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The Open Trot at MGM Northfield Park has been one of the more competitive races week in and week out, and on Monday (April 10) it was no different as Eye Ofa Tiger As (Billy Davis Jr.) upset the talented field, earning his 37th career victory.

Trace Tetrick recorded his 7,000th career victory on Monday (April 10) at Miami Valley.

Let It Ride N won his fourth straight Open Handicap at Miami Valley on Monday (April 10). With his 1:48.4 mile the New Zealand bred 10-year-old son of Rock N Roll Heaven became the fastest horse in the 10-year history of Miami Valley.

Driver Todd Warren continued his torrid start at the Shenandoah Downs inaugural spring racing season with another pair of driving hat tricks this past Saturday and Sunday — which followed a pair the weekend prior.

Monday (April 10) marked opening day at Plainridge Park, and a large crowd was on hand trackside to welcome harness racing back to Massachusetts.

Louis Tomczak Jr.’s Proper One has a good record on opening night at Harrington Raceway, winning for the second straight year on the track’s opening night (Monday, April 10). His 1:55.1 triumph kicked off the southern Delaware raceway’s 77th season of harness racing in the first of 14 races on the program.

The Monday (April 10) card at Pocono Downs at Mohegan Pennsylvania featured five divisions each of two ongoing series: the first preliminary of the Bobby Weiss Series for 3-year-old pacing fillies, and the second preliminary round of the Game Of Claims Pacing Series for horses who raced with a base tag of $12,500.

Two of the leading contenders for the Elitlopp at Solvalla, Italy’s Vivid Wise As and Sweden’s Ônas Prince, were both victorious on Easter Monday.

Normally the Weiss Series for sophomore trotting males would be the Sunday evening feature during April at Pocono Downs at Mohegan Pennsylvania, but that series was rerouted to Saturday night this week to honor the wishes of horsemen who did not want to race on Easter.