Author: by Ray Cotolo, for NAADA

John Calabrese secured a pocket ride for odds-on favorite Shoemaker Hanover and blitzed for the lead around the final turn while holding his ground to take the $15,000 North American Amateur Drivers Association (NAADA) Spring Series Final on Thursday night (May 18) at Yonkers Raceway.

Taking advantage of torrid early fractions, Rocknroll Runa A turned a big move into a huge win in the $25,000 winners-over pacing feature at Plainridge Park on Thursday afternoon (May 18).

COSA TV will have its first live broadcast of the season this Sunday night (May 21) with coverage of the second edition of the Charles Juravinski Memorial Cup, from Flamboro Downs.

A full week into the 2023 Eldorado Scioto Downs racing season, the track is seeing continual gains and improvements, both in the entry box and at the betting windows.

Southwind Bella, a three-quarter sister to 2019 Little Brown Jug champion Southwind Ozzi, showed the family talent and speed when she lowered her mark to 1:50.2 in the featured $14,400 distaff pace on Thursday (May 18) at Harrah’s Philadelphia.

After tripping out early, Dandy’s Everlasting and Matty Athearn brushed late and finished strong to capture the featured $25,000 fillies and mares winners-over pace at Plainridge Park on Tuesday afternoon (May 16).

Matt Kakaley closed out a storybook week at Pocono Downs at Mohegan Pennsylvania — one in which he went over $100 million in total career purses — by notching his 6,000th career driving victory with Willing Hanover in a co-featured $15,000 conditioned trot on Tuesday afternoon (May 16).

Oh K Man (Western Ideal-Armbro Amour) and driver Marc St. Louis, Jr. took the Saturday night (May 13) feature at Northville Downs, the $10,800 Open Handicap Pace, for the second straight week.

Newton “Yogi” Sheridan and Tony Beltrami survived on the lead to take their respective $9,000 divisions of the American Harness Drivers Club (AHDC) Trot at Freehold Raceway on Saturday afternoon (May 13).