Author: by Dave Little, Meadowlands Media Relations

In his highly anticipated return to the races, Jimmy Freight beat a strong field of high-end (non-winners of $20,000) conditioned stock in the $23,000 pacing feature at The Meadowlands Saturday night (Feb. 18).

Yogi Sheridan laid the gauntlet early with odds-on favorite J S Peyton and overpowered his seven rivals to claim the $9,000 division of the American Harness Drivers Club Trot on Saturday afternoon (Feb. 18) at Freehold Raceway.

Pocono Downs at Mohegan Sun Pennsylvania began its 2023 racing season on Saturday (Feb. 18) under seasonably nice conditions — temperatures above freezing, with no precipitation. A pair of $17,000 events for developing horses were the top races on the inaugural card.

Dave Brower and Tim Bojarski were selected as the two candidates advancing to this summer’s balloting for the Communicators Hall of Fame, as determined during the Saturday directors meeting of the United States Harness Writers Association.

Divine Art will attempt to win her 18th straight race when she heads the cast for Sunday night’s (Feb. 19) $20,000 Sire Stakes for the 4-year-old pacing mares at Cal Expo.

It’s not very often you see a horse make his debut at 4 years of age, but that was the case for Big Christian, who took his career debut Feb. 10 by an inch as the 4-5 favorite at The Meadowlands. Friday night (Feb. 17) at The Big M, the Erv Miller-trained, Marcus Miller-driven gelded son of Swan For All-Spirit Of Casey won again, and looked a whole lot better doing it, scoring in a non-winners of two for trotters in 1:57.1.

With two GSY events carded on Friday night (Feb. 17) at The Meadowlands, the pacers took center stage in the first and fifth races.

Minnesota Harness Racing, Inc. has announced the 2022 sophomore divisional award winners in the Minnesota-sired program.

Worthy Opponent, who has multiple trophies on his mantle, heads the cast for Friday night’s (Feb. 17) $20,000 Sire Stakes for the 4-year-old pacing males.