Big Baller Beane ($7.60) finally got a post position where he could use his early speed and he took full advantage of that situation to go coast to coast in Buffalo Raceway’s $16,000 Open Trot on Friday (June 27) afternoon. He beat Uncle Archie by 1-1/4 lengths in 1:58.4 over the sloppy track.

Young pacing females seeking to compete at a higher rung (and purse level) of the class ladder squared off in the Friday (June 27) features, worth $12,000, at Harrah’s Philadelphia.

Breakfast With The Babies, sponsored by Fashion Farms, got underway at 9 a.m. on a slightly overcast and comparably chilly Friday morning at The Meadowlands. The temperature was a comfortable 68f and the track fast to begin as the flags wafted lazily in a slight breeze. Larry Fox was on hand to call the action, which included 20 races for 2-year-olds and three qualifiers.

Tony Beltrami converted a pocket trip to a winner’s circle visit with even-money chalk Windsong Pioneer in the lone $13,400 division of the North American Amateur Drivers Association (NAADA) Trot at MGM Yonkers Raceway on Thursday night (June 26).

A host of late closing series finals and consolations, coupled with a pair of Maine Sire Stakes events, add up to nearly $150,000 in total purses over this weekend’s harness racing at Maine’s Cumberland Raceway. The action starts on Friday afternoon (June 27) with 10 races and rolls on through Saturday (June 28) with a full 11-race program of big purses.