Give Me This Dance and Divine Art, who are in the middle of a great rivalry at the current Cal Expo meet, will get another chance to settle the score in Sunday night’s (March 19) $12,500 Alan Kirschenbaum Memorial, for pacing mares.
Year: 2023
Freehold hosts St. Patrick’s Day race
Freehold Raceway hosted its annual St. Patrick’s Day race Friday (March 17), with every horse in the afternoon’s third race, a $4,000 TrackMaster event for pacing mares, driven by a driver of Irish descent.
Crazy Fool takes TrackMaster final at Big M
The TrackMaster Series for horses with figures of 74.25 or less is an event designed to give horses of modest talent a chance to race for some bigger purses than they might ordinarily compete for. But the winner of Friday night’s (March 17) $15,000 series final for trotters at the Meadowlands looks like a horse who could prove to be far better than modest.
Defending champ Drama Act opens curtain on Matchmaker Series
The Blue Chip Matchmaker Series, for open pacing mares, picked up exactly where it left off in 2022, as defending champion Drama Act captured the first of three $40,000 first-leg divisions of the series at MGM Yonkers Raceway on Friday night (March 17). George Brennan guided the Ron Burke-trained mare, sent off at odds of 1-5, to an imposing 1:51.3 victory.
GSY Recap from Friday night at the Meadowlands..
Two GSY events were carded on Friday (March 17) night with the spring weather upon us and clear skies with a fast track.
Pandy’s Meadowlands selections for March 18
Handicapper Bob Pandolfo offers his selections for the full card at The Meadowlands on Saturday night (March 18).
World record in five-eighths-mile dash at Bally’s Dover
Pacer Rose Run Uriah shattered the world record for a five-eighths-mile dash by scoring in 1:06.4 on Thursday (March 16) at Bally’s Dover.
American Horse Council March 2023 newsletter
The March 2023 issue of the American Horse Council’s monthly newsletter is now available.
Ahundreddollarbill aims for another Big M score
Ahundreddollarbill, who has finished off the board only once in his past nine races, will look to make it back-to-back wins in the Open 2/Open 1 Handicap Trot at The Meadowlands when he faces nine rivals in the $45,000 event on Saturday (March 18).
Rutgers Equine Science Center hosts 2023 Equine Industry Summit
The Rutgers Equine Science Center hosted the 2023 New Jersey Equine Industry Summit Thursday (March 16). The focus of the summit was to help provide better horse care through research and education to ensure the well-being of the equine industry.