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Rocknroll Runa A (Rock N Roll Heaven) won the local Open Pace for the third time this season when on Saturday (December 2) evening, the Larry Stalbaum trainee overcame post position eight to record the victory in the $15,000 feature.
Lexus Witha View A jumped up in the final strides to capture the $6,500 winners over feature at First Tracks Cumberland on Saturday, winning by a nose over betting favorite The Bird Dance N.
The second try to get a pair of the $20,000 Pop-Up series finals for ICF freshmen raced comes about Sunday night (Dec. 3) at Hawthorne after a cancellation a week ago.
Persistent rain and a sloppy track set the stage for racing at Batavia Downs on Saturday night but the inclement conditions didn’t prevent Ricky B Sharp from excelling in the $15,000 Open I Handicap trotting feature.
The veteran mare Racine Bell knows much about winning, and more specifically, winning while flashing blinding speed, which is precisely what she did in the featured $23,000 winners over for fillies and mares on the pace Saturday night at The Meadowlands.
Amateur driver Henry Beachy has been around horses for the better part of 40 years. He’s been back of the starting gate over 1,500 times and won a handful here and there over time.
The Florida Standardbred Breeders and Owners Association hosted tributes to two Florida legends of the past, Melvyn Aylor and Tom Audley, in the form of Stakes races for 2-year-olds and 3-year-olds.
The 5-year-old French trotter Idao de Tillard with Clement Duvaldestin in the bike won his fifth victory in a row Saturday afternoon (Dec. 2) at Vincennes and is at present favored to win the Prix d’Amerique 2024.
Reagan Blue Chip and Bunkerhill Phil, both punctual winning favorites in last week’s elimination heats, head the cast for Sunday night’s $16,200 Will Meyers Memorial Pace at Cal Expo.
They couldn’t catch local favorite Airspinder as driver Wally Watson guided the $4,800 feature winner to a wire-to-wire victory at Cumberland on Friday.
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