The Downtown Bus

Clock Gets Rocked At Big M

Caviart Ally, Always A Prince and The Downtown Bus all established lifetime bests while Always A Prince went one step further, going a Meadowlands’ season’s-fastest 1:47.3 Friday night at the Big M.

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The Downtown Bus Upsets In Graduate

The Downtown Bus charged late to win a leg of the Graduate Series for four-year-old pacers at Tioga Downs on Sunday (June 10). The five-eighths Nichols, NY oval played host to two divisions of the Gra...

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Ideal Jimmy Jets In Last Levy

Ideal Jimmy looked like the easiest of winners on Saturday (April 13) at Yonkers Raceway, as he strolled to victory during the last preliminary leg of the George Morton Levy Series.

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JJ Flynn Jolts To Levy Upset

Outsider JJ Flynn flew by his competition to pull an upset in the first of six $50,000 divisions for the second round of the George Morton Levy Series at Yonkers Raceway on Saturday, March 23.

The Downtown Bus Heads To Yonkers

November 24, 2018

A few hours before the start of the Matron Stakes for three-year-old pacing colts and geldings, trainer Jeff Gillis found himself stuck in traffic on the New Jersey Turnpike. Sleet, snow, and freezing...

Three-Year-Old Matrons Complete

November 15, 2018

Some of the Grand Circuit's top sophomores invaded the First State on Thursday (November 15) for four lucrative Matron Stakes finals at Dover Downs, and the night ended with five stakes winners from t...

Momentum For The Downtown Bus

September 07, 2018

"There’s a difference between being a Gold colt and Grand Circuit quality...When you typically have to bypass a Gold or something to follow those types of races, it makes it hard for an Ontario colt u...

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Mcwicked Dazzles In 'Derby'; Crazy Wow In A Maple Leaf Shocker

September 01, 2018

The majority of the hype – and pari-mutuel support – was given to Lazarus N in Saturday’s $600,000 Canadian Pacing Derby at Woodbine Mohawk Park, but Mcwicked rained on that foe’s parade.

Third Gold Win For Jimmy Freight

After two weeks spent south of the border taking on the best three-year-old pacing colts in North America, Jimmy Freight returned to the Ontario Sires Stakes program on Sunday (July 22) and delivered ...