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The 4-year-old mare Joviality S, who last year was campaigned by Marcus Melander and voted Dan Patch 3-year-old filly Trotter of the Year, was an extremely easy winner of the prestigious Queens Trophy at Aby Racetrack with a purse for the winner of $100,000.

Horse racing fans seeking a post-Derby fix can find just that in the southwestern corner of the Bluegrass State as Oak Grove Racing, Gaming & Hotel hosts the third round of the Kentucky Standardbred Development Fund (KSDF) 4-year-old series Sunday (May 7), followed by one of the most challenging betting cards of the young season Monday (May 8).

Bruce Ranger added another score to his lofty win total, taking the $6,000 Fillies and Mares Winners Over Pace at Cumberland on Friday (May 5) with Go Sandy Go.

Six-year-old Eyes Don’t Lie with owner/trainer/driver Winter Asher-Stalbaum took the Northville Downs co-featured $10,800 Mares Open Pace, while 7-year-old Travlin Swan with trainer/driver Art McIlmurray captured the $10,800 Open Trot Friday night.

 On the eve of the Kentucky Derby, the MADC carded four races on Friday night (May 5) at The Meadowlands.

Hot Mess Express got into the win column for the first time in five seasonal starts Friday night (May 5) at The Meadowlands in a mid-level conditioned pace for mares and her driver is hopeful the lifetime earner of over $850,000 can get back to being the kind of horse she was earlier in her career.

Ocean Music won the final Open Mares Pace of the 2023 meet at Miami Valley on Friday (May 5) – and did it in style. The 4-year-old daughter of Racing Hill-Ocean Pearl broke the oldest standing divisional track record in the 10-year history of MVG. It was set during the inaugural season, 2014, when Shebestingin won the Chip Noble Memorial Grand Circuit Stake for driver David Miller in 1:50.4. Ocean Music broke the record a decade later by three-fifths of a second, lowering the standard to 1:50.1.

Special Olivia (Leon Bailey) dug in to win the featured $5,500 fillies & mares’ pace at Vernon Downs on Friday (May 5).

Jacob Stillwell put his competition in a headlock and made the toteboard go kaboom by going coast to coast with the longest shot on the board in the $9,000 American Harness Drivers Club (AHDC) Pace on Friday afternoon (May 5).

Castyourcrown let J-s Hopscotch do all the heavy lifting in Buffalo Raceway’s $15,500 Open Trot on Friday afternoon (May 5) but in the end, he proved to be the strongest.