One race after Jiggy Jog S strolled to victory in the final for the Graduate Series Trot, the tandem of driver Dexter Dunn and trainer Ake Svanstedt united on another odds-on promise in Stonebridge Helios and secured the spoils in the $240,000 Graduate Series Pace – for pacing 4-year-olds – on Saturday night (July 8) at The Meadowlands.
Category: Grand Circuit Results
Jiggy Jog S trounces male foes in Graduate Trot Final
Jiggy Jog S, the magnificent 4-year-old Walner mare driven by Dexter Dunn, made one sweeping move on her seven male trotting foes to get the lead and then drew off to punctuate her dominance and win the $230,000 Graduate Series Trot Final on Saturday (July 8) at The Meadowlands.
Ari Ferrari J captures $350,000 Zweig Memorial at Vernon Downs
Ari Ferrari J (Dexter Dunn) captured the $350,000 Dr. Harry M. Zweig Memorial Open Trot for 3-year-old trotters on Saturday (July 8).
Newsroom schools foes in Big M’s Kindergarten
East Rutherford, NJ — One week after a dazzling parimutuel debut, Newsroom (Always B Miki-Well Hello There) came back to stay perfect in two seasonal starts taking one of nine $20,000 divisions of…
Ruthless Hanover matches Big M track record in Brower Memorial
Driver Tim Tetrick clung to relentless speed from Ruthless Hanover and clocked a track record-equaling mile for older pacing geldings in the $158,140 Dave Brower Memorial Pace on Saturday night (July 1) at the Meadowlands.
It’s Academic scores stakes record in Crawford Farms; Jiggy Jog S dominates in Six Pack
It’s Academic charged home in the final quarter with David Miller in the bike to win the $155,140 Crawford Farms Open Trot, at the Meadowlands on Saturday (July 1), in a stakes record 1:50.2, while Jiggy Jog S outlasted a bevy of pursuers to win the $112,500 Six Pack Mares Open Trot in 1:51.
Stratton takes two Landmark Stakes at Goshen
The Grand Circuit roared into Historic Track on Saturday (July 1) with Landmark Stakes for 3-year-old trotters and pacers.
Extra! Extra! Newsroom wins at Big M
The bettors at the Meadowlands crushed Newsroom down to 1-2 in the wagering, and the son of Always B Miki-Well Hello There delivered in the Friday night (June 30) feature, a $34,050 Geers Stakes division for 2-year-old colts and geldings on the pace.
Up Your Deo delivers in Yonkers Trot
Up Your Deo, fresh off a track record win in his elimination a week ago, kicked off this year’s Trotting Triple Crown with a 1:53.3 triumph for trainer-driver Åke Svanstedt in the $300,000 MGM Yonkers Trot, for 3-year-old colts and geldings, on Friday night (June 30) at MGM Yonkers Raceway.
Captain Batboy hits home run in Messenger
Captain Batboy and driver Jordan Stratton made every call a winning one, capturing the $250,000 MGM Grand Messenger Stakes, the first jewel of Pacing’s Triple Crown, at Yonkers Raceway on Friday night (June 30) in a sparkling 1:57.4 clocking for the 1-1/16-mile distance. A son of Captainreacherous, Captain Batboy, a winner of just $94,468 entering the race, more than doubled his earnings for owner Joseph Smith and trainer Tom Fanning.