Plainville, ma – When Ry’s Red Rocket (1: 52.4, $ 4.60) won the 6th race in Plainridge Park on Thursday (August 7) afternoon, Donny Richards registered his 1,000 career training.
Richards is a talent with several generations and has been constantly active in Harness racing since the Grand Circuit gathered over the kite track on Old Orchard Beach. He has long been considered a master in breaking and managing Colts and his success in Maine has been documented on a large scale during his career.
Ry’s Red Rocket Replay
Richards started with four own horses in 1945 and was on Cumberland Fair. And from that basis he ran everywhere in Maine over the next eight decades. After 18 years of racing his own horses, Richards started racing with a public stable. In 1980 Hall of Famer Ted Wing wanted to take 10 horses for Lawrence Kadish and then he started training for Tom Dillon, Linwood Higgins and Iival Cianchette.
The Maine Sire Stakes started in 1972 and Richards was almost involved in the program from the start. Richard’s schedule of Maine Sire Stake winners is too long to mention, but is probably covered by SK Hurricane (P, 1:53, $ 176,567) who was a double Maine Stake Champion and 58 race winner. The rest of the estimated 400 horses that Richard’s campaign conducted during his career made their bread in the hard way: one overnight check at the same time
Probably the best of those night horses that Richards ever trained and drove was a postcard Jack (P, 1:55, $ 238.003) who won more races in Maine than any other horse ever, or ever Will: 72 victories in Maine and 77 victories in general.
Although he never participated in it, Richards had a major impact on the Hambletonian while he broke and trained three horses that raced: creatine (1: 51.2, $ 2,102,022), Hot Shot Blue Chip (1: 51.2, $ 1.213.742).
Today at the age of 92, Richards has recorded 4,212 row -victories to go along with his 1,000 training victories and combining Talies only $ 8.3 million generated in career -earning
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Millwood Bliss N, Morning Edition Win Plainridge OpenS
Plunville, Mon – A few open $ 25,000 open races were shown on Thursday (August 7) in Plainridge Park and both produced both gate to wire winners.
First in the mares and mares open handicap pace, Millwood Bliss N (Brett Beckwith) took the lead of the Swedish Starlet N (Matty Athearn) and got the field to half: 55.3. The Page N (Ron Cushing) first turned over and pushed the leader to a: 27 flat third panel. The two mares continued to fight around the far turn, but Millwood Bliss N (Dear Lou) Never admitted to turn the N. page. While the race on the wire was driven on the wire, the Swedish Starlet found n space near the pens and fell in the direction of the leader. But Millwood Bliss N remained tough, held the challenge and hung through a neck to win in 1: 50.4, which was a new lifetime.
Millwood Bliss Replay
Millwood Bliss N ($ 4.20) is owned by Tom Vassiliou, Cool Cat Racing, Nicholas Tallarico and Archie McNeil.
Then Morning Edition (Shawn Gray) was in the Open Handicap -Drop outside on the leadership that passed the quarter: 27.1 and then got a nice breathing break to half: 57 flat. On the way to turn, an outstream was two, led by platinum as (Brett Beckwith) who pulled to three -quarters within a length of the leader. Positions remained unchanged at the front around the last corner and in the piece, where morning edition (Walner) Returned Platina and then held a late class from a new leader (Mitchell Cushing) to win with three -quarters of a length in 1: 54.2.
Morning Edition Replay
Morning Edition ($ 6.00) is owned by Mark Jakubik and Douglas Overhiser and trained by Alicia Gray.
Bruce Ranger had a hat trick on Thursday, two winners were trained by Melissa Beckwith.
Live racing will resume on Monday (August 11) at 4 p.m. in Plainridge Park
Free full previous performance programs and racing repetitions for all live racing days in Plainridge Park can be found on Plainridgeparkcasino.com.
Click here for full racing results: We trot results.
Through Tim BoarskiFor Plainridge Park
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