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September 21, 2015 9:55 AM
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JK She'salady, the 2014 Horse of the Year, and Always B Miki, the runner-up in last year's Meadowlands Pace, won qualifiers at Pocono on Thursday morning. JK She'salady won her race in 1:53.3 while Always B Miki was an effortless 1:50.1 winner. JK She'salady was making her first start behind the gate since finishing fifth in an elimination for the James Lynch Memorial at Pocono on June 27. She finished a lackluster fifth in that race, which prompted trainer Nancy Johansson to take the Art Major-sired filly to Cornell University to have her examined. Veterinarians found the filly had a deep lung infection and prescribed treatment and time off from racing. With regular driver Tim Tetrick in the sulky, JK She'salady was sent to the lead in the qualifier and carved out fractions of :28.2, :57 (:28.3) and 1:25.3 (:28.3 third panel) before finishing with a :28 quarter.
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September 17, 2015 10:14 AM
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Wednesday's (Sept. 16) edition of Racing Roundup features results stories from Harrington Raceway and Vernon Downs.
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September 17, 2015 10:04 AM
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Already a three-time stakes winner this season, including grade III scores in the Honeybee Stakes at Oaklawn Park and the Iowa Oaks at Prairie Meadows,Sarah Sis will try to add the $350,000Charles Town Oaks (gr. III) Sept. 19 atCharles Town Races and Slots.
Installed as the 9-5 favorite, Joe Ragsdale's Sarah Sis will break from the inside in the expected field of six 3-year-old fillies. The daughter of Sharp Humorenters off a fourth-place finish in the Ballerina Stakes (gr. I) at Saratoga Race Course, where she led early before fading.
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September 17, 2015 10:03 AM
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A full field of 12 3-year-old fillies will seek their first graded stakes victory late in the evening of Sept. 19 in the $100,000 Dogwood Stakes (gr. III) at Churchill Downs.
Half of the field enters with graded stakes-placed credentials, with St. George Stables' Huasca coming the closest to winning at that level. The Dogwood goes with a post of 10:11 p.m. ET as the feature on a "Downs After Dark" card at the Louisville oval.
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September 17, 2015 9:57 AM
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A pair of grade I winners will look to return to their multiple graded stakes-winning form in the $250,000Commonwealth Cup Stakes (gr. IIT) Sept. 19 at Laurel Park. Previously conducted at Colonial Downs as the Colonial Turf Cup Stakes, this is the first year the race will be held at Laurel.
Phipps Stable's Mr Speaker and Sam-Son Farm's Up With the Birds, both homebreds, each have top-level wins on their ledgers, but have gone through winless streaks in graded competition.
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September 16, 2015 4:32 PM
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Safe From Terror, who won the $350,000 Pennsylvania Sires Stakes final for 3-year-old filly pacers last time out on Sept. 5 at The Downs at Mohegan Sun Pocono at odds of 45-1, made it two in a row on Wednesday afternoon--albeit at a much lesser reward to her backers. Sent off at odds of 5-1 in the $170,000 Nadia Lobell at The Meadows, Safe From Terror rallied from a third-over trip with driver Matt Kakaley to score in 1:50.4. Although Tim Tetrick was in the sulky for the Sires Stakes final, Kakaley got the call from trainer Ron Burke, who also started Sassa Hanover and Storm Point in the Nadia Lobell. It was the Yannick Gingras-driven Sassa Hanover who left fastest from post one to take control, setting fractions of :26.3, :54.4 and 1:23.2 to the three-quarters. Starting from post 5 in the eight-horse field, Kakaley was third in the outer flow with Safe From Terror, but made a wide move in the final turn, even going about five deep as they straightened out in the stretch. Sassa Hanover was unable to sustain the lead, eventually finishing seventh (Storm Point finished eighth), but Safe From Terror used a final quarter of :27.4 to get to the wire one length in front of The Show Returns, who was angled between horses late by driver John Campbell. Divine Caroline closed up the passing lane to get third, just ahead of race favorite Bettor Be Steppin.
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September 16, 2015 4:31 PM
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When Ontario-sired super mare Bee A Magician turns to the starting gate Saturday in the $680,000 final of 63rd edition of the Maple Leaf Trot at Mohawk Racetrack, her part-owner Mel Hartman will be biting his nails watching the race on TV from his Ottawa, Ont., home. The five-year-old daughter of Kadabra out of Beehive has earned more than $3.3 million, but Hartman said he still gets nervous every time she races.
"If she can beat the boys I think it is another feather in her hat,” Hartman said. "It's an honor, in a way, because usually horses race in their own class, which is tough enough.” Hartman shares ownership of Bee A Magician with Herb Liverman and David McDuffee.
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September 16, 2015 4:30 PM
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After a visit to Hanover Shoe Farms to preview yearlings for the Harrisburg sale last year, trainer Tony Alagna left with only one yearling on his mind. In search of a trotting filly for owner Tom Hill of Hamilton, Ontario, he believed he had found the best one at Harrisburg. Purchased for $55,000 at the sale, Caprice Hill has bankrolled nearly $175,000 in six starts so far this year.
"She was very athletic in the field, I saw her at Hanover, I saw her in the barn and when we turned her out, she had natural balance,” said Alagna. "She had a great look to her, great attitude, the way she handled herself showed a lot of confidence. I thought she was definitely worth a shot, especially being a Kadabra filly with the Ontario Sires Stakes program and the opportunity to support Ontario racing.”
Broke to harness at the Alagna home base in New Jersey, ‘Caprice' was then sent to Alagna's mother Donna Lee Ozment in Chicago to prepare for her freshman campaign. Assured by his mother that this filly was one to watch, Alagna went out to see for himself over the winter.
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September 16, 2015 1:02 PM
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Nadia Lobell, The Meadows, Washington, Pa.; Kindergarten Series, The Red Mile, Lexington, Ky.; Maple Leaf Trot, Canadian Trotting Classic, Elegantimage, William Wellwood Memorial and Peaceful Way finals and Milton Stake eliminations, Mohawk Racetrack, Campbellville, Ontario.
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September 16, 2015 1:00 PM
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There isn't much Joann Looney-King's Purrfect Bags hasn't accomplished this season. On Tuesday night at Harrington Raceway the accomplished 3-year-old filly pacer continued her stellar 2015 campaign with a 1:52.4 win versus older mares in the $16,000 Fillies and Mares Open. The Roddy's Bags Again filly was sent for the lead approaching the quarter-mile as the 1-to-5 favorite and never relented with a widening-four length lead at the wire over her closest pursuer Matinee Dragon and A La Notte Hanover. Trained by Jim King Jr., Purrfect Bags ($2.60, Victor Kirby), a former $2,000 yearling purchase, has won 16 of 19 lifetime starts, and prevailed with grand circuit company in the Lismore and Lady Maud races at Yonkers Raceway in addition to a victory in a Delaware Standardbred Breeders Fund (DSBF) final event at Harrington.
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September 16, 2015 9:49 AM
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Jim Marohn Jr. won his 3,000th career race Tuesday afternoon at Monticello Raceway. The milestone came aboard Reflection Of Blue in the fourth race. The Bettor's Delight gelding out of the top mare Rainbow Blue is trained by Bill Devine for owner Anthony Mazzeo of Hewlett, N.Y. Marohn is the son of longtime Yonkers and Roosevelt driver James Marohn. The affable Jim Marohn Jr. has been a leading driver at Monticello and Tioga for the last few years.
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September 16, 2015 9:48 AM
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Scioto Downs’ 2015 race meet went out in style Saturday (Sept 12) when the track hosted Ohio’s Super Night for the fifth consecutive year.
The weather was cool, dipping into the 50s, but the action was hot on the track. The $225,000 Jim Ewart Memorial, taken by Doo Wop Hanover and Ronnie Wrenn Jr. for trainer Steve Elliott, and the $30,000 Open Pace, won by E Z Noah and Dave Palone for trainer Rene Allard, were the fastest on the evening, both going in 1:49.2.
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September 15, 2015 3:32 PM
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Champion racemare Beholder will target the Oct. 31 Breeders' Cup Classic (gr. I) and a potential showdown with Triple Crown winner American Pharoah at Keeneland, Spendthrift Farm general manager Ned Toffey confirmed Sept. 15.
Her connections have also decided not to offer her at auction immediately after the World Championships, in the hopes of racing another year, and Spendthrift owner B. Wayne Hughes will likely keep the mare even after she retires.
Toffey was busy at the Keeneland September yearling sale, but took a few moments to discuss the future of two-time Eclipse Award winner Beholder, who last time out trounced the boys in the $1 million TVG Pacific Classic (gr. I) Aug. 22 at Del Mar.
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September 17, 2015 12:04 PM
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Horsemen and women paid their respects to Brad Hanners at Harrah's Philadelphia on Wednesday (Sept. 16) in a moment of silence before the races.
Hanners, a well known driver and trainer from Ohio, passed away earlier this week after a bout with cancer.
On a bittersweet afternoon, driver George Napolitano Jr. had six wins on the program, and ten total on the day (four wins at The Downs at Mohegan Sun Pocono on Wednesday night).
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September 17, 2015 10:12 AM
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A lightning-fast track and 80 degree temperatures greeted the New York Sire Stakes 2-year-old pacing fillies at Batavia Downs where two divisions offering a total of $109,000 in purses, along with important points needed to make the NYSS final, were up for grabs on Wednesday night (Sept. 16).
Prohibitive 2-5 favorite Dime A Dance didn't dissapoint her backers as she put on a show in her $54,500 division, winning in definitive style and resetting the world's record for a 2-year-old pacing filly over a half-mile track.
Dime A Dance (Roll With Joe-Hat Dance Hanover) took off the pace fourth and watched as No Clouds Bluechip (Kevin Cummings) and American Ivy (Mark Macdonald) duked it out for the lead in a fast :26.4 quarter. From there, the field remained stagnant until the half when Mother Of Art (John Cummings Jr.) pulled first over from third and Dime A Dance (Matt Kakaley) took cover second-over behind her.
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September 17, 2015 10:04 AM
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When Safe From Terror surprised the field and bettors by winning the (Sept. 5) Pennsylvania Sires Stakes championship at 45-1, some may have dismissed it as a fluke.
They likely won’t be saying that about her any longer, as she scored her second consecutive upset, this time at 5-1, in Wednesday’s (Sept. 16) $170,000 Nadia Lobell for 3-year-old filly pacers at The Meadows — and took the overland route to do it.
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September 17, 2015 9:58 AM
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Coffee Clique, who won the Just A Game (gr. IT) last year at Belmont Park, and Lady Lara, who has been toiling in grade I company in her last two starts, will carry co-highweight of 123 pounds in the $200,000 Noble Damsel Stakes (gr. IIIT) at one mile over the Belmont turf Sept. 19.
Coffee Clique has been unable to repeat her 2014 form, when she was undefeated in three starts. Her attempt to win this season's Just A Game resulted in a sixth-place finish. After winning the James Penny Memorial Handicap (gr. IIIT), she finished fifth in the Aug. 29 Ballston Spa (gr. IIT) at Saratoga Race Course. This stalker should secure good racing position from her inside post.
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September 16, 2015 4:33 PM
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Belmont Derby (gr. IT) winner Force the Pass hopes to rebound from a third in the Aug. 15 Secretariat Stakes (gr. IT), and towers over a field of eight in the $400,000 Commonwealth Derbypresented by the Virginia Equine Alliance (gr. IIT) at Laurel Park Sept. 19.
The 3-year-old Speightstown runner broke through in the Belmont Derby after winning the Penn Mile (gr. IIIT) for owner Richard Santulli, taking the 1 1/4-mile test in New York by 3 3/4 lengths.
Sent to post as the 3-2 favorite in the Secretariat over the same route of ground, Force the Pass hopped in the air at the start and trailed the field before swinging five wide to rally from seventh. He finished third, 5 1/2 lengths behind winning European shipper Highland Reel and a head behind runner-up Closing Bell.
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September 16, 2015 4:32 PM
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It wouldn't be an International Trot without international trotters, now would it? Accordingly, Yonkers Raceway is pleased to announce seven more confirmed participants for the million-dollar event, set for Saturday afternoon, Oct. 10. The list--alphabetically--includes: BBS Sugarlight (Norway); Oasis Bi (Italy); On Track Piraten (Sweden); Papagayo E (Norway); Rod Stewart (Italy); Seabiscuit (Finland); and Timoko (France).
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September 16, 2015 4:30 PM
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Hans Enggren was unfamiliar with Resolve the first time he saw the trotter during the winter between the horse’s 2- and 3-year-old seasons. He knew, though, at that very moment, he wanted to buy the colt. It was more than eight months before Enggren was successful, but it has proved worth the wait.
Resolve has won four of 17 races and earned $414,446 since Enggren got the horse in July 2014. A son of stallion Muscle Hill out of the mare Anikawiesahalee, Resolve has hit the board a total of 13 times during that span, including victories in this year’s Vincennes Invitational and last weekend’s Maple Leaf Trot eliminations. Only second-place finishes by a head to E L Titan in the Sebastian K Invitational and by a neck to JL Cruze in the Hambletonian Maturity have prevented Resolve from entering the C$680,000 Maple Leaf Trot final with a four-race win streak.
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September 16, 2015 1:02 PM
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Richard "Dick” Macomber Sr., 80, died Monday, Sept. 14, at the home of his son and daughter-in-law, Ricky Macomber Jr. and Jamie Rucker, who race at Hoosier Park in Anderson, Ind. He had been diagnosed with ALS, more commonly known as Lou Gehrig's disease, early this summer.
Mr. Macomber was adopted as a young child and reared in Maine, but at age 15 decided to leave home to create a new life for himself. He ended up in California and served in the U.S. Air Force from 1952-56 before he started working with horses on a full-time basis and became an assistant to Forrest Gerry.
In the 1960s Mr. Macomber took his colors, which he had adapted from Gerry's, and moved to western New York, where he raced at Buffalo Raceway and Batavia Downs. That was also where he met the Hauck family and his future wife, Carol. Their first child, Ricky, was born in Buffalo in 1970.
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September 16, 2015 1:01 PM
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Fountain Pen paced home for her sixth straight win on Tuesday (Sept. 15) in Northfield Park’s 13th race.
The 3-year-old filly is owned by Winbak Farm and trained by Don Pfister. Kurt Sugg had the winning drive.
Fountain Pen started from post four and made every pole a winning one through fractional times of :28.1, :57.3, 1:26.2 and 1:55. She never experienced an anxious moment in the mile and was two lengths ahead of her competition at the wire.
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September 16, 2015 12:58 PM
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This is the final week for the Road to the Little Brown Jug! The 70th Little Brown Jug brought to you by Fazoli’s will be raced on Thursday (Sept. 24).
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September 16, 2015 9:49 AM
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The bright lights will be shining on the finest trotters Saturday night at Mohawk Racetrack for the $2.7 million Maple Leaf Trot and Canadian Trotting Classic card. Both storied events, the Maple Leaf Trot will be contested for the 64th time, while the Canadian Trotting Classic, Canada's richest trotting event, will crown a 40th champion on Saturday. The Maple Leaf Trot – Presented by HPIBET will feature a stacked group of older trotters vying for the winner's share of $680,000. The top 3-year-old trotters in harness racing will look for division supremacy in the $700,000 Canadian Trotting Classic.
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September 15, 2015 4:15 PM
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Ontario Sires Stakes postseason action gets underway at Mohawk Racetrack on Thursday evening (Sept. 17) with eight Grassroots semi-finals for the 2-year-old trotters and pacers.
Trainer Blake MacIntosh won the 2-year-old pacing colt Grassroots championship in 2014 with Star Cover and he will send out two hopefuls on Thursday, including 2-year-old pacing filly division leader Sports Expert.
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