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The Hambletonian, harness racing’s most visible race is less than two weeks away, so it seems like a good time to look at yesterday, today and tomorrow in the world of trotters and pacers. What we saw Three big stakes races took place last weekend. At Saratoga Casino Hotel, This Is The Plan continued to rip up half-mile tracks by winning the $150,000 Joe Gerrity Memorial Pace. Earlier this year, he set a world record on a half-mile track when he paced a 1:47.3 at The Battle of Lake Erie at Northfield Park. In the Gerrity, he took the lead,

Jimmy Jerkens is a New York guy, through and through. Like his late Hall of Fame father Allen Jerkens, his heart and soul are in New York racing, especially Saratoga. So, it comes as no surprise that Weyburn is one of the contenders for Saturday’s Jim Dandy Stakes (G2) for 3-year-olds at Saratoga on Saturday. The Jim Dandy is the Spa’s prep for the big one: the Travers (G1) on Aug. 28. Recommended reading: The Lineup: Saratoga, Del Mar Highlight A Full Fare Of Racing You might recall Weyburn as the 46-1 upset winner of Aqueduct’s Gotham Stakes (G3) back

By Richard Rosenblatt From three of the most beautiful racetracks on the planet – Del Mar, Saratoga, and Royal Ascot — thoroughbred racing moves forward on Saturday with wagering up and fans flocking to the rail to take in the action. The top race of the day is the $500,000 Coaching Club American Oaks (G1) for 3-year-olds fillies at the Spa with unbeaten Malathaat the 2-5 favorite in a field of four – yes, just a quartet entered for a prestigious race won by champions including Monomoy Girl, Songbird, and Ashado. At Del Mar, there’s a pair of Grade 2

By Margaret Ransom The $250,000  Eddie Read Stakes (G2), one of the Del Mar’s signature turf races for older horses, will be contested for the 48th time on Saturday and a field of seven will break from the gate in the 1 1/8-mile grass feature, including LNJ Foxwoods’ multiple Grade 2 winner United, who won last year’s edition. Named for Del Mar’s longtime publicity director, the race has drawn some of the best grass stars on the West Coast, with a sprinkle of good shippers from the East. Past winners include Wickerr, Tsunami Slew, Al Mamoon, Fly Til Dawn, Tight

By Ray Wallin Are you part of the 95% of people reading this article that do not know that today is World Statistics Day? I made that up, but it sounded good, didn’t it? Mark Twain once quipped “There are three types of lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics.” You can get the first two from politicians and our good friend Rail Guy. The last one you can get anywhere. You can watch the news and hear about the percentage of kids in a school system that are underperforming and the recent trends for employment and the stock market. At

By Ed McNamara The pedigree screamed turf. Her sire was Irish River, winner of seven Group 1 races in France. Her damsire was Roberto, hero of the 1972 Epsom Derby. It was August 1988, and I couldn’t wait to bet on Meadow Mist. Her career debut was rained off the turf, and she finished far back in the slop. A few weeks later, she was entered in a mile grass race at Saratoga, and it was go time. I touted my friend John Quinn, who said he was on board. This was long before internet accounts and smartphones, so my