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Optrix became the first horse to pay over $50 to win twice at the 2023 meet at Pocono Downs at Mohegan Pennsylvania, making a strong backstretch move to the lead and going on for a new lifetime mark of 1:55.1 in his start on Monday (July 17).
A trio of $12,600 events, two on the trot and one on the pace, for developing horses highlighted the opening of the racing week on Wednesday afternoon at Harrah’s Philadelphia.
The $35,000 Ron Banks Memorial FFA Mares Pace was the main event on the Sunday evening (June 25) harness racing card at Running Aces and featured a deeply talented field of eight top-level distaffers going into battle over a rain-soaked surface, which was listed as sloppy.
In an Australasian record for online sales company Gavelhouse Standardbred, dual group one winning harness racing mare, Carla's Pixel (Courage Under Fire) shattered the ceiling on what many thought to be possible for a broodmare sale down under. Offered on account of Nixon Bloodstock, the half sister to millionaire Soho Tribeca and multiple stakes performed
Four-time Quebec Champion trotter Capteur De Reve started off his 2023 season with an impressive score in capturing a non-winners trot at the Hippodrome 3R on Sunday afternoon.