Gretchen Athearn

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Athearn Scores 1,000th Training Win At Plainridge

September 08, 2026

When Acushla Machree N won the featured $34,722 Open Handicap for fillies and mares at Plainridge Park on Tuesday (Sept. 8), it gave Gretchen Athearn the 1,000th training win of her career.

Resolve To Win

Resolve To Win Repeat Completes Robinson Triple

Resolve To Win left hard from the outside and led at every call to win the $41,667 Open Handicap Trot at Plainridge Park for the second straight week on Tuesday, June 16, finishing off a training trip...

Always Bstunning N

Hoping For A 'Stunning' Grand Circuit Debut

Always Bstunning N dazzled her connections with her work at Plainridge Park last season, with the female pacer even beating an Open field of male rivals that included several winners of multiple Grand...

Plainridge Park

Ladysassin Snags Plainridge Closing-Day Feature

November 29, 2025

Plainridge Park held its last card of live harness racing of the season on Friday, Nov. 28, and Meadowlands invader Ladysassin took the final feature with an easy win in a $21,127 juvenile conditioned...

Dandys Evrlasting

Dandys Evrlasting Rallies Late In Plainridge Distaff Feature

August 10, 2023

Last and seemingly out of contention as late as the top of the stretch, Dandys Evrlasting went from worst to first in the $25,000 fillies and mares Winners-Over pacing feature at Plainridge Park on Th...

Marquis Lafayette

Marquis Lafayette Shines In Career Best At Plainridge

Overcast skies and a rain-laden track were the conditions to be dealt with on Monday (July 10) at Plainridge Park, but speedy miles were the call of the day for the many trotters that went postward wi...

Team Athearn Sweeps Plainridge Trots

October 15, 2021

Driver Matty "Ice" Athearn, trainer Gretchen Athearn and owner William Phipps teamed up to take the top two trots of the week at Plainridge Park on Friday afternoon (Oct. 15).