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This year's New Jersey Sire Stakes races for sophomore trotters got underway as part of Saturday night's card at the Meadowlands with $25,000 Platinum and $10,000 Silver events.
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Yannick Gingras used a familiar tactic to perfection Saturday night, as his front-end driving excellence paid off big time while guiding both winners of the first leg of the Miss Versatility for open mare trotters at the Meadowlands.
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There's an undefeated 3-year-old based in Ontario, and then there's another unbeaten that hasn't received such headlines. While Beau Jangles has made the news, trainer Anthony Beaton's undefeated pacing filly Be Perfect BG has won all seven of her career starts and hopes to make it eight straight on Saturday night in the $180,000 final of the New Jersey Sire Stakes (Platinum division) at the Meadowlands. The daughter of Perfect Sting landed the pole position with only six other fillies facing her in the 13th race on the program.
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Annie Stoebe came into this year enthusiastically looking forward to racing an established star among older trotters, the 5-year-old mare Elista Hanover, and a highly regarded Hambletonian Stakes contender, 3-year-old colt trotter Diabolic Hill.
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Fans of Brett Beckwith have missed watching – and betting – on the 23-year-old pilot for the last month or so, as the defending Meadowlands leading driver from 2025 has been on the mend since going down in a spill at Saratoga Raceway last month.
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Despite being out of action since December, Periculum demonstrated midseason form in his 7-year-old debut, cascading off cover and rolling to a 1:49 4/5 win in the $150,100 Grade 3 Arthur J. Cutler Memorial on Saturday (May 16) at the Meadowlands, his second consecutive triumph in the annual event for open trotters.
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Featured on the Arthur J. Cutler Memorial undercard on Saturday night at the Meadowlands were divisions of the Garden State for 3-year-old trotters of both sexes.
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It has been nearly seven long months since Twin B Joe Fresh was forced to scratch out of the Breeders Crown Open Mares Pace at Woodbine Mohawk Park due to a hairline fracture of her left cannon bone. Following surgery and recovery, the 2024 Dan Patch Horse of the Year winner with a bankroll north of $2.8 million is finally back.
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Trainer Nancy Takter sounded excited to be getting French Wine, last year's Breeders Crown Open Trot winner, back to the races.
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Prior to last year, Phil Collura had shared in the ownership of several Dan Patch Award-winning horses, but none were a trotter. Lexus Kody changed that.
This year's New Jersey Sire Stakes races for sophomore trotters got underway as part of Saturday night's card at the Meadowlands with $25,000 Platinum and $10,000 Silver events.
Yannick Gingras used a familiar tactic to perfection Saturday night, as his front-end driving excellence paid off big time while guiding both winners of the first leg of the Miss Versatility for open mare trotters at the Meadowlands.
There's an undefeated 3-year-old based in Ontario, and then there's another unbeaten that hasn't received such headlines. While Beau Jangles has made the news, trainer Anthony Beaton's undefeated pacing filly Be Perfect BG has won all seven of her career starts and hopes to make it eight straight on Saturday night in the $180,000 final of the New Jersey Sire Stakes (Platinum division) at the Meadowlands. The daughter of Perfect Sting landed the pole position with only six other fillies facing her in the 13th race on the program.
Annie Stoebe came into this year enthusiastically looking forward to racing an established star among older trotters, the 5-year-old mare Elista Hanover, and a highly regarded Hambletonian Stakes contender, 3-year-old colt trotter Diabolic Hill.
Fans of Brett Beckwith have missed watching – and betting – on the 23-year-old pilot for the last month or so, as the defending Meadowlands leading driver from 2025 has been on the mend since going down in a spill at Saratoga Raceway last month.
Despite being out of action since December, Periculum demonstrated midseason form in his 7-year-old debut, cascading off cover and rolling to a 1:49 4/5 win in the $150,100 Grade 3 Arthur J. Cutler Memorial on Saturday (May 16) at the Meadowlands, his second consecutive triumph in the annual event for open trotters.
Featured on the Arthur J. Cutler Memorial undercard on Saturday night at the Meadowlands were divisions of the Garden State for 3-year-old trotters of both sexes.
It has been nearly seven long months since Twin B Joe Fresh was forced to scratch out of the Breeders Crown Open Mares Pace at Woodbine Mohawk Park due to a hairline fracture of her left cannon bone. Following surgery and recovery, the 2024 Dan Patch Horse of the Year winner with a bankroll north of $2.8 million is finally back.
Trainer Nancy Takter sounded excited to be getting French Wine, last year's Breeders Crown Open Trot winner, back to the races.
Prior to last year, Phil Collura had shared in the ownership of several Dan Patch Award-winning horses, but none were a trotter. Lexus Kody changed that.
