Author: by Jeff Zidek, for Hollywood Casino at The Meadows

With clear skies and mid-80 degree summer-like temperatures in the middle of April, the MADC club pacers took center stage for three races on the Friday (April 14) card. All three races didn’t disappoint for another week with none of the post time favorites winning as well. There was plenty of action in each of these events on the track and at the windows. 

I Choose You (So Surreal – Rodena) and driver Marc St. Louis, Jr were pocket winners in the Northville Downs’ featured $10,800 Mares Open Pace Friday (April 14) night.

Another day, another down-the-road mission completed by Yogi Sheridan as he piloted odds-on choice Cheyenne Ryan Lee to a front-stepping victory in the $9,000 American Harness Drivers Club (AHDC) Pace at Freehold Raceway on Friday afternoon (April 14).

When you’re hot, you’re hot. Right now, driver Jim Morrill Jr. is scalding hot at Buffalo Raceway.

Ruthless Hanover served notice to the national free-for-all pacing class that he may be ready for them right now after winning his seasonal debut, a $20,000 Open handicap Friday (April 14) afternoon at Harrah’s Philadelphia, in 1:49.2, the fastest mile in eastern Pennsylvania this season.

Jacob Stillwell put a demolition job on his peers in the $9,000 American Harness Drivers Club (AHDC) Pace on Friday afternoon (April 7) at Freehold Raceway to win by a wide margin.

After two straight second place finishes in the Open Trot at Buffalo Raceway, Castyourcrown ($8.70) finally got the job done on Friday afternoon (April 7) to earn the lion’s share of the $15,000 purse with a 1-1/4 length decision over Good Boy in a seasonal best 1:58.4 over the fast track.

Corey Callahan led all drivers on Friday (April 7) at Harrah’s Philadelphia with four victories, including putting a new mark of 1:51 on Captain Crusader A in the $20,000 Open handicap pace for males.

Walk With Me, driven by “Big Ticket” Brandon Bates, emerged as the champion of the Robert J. Brown Memorial late closing series for non-winners of two commercial track races on Monday (April 3) at Miami Valley. Although Walk With Me was the most experienced and richest trotter in the field, the result of 11 wins at the Indiana fairs while a 2 and 3-year-old in the Doug Rideout barn, she was dispatched at 14-1 odds in the $22,500 Brown Memorial after being bought late last year by Jeff Fought and Brian Carsey and moving to the Walter Haynes Jr. stable.