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A $20,000 California Sire Stakes for the four-year-old male pacers featuring Chase The Gold and Alilthundadownunda; a pair of $7,500 Sire Stakes for the three-year-old pacing colts and three-year-old pacing fillies and a $6,500 Distaff Open Pace headed by Rockin With Lou share the spotlight

Yanks Dugout cruised to victory in the Winners Over/Select Trot at Dover Downs on Tuesday night (Jan. 25).

Trevor Smith guided Rose Run Vision to a mild 1:52.3 upset in the $30,000 Mares Open Pace at Miami Valley on Tuesday (Jan. 18), a day which also saw 18-year-old Clayton Pfeifer win his first race at a commercial track.

Prairie Panther, handled by Hall of Fame driver Wally Hennessey, proved his 1:50.1 win in last week's Open Pace at Pompano Park was no fluke as the outstanding eight-year-old gelded son of Royel Millennium hit the wire on top in identical time in the track's top pace on Sunday night (Jan. 16).

An Open Trot headed by Silverhill Volo and Pridecrest; an Open Pace led by A Major Omen and an Open Distaff Pace featuring Rockin With Lou share the spotlight on Sunday (Jan. 16) at Cal Expo.

When he ended up on the right end of a nose photo last week with trainer Jesse Pacheco in the sulky, Im An Athlete was winning for the 56th time in his 286 starts and continues to work toward the $300,000 earnings plateau for owner Ronald Rettig-Zucchi.

Soho Burning Love A defeated the First State's top mares for the second straight week, holding off a late charge from Shes Pukka N for a 1:50.1 win in Wednesday's (Jan. 12) $25,000 Mares Open Pace at Dover Downs.

Sandy Sue and driver Trace Tetrick were content to sit third during most of the mile in the $28,000 Mares Open Pace on Tuesday (Jan. 11). The seven-year-old daughter of Shark Gesture roared through the stretch to collar Gone Girl who was second and finally Somebodyslilly, who had cut fractions of :28, 57.4 and 1:24.3 before surrendering in the shadow of the wire reached in 1:52.3.

Soho Burning Love A ($4.80) rallied from off the pace to win Wednesday night's (Jan. 5) $25,000 Mares Open Pace at Dover Downs.

In a class that's traded blows week after week, Hudson Phil this time emerged victorious in the $15,000 Open Pace at Saratoga Casino Hotel on Sunday (Dec. 12).