Author: by Matt Zuccarello, for the MADC Series

The MADC series featured three races on the Friday night (Nov. 17) card at the Meadowlands. As always, the races featured a lot of speed from the start, and two out of the three races saw their favorites defeated.

It wasn’t the North America Cup, Hambletonian or Kentucky Futurity, but Scott Zeron proved Friday night (Nov. 17) at the Meadowlands that it doesn’t necessarily take a major stakes event to find him in the winner’s circle, as the 34-year-old, known as “The Money Man,” guided five winners on the card.

Grand Circuit action returned to Harrah’s Hoosier Park with five divisions of The Star Destroyer for 3-year-olds highlighting the 14-race card on Friday (Nov. 17). Entering as the headliners on the card, French Wine and Coach Stefanos did not disappoint, delivering dominant victories in their respective divisions.

On Friday (Nov. 17), Austin Siegelman won three out of the 10 races conducted at Freehold Raceway.

Following open-length wins in both of his preliminary divisions, P T Stable’s Beat Cop ($2.20) delivered an encore performance in the $110,000 Delaware Standardbred Breeders’ Fund (DSBF) series final for 2-year-old male pacers on Thursday (Nov. 16) at Bally’s Dover, defeating stablemate Lovenbury by 6-1/4 lengths in a lifetime best 1:53.4.

Carbine ($2.60) prevailed as the heavy favorite in Thursday’s (Nov. 16) $20,000 conditioned pacing feature at Dayton Raceway, giving driver Dan Noble one of four wins on the card.

It was a big day for driver Ron Cushing, trainer Heidi Cushing and owner Kevin Sywyk on Thursday (Nov. 16) at Plainridge Park, who combined for three winners — two in career best miles and including both top condition races — on the card.