The Thursday night (June 22) program at Running Aces featured two divisions of the $36,500 Minnesota-sired sophomore pace as well as the first freshman event of the season.

Douglas Overhiser, a long-time harness racing fan who made the plunge into being an avid owner not too long ago, could have saved himself a lot of walking Thursday (June 22) if he grabbed a seat near the Springfield winner’s circle.

Out of five divisions, two of the previous leg winners repeated in the Buckeye Stallion Series for 3-year-old filly pacers at Eldorado Scioto Downs on Thursday night (June 22).

She’s Shocking was a fun race mare. What made watching her race even more fun was watching her owners and their family enjoy each start for seven racing seasons while she earned $362,145. When She’s Shocking was done racing in 2017, it was a natural decision to breed the tough Electric Yankee mare, but the dream was short-lived as she left her second foal an orphan when he was just eight-weeks old.

For the first time in 2023, the New York Sire Stakes circuit paid a visit to MGM Yonkers Raceway on Thursday night (June 22) with a couple of $77,300 divisions for 2-year-old colt and gelding trotters on the 12-race program.

A pair of $20,000 conditioned paces topped the card at Plainridge Park on Thursday afternoon (June 22) with both Cigars And Port and DP Realordeal brushing late off the pace for their victories.

They saved the fastest for last on Thursday afternoon (June 22) at Harrah’s Philadelphia, as the 3-year-old Sweet Lou gelding Lite N Sweet won the $12,600 feature for his section — the last event carded on the day — in a career best 1:50.4.