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Friday’s (Sept. 11) card at The Meadows Racetrack & Casino will offer more than $1.72 million in purses -- one of the richest programs in track history -- anchored by four Pennsylvania Sires Stakes championships for 2-year-olds. Each championship carries a purse of $350,000, with a $60,000 consolation also offered in each division. First post Friday is 12:55 p.m. 
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Jimmy Takter-trained Creatine was unlucky with the draw in the UET Masters Trot final to be raced Sunday (Sept. 13) at Mons Racetrack in Belgium. Twelve trotters were entered in the race and Creatine with Johnny Takter drew number nine and thus will race from the second tier. Eight trotters will race from the first tier. Swedish trotters dominate the entry list with no less than seven born in Sweden. France, by far the biggest trotting nation in Europe, has just one entry, Timoko, who will go to the International Trot at Yonkers after this race.
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Friday's card at The Meadows Racetrack & Casino will offer more than $1.72 million in purses — one of the richest programs in track history — anchored by four Pennsylvania Sires Stakes championships for 2-year-olds. Each championship carries a purse of $350,000, with a $60,000 consolation also offered in each division. First post Friday is 12:55 p.m. Much of the attention will be focused on the trotting finals, as Love Matters and two precocious fillies, Broadway Donna and Whitelake Hanover, look to extend their career unbeaten streaks and stake serious claims to divisional honors. Combined, the trio is 19-19. Love Matters caught the eye of Hall of Fame trainer Jimmy Takter, who purchased the colt from the Erv Miller stable before his sixth and most recent victory, a PASS win at The Meadows, for Christina Takter, Brixton Medical, John Fielding and Herb Liverman. Takter, who has been hands-on with the son of Explosive Matter-Lotsa Love for only a few days, indicated he's made no significant rigging or training changes, and that regular pilot Marcus Miller will retain the mount, guiding the colt from post 6 in the eighth race.
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Wednesday's (Sept. 9) edition of Racing Roundup features results stories from Saratoga Casino and Raceway, Batavia Downs, Vernon Downs and Running Aces.
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The Pickett Factor will try to extend his Louisiana Downs win streak to four straight races when he starts in a graded stakes for the first time on Saturday, Sept. 12 in the $400,000 Super Derby (gr. II). A Louisiana-bred racing for Ralph Irwin, The Pickett Factor has rolled to three straight wins, all at Louisiana Downs, by a combined 12 1/4 lengths. The son of Gold Tribute raced farther in each of those efforts, starting the win streak with a 5 1/4-length score in a seven-furlong allowance race, posting a 5 3/4-length win in a one-mile, 70-yard allowance for Louisiana-breds, and winning his stakes debut, the 1 1/16-mile Super Derby Prelude Stakes, going 1 1/16 miles Aug. 8.
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Other than a troubled run in the Queen's Plate, when she did not finish the Canadian classic against males, Academic has had a standout year and she'll run against the boys for the third straight race in the $250,000 British Columbia Derby (Can-III) Sept. 13 at Hastings Racecourse.
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Her approval rating in New York would shame any politician, as would her margins of victory. Fortunately for the electeds, Barn Doll isn't taking them on. Unfortunately for the seven lasses she sees Saturday night, Barn Doll is taking them on. Barn Doll, her sights on another sire stakes championship, drew post position No. 5 in the Majestic View Farms International 3-Year-Old Filly Trot. The event is the first of four Yonkers Raceway finales comprising Part I of the 26th New York Night of Champions. The $225,000 finals for 3-year-old pacers and trotters go Saturday (races 5 through 8), while the equally-purse quartet of finales for 2-year-olds is set for Saturday, Sept. 26. Each of the eight events is sponsored by a prominent New York breeding farm. As for Barn Doll, the daughter of Conway Hall has never left Empire's boundaries in her 21-race, $560,850 career. Her 17 wins (with three seconds) have included four in five Yonkers starts, highlighted last season's frosh championship.
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A big-time graded stakes around two turns for 2-year-olds greets Churchill Downs' September fall meet, and while most of the 12 males entered for the $150,000 Iroquois Stakes (gr. III) are light on experience, several are strong on pedigree. The Iroquois is the official start off the Triple Crown campaign for 2016, as points toward next year's Kentucky Derby Presented by Yum! Brands (gr. I) are on the line. The race is also a "Win and You're In" event for the Sentient Jet Breeders' Cup Juvenile (gr. I).
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A well-balanced field of 3-year-old fillies, including recent grade II winners Mrs McDougal and Sentiero Italia, has been entered in the Sands Point Stakes (gr. IIT) on the Sept. 12 opening Saturday card at Belmont Park.
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Deweylovernleaver heads to Friday’s eliminations for the William Wellwood Memorial for 2-year-old male trotters at Mohawk Racetrack with a three-race win streak, not to mention the admiration of trainer/co-owner Chris Beaver. “He could be as good as anything I’ve trained, from what I can tell right now,” Beaver said. “He does it all very easy. He moves very easy; he’s not pushing himself to do what he’s doing. And he’s very easy on himself in the barn. “He doesn’t do anything wrong. He’s a very complete horse all the way around.”
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Lexington Lady, a winner of seven of 10 starts this season, looks to be the one to beat in the $155,000 Orange & Blue Filly Championship for 2-year-olds on Saturday (Sept. 12) at Balmoral Park. Trained and owned by Hosea Williams, the daughter of Lexington Legend-Sephie Kay was bred by Jerry Graham and was foaled May 18, 2013 in Salem, Ill. A bargain price at just $2,500 at the 2014 Illini Classic Yearling Sale, Lexington Lady is a half-sister to Captain Obvious p,4,1:55 ($46,914); Stephie Clay p,1:56.1 ($36,260); Tornado Henry p,4,1:53.4 ($19,074); and Runinthrudabridle p,4,2:01.1f ($11,686) -- all by Henry Clay.
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Over the years the International Trots were raced on American soil and featured the most outstanding older trotters in the world. Since the race was an American initiative, one would figure that the host country would have had the most winners in the event. Initially that was not the case but over the course of time the United States trotters emerged victorious 15 times, only three more than the amount of French victories. Sweden’s three International Trot wins is third best followed by Canada’s two. Denmark, Italy and the Netherlands trotters each had one win in the international event. And though they started multiple times in the International Trots, no German or Finnish horse has won the event. A Finnish horse, Seabiscuit, is currently being considered as a potential invitee for this year’s event.
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Oceanport Stakes (gr. IIIT) winner Heart to Heart heads this year's edition of the $200,000 PTHA President's Cup Stakesat Parx Racing on Sept. 12, joined byDivine Oath and last year's winner, Margano. Heart to Heart, a 4-year-old son of English Channel who is three times a grade III winner for Terry Hamilton and trainer Brian Lynch, comes off that Aug. 2 victory in wire-to-wire fashion going 1 1/16 miles at Monmouth Park.
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During the nine-day fair meet at the Windsor (ME) Fair, two track records were set and the trot was a state record. Jason Bartlett, one of the leading drivers at Yonkers Raceway and our native son from Windsor, returned on Sunday (Sept. 6) and drove two races. He set the track and state trot record in 1:56.2 with Neverdie.
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Jimmy Takter-trained Creatine was unlucky with the draw in the UET Masters Trot final to be raced Sunday (Sept. 13) at Mons Racetrack in Belgium. Twelve trotters were entered in the race and Creatine with Johnny Takter drew number nine and thus will race from the second tier. Eight trotters will race from the first tier. Swedish trotters dominate the entry list with no less than seven born in Sweden. France, by far the biggest trotting nation in Europe, has just one entry, Timoko, who will go to the International Trot at Yonkers after this race.
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All five days of Grand Circuit harness racing action from the Delaware County Fair (Sept. 20-24) will be broadcast on Delaware radio stations WDLR (1550AM), WINF(98.5FM) and Marysville's True Oldies WQTT (1270-AM). The broadcasts include the live call of each race from the track announcers, interviews, handicapping analysis of each race, updated odds and complete mutual results. Airtime begins each day 30 minutes before post time. Post times are scheduled for 1 p.m. on Sunday (Sept. 20) and Tuesday (Sept. 22), 3 p.m. on Monday (Sept. 21) and 11 a.m. on Wednesday (Sept. 23) and Thursday (Sept. 24).
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Harness racing fans with an affinity for the trotting gait were in heaven on Wednesday (Sept. 9) as Harrington Raceway carded a 12-race program exclusively for trotters.
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Last year's Travers Stakes (gr. I) winner V. E. Day will get a class break on Saturday, Sept. 12 when he starts in the $200,000 Temperence Hill Stakes at Belmont Park. Magalen Bryant's V.E. Day has not won since his upset victory in the Travers, but the son of English Channel has raced exclusively in graded stakes in the five starts since his close Travers win for trainer Jimmy Jerkens, where he defeated stablemate Wicked Strong by a nose. While V.E. Day was little factor in his most recent start, a fifth-place finish in the Whitney Stakes (gr. I) Aug. 8 at Saratoga Race Course, he finished second by a nose to Coach Inge in the 1 1/2-mile Brooklyn Invitational Stakes (gr. II) June 6 at Belmont. He'll add another furlong to that distance in the 1 5/8-mile Temperence Hill.
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Eleven juvenile fillies will line up Sept. 12 with a Breeders' Cup berth on the line in the $200,000 Natalma Stakes (Can-IIT) at Woodbine. The mile turf event is a Breeders' Cup Challenge "Win and You're In" race for the Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf (gr. IT) Oct. 30 at Keeneland, awarding the winner an automatic place in the starting gate.
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Three graded stakes winners will look to claim their second victories in that category in the $300,000 Kentucky Turf Cup Stakes (gr. IIIT) Sept. 12 at Kentucky Downs.
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Adirondack Stakes (gr. II) victress Just Wicked heads a field of eight 2-year-old fillies for the $200,000 Pocahontas (gr. II)Sept. 12 at Churchill Downs, an event that officially launches the 2015-16 Road to the Kentucky Oaks. The 1 1/16-mile test will see the daughter of Tapit depart from post 7 as the even-money favorite on the morning line, assigned the high weight of 122 pounds under regular rider Jose Ortiz.
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Conquest Stables and trainer Mark Casse and will seek a third straight score in the Summer Stakes(Can-IIT) with two entrants Sept. 12 at Woodbine.
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Due to the Pope's visit to the city of Philadelphia, which is expected to bring heavy congestion to the area and surrounding communities, Harrah's Philadelphia will be dark on Sunday, Sept. 27. Harrah's will race live on Monday, Sept. 28, with the regular post time of 12:40 p.m.
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Fresh off a very convincing score in last week's elimination action, Peter Karras's Fox Valley Charm will put a three-race winning streak on the line when she steps on to the track as the morning line favorite in Saturday's $116,000 Grandma Ann Championship for 3-year-old pacing fillies at Balmoral Park. After admittedly flying under the radar a bit during her freshman season, the $2,500 yearling purchase has really started to blossom under the tutelage of veteran conditioner Dirk Simpson, who seems to be quite smitten by the bay daughter of Yankee Skyscaper—Fox Valley Cherub. "She's really a nice horse to be around every day,” said Simpson. "She loves to do her work, she's happy to go out to the track and she's a big strong filly who is as consistent as they come and just seems to keep getting better and better.”
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Fresh off a very convincing 1-3/4 length score in last week’s elimination action, Peter Karras’ Fox Valley Charm will put a three-race winning streak on the line when she steps on to the track as the morning line favorite in Saturday’s (Sept. 12) $116,000 Grandma Ann Championship for 3-year-old pacing fillies at Balmoral Park. After admittedly flying under the radar a bit during her freshman season, the $2,500 yearling purchase has really started to blossom under the tutelage of veteran conditioner Dirk Simpson who seems to be quite smitten by the bay daughter of Yankee Skyscaper-Fox Valley Cherub.
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