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Carolina Beach (Somebeachsomewhere) has been knocking on the door for several weeks since moving up to the Open ranks. On Sunday (April 30), he put it all together to score an upset victory in the $19,000 co-feature.

After missing as the favorite in the top class last week, No Lou Zing rebounded with a stern rally along the rim to grab victory in the $24,000 Open Pace at Oak Grove Racing, Gaming and Hotel on Sunday afternoon (April 30).

Snowman Hanover showed last Sunday he appreciated his reintroduction to trotting hobbles with a victory in the Bobby Weiss Series final prelim for his sophomore male group, and in Sunday’s (April 30) $50,000 Weiss championship he again was victorious, taking his field coast-to-coast in 1:58 over a sloppy track during a rainy night.

Chester, PA – South Beach Star has worked himself into top form early in the season, as he won the $15,300 featured pace at Harrah’s Philadelphia on Sunday (April 30) afternoon in 1:49.4, despite a sloppy track with a two-second variant.

Oak Grove, KY – O While first-leg pacing winners I Did It Myway and Boudoir Hanover promise to be heavy favorites in their respective $50,000 second-round Kentucky Standardbred Development Fund (KSDF) stakes events for 4-year-olds on Monday (May 1) at Oak Grove Racing, Gaming & Hotel, Iwon’t Backdown As will have a host of fresh competition looking to topple him in the male trot.

Veteran reinsman Bruce Ranger moved four steps closer to the 10,000-win threshold on Saturday at Cumberland, picking up a quartet of victories including three-in-a-row on the 12-race program.

The homebred daughter of Dude’s The Man, Dudes Sweet Bet fought off all challengers on her way to another victory in Saturday night’s $19,000 featured Filly & Mare Open Pace.

Regardless of whether you liked It’s Academic in Saturday night’s $40,000 featured Open 1 for trotters at The Meadowlands or you didn’t, it would have been tough to think that in a field that included Hillexotic, Lovedbythemasses, Inaminute Hanover, Ahundreddollarbill and Delayed Hanover that the Ron Burke trainee would be sent to the gate as the prohibitive 1-5 choice.

Natameri (John MacDonald) captured the featured $8,500 Open 1 Pace at Vernon Downs on Saturday (April 29).

Catch Me Conrad (Tellitlikeitis – Envy) and driver Lindsay Moen scored in the Saturday night $10,800 featured Open Handicap Pace at Northville Downs.