Author: from PHHA/Pocono

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).

There was nothing crazy about Just Plain Loco’s victory in Buffalo Raceway’s $15,500 Open Pace on Saturday night (May 13) as he used a workmanlike effort to beat Avion Seelster by a half length in a seasonal best 1:54.3 over a fast track.

Bad To The Bone N, who just missed South Beach Star’s 1:48.2 mile at Pocono Downs at Mohegan Pennsylvania — the fastest mile in North American harness racing this year — last week, had an easier time on Saturday afternoon (May 13) with a 1:50.3 win in the $18,500 pacing co-feature.

Fulton and Voukefalas made big moves upward in Week 2 of Dave Little’s “Road to The Meadowlands Pace” as each won impressively last week. Fulton is now at No. 3 in the Top 10 Poll, while Voukefalas is No. 4.

Bringoverthemoney will try to register his sixth consecutive win on Sunday’s (May 14) season-opening program at Running Aces.

Saturday’s (May 13) qualifiers at the Meadowlands was the stage for several of the returning stars of last season to hone their skills as 2023 stakes get underway in earnest. The track was fast with temperatures in the 60s and little wind.

Abby Rose and driver Ridge Warren captured the featured $10,500 pacing event for fillies and mares at Tioga Downs on Friday (May 12).