Chris Ryder entered the 2024 season with high expectations for Twin B Joe Fresh. After watching his 4-year-old mare close out her campaign Saturday (Nov. 30) with a win in the $150,000 FanDuel Championship for female pacers at the Meadowlands, the trainer acknowledged that harness racing’s No. 1-ranked horse had met them all.
Author: by Ken Weingartner, USTA Media Relations Manager
Monserrate stalks, surges in Valley Victory
Three weeks after his runner-up finish to Breeders Crown champion Maryland in the Kindergarten Series final, Monserrate pounced late and recorded a lifetime-best 1:52.1 win in the $447,000 Valley Victory, for 2-year-old male trotters, on Saturday (Nov. 30) at the Meadowlands.
Miki And Minnie motors to equal Three Diamonds stakes record
Breeders Crown champ Miki And Minnie sat poised off tumultuous speed and thrusted forward from a helmet in the stretch to win the $338,200 Three Diamonds final, for 2-year-old pacing fillies, at the Meadowlands on Saturday night (Nov. 30).
Nelsonbriteagle NO destroys FanDuel mares in stakes record
With a strong start against five other trotters, Dexter Dunn guided Nelsonbriteagle NO to the front and wafted through four quarters atop the field to win the $150,000 FanDuel Mare Trot Championship in a stakes record 1:49.4 on a frigid Saturday night (Nov. 30) at the Meadowlands.
Captain Albano goes out a winner in Progress
Little Brown Jug and Matron champion Captain Albano crossed the million-dollar threshold of his sophomore campaign with a decisive 1:49.1 score over Pepsi North America Cup winner Nijinsky in the $267,960 Progress Pace final, for 3-year-old male pacers, on Wednesday (Nov. 27) at Bally’s Dover.
Little Miss Peyton completes DSBF sweep
Donna Messick’s homebred Little Miss Peyton scored her eighth consecutive win and second Delaware Standardbred Breeders’ Fund series championship with a 1:55 win in the $110,000 Ramona Hubbard Memorial, for 2-year-old pacing fillies, held Wednesday (Nov. 27) at Bally’s Dover.
Melvin G completes DSBF sweep
After winning his six previous starts by a combined 26 lengths, Melvin G withstood the toughest test of his rookie stakes campaign in the form of Legend Of Rock, whom he held off by a half length to win Tuesday’s (Nov. 26) $110,000 Delaware Standardbred Breeders’ Fund championship for 2-year-old male trotters at Bally’s Dover and complete a series sweep.
Deadline nears for Delaware stallion registration
A $500 nomination payment is due by Dec. 1 for all stallions to stand the Delaware 2025 breeding season. Owners of new stallions must provide a copy of the USTA registration or a “Basic Horse” report from the USTA Pathway system.
Meadowlands to hold Toys for Tots drive
This holiday season, the Meadowlands Racetrack is holding its Annual Toys for Tots Collection Drive in partnership with former New York Jets wide receiver Quincy Enunwa.
OHHA offers equine career scholarship
The Ohio Harness Horsemen’s Association (OHHA) offers the inaugural Future Equine Career Scholarship to OHHA members and their families.