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Standout 3-year-old female trotter Special Way returned to the racetrack Wednesday (Aug. 23) for the first time in more than two months, winning a qualifier by 8-1/4 lengths in 1:53.3 for trainer-driver Ake Svanstedt at Pocono Downs at Mohegan Pennsylvania.

As we await today’s draw for Monday’s opening program for the Du Quoin State Fair meet and its 2- and 3-year-old ICF stake events, let’s catch up on some Illinois racing happenings.

On July 14 at The Meadowlands, the horse Classic Landing collapsed soon after the finish and died within moments. There was no catastrophic breakdown, his fatality was the result of an internal event.

The last time she was at Batavia Downs, in 2021, Racine Bell set the 1:51.3 track record for older pacing mares after destroying her competition by eight full lengths. On Wednesday (Aug. 23), the million-dollar mare returned to the Downs and won again in the $15,000 Fillies and Mares Open Handicap Pace.

Berlin, MD – The Maryland Sire Stakes $25,300 4 and 5-year-old Open Trot went to post as an early non-wagering event on Wednesday (Aug. 23rd) at Ocean Downs.

Vernon Downs will play host to two divisions of the New York Sire Stakes for 2-year-old trotting fillies on Friday (Aug. 25).

It’s said insanity.is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting a different result. If so, what word describes facing the same possible problem year after year and doing nothing to solve it?

Vandiemen Bluechip, sent off at 49-1, was a first-over, 1:54.2 winner of a $156,600 New York Sire Stakes clash for rookie pacing colts and geldings on Tuesday (Aug. 22) at MGM Yonkers Raceway.