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Lester “Bud” Teeters has seen more live racing at MGM Northfield Park over the last four decades than anyone. On Wednesday (Jan. 29), he will witness his final one from high above the Home of the Flying Turns when he judges his final race, riding the sulky into retirement.

After two unsuccessful starts in upper-level events at Bally’s Dover, Business Director made easy work of his foes in his return to Rosecroft Raceway on Monday (Jan. 27), coasting to a 1:52.3 win in the $8,500 co-featured top-level conditioned pace and giving driver Russell Foster one of four driving wins on the 14-race opening-night program.

Jason Bartlett won four of the first six races on Monday night (Jan. 27) at MGM Yonkers Raceway, and the last of those victories was the 11,000th of his driving career.

Wind gusts of up to 60 mph that blew down the homestretch made it very challenging for everyone lining up to race at Batavia Downs on Monday (Jan. 27) afternoon. However many big performances were still turned in, including the one by the 4-year-old pacing mare Maggie Bell, who won her third straight race in the $11,000 upper-lever condition race for distaff sidewheelers to stay perfect in 2024.  

On Saturday (Jan. 25), Chairperson Gabe Wand and Director Cathy Dessert hosted the USTA 4B membership meeting in Madison, Wis., the final district meeting before the annual full USTA board meeting.

7-year-old Idao de Tillard, trained by Thierry Duvaldestin and wth his son, Clement Duvaldestin in the bike, proved to be the strongest again this year, winning the Prix d’Amerique for the second year in a row at the Vincennes track in Paris.

Hawthorne Open Pace returns Sunday (Jan. 26) night but with an unusual look. It’s a six-horse field and only one horse in it was not bred in Australia and competed on the other side of the globe before coming to the United States.

Jordan Stratton is a low-key guy who stays away from being too boastful, but the driver who won four races to top the driver colony on the Saturday (Jan. 25) night card at The Meadowlands couldn’t help but crow a little about For Once Inmy Life, whom he drove to victory in the $24,000 feature, a high-end conditioned pace.

It was “ladies first” in the Group 1 race Prix Bold Eagle at Vincennes on Saturday (Jan. 25) afternoon. And for the president of the French trotting federation, Le Trot, the race was a great personal triumph as he owns the first two horses across the finish line – the French mare Kokote and the Italian mare East Asia – both of whom have Ready Cash as their sire.

There’s a new “Top Gun” in the Illinois trotting ranks and at one time in 2023 he had a 10-race losing streak and didn’t get a check in most of those disappointing starts.