Breakfast With The Babies, sponsored by Jules Siegel’s Fashion Farms, took place Saturday morning (June 17) at the Meadowlands under perfect conditions. The temperature was in the low 70s under clear skies with a mild wind against the horses in the stretch.

When Travis Seekman guided last season’s Illinois Conceived and Foaled (ICF) freshman male trotting champion Groomster to a notable victory over a strong field of Illinois-breds in Friday’s (June 16) second race at Springfield, it was an omen that good things were likely going to happen. And they did … five races later. The Nicole Wilfong-trained pacer Downbytheocean blew away his foes in the seventh race to give Seekman his 1,000th career driving victory.

Artistic Cut and driver Jason Merriman rode the pocket to a 1:56.4 win in the featured $10,800 Mares Open on Friday (June 16) at Northville Downs.

Call Me Maverick returned home to Cumberland and returned back to his winning ways on Friday (June 16) afternoon, as driver Mike Stevenson gave the Maine Sire Stakes 3-year-old male pacing champion of 2021 a coast-to-coast victory for his trainer Alison Hynes and her partner Gordon Corey.

Mike Merton drove three winners on the card including the featured $10,500 fillies and mares’ pace with Rosey Time at Tioga Downs on Friday (June 16).

Kierrkegaard K (Aki Svanstedt) equaled the track record for trotters during a great afternoon of racing at Vernon Downs featuring four Empire Breeders Classic (EBC) races for 3-year-old trotters on Friday (June 16).

Con Air Hall ($8.70) found little resistance in Buffalo Raceway’s $15,500 Open Trot on Friday afternoon (June 16) as he easily disposed of his seven rivals in a seasonal best 1:56.3 over the good track. He comfortably toppled Mugshots Bro by 3-3/4 lengths.

Betsy Ross Pace champion Max Contract continued to show her ability, winning the $20,000 Open handicap distaff pacing feature at Harrah’s Philadelphia Friday (June 16) afternoon in 1:49.3 over a track that had just been upgraded from “sloppy” to “good.”