Elista Hanover plastered a dozen 4-year-old trotting rivals on Saturday night (July 12) at The Meadowlands in the 1-1/8 mile Grade 1 $425,000 E.T. Gerry Jr. Hambletonian Maturity.
Category: Grand Circuit Results
Yo Tillie, What A Bid Hanover dazzle in Del Miller Memorial
Top betting choices Yo Tillie and What A Bid Hanover took top billing in their respective $141,600 Del Miller Memorial divisions, for 3-year-old trotting fillies, at The Meadowlands on Saturday night (July 12).
Twin B Joe Fresh repeats in Dorothy Haughton
Twin B Joe Fresh and driver Dexter Dunn made a big move on the backstretch to take the lead and never looked back on their way to a 1:48.1 win in Saturday’s $142,000 Grade 2 Dorothy Haughton Memorial for older female pacers at The Meadowlands. Sylvia Hanover finished second, 2-1/4 lengths behind the winner, and Walkin On Sunshine was third.
Super Chapter, Go Dog Go take winning steps in Stanley Dancer Memorial
Super Chapter and Go Dog Go recorded speed-smashing victories in their respective editions of the Stanley Dancer Memorial at The Meadowlands on Saturday (July 12) as they both eye towards the 100th Hambletonian.
Warrawee Michelle storms to Graduate Trot win
Last season’s Hambletonian Oaks winner Warrawee Michelle, one of three mares in the field and a rank outsider in the wagering, won the $230,000 Stan Bergstein Graduate Series 4-Year-Old Open Trot on Saturday night (July 5) at The Meadowlands.
Sabonis bags dominant win in Bergstein Graduate Pace Final
Off a grinding return-to-form effort in defeat in the last preliminary, driver Dexter Dunn took authority with Sabonis for a slam-dunk 1:47.3 victory in the $230,000 Stan Bergstein Graduate Series Pace on Saturday night (July 5) at The Meadowlands.
Diabolic Hill a ‘Naughty’ winner in Big M’s Kindergarten
The Kindergarten Series for 2-year-olds kicked off Friday night at The Meadowlands with seven $25,000, leg one dashes for horses of each sex and gait, and one winner that stood out was a still-learning Diabolic Hill, who scored in the first of three colt and gelding trots in the fifth race.
Major stakes contested during Grand Circuit Action
Starting on Thursday (June 26) through Saturday (June 28) there were 16 Grand Circuit events contested. From The Meadows to Woodbine Mohawk Park to Yonkers and then The Meadowlands. The competition is heating up along with the blistering temps.
Sylvia Hanover upsets Twin B Joe Fresh in Perfect Sting
The doll of her class as a 2- and 3-year-old, Sylvia Hanover endured many defeats as Twin B Joe Fresh claimed the crown in the 4-year-old campaign in progress to a Horse of the Year title. But Sylvia Hanover returned in the fourth start of her 5-year-old season and landed a serious wallop on 1-9 chalk Twin B Joe Fresh to pull a stunner in the $116,500 Perfect Sting Mare Pace on Saturday night (June 28) at The Meadowlands.
Periculum clinches Crawford Farms Trot
Periculum, with Scott Zeron at the lines, fired mid-stretch from off the pace to carve a 1:50 score in the $164,000 Crawford Farms Open Trot on Saturday (June 28) at The Meadowlands.