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Will Mikala (Always B Miki) be the forgotten pacing mare in harness racing’s $276,200 Blue Chip Matchmaker Final at Yonkers Raceway on Monday night (April 22nd)? The six-year-old Nik Drennan pupil comes in off a front-end win in the fourth leg of the series, and with two wins in the first four legs and a

Upsets were the order of the day on Saturday (April 20) afternoon at Pocono Downs at Mohegan Pennsylvania, with seven $27,397 third and final prelim events of the Bobby Weiss Series for three-year-olds, four for males and three for females.

It’s not too often that a driver hopes to go a first-over trip, especially in a field of exceptional horses, but that’s exactly how it went for Andy McCarthy and Maximus Miki, who teamed up to win the $36,671 winners-over pacing feature at The Meadowlands Saturday (April 20) night.

Four horses will enter Monday’s $457,000 MGM Borgata Pacing Series final for older male pacers having been no worse than second in any of the preliminary action at MGM Yonkers Raceway. Desperate Man (Shadow Play), who was a perfect 4-for-4 in the prelims, and Linedrive Hanover (Betting Line), whose only setback in his four starts

Meadowlands Racetrack hosted a star-studded session of qualifiers on Saturday, April 20, featuring returning O'Brien Award winners and world champions preparing for the 2024 stakes season.

Driver Yannick Gingras holds a strong hand at Yonkers Raceway on Thursday evening (April 18th), as he is scheduled to pilot both morning line favorites in the Invitational harness racing trots. Gingras kicks it off in race two, the $35,000 Invitational Trot, as he will take the lines on returnee Hillexotic (Muscle Hill) who needs

Quebec-owned Lit De Rose stamped herself as the one to beat in the 2024 Blue Chip Matchmaker Series as she earned her third win of the preliminary legs on Friday, April 12 at MGM Yonkers Raceway.

Lit De Rose (Leader Bayama) became the sport's newest harness racing millionaire when she captured her $40,000 division of the final preliminary leg of the Blue Chip Matchmaker Series at Yonkers Raceway on Friday (April 12) night for trainer-driver Patrick Lachance. The 9-year-old mare scored her fourth victory of the year, posting a final time

No Mas Drama (Muscles Yankee) is the mare to beat starting from the rail in the $35,000 Mares Invitational Trot in harness racing action at Yonkers Raceway on Thursday (April 11th). The seven-year-old Nicole Dicostanzo pupil comes off a strong second a week ago where she simply couldn’t repel the perfectly pocketed even money favorite

Three $50,000 USD divisions of the final preliminary round of the MGM Borgata Pacing Series will go behind the gate on Monday night (April 15) at MGM Yonkers Raceway.