A week after being narrowly defeated by Cruise Patrol in the final yards, Daniel Warrington and Donald Hawk’s Rollinlikethunder ($3.80) braved an uncovered journey and sloppy going en route to a 1:52 win in Sunday’s (May 5) featured $18,000 top-level conditioned pace at Harrah’s Philadelphia.
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Prairie Panther captures Open Handicap at Tioga Downs
Prairie Panther (Tyler Buter) captured the $12,000 Open Handicap Pace at Tioga Downs on Sunday (May 5). Prairie Panther is a 5-year-old gelding by Royal Millennium.
Mandeville is a winner in Sunday Saratoga feature
With no Open Trot on the card, the $12,500 Winners Over served as the feature on Sunday afternoon (May 5) at Saratoga Casino Hotel. Veteran Open trotter Cash Me Out (Cash Hall) was assigned the outside post for the feature and was the public’s 1-5 betting favorite as he sought his fourth win of the season.
Gendron drives five winners on opening day at H3R
Stephane Gendron got off to a superb start on opening day at the Hippodrome 3R, scoring a driving quintuple including a victory in the co-feature Preferred Pace with Mister Big Top.
Stakes records fall in Maryland Sires Stakes at Rosecroft
The Maryland Sires Stakes program has continued to grow by leaps and bounds over the past couple of seasons, as for the second straight week, stakes and track records fell on one of the nation’s fastest three turn ovals.
Toteboard fireworks as Pompano closes
It didn’t take long for the aftershock from the Kentucky Derby “earthquake” to travel the 1,050 miles to Pompano Park as the South Florida track wrapped up its 2018-2019 racing season.
Cruzado Dela Noche takes Cutler at Big M
Pulling off upsets are Cruzado Dela Noche’s specialty, so when he won Saturday night’s (May 4) $175,200 Arthur J. Cutler Memorial for free for all trotters at The Meadowlands at odds of 8-1, it didn’t come as a shock to his driver Brian Sears.
New Heaven, Caviart Luca win Saturday night Yonkers co-features
New Heaven (Brent Holland, $14.40) and Caviart Luca (George Brennan, $19.40) were the come-from-behind stars Saturday night (May 4), winning Yonkers Raceway’s co-featured $44,000 Open Handicaps.
Big Saturday at Northfield Park for Aaron Merriman
Aaron Merriman had a monster night on Saturday (May 4) at Northfield Park by posting eight wins on the 16-race program.
Trio of memorials at Saratoga Casino Hotel
A trio of memorials served as features on the Saturday night (May 4) card at Saratoga Casino Hotel. The seventh annual JP Morel Memorial Pacing Series went for a purse of $32,000 while the fifth annual Virginia O’Brien Memorial Pace was contested for a $32,300 purse and both races saw career-best performances from their winners.