Captain Albano has grabbed the top spot in the first edition of Dave Little’s Road to The Meadowlands Pace weekly Top 10 poll.
Category: Grand Circuit News
Grand Circuit to trio of tracks
Grand Circuit action begins Thursday (May 2) at Plainridge Park with the $100,000 Paul Revere Pace for 3-year-old pacing males.
Sir Pinocchio ready to put nose on the gate in Dexter
Stakes success at Freehold Raceway is a bit of a tradition for the family of Sir Pinocchio, who will look to leave his own mark at the central New Jersey half-mile oval when he competes in Saturday’s (May 4) $134,900 Dexter Cup for 3-year-old male trotters.
$100,000 Paul Revere Pace at Plainridge Park Thursday
The Grand Circuit makes its first stop of the season in Massachusetts on Thursday afternoon (May 2) when seven swift side-wheelers will go to post in the $100,000 Paul Revere Pace for 3-year-old Open pacers. This early season stake has yielded entrants who have only made limited starts this year, however several are already exhibiting outstanding form coming into this race.
Karl set to qualify at Big M
Dan Patch Award winner Karl, the No. 1-ranked horse in Meadowlands announcer/analyst Ken Warkentin’s Hambletonian Winter Book Top 10, will be among the stars making their first appearances of 2024 when The Meadowlands hosts 18 qualifiers Saturday morning.
Thinker Monkey leads eight into Dexter Cup
Eight horses were entered Wednesday for the Dexter Cup, the first Grand Circuit event of the season for 3-year-old male trotters, making eliminations unnecessary Saturday at Freehold Raceway. All eight horses advance directly to the Dexter Cup final, which will go for a purse of $134,900 on May 4 at the half-mile track in central New Jersey. Headlining the octet is Thinker Monkey, who was purchased for $500,000 at the 2022 Lexington Selected Yearling Sale and is a full brother to 2020 Trotter of the Year Gimpanzee.
Coaches Corner, Whats Stanley Got A aim to surge in Borgata final
Four horses will enter Monday’s $457,000 MGM Borgata Pacing Series final for older male pacers having been no worse than second in any of the preliminary action at MGM Yonkers Raceway. Desperate Man, who was a perfect 4-for-4 in the prelims, and Linedrive Hanover, whose only setback in his four starts was a second-place finish to Desperate Man, are the headliners. Then there are Coaches Corner and Whats Stanley Got A.
Grand Circuit features Blue Chip Matchmaker and MGM Borgata Pacing series finals
The Grand Circuit at Yonkers on Monday (April 22) features the $457,000 MGM Borgata final and a $100,000 consolation in the event for open pacers and the $276,200 Blue Chip Matchmaker final and $100,000 consolation in the event for open pacing mares.
Fields drawn for Borgata and Matchmaker finals
On Tuesday afternoon (April 16), the post position draws took place for next Monday’s (April 22) finals of the MGM Borgata Pacing Series and Blue Chip Matchmaker Series at MGM Yonkers Raceway.
Final Borgata, Matchmaker legs in Grand Circuit spotlight
Blue Chip Matchmaker and MGM Borgata Pacing series fifth legs, MGM Yonkers Raceway, Yonkers, N.Y. This is the opening event of the 2024 Grand Circuit season.