Author: by Chris Tully, for First Tracks Cumberland

Driver Aaron Hall drove three winners on the Friday program at Cumberland, but the day must have seemed a lot like a roller coaster ride from start to finish.

With fall-like, 50-degree temperature at the start of the first race on the card, which later turned into rain and a good track, the MADC club had three pacing races scheduled at The Meadowlands Friday night.

Justin Irvine gave Princess Rougarou a heads-up drive as she doubled up in the Northville Downs’ featured $10,800 Mares Open Pace Friday night (April 28).

Trainer Nancy Takter has been on fire since the first of her students hit the mile oval at The Meadowlands on March 31, with nine winners from just 21 starts at the start of racing Friday night (April 29).

Favorite YS Lotus made it a clean sweep in the Jumpstart Series for horses with a Trackmaster Rating of 73 or less at Buffalo Raceway on Friday afternoon by winning the $25,000 finale.

The pacing powerhouse Ruthless Hanover came within a fifth of a second of the oldest track record on the books at Harrah’s Philadelphia, winning the $20,000 Open handicap pace for males on Friday afternoon (April 21) in 1:48.3.

Driver Montrell Teague won six races, five for trainer Chuck Crissman Jr. on Monday at Harrington Raceway.

There were three $17,500 co-featured condition paces divided by gender at Plainridge Park on Monday afternoon (April 17) and all three winners turned in very impressive performances.

C Is For Cookie and Relentless Julie repeated in the Bobby Weiss Series for three-year-old pacing fillies on Tuesday afternoon at Pocono Downs at Mohegan Pennsylvania, winning their respective $20,000 second prelim events.

The American Horse Council is requesting that all owners participate in their National Impact Study Survey, which will do a special breakout of Standardbreds and harness racing.