Driver Justin Huckabone had a five-win night including the featured $7,500 trot with Night Star on Friday (May 23).
Do Me Better Takes Main Event At Buffalo Raceway
Do Me Better ($10.80) got the early jump on the field and cruised the rest of the way home in taking Buffalo Raceway’s $14,500 event for the distaff pacers on Friday afternoon (May 23). She beat Sweet Gadgets by 1-1/2 lengths in 1:56.1 over the fast track, equaling her seasonal best.
Developing horses in the Philly spotlight
A pair of $12,000 contests for developing younger horses topped the Friday afternoon (May 23) card at Harrah’s Philadelphia.
Prince Hal Hanover jumps up five spots in Road to the Meadowlands Pace
Off a lifetime-best 1:49.3 score last week at Pocono Downs at Mohegan Pennsylvania, the Dr. Ian Moore-trained Prince Hal Hanover made a big move in Dave Little’s Road to the Meadowlands Pace poll, as the son of Captaintreacherous-Percy Bluechip jumped up from No. 9 to No. 4 in the weekly Top 10.
One cool ‘Amigo’
Amigo Volo might not be the same horse who set at least one world record at ages 2, 3, and 4 in addition to capturing two Breeders Crown titles and a Dan Patch Award, but the now 8-year-old trotter is still producing winning performances and big miles. His next start comes in Sunday’s $100,000 Grade 3 Maxie Lee Memorial Invitational for older trotters at Harrah’s Philadelphia.
Pandy’s Meadowlands selections for May 24
Handicapper Bob Pandolfo offers his selections for the full card at The Meadowlands on Saturday night (May 24).
Gaitway Farms to host qualifiers/2-year-old races
Gaitway Farms, Manalapan, N.J., will once again be hosting qualifiers/2-year-old races.
Kele Kele convincingly captures Aces distaff feature
The featured event on the Thursday night (May 22) card at Running Aces was the $14,750 Mares Open Pace which offered a talented field of eight competitors.
FAS Rulings for Friday, May 23, 2025
View Fines and Suspensions for the week of May 23, 2025 as reported to the USTA by racing commissions in the United States. This bulletin reports actions that have been taken by the USTA…
Busy weekend at Cumberland
Over the last six weeks Cumberland Raceway has enjoyed brisk participation on both the racetrack and at the windows on Fridays, and this week is no exception. The upcoming program has five of 11 races dedicated to the diagonal gate. With Memorial Day weekend the unofficial start of summer, both the Friday (May 23) and Saturday (May 24) cards will show that charcoal grills won’t be the only things getting fired up.