Harrington season ends with eyes on Dover

HARRINGTON, DE – Harrington Raceway’s 79^th season of live harness racing came to a close with a 15-race program Wednesday.

End of meet honors highlighted the program as Joe Columbo (62 wins) won his 5^th training title over Joe Hundertpfund Jr. and Crissy Crissman-Bier. Driver Montrell Teague (101 wins) earned his second straight driving title over Corey Callahan and Allan Davis.

The Delaware Valley Chapter of the United States Harness Writers Association voted Breakaway Racing and Yorwallahan Racing Team’s Speed Away (trotter) horse of the meet. The Father Patrick 7-year-old had 7 wins in 11 starts, all in Open level events, including 3 from post 8. His last 14 wins over the past 2 years have come at Harrington.

In the racing feature, Tyler Long’s Vlahos ($13, Pat Berry) was a 1:55.4 winner over Sassy Reagan and Kodack Black. The John Dixon-trainee notched his 9^th win of the year and surpassed $114,000 in seasonal earnings.

VLAHOS REPLAY

The Delaware racing circuit will now shift to Bally’s Dover, where racing will begin on a Monday through Thursday schedule starting November 3 (post time 4:30 p.m.).

For complete race results, click here: US Trotting results.

by Matt Sparacino, for Harrington Raceway