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The Game Of Claims Series for $7,500 base-priced horses conducted its first preliminary in four $7,500 divisions on Monday (March 6) afternoon at Pocono Downs at Mohegan Pennsylvania. And the highly-regarded horses at the windows continued to take a shellacking in the claiming ranks –the chalk won in the GOC’s first Saturday (March 4) prelim, and then the favorites amazingly lost the remaining seventeen contests for the selling pacers.

The Captaintreacherous mare The Big Hen p,2,Q1:58.1s led all auctions at onGait.com this week when she sold for $100,400 to Steve Jones of Cameo Hills Farm, New York. In foal to Always B Miki, the half-sister to millionaire Medusa p,3,1:51.2; 1:49 and
champion Canadian filly Alicorn p,2,1:50.3 was consigned by Steve Heimbecker of Ontario.

Even though the Soccer World Cup in November was a tough competitor, early numbers of the betting at the French Winter meeting at Vincennes show a plus of 0.5 percent — around 4 million Euro.

Killer Instinct and Winning Shadow have been trading punches over the past couple of weeks, but Winning Shadow (Chris Lems) got the upper hand on his foe in Sunday’s (March 5) $18,500 Open Handicap Trot at MGM Northfield Park.

Wilkes-Barre, PA – The Sunday (March 5) afternoon action at Pocono Downs at Mohegan Pennsylvania featured seven $12,500 divisions of the first preliminary of the Game Of Claims series for $15,000 base-price pacers. And like yesterday, it was not a good day for the GOC favorites – a single chalk was victorious Saturday, which was a total of one more than the most-fancied series campaigners who competed Sunday.

Lebanon, OH – Saulsbrook Genesis now shares the title as the fastest horse ever over the Miami Valley five-eighths mile track. He tied the 1:49 record set by Nuclear Dragon in 2018 on Sunday (March 5). The five-year-old son of Sunshine Beach won the $30,000 Open Handicap for driver Chris Page, beating Rollinlikethunder (Trace Tetrick) and Little Rocket Man (John DeLong) in a mild upset.

Seven fields of $25,000 base-priced pacing claimers took to the track for $20,000 divisions of the first preliminary of their Game Of Claims Series action Saturday afternoon at Pocono Downs at Mohegan Pennsylvania.

Good Boy continues to be nothing but “great” as he collected his fourth straight victory by wiring the field in Buffalo Raceway’s $17,500 Open Trot on Saturday night (March 4).

Twenty eight days removed from her last victory against Open company, New Zealand-bred Waitforever N (American Ideal) stole the show in Saturday night’s (March 4) $18,500 Filly and Mare Open at MGM Northfield Park.