Jiggy Jog S, the magnificent 4-year-old Walner mare driven by Dexter Dunn, made one sweeping move on her seven male trotting foes to get the lead and then drew off to punctuate her dominance and win the $230,000 Graduate Series Trot Final on Saturday (July 8) at The Meadowlands.
Author: by Frank Cotolo, for Meadowlands Racing Media
Kinght Angels wins Tioga feature
Knight Angel (Tyler Miller) took the $10,500 featured Open 2 Trot at Tioga Downs on Saturday (July 8).
Bettors Donttell gritty in Pocono feature win
Bettors Donttell, who looked to be the worst-placed of the four main contenders in Saturday (July 8) afternoon’s $18,500 pacing feature at Pocono Downs at Mohegan Pennsylvania, showed great gameness to go on to a 1:49.4 victory.
Ari Ferrari J captures $350,000 Zweig Memorial at Vernon Downs
Ari Ferrari J (Dexter Dunn) captured the $350,000 Dr. Harry M. Zweig Memorial Open Trot for 3-year-old trotters on Saturday (July 8).
Talented teamsters at Bangor Raceway
While driver Dan Deslandes held the hot hand once again at Bangor Raceway on Friday (July 7) there were certainly plenty of other accolades to go around during the first Friday session of the 2023 season.
Champion filly ends Goomster’s streak
Last season’s ICF two-year-old filly trotting titleholder Marvelous Mystery put an end to the seven-race winning streak of Goomster, the 2002 state-bred male trot champion, Friday at Springfield.
Maine amateurs have deep history at Jug
Often referred to as the ‘Greatest Side Show’ in harness racing, amateur harness driving clubs compete everywhere from the Meadowlands and Yonkers, to Oak Grove and the Meadows; and, of course, Cumberland, Maine. Participants in this Saturday’s (July 8) Maine Amateur Driving Club (MADC) race have done particularly well in the annual Tim Fouts Memorial Driving Championship in Delaware, Ohio.
Noble doubles up in Buckeye Stallion Series
The husband-and-wife team of Dan and Christi Noble won the first two divisions of the Buckeye Stallion Series for Two-Year-Old Filly Pacers at Eldorado Scioto Downs Friday night (July 7). Five $20,000 divisions were contested.
Newsroom schools foes in Big M’s Kindergarten
East Rutherford, NJ — One week after a dazzling parimutuel debut, Newsroom (Always B Miki-Well Hello There) came back to stay perfect in two seasonal starts taking one of nine $20,000 divisions of…
‘Rockette’ and ‘That Girl’ take Friday features at Northville
A pair of top condition races shared the Friday (July 7) spotlight at Northville Downs as six-year-old pacing mare Princess Rockette (Pet Rock–Hammers Princess) with driver Lindsay Moen and eight-year-old trotting mare Youcouldbethatgirl (Credit Winner-Coulantine) and driver Kody Massey won their respective divisions.