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The 2023 New York Sire Stakes makes its first stop at the Mighty M on Monday (June 19) when the 3-year-old pacing fillies take the stage.

It’s very unusual to see four separate defending state-bred champion trotters in the same race, especially when it’s a five-horse field. What’s also rare is a six-year age gap between this ICF fivesome.

Saturday’s (June 17) Cumberland card features two $14,684 divisions of the Maine Sire Stakes for 3-year-old pacing fillies, and leading the way is freshman filly pacing champion Pickmepickme from the powerful Marc Tardif stable.

Moonshine Kisses continued his career year of 2023 by setting two more records at Plainridge Park on Thursday (June 15). His 1:48.1 victory in the featured $25,000 Open Handicap Pace gave him a new lifetime mark, set a new track record for older pacing horses (besting his own previous record of 1:49), and tied the all-time track pacing record, set by Shartin N in 2020 and equalled by her stablemate Lyons Sentinel in 2021.

Robert Krivelin and Alan Schwartz fired down the road to take their respective $10,000 divisions of the North American Amateur Drivers Association (NAADA) Trots at Yonkers Raceway on Thursday night (June 15).

Josie Hall is no stranger to harness racing. Having been married to trainer-driver Aaron Hall for the last five years, the daily routine of the Standardbred is quite familiar. However, the title of horse owner is something completely new and exciting for the lifelong Maine resident.

Parked for more than a quarter, Sweet And Feisty dug deep to hold off the late challenge of Lydeo and extend her winning streak to four in Thursday’s (June 15) $21,200 Fillies & Mares Open Handicap Pace at The Meadows.

A quartet of $12,600 contests for developing horses, three on the pace and one on the trot, headlined the Thursday (June 15) action at Harrah’s Philadelphia.