Category: Grand Circuit Results

On the heels of his Breeders Crown victory, Åke Svanstedt trainee Southwind Tyrion showed only dirt and dust to his pursuers with a blowout win in the $350,000 FanDuel Championship Trot at the Meadowlands on Saturday night (Nov. 25).

Captain Luke and driver Todd McCarthy found room along the pylons at the top of the stretch and finished powerfully to capture the $454,000 Governor’s Cup, for 2-year-old pacing colts and geldings, Saturday night (Nov. 25) at the Meadowlands. The son of Captaintreacherous completed the mile in 1:51, giving trainer Tony Alagna back-to-back Cups, following El Rey’s victory in 2022.

Ten top 2-year-old filly trotters crowded the two-turn battle of the $428,000 Goldsmith Maid on Saturday night (Nov. 25) at the Meadowlands, with Pizzelle delivering a mild upset. Andrew McCarthy drove the daughter of Walner to victory in 1:54.

Caviart Belle took the lead on the backstretch and held off 1-9 favorite My Girl EJ in the lane to win Saturday’s (Nov. 25) $376,000 Three Diamonds, for 2-year-old female pacers, by a neck in 1:50.3 at the Meadowlands. Miraculous Deo finished third.

Odds-on choice Jiggy Jog S reaffirmed her spot atop the divisional throne with a facile victory in a final-quarter sprint to take the $175,000 FanDuel Championship for trotting mares on Saturday night (Nov. 25) at the Meadowlands.

In the compact combat of a five-horse field, driver Dexter Dunn coasted mid-stretch with Twin B Joe Fresh to make the filly the first 3-year-old to win the $175,000 FanDuel Championship Open Mares Pace on Saturday (Nov. 25) at the Meadowlands in 1:50.2.

Karl completed his 2-year-old season in high style on Saturday night (Nov. 26), capturing the $432,000 Valley Victory final at the Meadowlands in handy fashion. With Yannick Gingras in the bike, the Nancy Takter-trained son of Tactical Landing completed the mile in 1:52.1 and scored his ninth win in 10 career starts.

Why Not Now sustained a first-over push through the final half of a 1:48.2 mile to reel in El Rey and evade Moment Is Here in winning the $260,000 Progress Pace, for 3-year-old colts and geldings, on Wednesday (Nov. 22) at Bally’s Dover.

Two-year-olds were in the spotlight Saturday night (Nov. 19) at The Meadowlands in six $20,000 eliminations for next week’s four big-money “Fall Final Four” finals.

Stockade Seelster ($3.80) and Cannibal ($3.20) both won — albeit narrowly — as the odds-on favorites in their respective $35,000 eliminations of the Progress Pace, for 3-year-old colts and geldings, on Thursday (Nov. 16) at Bally’s Dover.