The leading driver at Dayton Raceway admits that he doesn't look at the odds on the tote board, and he doesn't care who he beats.  Even his own brother.  But Press Pros did manage to catch up with Luke Hanners.

After years of writing major league baseball, the transformation to writing about harness racing, and horses, has come as a surprise to many, including myself.  But the reasons why are as natural as the hit and run, only you can't say 'run' with this gig...or hit and 'trot' with baseball.

Track bugler Will Lovan (above) added tradition and color to things...and then you match a fast track and equine genetics bent on speed to get what patrons got on the opening night of the Breeders Crown - speed, more speed, and a new world's record for a two-year-old trotter. Hal McCoy writes about day one of the Breeders Crown.