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Dan Deslandes won the opener at Cumberland Raceway on Saturday (May 21), a $5,200 pace with Bo Master in 1:57, but a final tally of the day’s events saw Matt Athearn and Drew Campbell work into a three-way tie with Deslandes for the top position.
Eldorado Scioto Downs was forced to cancel Saturday’s (May 21) card after two races due to extreme weather in the Columbus, Ohio, area.
Saturday night (May 21) at The Meadowlands might have belonged to Cutler winner Ecurie D DK, but Nicholas Beach had himself a memorable night as well, scorching the mile oval in 1:47 in the $40,000 Open, and in the process, established a national season’s record for pacers.
Itsonlymoneyhoney and Mike Merton took the $12,000 Open Trot at Tioga Downs on Saturday (May 21).
Lake Charles continued what has been a terrific start to the season at Saratoga Casino Hotel for trainer Amanda Kelley when the 5-year-old son of Well Said won the featured $15,000 Open Pace on Saturday evening (May 21).
Mother Nature provided the heat. Ecurie D DK added the sizzle. On an unseasonably warm, 86-degree night, Ecurie D DK made his seasonal debut a memorable one by scorching the one-mile oval at The Meadowlands in a world record 1:49.1 to win Saturday’s $170,450 Arthur J. Cutler Memorial for older trotters by 1-1/2 lengths over Cuatro De Julio.
Discus Hanover (Truman Gale) and Northern Rein (Steeven Genois) won the co-featured $7,700 Open events at Vernon Downs on Saturday (May 21).
Adare Castle and Silver Label captured a pair of SBOA Stakes finals on an abbreviated Saturday evening (May 21) card at Woodbine Mohawk Park.
Trailing by five lengths as they turned for home, Samosa found the “super speed” gear and overtook heavy favorite Dreamonhigh to spring a 18-1 upset in Saturday’s (May 21) $133,980 Pennsylvania Sire Stakes at Hollywood Casino at The Meadows. The other division of the event for 3-year-old trotting fillies, known as the Meadow Bright, also went to a long shot, as 9-1 Palermo Hanover overpowered 2-5 favorite Mon Cheval to score.
Bee Two Bee ($4.80) delivered a devastating knockout punch in Saturday's (May 21) featured $12,000 Preferred Handicap Pace at Freehold Raceway, defeating Peace Out Posse by 5-1/4 lengths and equaling the 1:51.1 track record for older pacing horses, set by Riyadh in 1996.
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