Open Pace

A pair of $18,750 Open Handicaps – one on the trot and one on the pace – highlighted the Saturday (Aug. 3) night card at Batavia Downs and both events provided exciting finishes. 

Rocks Shining Star vaulted three wide through the final turn and was strongest in the lane as he captured Saturday’s $26,667 Open Handicap Pace at Hollywood Casino at The Meadows.

The Pantheist A made her return to Saratoga Casino Hotel a winning one on Friday evening, Aug. 2.

The harness racing program at Running Aces on Thursday, Aug. 1 featured the Minnesota-sired sophomore pacers with three divisions going for a total purse of $59,028.

Speaking Volumes made some noise in the $17,639 Open II Handicap Pace featured on the Tuesday night, July 30 program at Running Aces.

After a lengthy rain delay due to a mid-summer deluge that moved through Genesee County halfway through the card, a full field of of top class mares convened in the $13,500 Fillies & Mares Open Handic...

Swedish Starlet N got off to a quick start and then led at every station en route victory in the $34,722 Fillies & Mares Open pacing feature at Plainridge Park on Tuesday afternoon, July 30. 

Taking a brief respite from Grand Circuit company, Graham Grace Stables' Call Me Goo showed her class on Sunday, July 28 at Ocean Downs with a facile 1:57.3 win over four rivals in the $35,417 Marylan...

It may have been a compact field of six, but the $37,500 Open Pace at Eldorado Scioto Downs did not disappoint on Saturday, July 27. Seafire and Beau Brown came flying down the stretch on the far outs...

Armycaptin Hanover capped off the second Miami Fair card of the summer on Saturday, July 27, winning the featured top class.

In a tight finish, nine horses within three lengths, Tarapasta reigned supreme in the $36,986 Fillies & Mares Open Handicap Pace on Friday, July 26 at Eldorado Scioto Downs.

Driver James Kennedy swept the featured Open events on the Tuesday night, July 23 program at Running Aces as part of a perfect performance.