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Oh boy! That is what the fans had to be thinking in Buffalo Raceway's $19,178 Open Trot on Saturday night (May 25) as Johnny Boy beat Good Boy by three quarters of a length in a seasonal best of 1:58.0 over the good track.

The favourites, trotter Joxter ($3.10) and pacer Syracuse Express ($2.50), were victorious with career-best efforts in a pair of $11,644 Opens featured at Vernon Downs on Saturday, May 18.

MILTON, May 4, 2024 – The Canadian Graduate Series crowned three harness racing winners on Saturday night (May 4) at Woodbine Mohawk Park. The series for Canadian sired four-year-olds concluded with finals for Open Pace, Mare Pace and Open Trot. No Control (Control The Moment, $3.90) captured the $80,000 Canadian Graduate Series Pace by 8

Nova Scotia-bred Soul Assassin was one the top pacers at Saratoga Casino Hotel in 2023 and the Brett Derue trainee won his first Open Pace of his 2024 campaign on Saturday, May 4.

Michael Casalino and Dylan Davis' Majorca ($3.60) notched her second straight win in the $30,822 Mares Open Pace on Tuesday (April 30) at Harrington Raceway.

Lanjo Lee posted Saratoga Raceway's fastest mile of the season when the classy five-year-old So Surreal gelding won the $20,548 Open Handicap Pace on Saturday, April 27.

After a week hiatus from the winner's circle, Magical Mistress ($4.30) got reacquainted with Buffalo Raceway track photographer John Emmerling on Wednesday afternoon (April 10) as she posted the victory in the featured $18,919 Open Pace for the fillies and mares.

Cenalta Token, a winner in the first two California Sire Stakes legs for the four-year-old pacing mares at the Cal Expo meet, and Made Of Misschief, winner in the most recent leg, get another chance to settle the score in Friday night’s featured $20,000 USD California Sire Stakes.

Heaven On High N (Rock N Roll Heaven) prevailed in his Saratoga Casino Hotel debut on Saturday night.

A Major Omen, fresh from back-to-back victories at the head of the class, looks to extend that streak in the featured Open Pace on Sunday, Feb. 25.