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Moonshine Kisses continued his career year of 2023, setting two more records at Plainridge Park on Thursday (June 15).

It was a day for doubles at Saratoga Casino Hotel on Sunday afternoon (June 11) with several trainers making two trips to the winner’s circle and Kyle Spagnola made one of his trips for $14,500 Winners-Over feature winning Cash Me Out. 

Trainer Melissa Beckwith posted similar results between the first two days of weekend cards at Saratoga Casino Hotel with a training triple both days, including a win in the $17,000 Winners Over/Open Handicap with Angel Nation on Sunday afternoon (June 4). 

Despite being handicapped with post eight in a top field of pacers, Lous Sweetrevenge convincingly scored his second straight victory in the $25,000 Winners-Over pace at Plainridge Park on Thursday (May 11) and recorded his second consecutive lifetime mark in the process. 

The distaff pacers took center stage at Buffalo Raceway on Wednesday afternoon (May 3) and it was driver Jim Morrill Jr. who used two different ploys to share the spotlight in both featured events.

The second edition of the $100,000 Paul Revere Pace for three-year-olds in 2023 will go postward in two six-horse divisions at Plainridge Park on Thursday afternoon (May 4) and many of the entrants will be making their initial appearance on the track this year. 

A pair of $25,000 Winners-Over paces highlighted the card at Plainridge Park on Thursday afternoon (April 27) and speed was the order of the day in both. 

It was opening day at Plainridge Park on Monday (April 10) and a large trackside crowd was on hand to welcome back harness racing action to Massachusetts.

Atlanta made her Delaware County Fairgrounds debut and swan song in style, easily dispatching of her seven rivals in the $115,500 Miss Versatility Series Final for older trotting mares on Thursday (Sept. 22) as part of the Little Brown Jug undercard.

Real Rockin Ravi vaulted off cover to a 1:54.4 win in Sundays (Feb. 21) $20,000 final of the George Red Owens Memorial Series at Miami Valley Raceway. Real Rockin Ravi had outside post positions in the two preliminary legs of the series and eked out very narrow victories in both. With a better post draw for the final, driver Dan Noble elected to race mid-pack early in the mile before confidently angling the four-year-old daughter of Pet Rock off the pylons to follow cover as the field neared th...