Three $17,500 conditioned trots headlined the card at Plainridge Park on Friday afternoon (Oct. 20) and the most shocking result came in the last one of the day. Massive Lighting came off an impressive victory in his last outing and was totally overlooked as the longest shot in the race at 40-1, yet he rallied late to take a second straight victory.

Two-year-old pacers and trotters of both sexes will take center stage this weekend at Shenandoah Downs as the final round of Virginia Breeder’s prep and elimination races take place in advance of the $702,200 “Day of Champions” card on Sunday (Oct, 29). Prep races are slated Saturday in the colt/gelding trot and Sunday in the filly and colt/gelding pace while a pair of elimination races will occur Saturday in the filly trot.

The Ohio Harness Horsemen’s Association is awarding 14 scholarships, totaling $15,000, to college students for the 2023-2024 academic year.

Rivalries in any sport make matchups more enticing to watch and we’ve got one currently going on the Illinois racetracks that’s a dandy.

Eric Davis and Marco Beach used a different tactic this week, a harder one at that, but still found the win in the $12,000 Open I for pacers at Rosecroft Thursday night (Oct. 19) in 1:51.1.

Yogi Sheridan bagged both $10,000 divisions of the North American Amateur Drivers Association (NAADA) Fall Series at Yonkers Raceway on Thursday night (Oct. 19).