Author: from the USTA Communications Department

Tlb Racing’s Sprocket ($2.40, Pat Berry) was a 1:51.3 winner in the featured $22,500 Open Monday (April 15) at Harrington Raceway.

Sunny skies and a summer-like 78-degrees greeted a full apron of railbirds who turned out for the first day of the live harness racing meet at Plainridge Park on Monday afternoon (April 15).

Blackhawk Zette and Victor Laszlo took their second Bobby Weiss Trotting Series victories in $20,000 round two action for the sophomore males Monday (April 15) afternoon at Pocono Downs at Mohegan Pennsylvania. In six $9,000 final prelim rounds of action among Game of Claims Series pacers carrying a $15,000 base claiming tag, no one was able to post wins in all three legs leading up to next Monday’s $17,500 Championship.

The trotters and pacers returned for 2024 pari-mutuel racing on Friday (April 13) at Harrah’s Philadelphia, with the track condition for the opener of Philly’s nineteenth season going from “sloppy” to “good” to “fast” as the track dried out after a morning rainstorm.

A pair of veteran trotters notched their first victories of the season in the co-featured $9,000 events at Buffalo Raceway on Friday afternoon (April 12) as Lougazi posted a popular $2.50 score in the opening division while Con Air Hall pulled a $27.80 stunner in the other bracket.

Off a strong runner-up finish last week, Rocks Shining Star avenged his defeat with an aggressive trip to take the $30,000 Open Pace on Monday (April 8) at Oak Grove Gaming, Racing & Hotel.

Four Sixes, a Six Pack colt, is undefeated in three 2024 starts after recording a 1:55 victory in one of four $20,000 first-round prelims of the Bobby Weiss Series for 3-year-old trotting males on as nice a Monday (April 8) afternoon as you could want at Pocono Downs at Mohegan Pennsylvania.