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Driver Nick Graffam won the featured $6,500 Winners Over Pace on Friday (May 19) at Cumberland with The Bird Dance N, moving to within one win of 1,000 in his career.

Trainer Nancy Takter had some serious expectations for her 3-year-old colt Christchurch at the Meadowlands Friday night (May 19), and in the aftermath of his performance in non-winners of two, he marked himself as a big-time player for the July 15 Meadowlands Pace. Christchurch put on an awesome display of power in his first start of the year after a pair of eye-popping qualifiers, drubbing five overmatched foes in 1:49.3, the second fastest mile of 2023 put up by a 3-year-old male pacer.

Jacob Stillwell refused to relinquish the lead with Rockinwiththebest and proved the best at the end of a 1:57.1 mile to pull a 10-1 upset in the $9,000 American Harness Drivers Club (AHDC) Pace on Friday (May 19) at Freehold Raceway.

Skyway Rockatop and driver David Lake used the ‘give-and-go’ maneuver successfully to win Friday’s (May 19) featured $10,800 Mares Open Pace at Northville Downs.

Racine Bell, who made a break in the Blue Chip Matchmaker Series final and then was second against males in the Open at Vernon Downs in her last two outings, found the winner’s circle after a 1:52.3 performance in the $36,000 Fillies & Mares Open Handicap Pace on Friday night (May 19) at MGM Yonkers Raceway.

Speed was the name of the game in Friday’s (May 19) trio of Meadowlands Amateur Driving Club events at the Big M as all three winners either led or were in the top three at the first call.

Sports Bettor (Tyler Miller) captured the featured $10,000 pace at Tioga Downs on Friday (May 19).

Frank Affrunti drove Debs Prince Hall and Lorrie Sue to feature wins at Vernon Downs on Friday (May 19).

Big rallies resulted in big prices in the featured trotting events at Buffalo Raceway on Friday afternoon (May 19).

Hall Of Fame driver David Miller posted the 14,000th victory of his career on Friday (May 19) afternoon at Harrah’s Philadelphia when he guided Island Of The Sea to victory. It was not an easy journey for the Always A Virgin gelding, parked past a :26.1 quarter to get the lead then going on to hang up numbers of :54.2 and 1:22 before pacing on to a 1:50 win for trainer Eric Ell, co-owner with Lisa Ell.