Twenty eight days removed from her last victory against Open company, New Zealand-bred Waitforever N (American Ideal) stole the show in Saturday night’s (March 4) $18,500 Filly and Mare Open at MGM Northfield Park.

It shouldn’t have come as a shock after Nandolo N won the featured $45,000 Open2/Open 1 Handicap for pacers Saturday night at The Meadowlands. After all, he’d been down this road before.

Saturday (March 4) was Ladies’ Night at The Meadowlands, as International Women’s Day was celebrated with an all-female pairing on the simulcast desk as well as a pair of dashes that featured all female drivers.

A pair of pocket trips paved the paths to glory for drivers Yogi Sheridan and Anthony Verruso in their respective $9,000 divisions of the American Harness Drivers Club Trot at Freehold Raceway on Saturday afternoon.

Dylan The Great, fresh from back-to-back victories at the top rung, looks to keep the momentum going in Sunday night’s $12,500 Gary Budahn Memorial Trot.

Pacing mares continued on the road towards March 17’s opening leg of the Blue Chip Matchmaker Series by competing in a $36,000 Open Handicap Pace on Friday night (March 3) at Yonkers Raceway, and favored Lucky Artist A would get the job done in a 1:53.3 mile.

Rain and wind made for weather that was lousy, but betting was anything but Friday night (March 3) at The Meadowlands, as a 2023 industry-high $4,519,050 was pushed through the windows on the 14-race program.

Two GSY events were carded on Friday (March 3) night with the temperatures in the low 40s at post time and the track listed as fast.

The coming of March finds the number of racing programs offered per week at Pocono Downs at Mohegan Pennsylvania rising to three, as there will be Saturday, Sunday, and Monday action starting at 1 p.m. all through the month. Each day will also feature a different price division of the popular Game Of Claims Series.