Speed was the order of the day in the pair of $25,000 winners-over paces that highlighted the Thursday afternoon (April 27) card at Plainridge Park.
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Velocity Lady, Low Rider win Miami Valley features
Velocity Lady (Brady Galliers) scorched the Miami Valley oval in 1:50.2 beating Ocean Music (Dan Noble) and Single Girl (Tyler Smith) in the $34,000 Mares Open Handicap on Thursday (April 27).
Dyladmar impressive in Thursday Philly feature
The sophomore Muscle Hill colt Dyladmar was the most impressive winner in the four $13,500 featured races held Thursday (April 27) at Harrah’s Philadelphia Thursday, winning the trot in 1:53, just four-fifths of a second off Googoo Gaagaa‘s divisional track record.
Whole Lotta Lou breaks through at Big M
Stacy Chiodo has always felt a whole lotta love for Whole Lotta Lou, so it’s been gratifying for the trainer to see the 5-year-old pacer enjoy a breakout season in 2023. Whole Lotta Lou already has set career highs this year for wins, with five, and purses, with $49,420, while climbing the class ladder at The Meadowlands.
Former NFL player Oscar Johnson Jr. scores first training win at Shenandoah Downs
Former NFL player Oscar Johnson Jr. got his first pari-mutuel win as a trainer at Shenandoah Downs this past Saturday (April 22) with Dr. Scott Woogen’s pacer KJ Erich, then the next afternoon struck again with Woogen’s Just A Passenger.
Cal Expo main event lures Handsome Harvey
Handsome Harvey, coming off a solid runner-up effort behind the streaking Officer Jim in last week’s Lloyd Arnold Pace, gets the top billing in Friday night’s (April 28) $7,000 feature at Cal Expo.
Opportunity knocked and Amy Husted answered
When Illinois horseman Kyle Husted last year designated his wife Amy as the stable’s listed trainer to give his wife some “recognition” she deserves, no one had any idea it would propel her into the Hawthorne harness racing annals. When the Hawthorne meet ended Amy finished on top of the trainer standings in her very first year as the Husted stable’s chief conditioner — and made history at the Chicago circuit racetrack.
Ranger and Graffam drive favorites in Spring Fling finals
The Spring Fling Late Closing Series finals highlight the weekend programs at Cumberland Raceway, with Bruce Ranger and Nick Graffam set to drive the favorites in the $35,000-combined events.
Texas judge hears evidence, arguments in HBPA’s HISA suit
Wednesday (April 26), in a bench trial in the U.S. Court for the Northern District of Texas, Judge James Wesley Hendrix heard evidence and arguments on whether Congress can grant lawmaking and law enforcement power to a private corporation to govern a nationwide industry.
Pappardelle trots to John Brennan Series championship
Driver Joe Bongiorno collected his second major victory at MGM Yonkers Raceway this week by capturing the $100,000 John Brennan Trotting Series final on Wednesday night (April 26) with 1-5 favorite Pappardelle in 1:55.1.