Wiggle It Jiggleit prepped for a start in the Little Brown Jug by winning a qualifying race by a whopping 14 1/2 lengths in 1:50.2 on Tuesday morning at Harrah's Philadelphia. The 3-year-old gelding capped off the effort with a :27.2 last quarter with Montrell Teague along for the ride.
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The eighth and final division of the New York Sire Stakes will visit Batavia Downs on Wednesday (Sept. 16) when 15 2-year-old pacing fillies congregate to vie for their share of the $109,000 in purses up for grabs. This will be the last time this class will compete before the $900,000 NYSS Night of Champions for 2-year-olds at Yonkers Raceway on Saturday (Sept. 26) and for some, the outcome of their performance here will dictate whether or not they make the cut in the point standings. The top six point-getters are solid to make the final, but the last two slots are definitely up for grabs. The first $54,500 division (carded as race three) has four horses on the verge of making the final, but the morning line favorite is making her first start in a NYSS event this year. 
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Southwind Mozart, one of a trio of entrants from the barn of trainer Ake Svanstedt, has been installed as the 7-5 favorite in the $50,500 Charles I. Smith final for 3-year-old trotting colts on Thursday at Freehold Raceway. The Smith and the $35,000 Harold Dancer for 2-year-old colts are both restricted to New Jersey-sired trotters and are sponsored by the Standardbred Breeders & Owners Association of New Jersey. The Dancer will also be contested on Thursday at 12:10 p.m., prior to the betting card. Svanstedt trainees Southwind Mozart (Muscle Hill), Natural Kemp (Muscles Yankee) and Crescent Fashion (Muscle Hill) are separate betting interests as are a pair of Ray Schnittker trainees, Switchblade Hall (Muscles Yankee) and Broken Record (Muscles Yankee). Also entered is the Noel Daley protégé Mountain Top (Muscle Hill).
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Hollywood Dayton Raceway opened for its second season of live racing on Monday night with a large crowd on hand that handled approximately 20 percent more than the comparable night of the inaugural meet in 2014. Drivers Jason Brewer and Randy Tharps emerged as the opening night stars with each of the talented reinsmen scoring triples on the 12-race program. Brewer's hat trick included bookend wins with Mass Destruction (1:55.3) in the first and Little Mans Magic (1:55) in the finale. Sandwiched between was an impressive tally with Jackets Required (1:54.2). Two of Jason's three winner's circle visits were with horses from his father Jeff Brewer's large stable; the other for conditioner Terry Deters. Tharps' first triumph came with Venus Rocks (1:54.1) for trainer Tim Lane, followed by victories with Bye Bye Daddy (1:56.4) for trainer Dennis Putnam and Hanky L (1:53.2) from the Herb LeVan stable.
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Ohio Standardbreds & Friends and some of our Michigan friends made the trip to Ridgetown, Canada to attend their Standardbred Horse Show August 22-23. The very well run show was held under the guidance of Jennifer Graham. The show offered a variety of classes in Dressage, English, Western, Driving, Contesting and some horseless fun classes. Ohio Standardbreds Allamerican Legacy and Senator Sahbra and Michigan Standardbreds Beauclaire Bono and Dinn’s Ghost successfully competed in classes on both days of the show. Senator Sahbra with rider/handler Paul Schiff placed second in Western Halter and placed well in all of his riding classes. Paul and Senator presented a Racking Horse Demo and it was well received. Rumor has it that one of our Canadian friends is teaching her gelding to rack now!
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Skychai Racing's Da Big Hoss, claimed for $50,000 in June, made big on that investment with an off-the-pace victory in the $600,000 Kentucky Turf Cup Stakes (gr. IIIT) for 3-year-olds and up Sept. 14 at Kentucky Downs. Trained by Mike Maker and ridden by Joe Rocco Jr., Da Big Hoss, never worse than third in seven of eight previous starts on grass, caught the early leaders in the 1 1/2-mile Kentucky Turf Cup and pulled away late to win in 2:33.40 on a course rated good. The winner paid $10.60 in a field of 12. Power Ped, who tracked in third for most of the way and bid for the lead in the stretch, finished second, while early leader Roman Approval was third and St. Albans Boy fourth.
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After the dust settles from the first session of the Keeneland September yearling sale Sept. 14, the Thoroughbred racing world can unwind watching jockey Victor Espinoza's "Dancing with the Stars" debut on ABC. The show, which begins at 8 p.m. EDT Monday, will run for 10 weeks. Espinoza, who earlier this year rode Zayat Stables' American Pharoah to capture the first Triple Crown in 37 years, will stay on the program only as long as he and dance partner Karina Smirnoff survive judges' points and fan votes.
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An accomplished field of eight 3-year-old sprinters will line up to contest the $300,000 Gallant Bob Stakes (gr. III) at six furlongs Sept. 19 at Parx Racing. Grand Bili and Hebbronville share highweight of 122 pounds in the Gallant Bob, which is carded as the eighth race with a probable post time of 4:05 p.m. EDT. It is one of three graded stakes on the Saturday program; the others, each worth $1 million, are the grade II Pennsylvania Derby and grade I Cotillion.
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Cheyenne Stables and Mac Nichol'sMadefromlucky will attempt to make it back-to-back grade II victories in the $1 million Pennsylvania Derby Sept. 19 at Parx Racing. The 1 1/8-mile Derby drew a field of 10 3-year-olds including highweight Frosted, who will carry 124 pounds because he is a grade I winner this year. The Pennsylvania Derby is carded as race 10 with a scheduled post time of 5:45 p.m. EDT.
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Order of St George capped a group I triple for Coolmore and associates Sept. 13 at the Curragh in winning the Irish St. Leger (Ire-I), but the race was marred by the fatal breakdown of last year's winner Brown Panther. Order of St George, scratched from the English equivalent the previous day at Doncaster, was the only 3-year-old in the field of 11 but was sent off the 5-4 favorite. The son of Galileo moved to the front just more than 2 1/2 furlongs out before powering clear to win by 11 lengths. Jockey Joseph O'Brien settled Order of St George at the back of the field as last year's winner Brown Panther tracked pacesetter Good Tradition from second. But Brown Panther was abruptly pulled up halfway through the race by Richard Kingscote, having suffered a compound fracture of a hind leg.
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Al Shaqab Racing's two-time Arc winner Treve pulled away with stunning ease in the stretch, leaving her overmatched rivals behind in the Qatar Prix Vermeille (Fr-I) Sept. 13 at Longchamp. The Motivator mare was fourth in last year's race, a prep for the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe (Fr-I), which she will try to win for an unprecedented third time Oct. 4 at Longchamp. On Sunday she put another Vermeille defeat out of the question, proving again to be in a class all her own as she cruised unchallenged to a 4 1/2-length triumph. Under Thierry Jarnet's strong hold early, Treve came from midfield into contention on the turn and went wide to rally. When Jarnet gave her the cue a quarter-mile out, she was quick to oblige and secured the victory in the matter of a few powerful strides.
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L A Delight continued her dominance in the Champlain Filly Stakes Saturday night at Mohawk Racetrack.Just a single division was needed for the Champlain Filly Stakes, as a field of nine competed for a rich purse of $241,380.
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George Teague Jr. was at Scioto Downs on Saturday night to see his homebred 2-year-old filly pacer Miss Me Yet capture a $225,000 Ohio Sires Stakes championship, and Teague said he doesn't plan for it to be his only trip to Ohio this month. He plans to supplement his 3-year-old pacer Wiggle It Jiggleit to the Little Brown Jug, set for Sept. 24 at the Delaware County Fairgrounds. Wiggle It Jiggleit, the winner of the Meadowlands Pace, Milstein Memorial, Hempt Memorial and Battle of the Brandywine, will have to be supplemented to the Jug. Horses who win either the North America Cup, Meadowlands Pace, Cane and Messenger who are not eligible to the Jug can be supplemented at a cost of $45,000.
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More than 40 years after rewriting record books during his legendary Triple Crown campaign, Secretariat is now inscribed with yet another world record. One of his race-worn shoes was the inspiration in the collaborative effort by the Kentucky Derby Museum, the Secretariat Festival, and Secretariat.com to create the world's largest horseshoe. The super-sized replica has been certified for this official distinction by international authority Guinness World Records and will make its public debut at 1 p.m., Sunday, Sept. 20 at the museum. The unveiling will be a satellite event for the weekend-long, Bourbon County-based Secretariat Festival and a continuation of the 30th anniversary celebration for the Museum.
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Bettor Be Steppin, the richest 3-year-old female pacer in North America this season, will step out for the first time since winning last month’s Valley Forge Stakes when she faces eight rivals in Wednesday’s (Sept. 16) $170,000 Nadia Lobell at The Meadows in western Pennsylvania. The Joe Holloway-trained filly leaves from post No. 2 with driver Corey Callahan and is the 5-2 morning line favorite in the event for 3-year-old filly pacers. Bettor Be Steppin has won five of 11 races this year, finished second on three occasions, and earned $419,150 for owners Val D’Or Farms, Rojan Stables, and Ted Gewertz. In addition to winning the Valley Forge on Aug. 22 at The Downs at Mohegan Sun Pocono, Bettor Be Steppin’s victories include the Lynch Memorial and two divisions of the New York Sire Stakes. She also finished in a dead-heat second with stablemate Divine Caroline in the Shady Daisy and was second in a division of the Adioo Volo.
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The Kindergarten series returns to The Red Mile on Thursday evening with five divisions of the Grand Circuit event that include all four of last week's winners. The colts are up first in races three, five and six and there are promising prospects in each. Jack Vernon looks to make amends with the horseplayers for a miscue in last week's race having made a break at a nickel on a dollar. He'll face stiff competition led by Dominion Beach who comes into this race off a win in the Champlain at Mohawk for the training - driving team of Nancy and Marcus Johansson and owner Courant AB.
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For the first time in RUS Ontario history, American trainers, horses and riders came across the border to race. On Saturday (Sept. 12) at Hiawatha Horse Park in Sarnia, Ontario, the Americans invaded. Alas the home team held firm and took home the top four spots. With three strong American based teams entered, including two-time RUS winner Funny Photo, New York County Fair standout Glorious Winner and 2014 U.S top earning Monte horse A Penny Earned, the race was drawn as a handicap and the American horses found themselves saddled with the five, six and seven post positions, but it was the formidable Canadian duo of Tragically Shipp and Natalie Elliott that found themselves furthest out in the eight spot.
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Daryl Bier's Bandolito ($3.40, Bier) was a decisive winner in the $16,000 Open Pace Monday at Harrington Raceway in 1:50.4. Driven by his owner/trainer, Bandolito immediately went for the lead from post position four and never relented in an open length win over Adventure Bound and Just A Jolt. It was the ninth win of the year for the 6-year-old Ponderstallion, who earned a berth in the $150,000 Bobby Quillen Memorial Invitational next Monday September 21 at Harrington, featuring some of the top older pacers in harness racing. Bandolito has banked more than $136,000 in 2015 and nearly $420,000 in his career.
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I'm a Chatterbox will be eyeing another shot Sept. 19 to graduate from graded stakes winner to grade I winner in the $1 million Cotillion Stakes Sept. 19 at Parx Racing. Fletcher and Carolyn Gray will be hoping their homebred can shed the bad racing luck that caused her to be disqualified to second in the Coaching Club American Oaks Stakes (gr. I) after she interfered with winner Curalina, or the Alabama Stakes (gr. I) in which she got squeezed at the break and then lugged in down the stretch to cost her some momentum. In the Alabama she was 1 1/4 lengths in second behind Embellish the Lace.
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Cowgirl Hall lulled the field with a sleepy 57.4 opening half, then sprinted home to collect her fifth consecutive victory in Monday’s $18,000 Filly & Mare Winners Over $10,000 Life/Preferred Handicap Trot at The Meadows.
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Apprentice jockey Kali Francois earned her first victory as a jockey Sept. 13 aboard Marcy Brooks and David Diamond's Brave Titan at Monmouth Park. Francois, a 24-year-old native of Wisconsin, has spent most of the spring and summer riding at Delaware Park, where Brave Titan, trained by Douglas Seyler, last raced. Brave Titan, a 4-year-old Cowboy Cal colt, won the Monmouth race by 6 1/4 lengths.
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Your votes are in! JL Cruze was a clear winner, taking more than 39 percent of the fan votes for the U.S. representative in the $1 million International Trot. Unfortunately, his connections do not have confidence that he can trot around the Yonkers Raceway half-mile track. "The fans have selected JL Cruze to represent the United States in the International Trot and Yonkers Raceway has extended an invitation to JL Cruze's connections. However, they have declined the invitation and have chosen not to race in the International Trot. Several top American trotters remain in the running for an invite,” said Yonkers Race Secretary Steve Starr. Following JL Cruze in the voting were Natural Herbie and Obrigado. Both are in the running for an invitation to the International Trot.
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JMJ Racing Stables' Interpol struck the front at the top of the stretch and held off a late-closing drive from 2013 New Zealand Derby (NZ-I) victress Habibi to win the $339,400 (U.S. $255,874) Northern Dancer Presented by HPIBet(Can-IT) Sept. 13 at Woodbine. It was the first grade I win for 4-year-oldEnglish Channel colt, as well as for his jockey Emma-Jayne Wilson, who also guided Interpol to his first graded victory last time out in the Sky Classic (gr. IIT) for trainer Sid Attard Aug. 16 at the Toronto track.
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Bruce Lunsford's homebred Stacked Deck held off 2014 Bold Venture Stakes(Can-III) winner Calgary Cat with a determined drive and claimed his first graded score Sept. 13, winning this year's edition of the $150,000 test at Woodbine. Essence Hit Man, the 2013 Bold Venture winner, set the pace through a quarter in :22.55 for the 6 1/2-furlong test on the all-weather track, while Stacked Deck and jockey Luis Saez put on steady pressure to his outside hip.
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Betting Line and Nvestment Bluechip scored victories in the Champlain Stakes for two-year-old pacers Saturday night at Mohawk Racetrack.
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