The richest race thus far at the 2023 Miami Valley meet produced a thrilling photo finish — as expected — on Tuesday (Feb, 14), in the $35,000 final of the Claim To Fame Series for $20,000 claiming pacers. All eight of the preliminary leg winners over the past two weeks were present and accounted for when the field reported to the starter.

Tuesday (Feb. 14) brought a second day of qualifying races and the draw for Sunday’s (Feb. 19) card — the second of the new season — at the rechristened Pocono Downs at Mohegan Sun Pennsylvania.

Ontario harness racing fans will ring in the summer stakes season with a double dose of Ontario Sires Stakes and Prospect Series action on the Victoria Day weekend.

Twice monthly until April, a familiar Woodbine Mohawk Park horse person will step into the spotlight to answer a handful of fun, offbeat questions, while giving readers a unique perspective into their personality on and off the racetrack.

Killer Instinct ($11.00) bided his time early and rallied from off the pace to score a mild upset in Monday’s (Feb. 13) $18,000 Open Handicap Trot at MGM Northfield Park.

Driver Dan Noble wasted no time blasting Let It Ride N to the front and turning every call into a winning one in Miami Valley’s $30,000 Open Handicap Pace on Monday (Feb. 13).

Driver Jim Morrill Jr. achieved another major milestone in his stellar career at Batavia Downs on Monday (Feb. 13) when he drove Sportskeeper ($4.70) to an easy gate-to-wire 1:56.1 victory in the seventh race to achieve his 8,000th lifetime win in the sulky.

A pair of high-level conditioned events and a starter allowance headline Saturday’s (Feb. 18) 2023 season opener at Pocono Downs at Mohegan Sun Pennsylvania, which is slated to begin at 1 p.m.