Three $15,500 divisions of the top-level claiming handicap trot were featured on Tuesday afternoon (May 9) at Pocono Downs at Mohegan Pennsylvania.
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SBOA Finals set in three of four divisions
The entry box for the SBOA Stakes for Ontario-sired 3-year-olds closed Tuesday morning (May 9) with only one of four divisions needing eliminations.
Records tumble in Paul Revere Pace at Plainridge
Nancy Takter trainee Caviart Scotland etched his name in the Plainridge Park record books with a 1:50.3 win in the second division of Thursday’s (May 4) $100,000 Paul Revere Pace, breaking the stakes record as well as the track standard for 3-year-old pacing colts.
Inter Mischief wins seasonal debut in Philly feature
Everybody in the five-horse $14,400 featured trot at Harrah’s Philadelphia on Thursday afternoon (May 4) was involved in the action at one point or another, with Inter Mischief, last year’s Massachusetts 2-year-old champion, taking a new mark of 1:54.1 in his 2023 debut.
My Kiwi Lady N upsets again at Harrington
For the second straight week, My Kiwi Lady N ($43.20, Montrell Teague) was a long shot winner, this time in Tuesday’s (May 2) featured $20,000 Mares Open Pace at Harrington Raceway in 1:55.1.
Toodles Hanover, Booraa N victorious at Plainridge
A pair of paces for fillies and mares topped the card at Plainridge Park on Tuesday afternoon (May 2), and both winners flaunted front-end foot.
Bangor Raceway set for spring-summer meet
Harness racing returns to Maine’s northern circuit when Bangor Raceway swings back into action on Wednesday afternoon (May 3). Post time is slated for 3:15 p.m. (EDT) at Bangor’s historic Bass Park, which has continuously hosted harness racing since 1893.
Kaddari remains undefeated with Weiss final win
Kaddari, who started her career with wins in the last two prelims of the Bobby Weiss Series for 3-year-old trotting fillies, added the $50,000 Weiss championship to her rapidly-growing resume on Tuesday afternoon (May 2) at Pocono Downs at Mohegan Pennsylvania. The $375,000 yearling stopped the timer in 1:56 on a cool day with a strong stretch headwind.
Faraldo first in NAADA Trot
Joe Faraldo fired Turbochargedpete from the center of the gate to the top, and they kept all their competitors behind them to register a 2:01 victory in the $10,000 North American Amateur Drivers Association (NAADA) Trot before the pari-mutuel card at Yonkers Raceway on Thursday night (April 27).
Plainridge paces to Patrikthepiranha A, Bag Pipe Major
Speed was the order of the day in the pair of $25,000 winners-over paces that highlighted the Thursday afternoon (April 27) card at Plainridge Park.