Thursday, January 8 Recap

January 9, 2026

After 2 weeks of brutal cold, no one complained that the temperatures warmed up a bit today to 40 degrees during the 11 race card.

This afternoon there were plenty of driving and training doubles and triples, Mike Cushing started the day with a pair of back-to-back winners with Network Seelster 2:00.1 $6.14 and Fox Valley Inferno in 2:00.1 – $3.54 and then scored with Luke Skywalker in 2:00.1 – $ 18.96 to give him a triple. Masons Delight N scored in a 12-length romp in 1:58.2 – $2.50 for the tandem of William Carter and Bryson Dunning.

Greg Merton had a driving triple and Mike had a double, 2025 leading trainer Monica Eriksen had 2 winners hail from her barn, as did Tammy Sowers.