Impressive in his stakes debut, Rush In pulled the pocket early, blazed home and scored in the opening leg of Pennsylvania Sire Stakes for three-year-old male pacers on Saturday, May 4 at Hollywood Casino at The Meadows.
Driver Tim Tetrick swept the two divisions of the $135,032 third preliminary for the Pennsylvania Sire Stakes (PASS) for three-year-old pacing fillies during the Sunday (June 26) card at The Downs at Mohegan Sun Pocono, taking both sections with daughters of Captaintreacherous.
Many of North America's top harness racing prospects hit the dirt just over the Delaware River on Sunday (May 29) as Harrah's Philadelphia played host to three $100,000 invitational events for free-for-all competitors as well as several state-bred races.
With the first weekend of May in the books, many of harness racing's top performers from 2021 have started to return to the racetrack for the upcoming stakes season or hit the racetrack in racing action.
Scott Zeron put the pedal to the metal early with the Linda Toscano-trained Rocknificent in the Breeders Crown Mare Pace, and the distaffer responded with a front-stepping masterpiece in a time of 1:49.