Amateur Driving Series

A scant difference of a nostril made Lucky Matter and driver John Calabrese the victor of the $12,162 American Harness Drivers Club (AHDC) Trot at Freehold Raceway on Saturday afternoon (Feb. 3).

Bob Hechkoff launched Southwind Frost from off the speed through the final turn and landed the winning blow on the line to take the $9,000 American Harness Drivers Club (AHDC) Trot at Freehold Raceway...

John Ahle and Austin Siegelman left little opportunity for any other driver to score on the 12-race card at Freehold Raceway on Saturday, Jan. 13.

Amateur driver Larry Ferrari began his 2024 season just as he wrapped up 2023 — with a win.

On Sunday (Dec. 31), Harrah’s Philadelphia held a 14-race twilight card to close out its 2023 racing season.

Some say that the “Western Union” wire is no longer fashionable, replaced by e-mail and other forms of instant communication. The seven-year-old (soon to be eight) So Wishfull proved that may be a bit...

The final day of the First Tracks Cumberland’s Winter Festival extended pari-mutuel meet included an appearance by Santa Claus in the first race, along with a thrilling dead heat in the $10,000 Holly ...

Treacherous Penny returned to winning ways on the evening of Saturday, Dec. 23 with a gutsy victory in the $18,000 co-featured Filly and Mare Open Handicap Pace at MGM Northfield Park.

Christmas came early this year for Johnathan Ahle and the owners and trainers whom he drove for on Saturday, Dec. 23 at Freehold Raceway as he won five of his nine drives on the card.

John Calabrese has been chosen the U.S. Harness Writers Association (USHWA) Amateur Driver of the Year for 2023 in a vote conducted by USHWA with the amateur driving clubs.

Driver Aaron Hall swept all three of the $6,000 divisions of the Jack Frost Trotting Series at First Tracks Cumberland on Sunday, Dec. 17 -- two of which were from his own stable and one from his dad ...