Other Racing: Quarters, Harness, Jumps

Flanders · Wed May 31, 2023 7:36 pm

Thoroughbred have the Retired Racehorse Project, off the track Arabians in the UAE have the Arabian Sport Horse Championship. Really cool to see things like this happening.

https://paulickreport.com/features/make ... n-the-uae/

Northport · Sat Jun 03, 2023 1:01 pm

I always wince when I hear about the endurance Arabians in the UAE, but that looks like a great event and initiative. Hopefully it continues to expand!

BaroqueAgain1 · Sat Jun 03, 2023 3:54 pm

Yeah, after all the scandals involving drug use and other abuse of the UAE's endurance racers, I'd guess Sheikh Mo decided they needed to do some damage control. Being very public about how nicely they treat their retired Arabians was probably suggested by some savvy PR flack.

SukiSatsuki · Sat Jun 03, 2023 5:37 pm

BaroqueAgain1 wrote: ↑Sat Jun 03, 2023 3:54 pm Yeah, after all the scandals involving drug use and other abuse of the UAE's endurance racers, I'd guess Sheikh Mo decided they needed to do some damage control. Being very public about how nicely they treat their retired Arabians was probably suggested by some savvy PR flack.

Oh yea probably

Miss Woodford · Mon Jun 26, 2023 5:06 pm

Sweet story about a pair of gray-haired elder gentlemen who won the amateur drivers' race at Cumberland this past Saturday. Only in harness racing...
https://ustrottingnews.com/bob-nadeau-8 ... ams-storm/

Starine · Mon Jun 26, 2023 7:49 pm

Miss Woodford wrote: ↑Mon Jun 26, 2023 5:06 pm Sweet story about a pair of gray-haired elder gentlemen who won the amateur drivers' race at Cumberland this past Saturday. Only in harness racing...
https://ustrottingnews.com/bob-nadeau-8 ... ams-storm/

Neat story -- thanks for sharing.

Delamont · Tue Jun 27, 2023 1:44 pm

Miss Woodford wrote: ↑Mon Jun 26, 2023 5:06 pm Sweet story about a pair of gray-haired elder gentlemen who won the amateur drivers' race at Cumberland this past Saturday. Only in harness racing...
https://ustrottingnews.com/bob-nadeau-8 ... ams-storm/

Awww, cool story, thanks.

What's even more unusual is a gray standarbred that's won.

Miss Woodford · Thu Jun 29, 2023 5:29 pm

It's a bit of a lull in TB racing right now but there is SO MUCH great harness racing this weekend. Saturday's big events at the Meadowlands will be shown on FS2, everything else should be on FanDuel.

https://ustrottingnews.com/huge-weekend ... ns-friday/

Schedule of events: The Grand Circuit weekend kicks off on Friday (June 30) at Yonkers Raceway, with the $300,000 MGM Yonkers Trot final, the first leg of the Trotting Triple Crown for 3-year-olds, the $250,000 MGM Grand Messenger, the first leg of the Pacing Triple Crown for 3-year-olds, the $115,000 Park MGM Filly Pace final for 3-year-old filly pacers and the $100,000 New York New York Mile for 3-year-old filly trotters.

Grand Circuit racing also takes place at The Meadowlands on Friday with the $35,325 Tompkins-Geers for 2-year-old male trotters, the $34,050 Tompkins-Geers for 2-year-old male pacers, and the $33.000 Tompkins-Geers for 2-year-old filly trotters. Then on Saturday (July 1), The Big M will host the $158,140 Dave Brower Memorial for open pacers, the $155,140 Crawford Farms for open trotters, the $142,260 Perfect Sting for pacing mares, the $112,500 Six Pack for trotting mares, two divisions in the $74,800 W.N. Reynolds Memorial for 3-year-old filly trotters and two divisions in the $70,300 W.N. Reynolds Memorial for 3-year-old male trotters.

Also on Friday, Harrah’s Hoosier Park will host the $115,000 Nadia Lobell for 3-year-old filly pacers.

Then on Saturday (July 1) and Sunday (July 2), Goshen Historic Track will host Landmark Stakes races for 2- and 3-year-olds of both sexes and gaits. The 3-year-olds will race on Saturday and the 2-year-olds on Sunday.

Of note, Test of Faith will make the first start of her farewell season in the Perfect Sting. She's having an abbreviated campaign of 9-10 races before she hangs up her harness but will race all over the Grand Circuit. On Saturday she is facing Grace Hill, who is coming off an 8-race win streak, and last year's Dan Patch award winner Treacherous Dragon, among other excellent mares for what looks like the best race of the night.
https://ustrottingnews.com/test-of-fait ... -campaign/

Yonkers Friday program https://irp.cdn-website.com/aea0ab75/fi ... 023-RP.pdf
Meadowlands Saturday program https://playmeadowlands.com/wp-content/ ... x0701p.pdf

Mylute · Thu Jul 06, 2023 11:59 am

Former racing quarter ATP Power (Mr. Special Charge - BF Margo) is now a Breyer model. Very interesting story.
https://www.breyerhorses.com/collection ... /atp-power

BaroqueAgain1 · Thu Jul 06, 2023 2:44 pm

Very cool, and Breyer has created a very attractive version of 'Power.

Miss Woodford · Fri Jul 14, 2023 11:32 pm

Meadowlands Pace is Saturday night! And a bunch of big stakes for the other divisions on the undercard. They'll be broadcast on one of the Fox sports channels as part of the America's Day at the Races programming.

https://ustrottingnews.com/meadowlands- ... nfederate/
I am mainly posting this article for the photo

LOOK AT HIS TINY BOW

Katewerk · Sat Jul 15, 2023 1:39 am

As I continue to search for their racing videos, enjoy dressage for Individuals by Päivi at Hobbyhorse Championship 2023 in Bratislava, Slovakia.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EVzfR5u779s&t=15s

And of course. show jumping.

IMG_9624.jpg

https://hobbyhorseslovakia.com/hobbyhor ... 3/?lang=en

Flanders · Sat Jul 15, 2023 3:22 am

Katewerk wrote: ↑Sat Jul 15, 2023 1:39 am As I continue to search for their racing videos, enjoy dressage for Individuals by Päivi at Hobbyhorse Championship 2023 in Bratislava, Slovakia.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EVzfR5u779s&t=15s

And of course. show jumping.

IMG_9624.jpg

https://hobbyhorseslovakia.com/hobbyhor ... 3/?lang=en

if you didn't find them they are here: https://www.youtube.com/@zavodisko-dostihy6711/featured
linked from here: https://zavodisko.sk/

Flanders · Sat Jul 15, 2023 3:25 am

https://paulickreport.com/news/the-biz/ ... racehorse/

A Canadian Standardbred trainer has been suspended 3 years over the suspicious death of a racehorse, Cams Lucky Sam. They don't say what happened though.

Katewerk · Mon Jul 17, 2023 11:28 pm

A brief clip from Twitter, (apologies to those of you who can't view it).

@Buck__Breaker
This footage of Indian Relay Race at Calgary Stampede will be one that will be highlighted for many years to come. One thing our ppl have been gifted with is horsemanship.

https://twitter.com/Buck__Breaker/statu ... 1629129729

BaroqueAgain1 · Tue Jul 18, 2023 12:19 am

Happily, I was able to watch the clip. Couldn't read the Comments, which I'm sure were full of various versions of 'WOW.'
wow
Hope his team won.

Miss Woodford · Sat Aug 05, 2023 11:38 pm

Today at the Meadowlands:

Tactical Approach won the Hambletonian in come-from-behind fashion at odds of 12-1.
https://ustrottingnews.com/tactical-app ... bletonian/

Top pacing colt Confederate won the Cane Pace.
https://ustrottingnews.com/confederate- ... cane-pace/

Bythemissal and Allywag Hanover got comeback victories in their divisions of the Sam McKee Memorial for open pacers.
https://ustrottingnews.com/bythemissal- ... -memorial/

The true star of the day though was 3yo pacing filly Sylvia Hanover winning the Shady Daisy, her 13th consecutive victory and 14th win in 15 lifetime starts.
https://ustrottingnews.com/sylvia-hanov ... ady-daisy/

WaquoitNBroadBrush · Mon Aug 07, 2023 12:13 pm

I've noticed the absence of mule racing from the Cal Fairs' racing menu this decade and wonder if it's still being conducted (and bet on legally) anywhere these days. Elko (Winnemucca Fair) in Nevada used to run mules too, but I don't think that track has raced since the COVID shutdown. So what happened to apparently cause mule racing to go the way of appaloosa racing? Too few foals being bred/registered to sustain a full season of races?

WarBiscuit · Mon Aug 07, 2023 1:22 pm

WaquoitNBroadBrush wrote: ↑Mon Aug 07, 2023 12:13 pm I've noticed the absence of mule racing from the Cal Fairs' racing menu this decade and wonder if it's still being conducted (and bet on legally) anywhere these days. Elko (Winnemucca Fair) in Nevada used to run mules too, but I don't think that track has raced since the COVID shutdown. So what happened to apparently cause mule racing to go the way of appaloosa racing? Too few foals being bred/registered to sustain a full season of races?

That's a good question, and I'm curious as well. Come a long way from the days of Black Ruby ("best ass in the west") and her counterparts. For those who remember her, it's worth noting that she passed away at the age of 30 last September. 70 wins in 119 starts!. Loved that girl.

WarBiscuit

Delamont · Mon Aug 07, 2023 1:30 pm

WarBiscuit wrote: ↑Mon Aug 07, 2023 1:22 pm
WaquoitNBroadBrush wrote: ↑Mon Aug 07, 2023 12:13 pm I've noticed the absence of mule racing from the Cal Fairs' racing menu this decade and wonder if it's still being conducted (and bet on legally) anywhere these days. Elko (Winnemucca Fair) in Nevada used to run mules too, but I don't think that track has raced since the COVID shutdown. So what happened to apparently cause mule racing to go the way of appaloosa racing? Too few foals being bred/registered to sustain a full season of races?
That's a good question, and I'm curious as well. Come a long way from the days of Black Ruby ("best ass in the west") and her counterparts. For those who remember her, it's worth noting that she passed away at the age of 30 last September. 70 wins in 119 starts!. Loved that girl.

WarBiscuit

Me, too. There are probably some videos of her races somewhere.