Milton, ON – Hunterton Raised & Sold Ocean Storm swept down the center of the track off a covered ride and bounded to equal the stakes record with a 1:52.4 victory in the C$570,000 Grade 1 William Wellwood Memorial, for 2-year-old trotters, on Saturday night (Aug. 29) at Woodbine Mohawk Park. With elimination winner Gio’s Hope breaking stride after the start, Honcho and Free Scottie hustled from wide draws to the fore with Detonater Hanover, the other elimination winner, easing into third through a :26.4 first quarter. Honcho planted on the point into the backstretch but soon faced pressure as Detonater Hanover tipped out and looped to the lead before a :56.2 half, at which point Top Reacher angled outside from sixth to lead the outer tier to the final turn. Ocean Storm caught cover and followed Top Reacher’s tow through the last turn. Driver Yannick Gingras fanned off cover with Ocean Storm just after three-quarters in 1:24.4 and came bearing down on the dueling leaders in the stretch. Ocean Storm surged past his rivals in the final sixteenth and won by three-quarters of a length over Access Now, who split horses late to take second. Top Reacher grabbed third from Detonater Hanover in fourth. “I was really impressed with him in the elimination last week,” said Gingras, who won for the fifth time in the Wellwood after first scoring in the 2010 edition and winning three straight from 2013 to 2015. “He was loaded with trot, moved from the rail to three high and in a couple of strides stormed home. “It’s just his third lifetime start; I didn’t want to do anything too fancy with him. By the seven-eighths pole, I felt pretty confident. I was inching by them and my horse was still trotting. It definitely feels special to win for (Cameron) Capone – his brother is like a second brother to us and we go a long way.” “He came along great, really nothing wrong with him,” trainer Cameron Capone said after the race. “We had a bit of trouble once we put the hopples on because he was racing in New York, so I just wanted to put hopples on. But once we took them off, he’s been all trot. Top of the lane, second over… we were both licking our chops, I think. It was awesome to have (Yannick) do it because I have a lot of trust in him and so do the owners, so it was great.” Winning just the second race from three starts in his career, Ocean Storm has now earned C$302,489 for owners ADH Holdings, Paul Kautz, Jeff Gural and Jean Pierre Barjon. His 1:52.4 mile – a lifetime best – equaled the stakes record set by Alarm Detector in 2017 and matched by Ardonne in 2025. “After start number one, we knew we had something special,” said Mike Butler of ADH Holdings. “The group came together late; we came into this horse late in the season, and it’s been nothing but pleasurable. This horse has really come along, and I don’t even think we know what this horse is capable of yet. It’s absolutely unbelievable. I knew last week we were going to win tonight, it was no question. We knew we would. Coming into it, we knew we had something special, we just didn’t know what we had. At the end of that elimination, we knew tonight was going to be our night.” Sent off as the favorite in the betting, Ocean Storm paid $5.50 to win.

Batavia, NY — Hunterton Raised & Sold Jula Florence ( Chapter Seven -Jula Shes Magic) sat a perfect pocket trip before striking late to score a narrow victory in the $110,200 New York Sire Stake for 2-year-old trotting fillies at Batavia Downs on Wednesday (Aug. 26) night. Seveallisto (Leon Bailey) and Jula Florence (Tyler Miller) both left from mid-pack and lined up one-two in front of a full field of fillies who trotted to the quarter in :28.2. Seveallisto continued to dictate the fractions at the half when Anabella (Brett Beckwith) came calling first-over on the outside and drew alongside Jula Florence, and both just a length behind the leader. Seveallisto led the girls through turn four where Anabella tailed off, affording Jula Florence room to tip off-cover at the top of the stretch. From there, Jula Florence trotted hard to make up over 1-½ lengths, catch Seveallisto and forge ahead late by a neck to win in 1:58.2. It was the third win of the year, all in NYSS action, for Jula Florence ($4.48), who is owned by Andy Miller Stable, Windsong Stable and Dumain Haven Farm and trained by Julie Miller. Jula Racing was the winning breeder. There were also two $20,000 NYSS Excelsior Series races on the card. The first was won by Solar Queen (Met’s Hall-Supreme Seven, 2:00.3, $4.74 – Matt Kakaley/Rob Harmon) who is owned by Go For Glory Stable and Matthew Lamont and bred by WInbak Farm. The second went to Native Pride ( Chapter Seven -Oh My Goodness, 1:59.3, $2.44 – Jeff Gregory/George Ducharme) who is owned by FTM Racing Stable and bred by Blue Chip Bloodstock. Live racing will resume at Batavia Downs on Thursday (Aug 27) at 5 p.m. and there will be a guaranteed pool $7,500 in the Pick-5 wager in the first race, in conjunction with the United States Trotting Association’s Strategic Wagering Program.

Hunterton Sold Captain Arturovico (Dexter Dunn) coasted to a pillar-to-post victory in the lone $35,000 Kentucky Sire Stakes division for 4-year-old pacing males on Monday (Aug. 24) at The Red Mile. Dunn put the Ron Burke pupil on the lead to a :27.3 first quarter and sneaked modest fractions of :56 and 1:23.3 to then sustain in a :25.4 kick for the finish to win by a length in a 1:49.2 mile over Damn The Torpedoes (Tim Tetrick), who pulled from a pocket trip in the stretch but gave chase in second. Whelk Blue Chip (Josh Sutton) gave pursuit down the center of the track for third with Somelousomewhere (Scott Zeron) finishing fourth and Handsome Stranger (Andy McCarthy) last of the quintet. A 4-year-old gelding by Captaintreacherous -Tilikum, Captain Arturovico has now won seven races from 16 starts this season and his 19th race from 46 starts in his career, good for $586,819 in earnings. He competes for owners Burke Racing Stable LLC, Weaver Bruscemi LLC, Larry Karr and Phil Collura. Sent the odds-on favorite, he paid $2.14 to win.

DELMONICA HANOVER II (Pocono Downs)– The Tactical Landing filly Hunterton Raised & Sold Isabella Bi sat in third, backed out behind clearing first-up favorite Nuance nearing the far turn, then was able to gradually wear down the chalk by a head, with the 1:51.4 final time, just two-fifths off the divisional track record set by Yo Tillie in the Delmonica Hanover Final last year. Newly-elected Hall of Famer Ake Svanstedt drove Isabella Bi, a 9-1 proposition who took off her shoes for the contest, trains her, and co-owns her with Joe Sbrocco & JAF Racing, Little E LLC, and Mr Lars Olsson.

Wilkes-Barre, PA – The Walner colt Hunterton Raised & Sold Inexpressable seems to be peaking at an opportune time of the 2026 harness racing season, adding to his resume by winning the Grade 2 $300,000 Earl Beal Memorial Trot for 3-year-old males on Saturday afternoon (Aug. 22) at Pocono Downs at Mohegan Pennsylvania. He lowered his mark to 1:51.1 in the game neck victory over favorite Diabolic Hill. Diabolic Hill was sent away wide at the start and kept on going to reach the lead by a :26.4 quarter. Inexpressable came out from third and made a sharp move to the lead, then got a much-needed breather to a :56 half. The next challenge came from Minoan, who gradually came up into contention, with Magic Punk on his back and Diabolic Hill waiting in the pocket as the field sent by the three quarters in 1:23.2 and raced along to the stretch. The outside horses had a little bit too much difficulty making up ground quickly enough, but Diabolic Hill, perched in the pocket behind the pacesetter, went to the Pocono Pike to try to catch the leader up the rail. But Inexpressable dipped down deep into the solid foundation that Lucas Wallin had established, and he was able to ward off the potential pocket rocket by a neck, with Magic Punk rushing up late but settling for third. Inexpressable, the winner of the Yonkers Trot, was sent off at 4-1 on a Pocono card where favorites did not have the easiest of times. Inexpressable was a $325,000 yearling purchase, and with this win he raised his lifetime earnings to $408,270 for Wallin Racing Stable Inc. and Karin Walter-Mommert.

Anderson, IN – It was a barrage of Indiana Sire Stakes action on Friday (Aug. 21) at Harrah’s Hoosier Park, with rookie trotting fillies and pacing colts in action, to go along with the 3-year-old colt and gelding pacers. A few horsemen dominated the proceedings, with the Erv and Alvin Miller barns combining to take half of the 14 races, while driver John De Long tallied five wins on the evening. Two-year-old trotting fillies kicked off the stakes festivities, with Hunterton Born and Sold Redice flexing her muscle as the 1-9 favorite with Atlee Bender aboard for Erv Miller in the $66,500 first split. Leaving from post six, Redice trotted to top on the first turn, leading the field of eight to the quarter in :28. In The Buff (Kyle Wilfong) moved around her to the point, taking the field to the half in :58 before Redice was back out for more from the pocket at three-quarters in 1:27.3. From there, Redice asserted herself in the lane, sprinting home in :27.2 to cruise by four lengths in 1:55.

Anderson, IN – Hunterton Raised & Sold Inverness Ave secured big win as they took down their respective $49,500 division in the sixth leg of the Indiana Sire Stakes for 3-year-old male trotters at Harrah’s Hoosier Park on Thursday (Aug. 20). Sent off at odds of 22-1, Inverness Ave, driven by Kevin Lambright for trainer Ernie Gaskin, won the first division while upending the previously unbeaten Dan D Man Can.  Starting from post 3, Inverness Ave found easy access to the rail in fourth while Swan Affect (driven by Marcus Miller), who left from post 1, led to the opening quarter in :28. Single file on the backstretch, favorite Dan D Man Can (Atlee Bender) soon asserted his will, gliding to the front of the seven-horse field to the halfway pole in :57.3. On the turn, Inverness Ave advanced from fourth as he cruised alongside Dan D Man Can, who led at the three-quarters in 1:25.2. Down the stretch, Dan D Man Can continued to fend off challenges, but Inverness Ave wrote a different ending as he wore down the leader to snap Dan D Man Can’s seasonal win streak at seven. Inverness Ave crossed the wire in 1:52.3, clear by three-quarters of a length. Dan D Man Can fell to second while Swan Affect held for third. The Helpisontheway gelding is owned by Theodore Engel, Douglas Shore, and Ernest Gaskin Stables Inc. Inverness Ave was bred by The Bay’s Stable LLC, Polger Holdings LLC, and Little E LLC. Boosting his lifetime earnings to $167,585, Inverness Ave paid $46.60 to win.

Lexington, KY – Regally bred Hunterton Raised & Sold Command Center rebounded from a lapped-on break disqualification in his debut for a 1:54.1 victory in the $80,000 second preliminary of the Kentucky Championship Series for 2-year-old trotting colts and geldings on Wednesday (Aug. 12) at The Red Mile. Leaving from post 2, driver Dexter Dunn eased Command Center to the middle of the pack while Captain Kenny J (driven by Todd McCarthy) surged forward through a :29 first quarter to seize the lead from 169-1 shot Celebrini (Joe Bongiorno). Nights In Miami (Marvin Luna) soon angled off the cones from third to brush for the lead but greenly hesitated to clear approaching a :57.4 half and then broke stride, forcing incoming pursuer Top Reacher (Mattias Melander) three wide with Dunn following his stablemate’s charge. Command Center looped by Top Reacher to take the lead to three-quarters in 1:25.4 and maintained his advantage through the stretch as Captain Kenny J popped from a stalking trip to take second with Top Reacher trotting evenly for third and Whateverittakes As (Tony Hall) rallying from near last for fourth. Marcus Melander trains Command Center, a colt by Gimpanzee out of world champion mare Mission Brief, for owners S R F Stable, Holly Lane Stud East Ltd. and Steve Stewart. The colt, who sold for $500,000 as a yearling at the 2025 Harrisburg Sale, won his first race in his second start and has now earned $49,600. He paid $4.54 to win. Wednesday’s card also featured a pair of $30,000 divisions of the Kentucky Commonwealth Series for 2-year-old trotting males. Marino (Tim Tetrick, 1:54.2 winning mile; $35.58 to win), a Walner -Bene Bene gelding, braved a first-over trip to pull a narrow upset over 8-5 favorite Kountry Win (Yannick Gingras) to take top honors of the two dashes. Point Blank (David Miller, 1:56.3; $6.62) scored from a stalking trip to win the other division by three-quarter lengths. Trainer Marcus Melander won five races on the day. Aside from his victory in the Kentucky Championship Series division, he sent Opposition (Dexter Dunn, 1:57.3; $3.92), a colt out of Hambletonian Oaks winner Danae, to victory in a Kentucky Wildcat Series division and later sweeped the remaining Wildcat splits with Gagosian (Dexter Dunn, 1:56.3; $2.46) and Huk Hanover (Mattias Melander, 1:58.2; $10.96). Melander also sent Kaws (Dexter Dunn, 1:56.1; $3.24) to victory in the fastest of the three $15,000 Kentucky Golden Rod divisions on the day. Inclement weather again forced The Red Mile to cancel the last two races on the card due to unsafe track conditions. Live harness racing at The Red Mile resumes on Sunday night (Aug. 16) with a 15-race card headlined by the $80,000 second preliminary of the Kentucky Championship Series for 2-year-old pacing fillies. First-race post time on Sunday is 5:05 p.m. (EDT).

Lexington, KY — Hunterton Born, Raised & Sold Requiem shipped to The Red Mile from defeat on the Grand Circuit to find the winner’s circle in their respective $80,000 opening-preliminary division of the Kentucky Championship Series on Monday afternoon (Aug. 10). Requiem (Andy McCarthy) went pillar-to-post in a 1:51.1 redemptive score – from his loss in the Hambletonian eliminations – in the Kentucky Championship Series split for trotting glamour boys, giving McCarthy a sweep of the top-tier races and leading a one-two finish for trainer Matthew Burkholder. McCarthy motored Requiem out of post 8 to the lead in a :27.1 first quarter and cruised swiftly to a :54.3 half. Pocket-sitter Kaizen (Markus Niklasson) peaked off the pylons through the last turn as Requiem remained strong on the point to three-quarters in 1:22.4 before breaking stride into the stretch, leaving McCarthy to stroll over the beam a length winner chased by 7-5 favorite Silverstein (David Miller), who sat third throughout and took second. Fineline Hanover (Todd McCarthy) gave pursuit from third and Lucchese (Tim Tetrick), the longest shot on the board, kicked from last for fourth. Requiem, a colt by Muscle Hill -Ostrich Blue Chip, races for owner Dark Horse Farm LLC. He won his first race from six starts this season and his fifth race from 16 starts in his career, banking $257,246. He paid $17.18 to win.