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Top pacing mare Niki Hill, coming off two New Jersey Breeders Maturity victories in her only starts of 2023, turned in a winning 1:53.3 qualifier Wednesday morning (May 17) at Pocono Downs at Mohegan Pennsylvania.

Shenandoah Downs reached the halfway point of its 2023 pari-mutuel harness racing schedule on Sunday (May 14) when a seven-week, 14-day spring season came to an end.

Alilthundadownunda and trainer/driver Nick Roland provided a thrilling inside rally to capture the $18,500 feature race on Tuesday night (May 16) at Running Aces.

Walner (Chapter Seven) was nothing short of a phenomenon over every harness racing venue he set hoof over during his career. Now, he’s brought that same phenomenal talent to the breeding shed, and neither his trainer, Linda Toscano, nor David Reid, who put together the stallion syndicate for Walner, are surprised by his success.

Sires Stakes cards in general tend to be chalk ladened affairs for the bettors. Low win payouts and exotics that tend to return low on the investment. However, sometimes you can catch lightning in a bottle and Tuesday night (May 16) at Rosecroft, it struck twice as the track hosted four $85,000 finals in the Maryland Sires Stakes program.

After tripping out early, Dandy’s Everlasting and Matty Athearn brushed late and finished strong to capture the featured $25,000 fillies and mares winners-over pace at Plainridge Park on Tuesday afternoon (May 16).

Matt Kakaley closed out a storybook week at Pocono Downs at Mohegan Pennsylvania — one in which he went over $100 million in total career purses — by notching his 6,000th career driving victory with Willing Hanover in a co-featured $15,000 conditioned trot on Tuesday afternoon (May 16).

Legalized sports wagering is coming to Kentucky and Caesars Sportsbook, the sports wagering platform for Caesars Entertainment, Inc.

We did not anticipate reaching out to you, but we couldn’t help reacting to the broadside that your president, James L. Gagliano, directed at the National Horsemen’s Benevolent and Protective Association (NHPBA) on May 12 for having the temerity to challenge The Jockey Club’s wounded sacred cow, the Horseracing Integrity & Safety Act (HISA). You didn’t mention the U.S. Trotting Association (USTA) by name, but there’s a clear implication that the USTA is one of those “unrelated, agenda-driven, special interest activist” plaintiffs that you flippantly accuse as trying to “hoodwink” the racing public. How ironic.