Year: 2023

In what promises to be the first chapter in a season-long rivalry, Niki Hill drew first blood against Treacherous Dragon in Saturday’s (April 22) $15,000 New Jersey Breeders Maturity for 4-year-old mares on the pace at the Meadowlands.

Filly Speaks ($3.10) smoked her rivals in the $30,000 Jumpstart Series final for horses with TrackMaster Horse Ratings of 77 or less at Buffalo Raceway on Saturday night (April 22), winning by four lengths in 1:55.2.

Blue Ivy returned to the winner’s circle on Saturday (April 22) following a 14-day layoff, cruising to an easy 1:53.1 victory in the $19,000 feature event at MGM Northfield Park.

Lying In Cash (Aracache Hanover-Jokerslitlwhitelie) and driver Jason Merriman returned to the Northville Downs winner’s circle after capturing the Saturday night (April 22) $10,800 Open Handicap Pace for the second straight week.

All Class and I Was Tricked became two-time winners in the Bobby Weiss Series, taking $20,000 final round preliminaries for the sophomore pacing colts Saturday afternoon (April 22) at Pocono, and they will likely be among the favorites when their $50,000 Weiss championship is conducted next Saturday.

John Calabrese overhauled his competitors and Tony Beltrami threw the hammer down early to take their respective divisions of the $9,000 American Harness Drivers Club Trot at Freehold Raceway on Saturday afternoon (April 22).

The American Harness Drivers Club, in its pursuit to give back to the sport its participants love, presented a donation for racehorse aftercare following the seventh race at Freehold Raceway on Saturday afternoon (April 22).

The $12,500 Stan Bergstein Trot featuring the locally unbeaten Body Armor and a $25,000 Sire Stakes headed by Cenalta Token and Gotubydashorthairs are the highlights on Sunday evening (April 23) at Cal Expo.

Meadowlands qualifiers were off at 10 a.m. Saturday (April 22) with a temperature of 60 degrees and a trace wind aiding the horses in the homestretch. A strong representation of all divisions of sophomores were featured on the day.

Driver Nick Graffam didn’t let a little thing like the eight hole and odds of 49-1 get in the way of victory. The reinsman went from last to first with Sixby Hanover in a thrilling stretch drive to score in the second race at Cumberland on Friday (April 21), resulting in a $100.60 winning ticket.