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Chester, PA – Wild Bill Kelso was very sharp in his 2023 debut on Wednesday (May 17) afternoon at Harrah’s Philadelphia, taking the $14,400 featured trot and earning a new race mark of 1:55.3.

Top pacing mare Niki Hill, coming off two New Jersey Breeders Maturity victories in her only starts of 2023, turned in a winning 1:53.3 qualifier Wednesday morning (May 17) at Pocono Downs at Mohegan Pennsylvania.

Shenandoah Downs reached the halfway point of its 2023 pari-mutuel harness racing schedule on Sunday (May 14) when a seven-week, 14-day spring season came to an end.

Alilthundadownunda and trainer/driver Nick Roland provided a thrilling inside rally to capture the $18,500 feature race on Tuesday night (May 16) at Running Aces.

Walner (Chapter Seven) was nothing short of a phenomenon over every harness racing venue he set hoof over during his career. Now, he’s brought that same phenomenal talent to the breeding shed, and neither his trainer, Linda Toscano, nor David Reid, who put together the stallion syndicate for Walner, are surprised by his success.

Sires Stakes cards in general tend to be chalk ladened affairs for the bettors. Low win payouts and exotics that tend to return low on the investment. However, sometimes you can catch lightning in a bottle and Tuesday night (May 16) at Rosecroft, it struck twice as the track hosted four $85,000 finals in the Maryland Sires Stakes program.

After tripping out early, Dandy’s Everlasting and Matty Athearn brushed late and finished strong to capture the featured $25,000 fillies and mares winners-over pace at Plainridge Park on Tuesday afternoon (May 16).

Matt Kakaley closed out a storybook week at Pocono Downs at Mohegan Pennsylvania — one in which he went over $100 million in total career purses — by notching his 6,000th career driving victory with Willing Hanover in a co-featured $15,000 conditioned trot on Tuesday afternoon (May 16).