Mark your calendar: The second round of Maryland Sire Stakes finals for 2-year-olds will be held the evening of Wednesday, Oct. 3, at Rosecroft as part of the regular betting card. The four races are worth a total of $268,000. The first set of finals for 2-year-old pacers and trotters were held at Ocean Downs in late August, and the winners of each one are back at Rosecroft: Al Carter’s How Bout Dat Rusty (2-year-old filly pacers); Pamela Wagner’s undefeated Pats A Keeper (2-

A recent trip to the Great Frederick Fair, which hosted four days of harness racing, was both entertaining and educational, and it brought back some unexpected memories. I had the pleasure of meeting Colby Hubble, who is on the fair’s racing committee and is involved in many other aspects of the fair and the fairgrounds, which serves as a year-round Standardbred training facility. She laughed when I told her I remember her driving at the old harness racing matinees at Cowtown

It’s the first full day of fall, and with it comes cooler temperatures and about an inch of rain expected for Sunday, Sept. 23. There seems a good chance to track will be “off” for tonight’s races, so proceed accordingly. As the second week of the fall meet begins, it’s still an adjustment period from the several months of half-mile track racing at Ocean Downs. Here’s a look at several races tonight. Race 2 OK Fantastic didn’t leave from post 9 in the Open 2 last week in a ra

The fall meet kicked off Sunday, Sept. 16, with some familiar names returning to the winner’s circle—Fashion Smile (Race 1), Capital Builder (Race 2), Manattack (Race 6) and Sam’s Triple Crown (Race 8)—a few at more-than-fair odds. Drivers John Wagner and Jonathan Roberts each won three on the card. In Race 7, a mid-level condition event, 6-year-old Coaster looked the best he has in a long time with a nice off-the-pace win in 1:54 2/5, final quarter of :28. It was the first w

As the fall meet at Rosecroft Raceway begins Sept. 16, the past-performance lines for many of the Maryland-based horses will look a little different than they have in the past. And if you’re handicapping and wagering on the races, it’s important to pay even closer attention the first few weeks. Ocean Downs, which held its customary meet from early June through September, this year was part of a race classification experiment using Trackmaster ratings. So when you read the Ros

Four-Month Standardbred Meet Begins Sunday with 12-Race Program Fashion Smile and Capital Building Return Opening Day FORT WASHINGTON, MD – Rosecroft kicks off its four-month fall Standardbred race meet Sunday with three Maryland Sire Stakes, a 12-race program with two Open Pace events, and the return of its Pacer of the Meet and Trotter of the Meet from the spring. First race post for the Sire Stakes is 3:30 p.m. The 12-race program begins at 4:40 p.m. Rosecroft will race e