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Bella Bellini Bested At Pocono

August 28, 2021

Hambletonian Oaks winner Bella Bellini, making her first start since winning that classic three starts ago, got away last against very tough opposition and made up a little ground but not enough to em...

Philly Sweep For Team Orange Crush

“Team Orange Crush” swept the two trotting features at Harrah’s Philadelphia on Thursday afternoon, with the $15,300 top purse event seeing the red-hot Archangel four-year-old gelding Angel Nation com...

Big Oil Prevails In Philly Trot

Big Oil may be finding himself in top free-for-all company soon after he posted a 1:52.3 victory over odds-on favourite Scirocco Rob in Thursday afternoon's (June 24) $16,200 featured trot at Harrah’s...

Angel Nation Impresses In Philly

The wife/husband team of trainer Julie and driver Andy Miller swept the featured trotting events at Harrah’s Philadelphia on Thursday afternoon, including the $14,400 co-features, one with a filly the...

Stars Out At Philly Tuesday

At Harrah’s Philadelphia, the stars come out on Tuesday morning, as returning veterans and sophomores alike were impressive in their qualifying races.

PASS Wins For Amigo Volo, Big Oil

August 31, 2020

Amigo Volo and Big Oil have sharpened their games by taking on their division’s best all season. That preparation showed Monday at The Meadows when each captured a division of the Pennsylvania Sire St...

Family Ties For Hambo Hopefuls

August 07, 2020

On Saturday, two families with longtime ties to harness racing that have operated family-run businesses for more than 100 years will look to create a memory of a lifetime with a first Hambletonian win...

Julie Miller Talks Big Oil

"He’s handy, it’s not like he’s got to be raced from behind or he’s got to be up front or he’s got to have this or that. He has a good relationship with Andy (Miller) and when Andy asks, he’s going to...

Hambo Prospects Shine In All-Stars

Many owners and trainers contemplating entering their top three-year-old trotters for the sport’s greatest prize, the Hambletonian, got a good evaluation of their horse’s prowess three weeks out from ...

World Record, Dead Heat At Red Mile

October 03, 2019

Although just three Grand Circuit stakes races were contested on Thursday (Oct. 3) at the Red Mile, there was more than enough fireworks on track – world records, dead heats, you name it.

Rookie Trotters Impress At Pocono

Six $30,000 divisions of Pennsylvania All-Stars stakes action for two-year-old trotting males were featured Monday night at The Downs at Mohegan Sun Pocono.

DiDomenico Pupils Shine At Gaitway

The last time trainer Scott DiDomenico qualified two-year-olds at Gaitway Farm, it seemed dark clouds followed him at every turn. Of the eight horses he sent into action that morning last June, one po...