The Grand Circuit at Yonkers features three $40,000 divisions on Friday (April 7) in the fourth round of the Blue Chip Matchmaker series for open pacing mares. The Monday (April 10) card at Yonkers will see three $50,000 divisions in the fourth round of the MGM Borgata Pacing series for open pacers.
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Burke eyes success with ‘Pearlman’ and ‘Mystery’
With a year of seasoning against the sport’s best older male pacers under his belt, Lou’s Pearlman is set to begin his 2023 campaign Saturday (April 8) in the $36,000 Open 2/Open 1 Handicap at The Meadowlands.
Doubles for Buter, Zeron in John Brennan Trotting Series
Drivers Tyler Buter and Scott Zeron both won a pair of divisions of the first round of the John Brennan Trotting Series on Wednesday night (April 5) at MGM Yonkers Raceway. Each of the six sections carried a purse of $25,000.
Moneymakehersmile all smiles at Buffalo
Moneymakehersmile ($5.80) was all smiles at the finish line as she collected the cash by winning the $15,500 Open Pace for the filly and mares on Wednesday afternoon (April 5) at a soggy Buffalo Raceway.
Pinehurst matinee and qualifiers a huge success
After weather postponed the annual Pinehurst matinee from Saturday to Sunday, the races went without delay on a 72 degree day under a perfect Carolina blue sky.
Racing reflections with Yannick Gingras
When a 21-year-old Yannick Gingras moved from his native Quebec to the U.S. in the summer of 2001, he had no idea what his future held. The young driver, who launched his career in 1998, arrived with 72 career wins and fewer than 400 starts. Two years later, Gingras was named the sport’s Rising Star, and his trajectory continued upward from there.
Prix d’Amerique winner Davidson du Pont retired
The winner of the 2022 Prix d’Amerique, Davidson du Pont, has been retired.
Yall Beneath Me ties own track record at Roscroft
Good horses are hard to acquire. Trainer Richard Hans has been able to take care of that on his own through the years breeding to talents like Cam’s Rocket and Googoo Gaagaa.
Somwherunderheavn off to impressive career start at Miami Valley
Somwherunderheavn is off to a great start in her career with four wins and four seconds in her first eight starts. The 3-year-old filly, a homebred daughter of Nob Hill High owned by Sharon Fisher, earned her biggest payday thus far on Tuesday (April 4). She won the $22,500 final of the George ‘Red’ Owens Memorial late closer, featuring female pacers who were non-winners of two pari-mutuel races or $20,000 when the series started.
Pantaleano, Betts tops in Game Of Claims trot
Driver Jim Pantaleano won three of Tuesday’s (April 4) five $20,000 first-round divisions of the Game Of Claims Series for $25,000 trotters — two of them trained by Scott Betts — at Pocono Downs at Mohegan Pennsylvania.