Category: Grand Circuit Results

Chapercraz and driver Yannick Gingras delivered a multi-move trip for a 2:05.2 win over 11 rivals in the $425,000 E.T. Gerry Jr. Hambletonian Maturity, for 4-year-old trotters over 1-1/8 miles, at the Meadowlands on Saturday (July 13).

Perched in second-over position by driver Dexter Dunn, Abuckabett Hanover lunged off his cover in a stretch sprint to overhaul pacesetter Voukefalas and win the $428,000 William Haughton Memorial, for older pacers, at the Meadowlands on Saturday night (July 13).

Prospective Hambletonian favorite Karl encountered a major bump in the road when Sig Sauer soared past him and posted a 65-1 upset in the first $135,000 division of the Stanley Dancer Memorial, for 3-year-old male trotters, at the Meadowlands on Saturday night (July 13). Driver Andy McCarthy guided the Noel Daley trainee past another long shot — Tony Adams S — in the shade of the wire to win for the first time in 2024 while handing Karl, the 1-9 favorite, his first defeat of the year.

Twin B Joe Fresh and driver Dexter Dunn went to the front on the backstretch, fended off a challenge from Sylvia Hanover, and then held off late-closing Silver Label by a half length to win Saturday’s (July 13) $140,000 Dorothy Haughton Memorial for older female pacers in a career-best 1:47.3 at the Meadowlands. Sylvia Hanover was third.

After a third-place finish behind divisional standout Jiggy Jog S in the $112,500 Six Pack on June 29, Tactical Mounds surged back to the winner’s circle with a scintillating 1:49.4 lifetime-best mile and her second victory in the Miss Versatility, capturing the $40,000 fourth preliminary leg of the series for trotting mares on Saturday (July 13) at the Meadowlands.

The Grand Circuit moved to Eldorado Scioto Downs on Saturday (July 6) as the track played host to the Moni Maker and Nadia Lobell for the first time.

A crafty speed steer from Jordan Stratton perched Voukefalas in a pocket spot, from which he pounced to the lead and then lasted to the end of a 1:47.3 mile to win the $230,000 Graduate Pace final at The Meadowlands on Saturday night (July 6).

Winner’s Bet flew uncovered into a sizzling three-quarters to seize the lead and win the $230,000 Graduate Trot final at The Meadowlands on Saturday night (July 6).

Pepsi North America Cup winner Nijinsky stamped himself as the likely favorite in the $650,000 Meadowlands Pace final with a determined 1:47.3 score over rival Funtime Bayama in the second of two $50,000 eliminations of the summer classic for 3-year-old male pacers on Saturday (July 6) at the Meadowlands. Legendary Hanover captured the first elimination, giving trainer Anthony Beaton a sweep of both heats.