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Five-year-old pacer Art Of Endurance has been on a winning streak that started Thanksgiving weekend, and could very well continue through Christmas. Picking up his fourth win in a row on Saturday (Dec. 16) at First Tracks Cumberland, the Benson Merrill trainee is prospering in the colder climate of winter-time racing in Southern Maine.

It’s been a fascinating year for state-bred horses as far as balloting for the upcoming 2023 Illinois Horse of the Year is concerned in the fact that there are a number of horses who deserved to be in the conversation for the honor.

So Wishfull and driver Larry Ferrari teamed up to win the Great Lakes Amateur Driving Association’s (GLADA) weekly feature at Northfield Park on Saturday night (Dec. 16).

Think Of Galaxies worked out a perfect trip from post three to score a thrilling victory in the $18,000 Filly and Mare Distaff at MGM Northfield Park on Saturday (Dec. 16).

Sitting a two-hole behind the public choice throughout, driver Johnathan Ahle moved Queen Of Success off the rail inside the eighth pole and charged right past the defenseless favorite, hitting the wire 1-1/2 lengths to the good in 1:51.3 after an explosive final quarter of :25.4.

This week, Rosecroft Raceway and Freehold Raceway hosted a challenge which pitted four drivers from each track against each other in a challenge to win points based on where they finished. They faced each other four times at Rosecroft and four times at Freehold. Each driver had each post position one time throughout the challenge and the horses that they drove were determined randomly. The Rosecroft representatives were William Carter, Eric Davis, Declan Donoway and Trae Porter. The Freehold representatives were Johnathan Ahle, Vinny Ginsburg, Mark Herschberger and Tyler Miller.

Dancin Lance, who has turned in solid back-to-back scores, looks to keep the momentum going in Sunday night’s (Dec. 17) featured Open Pace at Cal Expo.

Veteran pacer Lucan Hanover showed why he was the heavy favorite in his division of the Gingerbread Series on Friday (Dec. 15) at Cumberland Raceway when he picked up his second consecutive victory.

One of these nights, the 20-cent Pick-8 is going to get hit at the Meadowlands, and when it does yield a ticket or tickets with eight correct selections, the payout is going to be one of the best values in all of harness racing.

The final Friday card (Dec. 15) of the year at MGM Yonkers Raceway saw no winning tickets in the Pick-5, leading to a $4,571.80 carryover and a $15,000 guaranteed pool in the sequence when racing resumes on Monday (Dec. 18).