Twin B Joe Fresh and driver Dexter Dunn went to the front on the backstretch, fended off a challenge from Sylvia Hanover, and then held off late-closing Silver Label by a half length to win Saturday’s (July 13) $140,000 Dorothy Haughton Memorial for older female pacers in a career-best 1:47.3 at the Meadowlands. Sylvia Hanover was third.
Category: GC_Results
Tactical Mounds blazes a 1:49.4 Miss Versatility score
After a third-place finish behind divisional standout Jiggy Jog S in the $112,500 Six Pack on June 29, Tactical Mounds surged back to the winner’s circle with a scintillating 1:49.4 lifetime-best mile and her second victory in the Miss Versatility, capturing the $40,000 fourth preliminary leg of the series for trotting mares on Saturday (July 13) at the Meadowlands.
MacDonald/Schnittker win trio of Landmark Stakes at Goshen
Mark MacDonald and Ray Schnittker teamed up to win three Landmark Stakes over the weekend as the Grand Circuit visited Historic Track.
Grand Circuit Moni Maker and Nadia Lobell contested at Scioto Downs
The Grand Circuit moved to Eldorado Scioto Downs on Saturday (July 6) as the track played host to the Moni Maker and Nadia Lobell for the first time.
Voukefalas victorious in Graduate Pace final
A crafty speed steer from Jordan Stratton perched Voukefalas in a pocket spot, from which he pounced to the lead and then lasted to the end of a 1:47.3 mile to win the $230,000 Graduate Pace final at The Meadowlands on Saturday night (July 6).
Winner’s Bet best in Graduate Trot final
Winner’s Bet flew uncovered into a sizzling three-quarters to seize the lead and win the $230,000 Graduate Trot final at The Meadowlands on Saturday night (July 6).
Beaton sweeps Meadowlands Pace elims with Nijinsky, Legendary Hanover
Pepsi North America Cup winner Nijinsky stamped himself as the likely favorite in the $650,000 Meadowlands Pace final with a determined 1:47.3 score over rival Funtime Bayama in the second of two $50,000 eliminations of the summer classic for 3-year-old male pacers on Saturday (July 6) at the Meadowlands. Legendary Hanover captured the first elimination, giving trainer Anthony Beaton a sweep of both heats.
Ascendance supreme again in Big M’s Kindergarten
The term “ascendance” is synonymous with dominance. It just so happens that trainer Linda Toscano has a horse by the same name who lived up to that synonym Friday night (July 5) at the Meadowlands in leg two of the Kindergarten Series.
Dame Good Time posts Zweig upset; T C I saves fourth after break
After sitting off dueling leaders through the far turn, John Cummins’ homebred Dame Good Time hooked three-wide out of the pocket in upper stretch and vaulted to a 17-1 upset in the $300,000 Dr. Harry M. Zweig Memorial, for 3-year-old trotters, on Thursday (July 4) at Vernon Downs.
‘Abuckabett’ cashes in Brower Memorial
Driver Dexter Dunn perched himself into a second-over tow with Abuckabett Hanover and vaulted to the lead in the stretch to grab gold in the $152,190 Dave Brower Memorial with a 1:47.3 mile on Saturday night (June 29) at the Meadowlands.