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A pair of $16,500 events for the top claiming pacers on the grounds headed the Sunday (June 2) night card at Pocono Downs at Mohegan Pennsylvania. Both winners emerged triumphant for the third time in their last four starts, and both cut the pace – but only one will be returning to the stall he left for the race.

The rampaging South Beach Star overcame the outermost post in winning the $13,000 fast-class handicap pacing feature in 1:50 on Sunday (June 2) afternoon at Harrah’s Philadelphia.

Driver Jason Bartlett and trainer Chris Ryder swept both divisions of the New York Sire Stakes (NYSS) for 3-year-old pacing fillies at Tioga Downs on Sunday (June 2).

Keystone Phoenix and Walter Case Jr. paced away from the field on Saturday (June 1) en route to a benchmark-lowering 1:54.1 romp in the $6,000 feature at Cumberland Raceway.

Oakwood Ardan IR has been nothing short of a sensation since arriving in the U.S. from Great Britain last fall. Maybe “sensation” sells the 5-year-old gelded son of Sweet Lou-Trend Setter short, as his win in the $27,500 featured winners-over pace at The Meadowlands Saturday (June 1) night was positively electric. The Robert Cleary trainee displayed an explosive burst of speed through the stretch to gun down Allywag Hanover and Primary Colors nearing the wire in a sparkling 1:48.3.

Virgil Morgan, Jr. continued his reign of the open events at Eldorado Scioto Downs on Saturday (June 1) when Carbine took the $25,000 Open Pace in 1:50.1.

With just two MADC races and ideal racing conditions on Saturday (June 1) night, speed and the front end for the second consecutive night was where you wanted to be in the MADC races. 

Believer (Ridge Warren) takes the $10,000 featured trot at Tioga Downs on Saturday (June 1).

Leon Bailey had a driving grand slam while sweeping the features with Warrawee Unique and Bourbon Express at Vernon Downs on Saturday (June 1).