Author: By Tim Bojarski for the Standardbred Owners of Massachusetts

Ahi Sunshine has already won six races this year, but none of them came at Plainridge Park, despite having started there five times. That all changed on Monday (July 8) afternoon when the 4-year-old horse captured the $20,000 Open Handicap pacing feature in a career best effort at The Ridge.

Driver Marcus Miller perched Yankee B Something into a two-hole ride and pounced on the money to cash at odds of 14-1 in the $50,000 Fillies & Mares Open Pace at Oak Grove Racing, Gaming & Hotel on Monday (July 8).

Railroad Station moved to the engine before the half and was in full control of one of four $30,000 Pennsylvania All-Stars divisions for two-year-old pacing males Monday (July 8) afternoon at Pocono Downs at Mohegan Pennsylvania, steaming home to a spectacular clocking of 1:51.1 five lengths ahead of the field.

Buffalo Raceway presented three features on the Friday afternoon (July 5) program and all were won by the post time favorites and in gate to wire fashion.

Zapaca (Steeven Genois) captures the $6,500 featured trot at Vernon Downs on Friday (July 5).

Trois-Rivieres, Quebec – Harness racing driver James MacDonald put on a driving clinic at the Hippodrome 3R (H3R) in Trois-Rivieres, Quebec on Friday (July 5) in winning his second Canadian National Driving…

Misty Coast, an invader from Harrington, yielded command to sit a perfect pocket trip, then came back in the stretch to defeat Front Page Story by a nose in 1:50.2 to take the $14,500 distaff pacing feature at Harrah’s Philadelphia on Friday afternoon (July 5).

The Southern Tier Amateur Club was host to a spirited—but friendly—competition at Tioga Downs against their counterparts from Great Britain on July 4 with the Americans using a late burst to capture the competition by a score of 72 to 49.

America’s premier amateur harness driving series, the North American Amateur Drivers Association (NAADA), has once again donated to important charitable causes.

Gulfstream Park announcer Pete Aiello will be spending part of his July 4 weekend in a sulky at Horseshoe Indianapolis when he takes on The Red Mile’s VP of Racing and Sports Wagering Operations Gabe Prewitt in a harness match race for charity.