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Harness racing at Ocean Downs

Racing Resumes Next Week At Ocean Downs

Preparations for the opening night of racing at Ocean Downs are being finalized as the vacationland oval on the eastern shore of Maryland is set to open its 76th year of harness racing on Sunday, May ...

Harness racing at Ocean Downs

Ocean Downs Cancels Pre-Meet Training Session

The pre-meet training session that was to be held next Wednesday, April 30 at Ocean Downs has been cancelled due to Kentucky Derby prep work.

Judge Bob

Judge Bob Upsets In Ocean Finale

September 06, 2024

Dismissed at 7-1, Judge Bob held steadfast under two separate challenges to his lead and narrowly prevailed in the featured $13,514 Preferred Handicap Trot during the Ocean Downs' final card of 2024 o...

Brooksforreal

Wagner Doubles In Maryland Stakes Finals

September 04, 2024

Trainer John Wagner captured two of the four $118,243 Maryland Sire Stakes championship events for two-year-olds on Wednesday (Sept. 4) at Ocean Downs, sending Brooksforreal and K J The Thirteenth to ...

Harness racing at Ocean Downs

Fantastic Voyage Wires Ocean Open Field

September 02, 2024

Dawn Amiss' homebred Fantastic Voyage responded to sustained late pressure from 1-2 favourite Lyons Stealth and prevailed narrowly in the final Open Handicap Pace of the 2024 Ocean Downs meet, recordi...

Harness racing at Ocean Downs

Five Straight For Tyson Hanover

August 30, 2024

Midsize Construction's Tyson Hanover ($3.00) overcame an early bobble to post his fifth consecutive win at Ocean Downs on Thursday, Aug. 29.

Ragtime Red winning at Ocean Downs

Rookie Fillies Repeat In Maryland Sire Stakes

August 29, 2024

After her 4-1/2-length score last week, Ragtime Red delivered a similarly dominant performance in the second Maryland Sire Stakes preliminary round for two-year-old fillies, held on Wednesday, Aug. 28...

Harness racing at Ocean Downs

Ocean Downs Shifts Wednesday Post Time

August 28, 2024

Officials at Ocean Downs have pushed the harness racing program scheduled for Wednesday, Aug. 28 back 40 minutes in anticipation of excessive heat on the Eastern Shore of Maryland.

Cheese Omelet

Cheese Omelet Part Of Hall Triple Thursday

August 23, 2024

Cheese Omelet sat just off a contested pace before striking the front in upper stretch for a gutsy 1:54.3 win — his third in a row — in the featured $11,644 conditioned pace at Ocean Downs on Thursday...

Ragtime Red winning at Ocean Downs

Repeat Winners In Maryland Sire Stakes

August 22, 2024

Ragtime Red completed a sweep of both her preliminary Maryland Sire Stakes events with a 1:58.1 win in her $13,699 division for two-year-old pacing fillies on Wednesday, Aug. 21 at Ocean Downs. The ot...

Yall Keep Dreaming winning at Ocean Downs

Yall Keep Dreaming Strikes Again In Maryland Stakes

August 19, 2024

Richard Hans' homebred two-year-old trotting colt Yall Keep Dreaming was never in doubt in the Maryland Sire Stakes preliminary leg on Sunday, Aug. 18 at Ocean Downs, coasting to a 2:04.3 decision ove...

Only I Exist winning at Ocean Downs

Only I Exist Continues Perfect Season In Maryland Stakes

August 14, 2024

Richard Hans' homebred Only I Exist rolled to her seventh win in as many starts in her sophomore season with a 1:57 score in the $63,014 Maryland Standardbred Race Fund (MSRF) Stakes for three-year-ol...

Dublin Dasher winning at Ocean Downs

Male Sophomores Star In Maryland Stakes

August 12, 2024

Pocono invader Dublin Dasher posted a 3-1/2-length score over Maryland Sire Stakes champion Tony Babe in the lone $67,247 Maryland Standardbred Race Fund Stakes for three-year-old male pacers on Sunda...