The Meadowlands is hosting its annual 30 & Under Handicapping contest on Saturday (July 26). The free handicapping contest is exclusively for fans between 18 and 30 and offers a $5,000 total prize pool, with prize payouts to the top five finishers.
Author: from Meadowlands Media Relations
Positive change abounds as Batavia Downs opens 2025 racing season Saturday
As the 2025 summer/fall harness racing season at Batavia Downs gets underway on Saturday (July 26), a new era at the oldest lighted harness track in North America will begin as the facility itself celebrates 85 years since holding its first pari-mutuel harness race back on September 20, 1940.
Spiritofanoutlaw dominates in Aces Tuesday feature
The featured event on the Tuesday night (July 22) program at Running Aces was the $11,750 Open II pace, with a full field of nine contestants.
Maryland Race Fund draws for Ocean Downs
Horsemen are reminded of two upcoming draws on Thursday (July 24) and Sunday (July 27) for Maryland Race Fund races at Ocean Downs.
Leslie Joyce takes lead in Spring Haven Farm Ladies Driving Series
After eight stops in the Spring Haven Farm Ladies Driving Series, Leslie Joyce has taken the lead with 228 points.
Northfield caretaker Cordon Harris taking advantage of a second chance
Cordon Harris, a native of Green, OH, is a former football star who is getting a second chance at life working as a groom at MGM Northfield Park after spending four-and-a-half years in prison for crimes he committed at age 19.
Four freshman filly pacers looking to repeat as Northfield hosts second leg of BSS
MGM Northfield Park is hosting six $20,000 divisions of the second leg of the Buckeye Stallion Series for freshman filly pacers on Wednesday (July 23).
Gillespie hopes to continue run of success with Big Ranger as Northfield hosts second leg of OSS for freshman colt trotters
Trainer-driver Ronnie Gillespie couldn’t have asked for a better start for Big Ranger.
USTA releases Special Investigative Committee Report on Eric Cherry violations
On July 15, 2025, the United States Trotting Association entered a ruling finding Eric Cherry in violation of several USTA rules and imposing fines for those violations.
Shenandoah Downs $5,000 “Own a Horse for a Day” on Sept. 27
This past spring, Shenandoah Downs gave eight lucky female racing fans a chance to “Own a Horse for a Day” and compete for a $5,000 purse on Mother’s Day. With the fall racing season just around the corner, the track announced that eight male sports-oriented fans will get that same lucrative opportunity on Saturday, Sept. 27.