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On Monday (July 31), Dolce Amara (Tim Tetrick) broke her maiden in style at Red Mile in the only $80,000 Kentucky Sire Stakes division for freshman trotting fillies. Lucas Wallin harnessed the granddaughter of champion Pizza Dolce on a sun-splashed afternoon in Kentucky.

The Illinois Racing Board on July 31 received three applications for 2024 racing dates—two from Hawthorne Race Course for Thoroughbred and Standardbred racing and one from FanDuel Sportsbook and Racing (the former Fairmount Park) for Thoroughbred racing.

Mare Nancy Bar led every step of the way to win the Monday afternoon (July 31) featured trot at Pocono Downs at Mohegan Pennsylvania. The race was a conditioned event for non-winners of $9,800 in the last four starts and carried a purse of $12,500.

Maine-bred and sired 2-year-old pacers re-appeared at Cumberland on Sunday (July 30), where the aptly named Oakleypopsthedeuce acted accordingly to capture the first win of his fledgling career.

Despite the heavy rain that forced the cancelation of much of the Saturday (July 29) card, the track at Cumberland was lightning fast for Sunday’s (July 30) five $7,000 divisions of the Portland Head Light and Cape Elizabeth pacing series, which led to some quick miles and new records for the participants.

Trotting talent was on display on Sunday night (July 30) at Running Aces and both Bp’s Lucky Star and Rock Party delivered big performances to step into the spotlight.

For the second time in less than a week, the New York Sire Stakes will head to Batavia Downs on Tuesday (Aug. 1) with one seven-horse field and this time featuring 2-year-old male pacers who will go behind the gate to vie for a purse of $106,300.

Stepping up to the Open ranks for the second week in a row, Swan Fine Lady turned a perfect trip into a victory for her connections in the Sunday (July 30) co-featured $20,000 event at MGM Northfield Park.

Yogi Sheridan and Tony Beltrami capitalized off ground-saving trips to take their respective $11,000 divisions for the American Harness Drivers Club trot at Pocono Downs at Mohegan Pennsylvania on Sunday night (July 30).

Stewardoftheland (Jim Taggart Jr.) captured the $11,500 featured pace on Sunday (July 30) at Tioga Downs.