Chester, PA – South Beach Star has worked himself into top form early in the season, as he won the $15,300 featured pace at Harrah’s Philadelphia on Sunday (April 30) afternoon in 1:49.4, despite a sloppy track with a two-second variant.

Oak Grove, KY – O While first-leg pacing winners I Did It Myway and Boudoir Hanover promise to be heavy favorites in their respective $50,000 second-round Kentucky Standardbred Development Fund (KSDF) stakes events for 4-year-olds on Monday (May 1) at Oak Grove Racing, Gaming & Hotel, Iwon’t Backdown As will have a host of fresh competition looking to topple him in the male trot.

Veteran reinsman Bruce Ranger moved four steps closer to the 10,000-win threshold on Saturday at Cumberland, picking up a quartet of victories including three-in-a-row on the 12-race program.

The homebred daughter of Dude’s The Man, Dudes Sweet Bet fought off all challengers on her way to another victory in Saturday night’s $19,000 featured Filly & Mare Open Pace.

Regardless of whether you liked It’s Academic in Saturday night’s $40,000 featured Open 1 for trotters at The Meadowlands or you didn’t, it would have been tough to think that in a field that included Hillexotic, Lovedbythemasses, Inaminute Hanover, Ahundreddollarbill and Delayed Hanover that the Ron Burke trainee would be sent to the gate as the prohibitive 1-5 choice.

Natameri (John MacDonald) captured the featured $8,500 Open 1 Pace at Vernon Downs on Saturday (April 29).

Catch Me Conrad (Tellitlikeitis – Envy) and driver Lindsay Moen scored in the Saturday night $10,800 featured Open Handicap Pace at Northville Downs.

After three consecutive races out of the seven post, Just Plain Loco ($5) got a rare start from the inside. He responded to the unique look of the pylons in favorable fashion as he wired the field in Buffalo Raceway’s $15,500 Open Pace on Saturday night.

With a sloppy track and temperatures in the low 50s, the MADC series had one race on the card at The Meadowlands on Saturday night.