Aaron Merriman wrapped up another superb season at MGM Northfield Park in 2023 with 590 winner’s circle trips from 2,434 starts to collect his seventh straight driving title and 12th overall at MGM Northfield Park.
After coming up short in her last outing, Summer Slash got back to her winning ways while imposing her will on a field of top pacing mares in the $15,000 Open I Distaff Handicap pace at Batavia Downs on Wednesday (Sept. 6).
The last time she was at Batavia Downs in 2021, Racine Bell set the track record of 1:51.3 for aged pacing mares after destroying her competition by eight full lengths. On Wednesday night (Aug. 23), the million-dollar mare returned to the Downs and won again in the $15,000 fillies and mares Open Handicap pace.
Sometimes shippers need a week, and Adashious Hanover, a $120,000 Harrisburg yearling, proved she was the real deal on Saturday (July 15), scoring a powerful victory in the $20,000 Fillies and Mares Open Pace at MGM Northfield Park.