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YS Lotus ($3.30) made it a clean sweep in the Jumpstart Series for horses with a Trackmaster Rating of 73 or less at Buffalo Raceway on Friday afternoon (April 21) by winning the $30,000 finale as he toppled Rearview Blue Chip by 1-1/4 lengths in 1:56.2 over the fast track.
No luck was needed for The Irishman ($4.70) at Buffalo Raceway on Friday night (March 31) as he strolled away with a four-length victory over Gruden in the featured $13,100 trot in 2:01 over the sloppy track.
The perennial “king” of the driving colony at The Downs at Mohegan Sun Pocono, George Napolitano Jr., is serving early notice that he will be tough to dethrone in 2021, posting his second-straight card of posting six victories on Sunday (March 14). The double sextet now gives George a 38-31 advantage over his brother Anthony, and quick math shows the pair has won 41 percent of all races held at the mountain track during the first 12 days of the meet. Two from George’s six-bagger came for trainer Gilbert Garcia-Herrera, who now has nine visits to the Pocono winner's circle this year—on...