Rick Wink won the $36,000 featured Miami Valley Open Handicap on Sunday night (April 12), his second win in a row.
Lafitte, Another C Note ship in and win at Philly
Another C Note posted a 29-1 upset over Lafitte when the pair of pacers met on March 30 at Pocono Downs. On Sunday (April 12) at Harrah’s Philadelphia, they both came south and promptly won the two featured events – but it was Lafitte, up in class, who won the $14,000 headliner in 1:52.3, while Another C Note was in the subfeature and remained undefeated in two seasonal starts in 1:53.
Warnick scores natural hat trick in Shenandoah opener
Trainer Scott Warnick kicked off the Shenandoah Downs spring harness meet in Woodstock by scoring a natural hat trick mid-card Saturday (April 11) with wins in three consecutive races. He connected with Debbie Warnick’s Baltimore Jack N, Scott Woogen’s K J The Thirteenth and Dan Chansky’s Lou’s Starr.
Fire at Hanover Shoe Farms on Sunday
According to a Facebook post by Hanover Shoe Farms Farm Manager Patti Murphy, there has been a “devastating” fire there on Sunday (April 12).
To My Credit upsets in Cumberland feature Trot
Cumberland, ME – Driver Alex MacDonald got his first wins of the season on Saturday (April 11) at Cumberland Raceway when he piloted 11-1 longshot to a wire-to-wire victory in the $7,000…
Blazing Home N wins Open Pace at Saratoga
Blazing Home N scored his third Open Pace victory of the year at Saratoga Casino Hotel on Saturday (April 11) afternoon.
Odds On Wildfire smokes field in Big M feature
Odds On Wildfire was cutting out blazing-hot fractions on the front end in the Saturday (April 11) night feature at The Meadowlands, and just like on Dec. 13 of last year, the Geovany Hernandez owned and trained 4-year-old held on nonetheless in another speed-show spectacular for the gelded son of Bettor’s Wish-Odds On Naples.
Twin B Thriller, Ooglesaurus repeat in Weiss
Twin B Thriller and Ooglesaurus are both two-for-two after four $17,500 divisions of the second preliminary of the Bobby Weiss Pacing Series for three-year-old males, conducted Saturday afternoon (April 11) at Pocono Downs at Mohegan Pennsylvania.
Valentine Express takes ‘express’ in Buffalo victory
Valentine Express took the ‘express’ to the winner’s circle at Buffalo Raceway in the $15,500 Open Trot on Saturday afternoon (April 11) as he stunned his five other rivals with a $49.62 shocker in 1:57.4 over the fast track. He beat Crazy Ritz by a neck while Dougadougadew finished third.
Antognoni S crushes in JL Cruze at Big M
Antognoni S put on a display of power Friday night (April 10) that must have the rest of the older trotting division extremely concerned, as the Ron Burke trainee overwhelmed his foes in a dazzling seasonal debut while taking the $30,000 first leg of the JL Cruze at The Meadowlands.