Domenico Cecere might not be thrilled with the post position for Winner’s Bet in Saturday’s second of two $100,000 Hambletonian Stakes eliminations at The Meadowlands, but the trainer is quite pleased with the way his colt has returned to action this season as he heads to the sport’s premier event for 3-year-old trotters.
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Oh Well and Air Power are 1-2 in Ken Warkentin’s Road to the Hambletonian Week 9
Oh Well and Air Power are 1-2 in Ken Warkentin’s Week 9 Road to the Hambletonian.
Take two for Etonnant in 2023 MGM Yonkers International Trot
While it is unclear if Richard Westerink is familiar with the proverb “if at first you don’t succeed try, try again” he clearly lives by it. The owner/trainer will once again cross the Atlantic Ocean with €2.5 million winner Etonnant, perhaps the top horse in Europe right now, in hopes of winning the $1 million MGM Yonkers International Trot.
Elims set for Hambletonian and Oaks
MGM Yonkers Trot winner Up Your Deo was among 20 horses entered Tuesday in the $1.2 million Hambletonian Stakes for 3-year-old trotters at The Meadowlands, which attracted an all-male field for the 98th edition of the event.
Hambletonian Stakes attracts 20 entrants; 16 for Oaks
The 98th Hambletonian Stakes for 3-year-old trotters attracted 20 entrants Tuesday morning, requiring two $100,000 eliminations Saturday at The Meadowlands. The elims will feature 15 colts and five geldings. Sixteen 3-year-old fillies entered the Hambletonian Oaks, which will require two $40,000 eliminations Saturday at The Big M.
Hello, Jim King Jr. and welcome to The Adios
Jim King Jr. has trained such champions as 2019 Horse of the Year Shartin N and two-time Dan Patch Award winner Lyons Sentinel. He guided Captain Cowgirl to consecutive Pennsylvania Sires Stake titles. Yet somehow, in a training career spanning nearly 8,000 starts, he’s never had a horse in the Delvin Miller Adios Pace for the Orchids. Until now. King’s Adios-less streak will end Saturday when he sends out Lyons Surfing in an Adios elimination.
Oh Well tops Ken Warkentin’s Road to the Hambletonian Week 8
Oh Well moves into the top spot in Week 8 of Ken Warkentin’s Road to the Hambletonian after an impressive wire-to-wire victory in a Stanley Dancer Memorial division.
Spirit of Massachusetts Trot draws full field of nine
The field for the $250,000 Spirit of Massachusetts Trot, which will be held at Plainridge Park on Sunday (July 23), has attracted nine top Open trotters — eight males and one mare. The biggest race of the year in Massachusetts has been carded as the ninth race on an 11-race card.
$1 million purse expected for 2023 Little Brown Jug
Officials of the Little Brown Jug are pleased to announce that the expected purse of the 2023 race (Thursday, Sept. 21) will be $1 million.
Meadowlands Pace Notebook: Pelling, Tetrick look to add to resumes with Confederate
Brett Pelling and Tim Tetrick will race morning-line favorite Confederate in Saturday’s $668,000 Meadowlands Pace, with Pelling looking to extend his record for training wins in the Meadowlands Racetrack’s signature event for 3-year-old pacers to five and Tetrick looking to move within one victory of John Campbell’s driving record of seven.