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.

Minnesota-sired sophomore pacers were featured at Running Aces on Thursday night (June 26) with four divisions going for a total purse of $50,000.

Trainer Ron Burke took home the lion’s share of both splits of round three of Indiana Sire Stakes for 3-year-old trotting colts, headlined by On To Norway extending his win streak to nine with a career-best score Thursday (June 26) at Harrah’s Hoosier Park.