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On To Norway seized vindication from defeat in the $230,000 Stan Bergstein Graduate Series final for 4-year-old trotters on Saturday night at the Meaadowlands with a 1:48 3/5 mile, the fastest-ever trotted in North America, to make his first return to the winner's circle since the end of his 27-race win streak.
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Forgoing a bye to the $810,000 Grade 1 Meadowlands Pace final, Brandon Blvd served notice to his nine rivals in the lone $50,000 elimination of the midsummer classic for 3-year-old pacers on Saturday (July 4) at the Meadowlands, delivering a devastating 1:47 3/5 win.
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Bourbonista S was one of the stars of the show at the Meadowlands on Saturday night, breaking the track record and equaling what at the time was the fastest mile ever in North America on the trot with a 1:48 4/5 romp in the Grade 3 $129,400 Six Pack for older mares. Dexter Dunn piloted the 5-year-old by Face Time Bourbon to an epic performance for trainer Marcus Melander.
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Lexus Kody, the 2025 Trotter of the Year, put in powerhouse performance, equaling the track record of 1:49 4/5 while capturing the $131,250 Grade 3 JL Cruze for older male trotters on Saturday night at the Meadowlands. With Yannick Gingras in the sulky, Lexus Kody held off a game, first-over bid by Up Your Deo to prevail.
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Three-year-old trotters took another step on the Road to the Hambletonian and Hambletonian Oaks by racing in W.N. Reynolds Memorial divisions on Saturday night at the Meadowlands.
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Two-year-old trotters are not regarded by many as the safest of bets, but all three favorites in the $30,000 divisions of the first freshman stake of the year at Pocono Downs at Mohegan Pennsylvania, the Pennsylvania All-Stars for male babies, got the job done impressively.
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Matt Rose's analysis of selected races from the Sunday 7/5 and Monday 7/6 cards at Ocean Downs.
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This Sunday evening (starting at 5 P.M. EDT) four distinguished men will be enshrined in the Harness Racing Hall of Fame. From various backgrounds but unified in one cause, the quartet have been the bloodlines literally and figuratively that have kept the sport lively for generations passed and onward. Marvin Katz, David Reid, Dr. John Egloff and Michael Kimelman have stood the test of time and devoted their attention towards the future of the Standardbred sport.
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The 2-year-old Ontario Sires Stakes (OSS) season is officially underway, and in the first leg of the Gold Series, the two C$100,000 divisions for pacing colts and geldings were won by Gogo Gadget and TH Benedict.
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Aces And Cinches lowered his lifetime mark from 1:52 2/5 to 1:48 1/5 in an eye-catching victory in Friday night's lone $94,000 Indiana Sire Stakes event for 3-year-old male pacers at Harrah's Hoosier Park.
On To Norway seized vindication from defeat in the $230,000 Stan Bergstein Graduate Series final for 4-year-old trotters on Saturday night at the Meaadowlands with a 1:48 3/5 mile, the fastest-ever trotted in North America, to make his first return to the winner's circle since the end of his 27-race win streak.
Forgoing a bye to the $810,000 Grade 1 Meadowlands Pace final, Brandon Blvd served notice to his nine rivals in the lone $50,000 elimination of the midsummer classic for 3-year-old pacers on Saturday (July 4) at the Meadowlands, delivering a devastating 1:47 3/5 win.
Bourbonista S was one of the stars of the show at the Meadowlands on Saturday night, breaking the track record and equaling what at the time was the fastest mile ever in North America on the trot with a 1:48 4/5 romp in the Grade 3 $129,400 Six Pack for older mares. Dexter Dunn piloted the 5-year-old by Face Time Bourbon to an epic performance for trainer Marcus Melander.
Lexus Kody, the 2025 Trotter of the Year, put in powerhouse performance, equaling the track record of 1:49 4/5 while capturing the $131,250 Grade 3 JL Cruze for older male trotters on Saturday night at the Meadowlands. With Yannick Gingras in the sulky, Lexus Kody held off a game, first-over bid by Up Your Deo to prevail.
Three-year-old trotters took another step on the Road to the Hambletonian and Hambletonian Oaks by racing in W.N. Reynolds Memorial divisions on Saturday night at the Meadowlands.
Two-year-old trotters are not regarded by many as the safest of bets, but all three favorites in the $30,000 divisions of the first freshman stake of the year at Pocono Downs at Mohegan Pennsylvania, the Pennsylvania All-Stars for male babies, got the job done impressively.
Matt Rose's analysis of selected races from the Sunday 7/5 and Monday 7/6 cards at Ocean Downs.
This Sunday evening (starting at 5 P.M. EDT) four distinguished men will be enshrined in the Harness Racing Hall of Fame. From various backgrounds but unified in one cause, the quartet have been the bloodlines literally and figuratively that have kept the sport lively for generations passed and onward. Marvin Katz, David Reid, Dr. John Egloff and Michael Kimelman have stood the test of time and devoted their attention towards the future of the Standardbred sport.
The 2-year-old Ontario Sires Stakes (OSS) season is officially underway, and in the first leg of the Gold Series, the two C$100,000 divisions for pacing colts and geldings were won by Gogo Gadget and TH Benedict.
Aces And Cinches lowered his lifetime mark from 1:52 2/5 to 1:48 1/5 in an eye-catching victory in Friday night's lone $94,000 Indiana Sire Stakes event for 3-year-old male pacers at Harrah's Hoosier Park.
