Sunny skies and warmer temperatures brought out a nice crowd for opening day at Cumberland Raceway on Saturday (March 21), with several regulars picking up where they left off, along with some new faces also grabbing the spotlight, however, the brightest star of the day was driver Dave Ingraham who secured his 8,000th career victory.
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Lip Reader A weaves way to Buffalo win
Lip Reader A and driver Drew Monti negotiated plenty of traffic around the three-quarter pole en route to victory in Buffalo Raceway’s $15,500 Open Pace on Saturday afternoon (March 21), defeating Lanjo Lee by a length in 1:54.3.
Primo Uomo upsets at the Spa
Primo Uomo made every pole a winning one en route to a 15-1 upset in Saturday’s (March 21) $16,500 Open Pace at Saratoga Casino Hotel.
Beckwith wins six at Pocono
Brett Beckwith won six races on the Saturday afternoon (March 21) card at Pocono Downs at Mohegan Pennsylvania, the most for any driver during a single 2026 program at the northeast Pennsylvania oval.
Confident was just that in Buffalo Raceway win
Confident ($9.62) was just that, confident, in the stretch drive on a rain drenched Friday afternoon (March 20) at Buffalo Raceway as he was able to scratch out a nose victory over Munk in the featured $12,000 Trot in 2:00.4 over the sloppy track.
Opening of Oak Grove meet gives Bender a warm feeling
Atlee Bender is looking forward to the beginning of the upcoming Oak Grove meet in Kentucky, and not only for the racing.
Trotters headline opening day at Cumberland
This year’s first live pari-mutuel harness racing in the state of Maine kicks off this weekend at Cumberland Raceway, just north of Portland.
Hechkoff wins NAADA Spring Series opener
Bob Hechkoff fired forward and never relinquished controls to go pillar to post with 5-2 third choice Southwind Mac in the $13,100 opening preliminary of the North American Amateur Drivers Association (NAADA) Spring Series at MGM Yonkers Raceway on Thursday night (March 19).
Spring Blake, Deadline Hall take Rosecroft features
Spring Blake and Deadline Hall posted repeat wins in their respective featured events this week at Rosecroft Raceway, as the Capital Region oval’s 2026 winter-spring meet reached its midway point.
Standardbred owners Ainspan, McDonald score Thoroughbred wins at Colonial Downs
Virginia-based harness horse owners Adam Ainspan and Anne McDonald have had their pictures taken in the Colonial Downs winner’s circle in past decades courtesy of Standardbred champions that captured Virginia Breeders divisional titles. Ainspan and McDonald each returned to the winner’s circle last week at the New Kent track courtesy of wins during Colonial’s three-day Virginia Derby meet