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Clever Cody hit the board in nine of his 10 starts in 2023, winning six, including the Ohio Sires Stakes Scarlet Championship, on the way to being named the Ohio 2-Year-Old Pacing Colt of the Year.

Yogi Sheridan took no prisoners in his coast-to-coast effort behind Lionhead to win the $15,000 American Harness Drivers Club (AHDC) Championship on Sunday (Dec. 31) at Harrah’s Philadelphia.

Jan. 1 is party day for all horses as tradition has it that all of our four footed family members become a year older on this day. One such horse that will now enjoy the Life of Riley in retirement is the French bred gelding Ursis Des Caillons (Kool Du Caux) who today turns 16 years old.

Illinois Harness Racing Hall of Fame trainer Jim Eaton will double-up on his chances to have a winning horse in Monday’s (Jan. 1) featured $11,100 Open Trot at Hawthorne.

The chestnut trotter Gu d’Heripre, trained by Fabrice Souloy and with Francois Lagadeuc in the bike, was a surprising winner of the Prix de Bourgogne at Vincennes on New Year’s Eve.

On Sunday (Dec. 31), Harrah’s Philadelphia held a 14-race twilight card to close out its 2023 racing season.

A 10-day vacation suited driver Andy McCarthy just fine, as the 37-year-old pilot returned from a family getaway in Costa Rica and won four races – from just 10 drives – on Saturday night (Dec. 30) at the Meadowlands, including the $27,500 distaff pacing feature.

The curtain has fallen on Dayton Raceway’s 10th racing season with records all around. Five track records were tied or broken, a repeat driving champion was crowned, the all-time single day handle record was set, and 2023 saw an increase in total handle for the fifth straight year.

Harness racing’s two top-ranked horses in the final Hambletonian Society/Breeders Crown poll, No. 1 Confederate and No. 2 Sylvia Hanover, led the way when divisional Dan Patch Award honors for pacers and trotters were announced during a live presentation prior to Saturday’s (Dec. 30) card at the Meadowlands.