The next two weeks at Cal-Expo will find Wednesday racing, and those two cards will feature qualifying rounds for the $10,000 Spring Harness Handicapping Challenge.  There will be no Thursday programs over the next two weeks, with the trotters and pacers in action on Friday and Saturday nights throughout the month.
 
The Handicapping contest will take place at participating California satellite wagering facilities, racetracks and casinos. Contestants will make selections in seven Cal Expo races, with the top 50-point earners for each qualifying round earning $50 wagering vouchers.
 
Those 100 players will then be eligible for the Friday, May 7 Spring Harness Handicapping Challenge finale.  That final round will find a $2,500 first prize, with $750 for second, $500 for third, $250 for fourth and $100 for the fifth through fourteenth finishers.
 
There is no entry fee and all fans 18 and older are eligible. Participating locations are Golden Gate Fields, San Mateo, Cal Expo, Stockton, Monterey, Barona, Pleasanton, Los Alamitos, Ventura, Bakersfield, Vallejo, Surfside Del Mar, Santa Rosa, Fairplex, Fresno Fair, Fresno Club One, National Orange Show, Viejas Casino and Turf Club and Commerce Casino.  Please contact your local wagering facility for more details.
 
To download free TrackMaster Platinum Past Performances (12 line) for Wednesday's program, go to www.trackmaster.com/calx
 
 
Wednesday’s (April 21) headliner is a $3,300 event for conditioned claiming pacers that brings out the likes of Got No Troubles, Stanza and Coal Younger and will go as the opener on a 12-race program.  Got No Trouble is coming off a solid runner-up effort at 15-1 behind Stop Calling for driver/trainer John Chappell under these same conditions, while Stanza was third in that race and Coal Younger tired as the 6-5 favorite.
 
 
This weekend will find the second round of Sire Stakes action for the 3-year-old trotters and pacers, with the fillies holding the spotlight on Friday (April 23) and the colts doing their thing on Saturday (April 24).
 
The first round of Spring big-money action saw three of the four big guns of their respective divisions flexing their muscles and earning additional added-money tallies, as One Hot Tamale, Frank’s Best and Dancing Barry each posed for pictures.  The only member of the winning foursome getting their initial stakes tally was Exquisite Gem, who accounted for the filly trot in an upset.