Northfield Harness Program
We’ve got an early Christmas week issue of the new and free HarnessRacing Weekend Preview where you can read about Captain Cash, who was recently sold and now aiming for a victory in the Valedictory final on the traditional Boxing Day card at Woodbine Mohawk Park.About a dozen top drivers and trainers are heading to the Prix d’Amerique in France in late January—but they won’t be on the track. Yannick Gingras and Andy McCarthy put together a trip over the past couple weeks that will see a group heading to Vincennes Racetrack for the famed trotting classic as fans.For the program pages. Monticello Raceway will present the Au Revoir Invitational Pace on Friday, Dec. Race secretary Eric Warner was able to secure six older pacers from all over the state of New York for this event, which will be racing for a purse of $5,000.
Northfield Park Past Performances
The six hardened campaigners, all geldings, collectively have combined earnings of over $2,364,887 and 292 trips to the winner’s circle.The fastest and richest is Lucky Man, a former $90,000 yearling who has lifetime earning of $1,278,100 and a lifetime mark of 1:49.1 taken when he was a 5 year old at Woodbine Mohawk Park. The son of Camluck is still o. On a day when leading driver Brett Miller won five straight races, Hollywood Dayton Raceway also smashed its all-time daily handle record by a wide margin on the Monday (Dec. 23) matinee.Miller's hot streak started in Race 2 and extended through Race 6 as he relentlessly guided 'chalky' horses to victories one race after another for five different trainers.Paydaze A Rockin (trainer Roy Murphy Jr., 1:55.3, $5.80) started the win parade followed by trotter Serene Hall (Peter Redder, 1:58.4, $4.80), Creighton Hanover (Virgil Morgan Jr., 1:55.2, $2.80), Intoview (Art Gregory Jr., 1:54.1, $2.4. A 14-year-old horse is comparable in age to that of a 45 ½ year old human, and behind the gate the 14-year-old Elias Joy looked racy and eager to go, certainly not the demeanor you would expect from a rugged old campaigner on the cusp of beginning retirement.Sent off as the prohibitive favorite of 1/5 and starting from the rail for driver 21-year-old Hunter Oaks, the old timer Elias Joy worked smarter and not harder as he was content to sit the packet as Justin Huckabone Jr. Cut the mile with the young whipper snapper RC’S Ready thorough fractions of 29.3,1:02.1, 1:33.3, Elias Joy dug deep and un.
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Winbak Farm of Ontario and the Angus Hall syndicate have announced that Angus Hall, 2, 1:54.4z; 3, 1:54.3 ($830,654), has been retired from stallion duty.“Angus Hall has left an incredible impact on trotting pedigrees for generations to come,” said Pat Woods, Winbak Farm of Ontario Manager. “We are very thankful that we got to stand him for as long as we did.”Angus Hall was inducted into the Canadian Racing Hall of Fame in 2019.
His sire, Garland Lobell, is a member of both the Canadian and Harness Racing Hall of Fame. His dam, Amour Angus, is a member of the Harness Racing Hall of Fa. Each live race night one lucky table in Pink Restaurant is selected in the “Dine.Win.Tour.” promotion.
The lucky winners receive a $10 betting voucher, a winner’s circle presentation with commemorative 8x10 color photo, a Meadowlands swag bag and an exclusive behind the scenes tour of the back paddock given by Marketing Coordinator, Jessica Otten.The guest response to “Dine.Win.Tour” has been overwhelmingly positive.“This is a really cool experience, this isn’t something everyone gets to see,” said Lauralyn, a promotion winner in November. “It’s cool you guys take. Woodbine Entertainment today announced a pair of new multi-leg wagers and the return of the Can-Am Pick-4 for the 2020 live racing season at Woodbine Mohawk Park.Starting Jan. 4, 2020, Woodbine Mohawk Park will introduce Rolling Doubles and a Late Pick 5 for every card of live racing.The Rolling Doubles start with the traditional Daily Double on Race 1 and continue with a new Double starting in every race until the Late Double. The regular Double minimums and takeout apply.The Late Pick 5 will start every night on Race 6 and features a $0.20 minimum and a 15 per cent takeout.