory in the Prix Maurice de Gheest (Fr-G1), Moonlight Cloud returns at Deauville on Sunday to take on a deep field of elite milers in the Prix du Haras de Fresnay-le-Buffard Jacques Le Marois (Fr-G1), in which she will stretch out to 1,600 meters (7.95 furlongs) for just the second time in her career.
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Saturday’s $100,000 Gardenia Stakes attracted the finest assembly of horses at Ellis Park in years. Consider that two-time Grade I winner Sassy Image is only the fourth choice at 6-1 in the field of 11 fillies and mares.
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Craig B. Singer's homebred Salty Strike jumped out to the early lead and never looked back as the 4-year-old filly posted her third consecutive stakes win in the $100,000 Gardenia Stakes (gr. III) at Ellis Park Aug. 11.
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Multiple Grade 1 winner Dullahan turned in a bullet work on Saturday morning at Churchill Downs as he prepares to face older horses in the TVG Pacific Classic (G1) Sunday, August 26 at Del Mar.
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There have been several changes made for this season's $50,000 Vernon & Meadowlands Drivers' Championship, the most noticeable of which is the new location. In years past, Tioga Downs was the venue for this competition, with The Meadowlands added in 2011 when Jeff Gural took over that track's management.
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Eliminations for the Illinois State Fair Stakes dominated the card at Springfield, Ill. on Friday afternoon, where there were some decent performances, including those by the 2-year-olds.
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Coming off a modest maiden win at Delaware Park, Union Rags used last year’s Saratoga Special as a coming-out party to announce to the world he was indeed a special talent.
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Horse of the Year candidate Check Me Out, rebounding from her disastrous misstep in the Hambletonian Oaks, returned to form on Friday at The Meadows when she overpowered a Pennsylvania Sires Stakes division in a stakes record 1:53.4. And Superstar Hanover won nearly as impressively in the other split of the $281,114 event, also known as the Meadow Bright, for 3-year-old filly trotters.
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Even-money favorite Idol led all the way to win the featured $15,000 Open Pace for females at Scioto Downs on Friday, but her margin at the wire was just a nose. Tu Sei Bella sat on the pacesetter's back the entire mile and gave her a real scare in the stretch as the two mares hit the wire in 1:54.4 on a windy and chilly summer evening.
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Trainer Tony Alagna sent out a trio of winners in the New Jersey Sire Stakes for 2-year-old pacers on Friday night at the Meadowlands. Somebodythatiusedtono got Tony Alagna's evening off to a good start
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Friday’s Racing Roundup features stories from Yonkers Raceway, Mohegan Sun at Pocono Downs, Scioto Downs, Vernon Downs and Saratoga.
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The Ontario Racing Commission (ORC) has announced date changes for five Ontario Sires Stakes (OSS) Gold Series races.
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San Pail, who was sidelined due to injury earlier this season, will be returning to the racetrack in a couple of weeks, according to trainer Rod Hughes. The three-time defending Maple Leaf Trot winner was unable to defend his title this year.
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With her trainer watching, she was competitive to the finish, but fourth place was devastating. Her career was over. When trainers in Olympic Trials and other sports find their individual cannot continue at the highest level, it is a gut-wrenching end to years of morning workouts and the dreams of everyday people in sports.
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