Plenty of racing action took place throughout the Mid-Atlantic this past week.

Here’s a look at the “three stars” of each track:

REGION’S BEST

FIRST STAR: JAMIE NESS. One of the Mid-Atlantic’s premier trainers, Jamie Ness, achieved a major career milestone on Wednesday when he won his 5,000th career race. He captured the 6th race at Delaware Park with Chelsea Wall, one of six winners for Ness that day in the region. The victory came just two minutes after Ness won race 4,999 at Parx with Bold Endeavor, and that may have been win #5,000 if not for a delay to the start of the Delaware race. As it was, Chelsea Wall sat off the pace and drew away to win by 3 1/2 lengths as the 2-5 favorite with Paco Lopez up, and in the process made Ness the ninth trainer in North American history to win 5,000 races. Ness won his first race at Canterbury Park in 1999, and has been a dominant trainer in the Mid-Atlantic for a decade and a half. He’s won the training title at Delaware each of the last 11 years, and at Parx for six consecutive years. Last year, he won 353 races, more than any trainer in the country, and is currently third in the national standings with 105 wins as of May 24.

SECOND STAR: YEDSIT HAZLEWOOD. Hazlewood, who often rides for Ness, had a banner day on Wednesday at Parx, with five wins in ten mounts. His first three victories on the day came with Ness-trained runners, as he captured race 2 with Assume Nothing, race 5 aboard Melt With You, and the 6th race on the aforementioned Bold Endeavor. He wasted no time in picking up the grand slam in race 7, winning on Michael Pino trainee Fussy Girl. In race 9, he rode Lovely Charm to a dominant 16 1/2-length win for trainer Miguel Penaloza, completing a five-bagger in the process. His big day brought him to 68 wins on the season, trailing only Mychel Sanchez in the rider standings.

THIRD STAR: NINETYPRCENTMADDIE. A competitive group of older males met in Tuesday’s feature at Parx, an open allowance route at one mile. Ninetyprcentmaddie, the very slight 5-2 favorite, improved to 2-for-2 on the year with a one-length victory. Speedyness, in his first start in 11 months, made the early lead and set honest fractions, going the first quarter-mile in 23.92 and the first half-mile in 46.75. He gave way in the stretch, and Ninetyprcentmaddie, who sat in third in the early stages, hit the front. Cadet Corps chased the leader home and cut into the margin somewhat, but Ninetyprcentmaddie held on, going the mile in 1:38. He won the Page McKenney Handicap in his previous start this year, and has won three stakes or stakes-quality races at Parx over the past 12 months. Abner Adorno rode the LC Racing LLC homebred gelding, who is trained by Butch Reid.

SECOND STAR: YEDSIT HAZLEWOOD. He’s found his best stride at Parx as of late and will have every chance to catch Mychel Sanchez in the standings.

THIRD STAR: WHO’S THE KING. Showed speed and drew off to win a first-level allowance route on Monday, improving to 3-for-3 at Parx on the year in the process.