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• Open pacers top Thursday Plainridge program

  May 26, 2022 by Tim Bojarski, for the Standardbred Owners of Massachusetts

  A pair of Open paces highlighted the action at Plainridge Park on Thursday afternoon (May 26).

• Icanflylikeanangel digs in, wins top Meadows trot

  May 26, 2022 by Evan Pattak, for the Meadows Standardbred Owners Association

  Icanflylikeanangel held off challengers inside and out as he toughed out a victory in Thursday’s (May 26) $17,600 Open Handicap Trot at Hollywood Casino at The Meadows.

• Infinity Stone makes it three in a row in Philly feature

  May 26, 2022 from PHHA/Harrah's Philadelphia

  Infinity Stone captured his third consecutive win with a comfortable score in Thursday's (May 26) $15,300 featured trot on at Harrah’s Philadelphia.

• Zack Gray on a roll at Cumberland

  May 26, 2022 by Chris Tully, for First Tracks Cumberland

  While most 8-year-old kids were playing video games, in 2008, Zackary Gray was jogging horses and pretending to be a harness driver. He no longer has to pretend.

• No changes in Dave Little’s Road to the Pace Week 4

  May 26, 2022 from Meadowlands Media Relations

  There were no changes in the Week 4 edition of Dave Little's "Road to The Meadowlands Pace" top 10 poll, but next week there figures to be, with seven of the horses scheduled to be in action this weekend.

• ‘Sentinel’ seasonal debut set for Betsy Ross

  May 26, 2022 by Ken Weingartner, USTA Media Relations Manager

  After putting together the second Dan Patch Award-winning season of her career in 2021, female pacer Lyons Sentinel is ready to launch her 5-year-old campaign Sunday (May 29) by meeting seven rivals in the $100,000 Betsy Ross Mare Invitational at Harrah’s Philadelphia. Lyons Sentinel, who received her first Dan Patch Award in 2019 at the age of 2, is the only horse in the race making her seasonal debut. The group includes the top-three finishers in this year’s Blue Chip Matchmaker Series -- Drama Act, Racine Bell, and Easy To Please -- as well as highly regarded New Zealand-import Amazing Dream N.

• Katz and Libfield buy European champion trotter

  May 26, 2022 by Karsten Bønsdorf, USTA Senior Newsroom Correspondent

  At a French internet sale, Perry Söderberg, acting as agent for Marvin Katz and Al Libfield, got the final bid of 300,000 Euros ($321,500) for the 4-year-old French mare Ivensong 1:54.4.

• B A Superhero looks to prove himself in NJSS final

  May 26, 2022 by Ken Weingartner, USTA Media Relations Manager

  B A Superhero is already a super man to owner Patty Key. Bred by Key’s husband, Bob, who passed away in January 2021, the colt will test his powers against nine rivals in Friday’s (May 27) $240,000 New Jersey Sire Stakes championship for 3-year-old male trotters at The Meadowlands. B A Superhero won a first-round preliminary division of the series on May 6 and finished third in a second-round split on May 13.

• Grand Circuit to Western Fair, Harrah’s Philadelphia

  May 26, 2022 by Paul Ramlow, Grand Circuit publicity director

  The Raceway at Western Fair District will host Grand Circuit action on Friday (May 27) and Harrah’s Philadelphia has Grand Circuit racing on Sunday (May 29).

• Races set for Springfield (IL) on Saturday

  May 26, 2022 by Kurt Becker

  After a rainout last weekend, the Spring Preview for Illinois-bred trotters and pacers has been rescheduled for Saturday (May 28) at the Illinois State Fairgrounds.

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