Pylon starter Logan Park hustled to the lead and, at odds of 11-1, rejected 1-9 favorite and retiree Winner’s Bet to claim the crown in the $325,000 FanDuel Open Trot Championship at the Meadowlands on Saturday night (Nov. 30).
Category: Grand Circuit Results
Captain Optimistic makes it happen in Governor’s Cup
Following a third-place finish in the Metro Pace and a fourth-place effort in the Breeders Crown, Captain Optimistic put it all together with a powerful two-move mile to win the $382,200 Governor’s Cup, for 2-year-old male pacers, on Saturday (Nov. 30) at the Meadowlands.
What A Bid Hanover clinches win in Goldsmith Maid
What A Bid Hanover stormed home mid-stretch and down the center of the track to win the $455,000 Goldsmith Maid, for 2-year-old trotting fillies, at the Meadowlands on Saturday (Nov. 30).
Twin B Joe Fresh repeats in FanDuel distaff
Chris Ryder entered the 2024 season with high expectations for Twin B Joe Fresh. After watching his 4-year-old mare close out her campaign Saturday (Nov. 30) with a win in the $150,000 FanDuel Championship for female pacers at the Meadowlands, the trainer acknowledged that harness racing’s No. 1-ranked horse had met them all.
Monserrate stalks, surges in Valley Victory
Three weeks after his runner-up finish to Breeders Crown champion Maryland in the Kindergarten Series final, Monserrate pounced late and recorded a lifetime-best 1:52.1 win in the $447,000 Valley Victory, for 2-year-old male trotters, on Saturday (Nov. 30) at the Meadowlands.
Miki And Minnie motors to equal Three Diamonds stakes record
Breeders Crown champ Miki And Minnie sat poised off tumultuous speed and thrusted forward from a helmet in the stretch to win the $338,200 Three Diamonds final, for 2-year-old pacing fillies, at the Meadowlands on Saturday night (Nov. 30).
Nelsonbriteagle NO destroys FanDuel mares in stakes record
With a strong start against five other trotters, Dexter Dunn guided Nelsonbriteagle NO to the front and wafted through four quarters atop the field to win the $150,000 FanDuel Mare Trot Championship in a stakes record 1:49.4 on a frigid Saturday night (Nov. 30) at the Meadowlands.
Captain Albano goes out a winner in Progress
Little Brown Jug and Matron champion Captain Albano crossed the million-dollar threshold of his sophomore campaign with a decisive 1:49.1 score over Pepsi North America Cup winner Nijinsky in the $267,960 Progress Pace final, for 3-year-old male pacers, on Wednesday (Nov. 27) at Bally’s Dover.
Captain Albano dominates the Progress Pace elimination
Dover, De – Captain Albano fought through the wind and cold to capture the Progress Pace elimination at Bally’s Dover on Thursday (Nov. 21) night. Eleven of the top three-year-old colt and…
Supplemental entry Dandy Ideal wins Matron
Supplemented by his connections to the tune of $20,000, Dandy Ideal brought a three-race winning streak into Thursday’s (Nov. 14) $178,900 Matron Stakes for 2-year-old male pacers at Bally’s Dover. And the American Ideal-OK Heavenly gelding did not disappoint, making good on his owners’ risk with a lifetime best-equaling 1:50.3 victory.