Seaside Diva overcame a catastrophic mid-year injury and returned to the track on her way to being named the 2023 Ohio 2-Year-Old Pacing Filly of the Year.

Here is the 2024 training roster for the Burke Training Center in Astor, Fla. First crop sires with horses training in Astor include Cattlewash, Dancin Lou, Gimpanzee, Papi Rob Hanover, Propulsion and Tall Dark Stranger. The Burke Stable is training 79 2-year-olds.

Although the summer/fall meet at Batavia Downs concluded less than four weeks ago, the new year brings a new season of harness racing at the oldest lighted harness track in North America as The Downs kicks off its 2024 winter race meet on Thursday (Jan. 4) at 3 p.m.

Muscle Dynasty ($5.80) muscled his way to a 1:55.2 victory in Tuesday night’s (Jan. 2) $25,000 Open Handicap Trot at Bally’s Dover.

As the calendar turns to a new year, Running Aces track announcer Darin Gagne reflects on the highlights of the 2023 season at the Minnesota oval.