Team Steacy’s enigmatic star mare Sylvia Hanover continued in her rejuvenated form and added another victory in her renewed rivalry with Twin B Joe Fresh when reigning in a stretch battle to score a 1:48.2 win in the Grade 2 $139,000 Lady Liberty free-for-all mare pace on Saturday (Aug. 2) at The Meadowlands.
Category: Grand Circuit Results
Captain Luke, Ken Hanover capture McKee splits
With Dexter Dunn in the driver’s seat, Captain Luke parlayed a two-hole trip into a 1:47.3 victory in the $131,650 first division of the Grade 2 Sam McKee Memorial on a picture-perfect Saturday (Aug. 2) afternoon at the Meadowlands. The $130,400 second split went to the David Miller-driven Ken Hanover in 1:49.
Periculum dominates John Cashman Memorial
Aged trotting division leader Periculum navigated through a perfect trip by Scott Zeron to win the Grade 2 $300,000 John Cashman Memorial Open Trot on Saturday (Aug. 2) at The Meadowlands.
Nordic Catcher S wins 100th Hambletonian
Ake Svanstedt won his third $1 million Hambletonian Stakes on Saturday, capturing the 100th edition of America’s Trotting Classic for 3-year-olds with Nordic Catcher S in a stakes-record 1:50 at The Meadowlands.
Conversano wins 55th Hambletonian Oaks
An early give-and-go proved the winning move for Conversano, who rallied from an earned pocket to collar Walspea in the final 100 yards of the 55th edition of the $500,000 Grade 1 Hambletonian Oaks, for 3-year-old trotting fillies, on Saturday (Aug. 2) at the Meadowlands.
Captain Optimistic rallies for Cane Pace score
Captain Optimistic and driver Dexter Dunn found room to the outside after coming out of the last turn and battled past Madden Oaks and Papis Pistol in deep stretch to win Saturday’s $227,350 Grade 2 Cane Pace in 1:48.1 at The Meadowlands.
Miki And Minnie magnificent in Shady Daisy
Following odds-on triumphs in the Jerry Silverman Memorial and Tompkins-Geers Stakes, 1-9 favorite Miki And Minnie made easy work of her six foes in the $95,650 Grade 3 Shady Daisy, for 3-year-old pacing fillies, on Saturday (Aug. 2) at the Meadowlands, equaling her 1:48.3 lifetime mark and scoring her third consecutive Big M stakes win in the act.
Surprises abound in Hambletonian Oaks eliminations
The picture for the Grade 1 Hambletonian Oaks shifted greatly from expectations with some surprise performances from both ends of the spectrum in the three $50,000 eliminations at the Meadowlands on Saturday night (July 26).
Field set for 100th Hambletonian
The field for the 100th edition of the Grade 1 Hambletonian was determined on Saturday (July 26) at the Meadowlands by a trio of seven-sophomore trotting fields, each going for a purse of $83,550.
Meadows stakes lead Grand Circuit stakes
The weekend started on Saturday afternoon at The Meadows with the “Grade 1” Adios eliminations and the Arden Downs for 2-year-old colt and gelding pacers. Saturday night the action went to The Meadowlands for four, 3-year-old Tompkins-Geers events and up at the Spa in Saratoga for the “Grade 2” Joe Gerrity Memorial for Aged pacers.