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Douglas Overhiser’s The Pantheist A made every call a winning one in the closing day feature at Oak Grove Racing, Gaming & Hotel, scoring at odds-on in 1:50.4 in Monday’s (July 10) $30,000 Fillies and Mares Open Pace.

Overcast skies and a rain-laden track were the conditions to be dealt with on Monday (July 10) at Plainridge Park, but speedy miles were the call of the day for the many trotters that went postward. The fastest of the group was posted by Marquis Lafayette who notched a new lifetime mark while winning the featured $25,000 Open for the diagonal gaited.

Precocious 2-year-old pacing males were on display in four $30,000 divisions of a Pennsylvania All-Stars event on Monday afternoon (July 10) at Pocono Downs at Mohegan Pennsylvania, and the four winners all emerged as still unbeaten in purse contests.

The New York Sires Stakes continues its march through Buffalo Raceway on Wednesday afternoon (July 12) and the 2-year-old colt and gelding pacers are in the spotlight this week with two divisions to battle for $52,500 each.

There were so many heroes on the Sunday (July 9) program at Oak Grove Racing and Gaming like amateur race winner Dein Spriggs and first time winner Cassidy Whitton, to name a couple, but USHDC President Spriggs mandated that Cassidy’s Cause be headlined first.

At its recent meeting in Indianapolis, Ind., in late June, the Association of Racing Commissioners International (ARCI) approved four amendments to the Model Rules and declined to approve a fifth proposed amendment.

Two guys named ‘Mike’ departed Bangor as winners when their 3-year-old trotters scored in their respective divisions of the Maine Sire Stakes on Sunday’s (July 9) early card.

With all the finesse of his soccer-phenom namesake, Adriano Hanover prowled the pitch at Bangor Raceway on Sunday (July 9), thrilling the fans with an overpowering display as the 6-year-old son of Western Ideal took top flight competition to task in the $6,500 winners over division, the weekly feature class at historic Bass Park, with Kevin Switzer Jr. manning the sulky for owner/trainer Gerald MacKenzie Jr.

The annual Menhammar Summer Sale was held Sunday (July 9) as an internet sale, and compared to the sale last year, the average price dropped no less than 56 percent.

Racing fans were treated to a spectacular display of trotting talent on Sunday (July 9) at Running Aces when Winnerup (Credit Winner) powered home to capture the $18,500 Open Handicap by 1-1/4 lengths over Bringoverthemoney while stopping the timer in 1:53.4 to equal the fastest clocking ever for square-gaiters in Minnesota.