After each winning one of the year’s final Triple Crown races in their most recent starts for trainer Noel Daley, trotter Sig Sauer and pacer Captain Albano are ready for their respective Breeders Crown eliminations Saturday at The Meadowlands.
Author: by Ken Weingartner, USTA Media Relations Manager
Eddie Hart to receive Monticello-Goshen’s highest honor
Edward J. Hart, a lifelong participant in the harness racing industry, will be the recipient of the United States Harness Writers Association Monticello-Goshen Chapter’s Lifetime Achievement Award at its annual awards banquet in Campbell Hall, N.Y.
Richard “Richie” Ringler, 67, dies
Richard “Richie” Ringler, 67, died Oct. 14, 2024, doing what he loved best, being around horses and starting races.
MGM Northfield Park seeks Horsemen’s Bookkeeper
MGM Northfield Park is beginning its search for qualified candidates for the role of Horsemen’s Bookkeeper.
Vernon Downs post time change
Starting on Friday (Oct. 25), Vernon Downs will be changing post time for the balance of the 2024 live racing season. The new post time for both Friday and Saturday cards will be 3:05 p.m.
Black Book #2 Mixed Sale Catalog update
Black Book #2 Mixed Sale Catalog has gone to the printer and is now available online at theblackbook.com and equineline.com.
JL Cruze edges Coventry Hall in Rosecroft Open Trot
JL Cruze knocked off favorite Coventry Hall, sprinting home in :28.3 to win the $11,000 Open Trot Wednesday (Oct. 16) at Rosecroft in 1:54.3.
A magical time with Miki And Minnie
When female pacer That’s The Ticket was retired seven years ago because of an injury, owner Craig Henderson thought he would sell the 2016 Three Diamonds Stakes winner. That was until he received input from the filly’s trainer, Chris Ryder. “He told me not to sell her,” Henderson recalled. “He said she was going to have a great foal someday. He literally talked me into keeping That’s The Ticket. Her first two foals were fine; they both made over $100,000. But then along comes Miki And Minnie and it’s been phenomenal.” On Friday afternoon, she will compete in the first of two $25,000 eliminations of the Breeders Crown for 2-year-old female pacers at The Meadowlands.
Big M returns with the Breeders Crown
You’d think after a five-week slumber, during which harness racing at The Meadowlands was in hibernation mode, the mile oval would come back and ease their way towards the final portion of the 2024 major-stakes calendar.
Adamczyk delivers in Monticello NAADA Trot
Andrew Adamczyk capitalized off a pocket ride with 1-5 favorite Buzz to take the $7,500 North American Amateur Drivers Association Trot at Monticello Raceway on Wednesday (Oct. 16).