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The American Harness Drivers Club, in its pursuit to give back to the sport its participants love, presented a donation for racehorse aftercare following the seventh race at Freehold Raceway on Saturday afternoon (April 22).

The $12,500 Stan Bergstein Trot featuring the locally unbeaten Body Armor and a $25,000 Sire Stakes headed by Cenalta Token and Gotubydashorthairs are the highlights on Sunday evening (April 23) at Cal Expo.

Meadowlands qualifiers were off at 10 a.m. Saturday (April 22) with a temperature of 60 degrees and a trace wind aiding the horses in the homestretch. A strong representation of all divisions of sophomores were featured on the day.

Driver Nick Graffam didn’t let a little thing like the eight hole and odds of 49-1 get in the way of victory. The reinsman went from last to first with Sixby Hanover in a thrilling stretch drive to score in the second race at Cumberland on Friday (April 21), resulting in a $100.60 winning ticket.

Yannick Gingras had, what for him, was just another night at the salt mine Friday night (April 21) at The Meadowlands, as the Hall of Fame pilot won both $40,000 Standardbred Retirement Foundation series finals for 3-year-olds.

Dan Patch Award winner Joviality S is back in Sweden, where she raced for the first time Friday night (April 21) in a qualification for the million-krona race, The Queens Price at Aby.

With a patient drive by Justin Irvine, Princess Rougarou circled the field to take the throne in the Northville Downs featured $10,800 Mares Open Pace Friday night (April 21).

Yogi Sheridan once again snagged top billing in the $9,000 American Harness Drivers Club Pace, but on Friday (April 21) the victory did not come as simply as a pillar-to-post job.

Favorite YS Lotus made it a clean sweep in the Jumpstart Series for horses with a Trackmaster Rating of 73 or less at Buffalo Raceway on Friday afternoon by winning the $25,000 finale.

The pacing powerhouse Ruthless Hanover came within a fifth of a second of the oldest track record on the books at Harrah’s Philadelphia, winning the $20,000 Open handicap pace for males on Friday afternoon (April 21) in 1:48.3.