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Wednesday’s (September 15) edition of Racing Roundup features results stories from Harrington Raceway and Mohegan Sun at Pocono Downs.

Nordic Venture repeats in Open Trot at Harrington

Harrington, DE — Amy and Stewart Oldford’s Nordic Venture ($3.60, Vince Copeland) earned his seventh win of the season and second consecutive on Wednesday with a 1:56.4 win in the $20,000 Open Trot at Harrington Raceway.

Driven by trainer Copeland, the 5-year-old Keystone Nordic gelding set all the fractions and was an easy three length winner over Fivedollarsforsox and Spunky Vic.

— Matt Sparacino

Mohegan Sun at Pocono Downs
Higher And Higher, driven by Jim Morrill, Jr., won her second straight race and fourth in eight starts this season on Wednesday night at Mohegan Sun at Pocono Downs. The 3-year-old Western Terror filly, trained by Paul Reid, was coming off a 1:52.1 win at Harrah’s Chester. She won the race with a time of 1:50.4, just a fifth of a second from her life mark in a race for non-winners of $8,550 life or nine extended pari-mutuel races lifetime. Special Sweetheart (Matt Kakaley), who won more than $504,000 in 2009, finished a close second behind Higher And Higher. Third place went to Quicksilvercandy A, piloted by Larry Stalbaum. Ron Burke, the meet’s leading trainer, collected a win with Secretagent Cullen. The latter, stopping the timer in 1:52.1, was driven by young Matt Kakaley.