Breakfast With The Babies, sponsored by Fashion Farms, got underway at 9 a.m. on a pleasant summer morning at The Meadowlands. The temperature was 75f and the track fast with a considerable stretch headwind slowing the final quarters.
Author: by Nick Salvi, for The Meadowlands
SBOANJ supplemental yearling nomination payments due Aug. 15
The Standardbred Breeders and Owners Association of New Jersey supplemental yearling nomination payments are due Aug. 15.
Pandy’s Meadowlands selections for July 19
Handicapper Bob Pandolfo offers his selections for the full card at The Meadowlands on Saturday night (July 19).
Ryder happy with Twin B Joe Fresh heading into Clara Barton
Twin B Joe Fresh, the 2024 Dan Patch Horse of the Year, will be making her first-ever appearance in Massachusetts on Sunday (July 20) when she ships to Plainridge Park to start in the $100,000 Grade 3 Clara Barton Distaff Pace.
JK My Girl was the pocket rocket in Aces Thursday feature
The Thursday night (July 17) harness racing program at Running Aces featured the weekly $14,750 Mares Open Handicap pace, with a well-matched field of nine going into battle.
On To Norway matches track record, wins 10th straight at Hoosier
On To Norway extended his win streak to double digits emphatically on Thursday (July 17) at Harrah’s Hoosier Park, matching the track record for 3-year-old trotting geldings in one of two $49,000 splits of Indiana Sire Stakes.
$5,000 Pick-5 guaranteed pool at Cumberland Friday
First Tracks Cumberland is pleased to announce a $5,000 Pick-5 guarantee on Friday (July 18) in races 4 through 8. The popular wager has an attractive 16% takeout on the 50-cent minimum bet.
Twin B Joe Fresh gains on Louprint in Top 10 poll
Twin B Joe Fresh pulled within six points of Louprint in the No. 1 spot and three fresh faces joined the Top 10 in the Week 5 edition of the Hambletonian Society/Breeders Crown poll released Wednesday.
Allamerican Native, 25, dies
Allamerican Native, a Dan Patch Award winner as a 2-year-old in 2002 and earner of $1.29 million in his career, was euthanized Monday (July 14) after suffering complications from colic, said Bernie Cave, the head of the 25-year-old pacing stallion’s syndicate.
Freshman male trotters open BSS at Bucyrus on Wednesday
The Crawford County Fair in Bucyrus, Ohio, is hosting the opening leg of the 2025 Buckeye Stallion Series for 2-year-old male trotters on Wednesday (July 16).