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After missing as the favourite in the top class last week, No Lou Zing rebounded with a stern rally along the rim to grab victory in the $24,000 Open Pace at Oak Grove Racing, Gaming and Hotel on Sunday afternoon (April 30).

In case you’re keeping track, the four-year-old pacing mare Divine Art will be gunning for her 14th straight victory when she suits up in Friday night’s fourth race at Cal Expo for new owner/driver/trainer Gerry Longo.

Wintery conditions in Anderson, Indiana gave way to hot Grand Circuit action as the Star Destroyer Stakes was featured at Harrah’s Hoosier Park Racing & Casino on Friday, Nov. 18.

I Did It Myway and Special Way have now annexed three legs of the Kentucky Championship Series in their respective divisions and seek to collect crowns in the finals on Sept. 18.

Inclement weather made the $80,000 Kentucky Championship Series split for three-year-old trotting fillies the only division contested on Monday (Sept. 5) at The Red Mile. Selfie Queen strolled home a winner in the non-wagering Championship division contested before the pari-mutuel card.

I Did It Myway was a repeat winner in the Kentucky Championship Series, besting North America Cup champion Pebble Beach for the second consecutive week on Tuesday afternoon (Aug. 23) at The Red Mile.

I Did It Myway upset defending Kentucky champion and this year's North America Cup winner Pebble Beach in the $80,000 second leg of the Kentucky Championship Series for three-year-old male pacers during the mid-August Monday afternoon card at The Red Mile.

Jim King Solomon had himself a big night at The Meadowlands on Friday (Jan. 14), taking the Martin Luther King Remembrance Race on an evening when the civil rights icon was honoured with a pair of dashes.

Every morning when he wakes up, Devon Tharps is reminded of one of the best nights of his life. It occurred January 16, 2021, when Tharps drove Acting Out to victory in the Martin Luther King Jr. Remembrance Race at The Meadowlands.

Before the start of Saturday night’s card at The Meadowlands, driver Dexter Dunn was named the United States Harness Writers Association’s Driver of the Year for a second-consecutive season in a virtual Dan Patch Awards ceremony that the entire sport could view on the internet or at any simulcast venue. Then Dunn went out and showed why that considerable amount of hardware sits on his mantle. The 31-year-old New Zealand product, whose 131 wins during 2020 led all Big M drivers, registered f...