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Driver Montrell Teague won six races, five for trainer Chuck Crissman Jr. on Monday at Harrington Raceway.

There were three $17,500 co-featured condition paces divided by gender at Plainridge Park on Monday afternoon (April 17) and all three winners turned in very impressive performances.

C Is For Cookie and Relentless Julie repeated in the Bobby Weiss Series for three-year-old pacing fillies on Tuesday afternoon at Pocono Downs at Mohegan Pennsylvania, winning their respective $20,000 second prelim events.

Even though driver David Ingraham did not cross the wire first in Saturday’s (April 15) first race conditioned trot at Shenandoah Downs, he did return to the winner’s circle to get his picture taken. The 61-year-old reinsman had just made career start number 53,000 in that race aboard Arthur Lisi’s Rocky Bomber and even though he finished fourth, was recognized afterwards for the milestone accomplishment.

Miami Valley Raceway is introducing a new $100,000 FFA by invitation, to be called the Pacey “The Wizard” Mindlin Memorial, to be contested on closing weekend May 5-6.

Bestfriend Volo and Moni Book have stamped themselves as the horses to beat in the Bobby Weiss Series for 3-year-old trotting colts, each winning their second straight preliminary Sunday evening (April 16) at Pocono Downs at Mohegan Pennsylvania while both taking new marks of 1:55.

While One Last Laugh (McArdle) was a winner three starts back against some top-tier talent, he had yet to return to form against Open company until Sunday (April 16) after getting a perfect trip in the $19,000 co-featured event at MGM Northfield Park.

Eternal Lee withstood sustained pressure before drawing clear to a 1:58 win in the featured $24,000 Open Trot on Sunday’s (April 16) meet-opening harness racing program at Oak Grove Racing, Gaming & Hotel.

There were plenty of fine trotters in display in the featured races at Harrah’s Philadelphia on Sunday afternoon (April 16).