Cane Pace

Dynamic Youth Wins Cane; Blackjack Princess Upsets In Shady Daisy

September 03, 2012

Dynamic Youth lowered his own track record for three-year-old pacing geldings at Tioga Downs on Monday when he and driver George Brennan rallied to a 1:48.4 score in the first jewel of harness racing’...

Mulinix: "Let's Race!"

September 02, 2012

Trainer Jim Mulinix provided an update on Cane Pace morning line favourite A Rocknroll Dance heading into tomorrow’s stakes final at Tioga Downs.

Posts Drawn For Cane Pace, Shady Daisy

August 31, 2012

Friday morning marked the draw date for the 59th annual Cane Pace, to be held for the first time ever at Tioga Downs on Monday, September 3. (Post time 1:30 p.m.).

Gingras, ‘Dance’ In Step Heading To Cane Pace

August 29, 2012

For the first several races of the year, driver Yannick Gingras and star three-year-old colt pacer A Rocknroll Dance seemed to have difficulty getting in rhythm. Since the end of June, though, the two...

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Cane Elim To Heston Blue Chip; 'Beatgoeson' Takes Miss Versatility

August 26, 2012

The elimination for the first jewel of harness racing’s Triple Crown was contested on Sunday evening at Tioga Downs, and Heston Blue Chip came up huge once again for trainer Linda Toscano.

Gingras Reflects On Career Year

November 30, 2011

Yannick Gingras is on a roll as he heads into the final month of the year. Over the past three months, no harness racing driver has earned more in purses

Faraldo/Gural Spat Continues

September 26, 2011

The back and forth between racetrack owner-operator Jeff Gural and Standardbred Owners Association of New York President Joe Faraldo just refuses to stop

Betterthancheddar Sets Cane Pace Record

September 10, 2011

Canadian owned and trained Betterthancheddar prevailed by a neck to take the first jewel of the pacing triple crown -- the $342,875 Cane Pace for three-year-olds -- in a stakes record on Saturday nigh...

'Ed-die' Is No Ordinary Joe

September 07, 2011

When Tom Grossman was a kid, he saw New York Rangers goalie Ed Giacomin knocked unconscious in a game at Madison Square Garden. The crowd began chanting “Ed-die, Ed-die” as it tried to will Giacomin t...

Cane Pace Straight To Final; Hart Happy

August 31, 2011

Trot Insider has learned that the connections of only nine horses entered their charges to contest the eliminations for the Cane Pace, therefore all nine will advance directly to the $342,875 final

New Stakes Conditions For Gural's Tracks

August 11, 2011

It has been announced that in an effort to keep the sport's stars racing longer, the Meadowlands Racetrack, Tioga Downs and Vernon Downs will change their stakes conditions to make horses sired by fou...

Cane Pace Moves To Tioga Downs

Tioga Downs is proud to announce that beginning with this year’s $450,000 (est.) Cane Pace, it will be the new host of the first leg of Pacing’s Triple Crown