Trainer Patrick Lachance's stable has been on a solid roll over the last six weeks capturing races throughout the northeast. Lachance, for his part, says that nothing he's doing now is any different than the way he's handled his stable throughout the last 20 or so years. "The trainers I'm racing against have changed," Lachance said with purpose. "It's a more level playing field because of it." Most of Lachance's success has come over the Yonkers half-mile track where in the past he had to drive horses in a way that irked many followers. "People would get on me for sitting in," Lachance said. "There was nothing else I could do in trying to chase horses that were going that fast." Now that some of the leading trainers at Yonkers in past years have been sidelined by legal issues, Lachance and his stable have flourished and pretty much done so in varied classes, both trotting and pacing. This Saturday his stable sends out five horses in overnight features at Yonkers and The Meadowlands combined. The Real One, who will turn 11 in January, remains a stable favorite, precisely because of his long-term success over the Yonkers half-mile oval. On Saturday he'll be saddled with the dreaded post eight at Yonkers in the $30,000 Open carded as race seven. "He drew post eight, but if they mix it up he can still beat these horses," said Lachance. "He put in a sub-par performance last time and that's not like him. We found that he was going through a virus." The veteran son of Mach Three is always a closing threat despite the short stretch at Yonkers and Lachance knows exactly what type of strategy works for the horse and what doesn't. "If you don't abuse him early, he'll give you everything he has down the stretch," Lachance said. Two of Lachance's top performers will see action in East Rutherford on Saturday, with Tymal Peacemaker going in a mid-level conditioned event carded as race eight. "He's a very big horse and I thought I'd give him a break from the half-mile track," said Lachance. "I was very happy the way he raced last week." In the move to the Meadowlands, Tymal Peacemaker was used hard in the early stages and then attacked past the half finishing a credible third in an excessively-fast 1:48 4/5 winning mile for this class. Mikes Z Tam landed post two in the $28,000 Saturday night feature at The Meadowlands (race 10) and the Lachance-stable mainstay enters the race in top form. "He's been great lately," said Lachance. "He loves the big track. He won the Tattersalls (Red Mile) as a 3-year-old." More recently the son of Bettor's Delight has won four of his last six starts while moving up the class ladder in the process. He faces a solid field on Saturday that includes the resurgent American History (post 7) as well as last week's Yonkers Borgota Series Invitational winner This Is The Plan (post 6) in the field of nine. With a stable of 20 at Magical Acres, Lachance has focused much of his attention on his own stock but occasionally does catch-drive for others. "I like to concentrate on my own stable," Lachance said. "But I like driving and if people put me down when I have other horses in that day, I'll drive for them." The 3-year-old trotting filly Rosalie Swan has been a pleasant surprise since joining forces with Lachance. "She couldn't go more than two races without making a break," said Lachance of the filly. "We made some shoeing changes on her and that has worked out well." Lachance took over the training of Rosalie Swan in September and has won five races since then over the Harrah's Philadelphia oval, including a 1:54 4/5 effort on October 22. "We'll keep racing her at Harrah's for now," said Lachance. "We might give her a try at Yonkers." Buxton, a son of Dejarmbro that Lachance had guided to three straight victories after the colt arrived in his stable following the completion of the Ohio Sire Stakes, sustained an injury and will be sidelined. "He had surgery and the prospect is for a full recovery," said Lachance. "He's the perfect type of horse for Yonkers." While the pandemic has reduced Lachance's yearly totals, the 45-year-old has produced his best training win percentage in nearly 20 years and he certainly hopes the trend continues into 2021.