By John Furgele Last weekend, Ohio. This weekend, Kentucky. The harness racing circuit wraps up the Grand Circuit at the Red Mile in Lexington, Kentucky. The highlight of the meet occurs Sunday, with ...
By John Furgele The harness racing season continues to move forward, and this week’s big event is the Little Brown Jug on Thursday that caps off a most prestigious few days of pacing at the Delaware...
By John Furgele If I owned Atlanta, I would never run her in mares-only races again. For some reason, seeing boys behind the starting gate brings out the best in the 5-year old trotting sensation and ...
By John Furgele A few weeks ago, driver Yannick Gingras decided to head to Canada because he wanted to drive Tall Dark Stranger in the $1 million Pepsi North America Cup. A year ago, that wouldn’t b...
By John Furgele On Hambletonian Day two weeks ago, the filly Ramona Hill beat the boys in the Hambo and Sorella captured the Hambo Oaks for fillies. On Friday, these two 3-year-old fillies will square...
By John Furgele After a successful Hambletonian weekend at the Meadowlands, the best of harness racing moves to the Midwest this weekend with the Dan Patch Stakes at Hoosier Park (Indiana) on Friday, ...
By John Furgele Her father is a harness racing legend, but please don’t introduce Nancy Takter as the “daughter of Hall of Fame trainer Jimmy Takter. “I get a little annoyed when they introduce ...
By John Furgele This will be a Hambletonian like no other, and COVID-19 doesn’t really factor into the equation. For one thing, we already know the 10 horses for Saturday’s $1 million Hambletonian...
By John Furgele It took Plainridge Park some time to get back to racing. The COVID-19 pandemic has wreaked havoc on all sports and it wasn’t until mid-July when the only harness track in Massachuset...
By John Furgele When it’s time for a big race, never sleep on Yannick Gingras. As one of the best drivers in harness racing, he’s going to get good horses for sure, but in the big races, especiall...
