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The United States Harness Driving Club complemented Oak Grove Racing and Gaming’s stakes laden program on Monday (May 27) and the classy 12-year-old gelding Sprinter N (Mach Three) sprinted home a handy winner for Peter Kleinhans, stopping the timer in 1:56.4.

Vernon Downs hosted a Memorial Day Matinee featuring New York Sire Stakes (NYSS) for 3-year-trotters for both the fillies and the boys on Monday (May 27).

P T Stable’s Effingham ($119.40, Ross Wolfenden) sprung a 58-to-1 upset in the $22,500 Free-for-All Pace Monday (May 27) at Harrington Raceway.

Brett “The Jett” Beckwith was at it again at Plainridge Park on Monday (May 27) by grabbing a fist-full of victories to extend his already lofty lead as the winningest driver of the meet. One of those five wins included the $20,000 Open II Handicap with Fourever Boy.

Elista Hanover continued her rum as the horse to beat among the Pennsylvania-sired three-year-old trotting fillies, winning for the fifth straight time in one of four $30,000 divisions of a Pennsylvania All-Stars contest in 1:54.3 over “sloppy” going Monday (May 27) afternoon at Pocono Downs at Mohegan Pennsylvania.

The featured event on the Memorial Day weekend racing program at Running Aces on Sunday (May 26) was the $15,500 Open Handicap Trot which drew a nice field of eight contenders.

All five of the entrants in Sunday evening’s (May 26) $14,500 fast-class trot at Pocono Downs at Mohegan Pennsylvania had faced each other in their last start, and for the second straight encounter Robbie Pev proved the best, here in 1:53.4.

Lyons Stealth unleashed a first-over attack and powered to a 7-1 upset in Sunday’s (May 26) $12,000 Open 1 Handicap Pace at Ocean Downs, the first of the track’s 2024 meet.

It was a great party Sunday afternoon (May 26) as in previous years at Solvalla, but every year it tends to be fewer and fewer fans taking the trip to Europe’s biggest mile race, Elitloppet at Solvalla, Stockholm, Sweden.