Gratz Fair

Pennsylvania Fair Racing

Fasting Fastest Ever At Gratz (PA)

September 16, 2025

The Stay Hungry sophomore gelding Fasting paced the fastest mile in the history of the Gratz Fair oval, 1:54.4, while winning his division’s “A” Sire Stake on Monday, the second day of the fair meet a...

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Pennsylvania Fair Racing Shifts To Gratz

September 07, 2025

The Pennsylvania fair racing circuit shifted to Gratz Fair, about 35 miles north of state capital Harrisburg, for a two-day event on Saturday, Sept. 6 and Sunday, Sept. 7, and the Schadel brothers Tod...

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Fast Victories By Frequent Winners At Gratz

September 16, 2024

The male pacer Ante Up Hanover and the female trotter Little Town Road, both 2023 Pennsylvania Fair Sire Stakes Championship race winners, were the speed stars during the meeting on Sunday (Sept. 15) ...

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Fast Freshmen Featured In PA Fair Circuit Action At Gratz

September 08, 2024

The Pennsylvania Fair Sire Stakes series came to this east-central borough on Friday and Saturday (Sept. 6 & 7) as the first of the season-ending cards in the east of the state that has this two-day e...

Little Lady J Lowers PA Fair Rookie Record

September 20, 2022

Pennsylvania Fair Sire Stakes racing stayed at the local fairgrounds in Gratz, Pennsylvania this past Sunday and Monday, with the regular fair meet following the special “two-day Sire Stakes” event th...

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Quarantina Sets Pennsylvania Fair Record

September 12, 2022

It’s not unusual for two-year-olds to turn in spectacular performances on the Pennsylvania Fair Sire Stakes circuit – 14 of the year’s 17 divisional track records have been notched by the frosh – but ...

Schadel & Hammer Shine At Gratz

Seeing that next month will be the 10th anniversary of Vivid Photo’s winning of the Hambletonian, it seems correct that his owners, Roger Hammer and hometown hero Todd Schadel, would tie atop the hors...

Big Mile For SBSW Filly At Fair

September 17, 2013

The sophomore Somebeachsomewhere filly Keystone Wanda recorded the fastest time on the Pennsylvania fair circuit in over four years when she triumphed in a division of her Pennsylvania Sires Stakes ev...

Schadel Scores Gratz Grand Slam

September 17, 2012

Todd Schadel picked up four victories on his home track as the Pennsylvania Fair Circuit visited the Gratz Fairgrounds in Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, near Harrisburg.

Rookies Impress In PASS

The Pennsylvania Fair Circuit headed east to Dauphin County, near Harrisburg, for Sire Stake racing at the Gratz Fairgrounds. Two-year-olds were featured on Saturday.

Sophs Strut Their Stuff At PA Fair

Three-year-olds were featured in Pennsylvania Sire Stake racing the Gratz Fairgrounds near Harrisburg, PA on Sunday afternoon, and Tony Schadel led the way with three driving wins on his home track.

PA Fair Season Wraps Up

September 30, 2011

The Pennsylvania Fair Circuit wrapped up the 2011 season with two-year-olds in Sire Stake action at the Gratz Fairgrounds

Schoeffel Wins Half The Card

September 28, 2011

Three-year-olds wrapped up their portion of the Pennsylvania fair schedule at the Gratz Fairgrounds on Wednesday (Sept. 28), and Steve Schoeffel won half of the day's 10 races