The 13th annual $250,000 Joe Gerrity Jr. Memorial featured an incredible stretch drive with Wally Hennessey patiently driving Tattoo Artist to victory.
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Beach Glass, Pebble Beach storm to Adios elimination victories
Three storms struck southwestern Pennsylvania during Saturday’s (July 23) eliminations card for the $400,000 Delvin Miller Adios Pace for the Orchids at Hollywood Casino at The Meadows. The first was an act of nature that blew up rain, swirling winds, thunder and lightning that forced a delay of about 15 minutes in the card.
Beach Glass wins Meadowlands Pace
Fourteen years after Somebeachsomewhere’s valiant defeat to Art Official in the 2008 Meadowlands Pace, Beach Glass earned redemption for his late sire’s connections with a powerful 1:47.2 win in the 2022 renewal of the event for 3-year-old pacers, held Saturday (July 16) at The Meadowlands.
Bulldog Hanover becomes outright fastest pacer ever
After flirting with establishing a new record for the fastest mile in harness racing history the past two weeks, Bulldog Hanover got it done Saturday (July 16), winning the $500,000 William R. Haughton Memorial, for older male pacers, in 1:45.4 at The Meadowlands.
Bella Bellini bests the boys in Hambletonian Maturity
Last year’s Hambletonian Oaks winner, Bella Bellini, journeyed overland out of her second-tier starting spot and overpowered all in her way to post a world-record 2:04.1 win over 1-1/8 miles in the $432,000 Hambletonian Maturity on Saturday (July 16) at The Meadowlands.
World record for Test Of Faith in Dorothy Haughton
Test Of Faith, the 2021 Horse of the Year, trounced nine other distaff pacers to win the $175,000 Dorothy Haughton Memorial, for pacing mares, in 1:47 on Saturday (July 16) at The Meadowlands, breaking the world record for 4-year-old pacing mares.
Rebuff equals track record in Stanley Dancer
In the second start of his sophomore campaign, freshman Breeders Crown champion Rebuff seized the lead up the backside and held firm on the point to complete a stakes-record 1:49.4 mile — which also equaled the track record for 3-year-old trotting colts — in the first of two $125,000 divisions of the Stanley Dancer Memorial at The Meadowlands on Saturday (July 16).
Downrightdelicious best in MGM Springfield Stakes final at Yonkers
Downrightdelicious posted a hard-fought 1:53 victory in Saturday evening’s (July 16) MGM Springfield Stakes final for 2-year-old colt and gelding pacers at Yonkers Raceway.
Fashion Schooner, Joviality S surge to win Del Miller divisions
Favorites Fashion Schooner and Joviality S proved much too tough in their respective $100,000 divisions of Saturday’s (July 16) Del Miller Memorial, for 3-year-old trotting fillies, at The Meadowlands.
Max Contract stuns in Mistletoe Shalee
Max Contract entered Saturday’s (July 16) $150,000 Mistletoe Shalee at The Meadowlands with the least experience. But, despite making only her fifth career start, the daughter of Huntsville flashed an incredible turn of speed in the homestretch and devoured pacesetter Boudoir Hanover on the wire to capture the event for 3-year-old pacing fillies in a stakes record-equaling 1:48.3.