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Driver Montrell Teague won seven races Tuesday (April 9) at Harrington Raceway, headlined by George and Tina Dennis and Mark Stonesifer’s Grandeur Seelster ($12.80), who scored a 1:55.3 win in the featured $22,500 Mares Open.

Driver Dan Deslandes took five of the eight qualifying races that went postward at First Tracks Cumberland (Maine) on Tuesday (April 9), with four of the victories coming from his dad’s stable, trainer Jeff Deslandes.

The 19th season of live harness racing at Harrah’s Philadelphia starts its 2024 stand on Friday (April 12), with 14 races set to go postward. Top purse of the day will be the $12,500 bounty offered to distaff pacers in race six; there will also be four contests for the highest-priced claimers on the grounds.

Three-time consecutive ICF Horse of the Year Fox Valley Gemini began training this week for the upcoming Illinois racing season. The now 9-year-old pride of the Terry Leonard stable is being pointed for the Spring Previews on May 16 and May 23 at the Illinois State Fairgrounds.

David Hamm and Evm Racing’s Lou’s Beach ($39.80, Jim Morand) was an upset winner in the $22,500 Open Pace Monday (April 8) at Harrington Raceway, opening night of the track’s 78th year of racing.

The United States Harness Driving Club had a “double feature” at Oak Grove Racing and Gaming on Monday (April 8) and top honors went to amateur drivers Cassidy Whitton and Jacob Stillwell, each scoring convincing victories in their respective events.

Off a strong runner-up finish last week, Rocks Shining Star avenged his defeat with an aggressive trip to take the $30,000 Open Pace on Monday (April 8) at Oak Grove Gaming, Racing & Hotel.

Four Sixes, a Six Pack colt, is undefeated in three 2024 starts after recording a 1:55 victory in one of four $20,000 first-round prelims of the Bobby Weiss Series for 3-year-old trotting males on as nice a Monday (April 8) afternoon as you could want at Pocono Downs at Mohegan Pennsylvania.

Tony and Linda Schadel’s Aflame Hanover equaled the Shenandoah Downs track record time of 1:52.1 in Sunday’s (April 7) $8,000 Winners Over pacing feature which highlighted the ninth season opening race weekend in Woodstock.