Just For Trix made a successful seasonable bow despite a first-over grind, claiming victory in the $30,000 Open Trot at Oak Grove Racing, Gaming & Hotel on Tuesday afternoon (April 2).

Pocono Downs at Mohegan Pennsylvania hosted six $17,500 first-round preliminary divisions of the Game Of Claims Series for $25,000 trotters on Tuesday (April 2), and the star of the day over the sloppy track was Fight Song, who fronted his field throughout a victorious 1:55.3 mile.

Shenandoah Downs raises the curtain on its ninth season of pari-mutuel harness racing this weekend. Nestled in the heart of Virginia’s Shenandoah Valley, the track will host a pair of seven-week meets this year: a spring session that runs from April 6-May 19 and a fall session that runs from Sept. 14-Oct. 27.

Tim Bojarski, a past national president of the United States Harness Writers Association and current president of USHWA’s Upstate New York chapter, has been named to his second six-year term on USHWA’s Hall of Fame Screening Committee, it has been announced by Michael Carter, current national president of USHWA, the largest organization devoted to Standardbred communicators.

Harness racing horsemen have long realized that their love of labor can at times be a roller coaster ride. The ups and downs can fluctuate from year-to-year, sometimes drastically, as it did for Illinois trainer Curt Grummel.