Brandon Blvd took the lead on the backstretch and then held off a slew of challengers in the stretch to capture the Grade 1 $810,000 Meadowlands Pace, for 3-year-olds, in 1:48.1 Saturday (July 11) at the Meadowlands.
Author: by Ken Weingartner, USTA Media Relations Manager
Bythemissal gives Burke 17,000th win with G2 Haughton upset
Torrid fractions poised double millionaire Bythemissal for a furious bid from last down the center of the track to score his first stakes win as a 7-year-old with a 1:47 upset at 55-1 in the first of two $135,700 divisions of the Grade 2 William Haughton Memorial on Saturday night (July 11) at the Meadowlands.
Loua Dipa wins G3 Silverman; Twin B Joe Fresh wins G2 Dorothy Haughton
Loua Dipa and Twin B Joe Fresh were powerful winners in graded stakes events at the Meadowlands on Saturday night (July 11) as part of the stakes-filled Meadowlands Pace program.
On To Norway becomes millionaire with G1 Maturity score
After taking on all comers in the Hoosier State as a sophomore, Indiana sensation On To Norway has proven worthy of the Grand Circuit stage so far in his 4-year-old season, following up his North American-record 1:48.3 score in last week’s Grade 2 Graduate Series final with a gutsy 2:04.3 victory over 1-1/8 miles in the Grade 1 $425,000 E.T. Gerry Jr. Hambletonian Maturity, for 4-year-old trotters, on Saturday (July 11) at the Meadowlands.
Apex, Endurance win G3 Dancer divisions
Hambletonian hopefuls Apex and Endurance won their respective divisions of the Grade 3 Stanley Dancer Memorial, for 3-year-old male trotters, on Saturday (July 11) at the Meadowlands, both as favorites and both in 1:52.
Wilmington (OH) fair post time change
Post time for Tuesday (July 14) at the Clinton County fairgrounds, in Wilmington, Ohio, has been changed to 4 p.m.
Enola grabs Tioga feature
Enola (Mike Merton) won the $16,500 featured Open Trot at Tioga Downs on Saturday (July 11).
Meadowlands Pace Night News Center
Harness racing’s stars are on display tonight (Saturday, July 11) at the Meadowlands, which hosts a blockbuster card headlined by the 50th edition of the Grade 1 Meadowlands Pace. For updates as the action unfolds, click the links below.
Nezuko Kamado S sparkles in G2 Del Miller
Nezuko Kamado S kept her undefeated sophomore season intact with a lifetime-best 1:50.1 score in the $141,900 first division of the Grade 2 Del Miller Memorial, for 3-year-old trotting fillies, on Saturday (July 11) at the Meadowlands.
Davey Day Trader upsets at Buffalo
Davey Day Trader ($28.78) used a big move down the long Buffalo Raceway homestretch on Saturday afternoon (July 11) to spring an upset over Lip Reader A in the $14,700 Open Pace in a seasonal best 1:54.2.