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Anndrovette must enjoy racing 1-1/8 miles at the Meadowlands. The multiple-award-winning 8-year-old mare captured Saturday’s (Aug. 8) $251,250 Lady Liberty for older female pacers at the Big M at the added distance of 1-1/8 miles, defeating Table Talk by 1-1/4 lengths in 2:04.1. 
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Deweylovernleaver eked out a second straight Gold Series victory by less than a length at Mohawk Racetrack on Friday evening. The 2-year-old trotting colt and driver Trevor Henry hit the wire one-quarter length ahead of Dewey Dont Cheat and Zlatan in the second of three C$70,000 Gold Series divisions. The fan favorites controlled the tempo for much of the mile and halted the Mohawk teletimer at 1:57.1, a new personal best for the young trotter. “I think he is a little bit lazy,” said trainer Chris Beaver of the trotter’s narrow margin of victory. “He can grab onto the bit pretty good, but once he gets into the mile he does seem like he only gives you what he needs to.”
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Sam Hill had to work hard for the early lead, but he was much the best once he got there, capturing his third straight victory in Friday's $15,000 Winners Over $10,000 Life Pace at The Meadows. Carol's Comet seized the lead and forced Sam Hill to a :27.1 opening quarter. But the 9-year-old Artsplace-Apple Of My Eye gelding suffered no anxious moments thereafter, easily thwarting the first-over challenge of Hillbilly Hanover to defeat him by a half-length in 1:51.3. Visible Gold rallied for show. Greg Wright, Jr. piloted Sam Hill, who extended his lifetime bankroll to $378,477, for trainer John Sullivan and owner Don Tiger.
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Yonkers Raceway Friday (August 7) night hosted the $151,625 New York Sire Stakes Mike Cohen Trot for 2-year-old fillies. The event went in five, same-worth $30,325 divisions. The quintet of races honored the memory of the former Yonkers and NBC Sports publicity director, with his family and friends making winner’s circle presentations.
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Jess's Dream, the first offspring of 2009 Horse of the Year Rachel Alexandra, is nearing his highly anticipated first career start, which could come this summer at Saratoga Race Course. On Aug. 2 the 3-year-old colt's year-younger half sister, Rachel's Valentina, registered a promising two-length debut victory at the Spa. TheBernardini filly is trained by Todd Pletcher for Barbara Banke's Stonestreet Stables, which campaigned Rachel Alexandra along with Harold McCormick. A son of Curlin trained by Kiaran McLaughlin for Stonestreet, Jess's Dream has been breezing steadily on the Saratoga main track. He most recently logged his first breeze at five furlongs, which he completed in a bullet 1:00.10 Aug. 6. The time was the fastest at 16 at the distance.
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Pacing divisions of the Grand Circuit Tompkins-Geers stakes highlight the on-track action this weekend at Tioga Downs, headlining Sunday (Aug. 9) afternoon's extended 16-race card, while the second annual Tioga Downs World Chicken Spiedie Eating Championship Presented by Lupo's will take place on the tarmac Saturday (Aug. 8) evening. Twenty-five 2-year-old pacing colts and geldings contest a trio of Tompkins-Geers divisions, carded as races seven, nine, and 11 on the pari-mutuel portion of Sunday's card. In the first $28,442 division, Steve Elliott trainee Talk Show (Scott Zeron, 2-1 morning line favorite) looks to keep his undefeated record intact, soundly defeating New York Sire Stakes company at Tioga on July 17 in 1:52.3. The son of Art Major drew post six in the field of eight, and will have to face the likes of McDave (Marcus Miller, 4-1) and JK Will Power (Matt Kakaley, 9-2), both of whom ship in after successful efforts in Pennsylvania Sire Stakes events.
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Freshman pacing fillies will be coming to The Downs at Mohegan Sun Pocono for the third preliminary leg of Pennsylvania-sired action, with four divisions of a $253,980 Sire Stakes contest on Sunday (Aug. 9) and six divisions of $120,000 Stallion Series action on Tuesday (Aug. 11). These fillies have shown remarkable competitiveness as there will be eight winners from the first two legs of the Sire Stakes and no fewer than 12 previous Stallion Series winners competing in the two days and of those 20 fillies, only one has won in both legs so far -- Pure Country, a Sire Stakes filly who gives every indication that she could be headed for national stardom. Pure Country is a filly who is pure pedigree on both sides. Her sire is newly-installed Horse Hall of Famer Somebeachsomewhere and her dam, Western Montana, is a Western Hanover who earned $175,000 at the races. And Western Montana’s bloodlines include two full brothers, Allamerican Ingot and Allamerican Inca, who won $2 million between them and a Jate Lobell $900,000-winning half-brother in LCB.
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All eyes were on the heavy 1/9 favorite L A Delight in Thursday night’s final of the Whenuwishuponastar Series and she did not disappoint. The Bob McIntosh trainee cruised to victory over five other rookie pacing fillies in 1:53.4 to take the $36,800 series finale
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rainer Kristin Mulhall visited the Gulfstream Park winner's circle for the first time Aug. 6, when Thunder Basin prevailed by 6 1/2 lengths in the day's third race, a the mile maiden claiming event on the dirt main track.
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California is the third state jockey Santiago Gonzalez has ventured to in his quest to make a place for himself in American racing.
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With a relatively low number of 3-year-old dirt stakes available during Del Mar’s summer meeting, a group of well-regarded dirt prospects are heading to the turf for the $150,000 La Jolla Handicap (gr. IIIT) Aug. 9.
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Woodbine perennial leading trainer Mark Casse would seem to have the Wonder Where Stakes surrounded. Three of the 10 3-year-old fillies entered in the $250,000, 10-furlong turf test for Canadian-breds hail from the Casse barn, including two of the likely favorites. Galina Point has run well over Woodbine's Polytrack and tries the grass for the first time. She ran second, missing by a nose and a neck, respectively, in the Bison City Stakes and Eternal Search Stakes her last two times out. She was a one-turn winner in the Lady Angela Stakes in May at Woodbine and is in very consistent form.
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Trainer Ron Burke went back and forth for weeks, unsure whether he should race Mission Brief in Saturday's Hambletonian Oaks for fillies at the Meadowlands or later on the same card against the boys in the Hambletonian. He looked at every factor, crunched every number he could find and weighed the tricky situation that involves his regular driver. In the end, he chose the Hambletonian, and for the simplest reason of them all: he has the fastest horse. Mission Brief is one of the most gifted trotting fillies the sport has ever seen. She won a race last year at the Red Mile in 1:50.3, easily the fastest time ever for a 2-year-old trotter and 1 3/5th seconds faster than any 2-year-old male trotter has ever gone. "I didn't look at it like I've got a filly and they have colts and that's a knock against our horse," Burke said. "I looked at it as can our horse trot as fast as them? I think she can out-trot any of them if she is right. I felt all along she is the best horse. If you don't believe in your horse you might as well not even show up."
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Royally-bred Broadway Donna kept her perfect streak intact Saturday, August 8 at the Meadowlands, holding off a late-closing Kathy Parker to win the $389,450 Jim Doherty Memorial for two-year-old filly trotters in 1:54.2. The victory was the sixth in as many starts for the Donato Hanover lass trained by Jim Campbell for breeder and owner Fashion Farms. Lining up third in the field of 10 and sent off as the heavy betting favorite, driver David Miller floated the filly out fourth and waited patiently through a :27.3 opening quarter that saw Sunset Glider and Kathy Parker gap the field after an early break by Celebrity Eventsy. When he moved Broadway Donna from the pylons she quickly advanced to the top just after the half (:56.4) and set the tempo turning for home (1:25). The freshman trotter maintained the lead in the stretch, narrowly holding off a late rally from Kathy Parker and Johnny Takter. Sunset Glider and Yannick Gingras were third. Broadway Donna returned $2.20, $2.00 and $2.10.
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Yonkers Raceway Friday night hosted the $151,625 New York Sires Stakes Mike Cohen Trot for 2-year-old fillies. The event went in five, same-worth $30,325 divisions. The quintet of races honored the memory of the former Yonkers and NBC Sports publicity director, with his family and friends making winner's circle presentations. Lima Playtime (Mark MacDonald, $7.50) did her equine Roger Bannister impression, cracking the two-minute mile in the third division. Though wide early from post position No. 4, she aired by 4¾ lengths in a night's-fastest/life-best 1:59.4.
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Yagonnakissmeornot, winless since May 13 and having raced only once since July 4, was still assigned the outside post eight in Friday's $30,000 mares open handicap pace at The Downs at Mohegan Sun Pocono, and the daughter of The Panderosa bore out the local racing office's judgment by rallying from fifth at midstretch to win in 1:50.1. Driver Simon Allard got away fourth, just behind Ooh Bad Shark, who had hung a nose loss on"Yagonna" on Sun Stakes Saturday, as the brothers Napolitano argued over the early lead, with Anthony and Monkey On My Wheel ceding the lead to George and favored Inittowinafortune after a searing opener of :26. Inittowinafortune continued on the front end, hitting the half in :53.3, and as she approached the 1:21.4 three-quarters, there was an interesting two seconds of harness chess. Allard had edged outside with Yagonnakissmeornot, but he did not dash right up, waiting to see what Ooh Bad Shark would do. Allan Davis did decide to vacate the three hole with the "Shark," giving the winner valuable cover on the far turn.
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Freaky Feet Pete turned in another dominating performance to find the winner’s circle at Hoosier Park Racing & Casino on Friday in his split of the $20,000 Indiana Sires Stakes eliminations for three-year-old pacing colts and geldings, extending his win streak to six in the process. Driven by regular pilot Trace Tetrick, Freaky Feet Pete reached the wire five lengths in front of his closest competitor to stop the clock in 1:50.1 and notch his fifth win of the season. Tetrick took no chances and sent the overwhelming 1-9 favorite to the front from post eight in the field of nine. Freaky Feet Pete leisurely strolled through fractions of :26.2, :54.4 and 1:23.2 while the rest of the field remained in single file order. Kelly D and Sam Widger benefitted from a pocket trip while Sumthintallnstrong and James Yoder began the first over bid down the backside. Doing what Freaky Feet Pete has done all season long, he began to separate himself from the rest of the field turning for home. With a four-length lead at the top of the stretch, Freaky Feet Pete used a :26.4 final panel to coast on to the wire under a hand drive from Tetrick.
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Jockey Casey Lambert, who turns 50 Aug. 24 and has won nearly 3,400 races on Thoroughbreds and Quarter Horses, plans to retire from riding when the summer horse racing season ends Sept. 7. "I've been riding really well, but I've decided that it's time," Lambert said. "I've always had in the back of my mind that when my boys graduate from high school, that's when I would start to wind it up. Now it's been a couple of years past that, and I'm turning 50 this summer; I'm ready to start a new chapter in my life."
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Fashion Creditor is heading to Saturday’s $1.2 million Hambletonian Stakes for 3-year-old trotters at the Meadowlands off the fastest winning mile of his life and trainer Tom Fanning believes the colt could take another step forward on harness racing’s biggest stage. The Hambletonian is the first jewel in the Trotting Triple Crown and attracted a field of 18 male trotters and one female -- world champion Mission Brief. She is the 6-5 favorite in the second of two $100,000 elimination races on Saturday, with Pinkman being the 8-5 favorite in the first division. The top five finishers from each elimination return later in the day for the $1 million final. Coverage of the Hambletonian will air from 4-5:30 p.m. on CBS Sports Network.
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State-breds took the stage once again at Scioto Downs on Thursday (Aug. 6) when 66 2-year-old trotting and pacing colts raced for more than $277,000 in purses for their respective divisions of the Ohio State Fair races. Nothin Fancy stayed perfect, winning the fastest and last division of pacers in 1:53.3 for driver Kyle Ater and trainer Fred Huff Jr. Now four-for-four, the son of Metropolitan and JL Cruise The Nite has $60,009 in earnings for Huff and John Fairchild. Greg Grismore steered Smoke Up Johnny to a 1:53.4 win in the third division for trainer Doug Hinklin. The Big Bad John colt out of Leda’s Twoeleven is owned by Parent Racing Stable LLC.
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Yonkers Raceway Thursday night hosted the $166,874 New York Sire Stakes Armand Palatucci Pace for 3-year-old colts and geldings. The event went in two divisions, worth $84,187 of $82,687, respectively. The first division saw Rock in Heaven (Dave Miller, $5.30) last on the lead and win a three-horse photo. Leaving from post position No. 2, Rock in Heaven worked around 7-5 favorite Betting Exchange (Jim Morrill Jr.), then put up intervals of :28.1, :57.4; 1:26.2 and 1:53.2. He held off a closing Soto (Dan Dube) by a nose, with Betting Exchange beaten in neck from the pocket.
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Natalie Jowett Antley does not know what she will say about her late husband, Chris Antley, when she speaks at the National Museum of Racing’s Hall of Fame on Friday. She has been worried more about how her daughter will hold up when the father who died before she was born will be recognized as one of the greatest jockeys of all time. She is reminded of him every day when she looks in Violet Grace Antley’s piercing blue eyes and sees her late husband looking back. Antley passed his love of horses on to his daughter — Natalie and Violet have made the trip to the training center in Elloree, S.C., where a teenage Chris first discovered that he had a gift for thoroughbreds.
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California is the third state jockey Santiago Gonzalez has ventured to in his quest to make a place for himself in American racing.
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Classic winner Palace Malice is scheduled to make his first start since May in the $100,000 Alydar Stakes Aug. 9 at Saratoga Race Course. The 1 1/8-mile Alydar, for 4-year-olds and older who haven't won a stakes in 2015 other than state-bred events, attracted 12 entries. Palace Malice, who won the 2013 Belmont Stakes (gr. I) and last year's Metropolitan Handicap (gr. I), will be making just his second start of the season after finishing third in his first 2015 effort, the Diablo Stakes atBelmont Park.
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Grade II winner Wildcat Red, who returned to winning form in the $100,000 Teddy Drone Stakes Aug. 2 atMonmouth Park, is scheduled to race next in the $700,000 Forego Stakes (gr. I) Aug. 29 at Saratoga Race Course. Trainer Jose Garoffalo returned toGulfstream Park this week to tend to his stable, but the 4-year-old son ofD'wildcat has remained at Monmouth and is slated to move to Saratoga in a couple weeks to prepare for the seven-furlong race. "He's back. He is back in perfect shape," Garoffalo said of grade I-placed Wildcat Red. "He's going to the Forego. I think it's the best distance for him. It's going to be a tough race, but I think seven-eighths is his best distance."
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