Tony Alagna

Sig Sauer and Noel Daley; Mars Hill and Tony Alagna; Secret Agent Man and Julie Miller; Amazing Catch and Ake Svanstedt

Hambletonian Hopefuls Weigh In

August 02, 2024

“This business is so competitive, there are so many good horses, so many good breeders and trainers, that any time you get a shot at anything like this you have to be really excited about it.”

Harness racing at Cumberland Run

Cumberland Run Wraps Up Inaugural Meet

November 08, 2023

Mountains -- or at least part of a foothill -- had to be moved to create Cumberland Run harness track. But once built, the first horse racing meet in southeastern Kentucky went off with few hitches.

Geocentric winning at Hoosier Park

Two-Year-Olds In Breeders Crown Spotlight Friday

October 25, 2023

Two-year-old pacers Captain Albano and Geocentric will head to their respective Breeders Crown finals on Friday, Oct. 27 at Harrah’s Hoosier Park in a similar position. Each was made a 4-5 morning-lin...

Winter Soldier

Winter Soldier Ready For Battle In Wellwood

August 25, 2023

Winter Soldier is a fighter, which might be the quality driver Andy McCarthy most admires when it comes to the two-year-old male trotter.

Meadowlands qualifiers

Five Baby Race Tallies For Alagna Saturday

Meadowlands Pace morning brought with it another edition of Breakfast With The Babies on Saturday (July 15) at The Meadowlands.

Meadowlands qualifiers

Five Baby Race Tallies For Alagna Saturday

Meadowlands Pace morning brought with it another edition of Breakfast With The Babies on Saturday (July 15) at The Meadowlands.

El Rey winning at The Meadowlands

Alagna Hopes Pair Comes Up Aces In Pace

Tony Alagna will send two horses to Saturday’s $668,000 Meadowlands Pace, and although neither of his three-year-old colts have posted a win this season, the trainer is happy with the way El Rey and H...

Trainer Tony Alagna

Nine Is Fine For Alagna

Breakfast With The Babies went a day early this week on Friday (July 7), due to stakes scheduled on Saturday at The Meadowlands, and Tony Alagna sent out nine winners.

Bond Best In PASS; Alagna Reaches 2,000 Wins

This looks like an extraordinary year for three-year-old trotting fillies (following on the heels of Joviality S vs. Jiggy Jog S last season). Many misses who will be racing on the Hambletonian Day ca...

El Rey winning at The Meadowlands

Alagna Six-Pack Set For North America Cup Eliminations

Ten years after sending out Captaintreacherous to Pepsi North America Cup glory, trainer Tony Alagna will be represented by a half-dozen hopefuls in four $50,000 Cup eliminations on Saturday night (Ju...

Sophomore Trotters Star In Stakes At Vernon; Alagna Tops $70 Million

Vernon Downs hosted two divisions of the New York Sire Stakes for three-year-old trotting fillies as well as three-year-old trotting colts and geldings on Memorial Day (Monday, May 29).

Another Like Me winning at The Meadowlands

Hambo Oaks Contender Learning The Ropes

Having made breaks in two of her three career pari-mutuel starts, it’s safe to say that the Nancy Takter-trained Another Like Me still has a lot to learn if she’s going to make an appearance in the Ha...

El Rey winning at The Meadowlands

2023 Trot N.A. Cup Spring Book: #2

With the date of the 2023 Pepsi North America Cup less than two months away, Trot Insider will profile some of the race's top contenders as horses ready to compete for one of Canadian harness racing's...