Torrid fractions poised double millionaire Bythemissal for a furious bid from last down the center of the track to score his first stakes win as a 7-year-old with a 1:47 upset at 55-1 in the first of two $135,700 divisions of the Grade 2 William Haughton Memorial on Saturday night (July 11) at the Meadowlands.
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Loua Dipa wins G3 Silverman; Twin B Joe Fresh wins G2 Dorothy Haughton
Loua Dipa and Twin B Joe Fresh were powerful winners in graded stakes events at the Meadowlands on Saturday night (July 11) as part of the stakes-filled Meadowlands Pace program.
Apex, Endurance win G3 Dancer divisions
Hambletonian hopefuls Apex and Endurance won their respective divisions of the Grade 3 Stanley Dancer Memorial, for 3-year-old male trotters, on Saturday (July 11) at the Meadowlands, both as favorites and both in 1:52.
Enola grabs Tioga feature
Enola (Mike Merton) won the $16,500 featured Open Trot at Tioga Downs on Saturday (July 11).
Nezuko Kamado S sparkles in G2 Del Miller
Nezuko Kamado S kept her undefeated sophomore season intact with a lifetime-best 1:50.1 score in the $141,900 first division of the Grade 2 Del Miller Memorial, for 3-year-old trotting fillies, on Saturday (July 11) at the Meadowlands.
Davey Day Trader upsets at Buffalo
Davey Day Trader ($28.78) used a big move down the long Buffalo Raceway homestretch on Saturday afternoon (July 11) to spring an upset over Lip Reader A in the $14,700 Open Pace in a seasonal best 1:54.2.
Dandy Ideal equals world record at Pocono
On an unprecedented Saturday (July 11) for Standardbred speed in northeast Pennsylvania, Dandy Ideal equaled the world record for a 4-year-old pacing gelding on a five-eighths-mile track by way of a 1:47.2 win in the $27,500 top fast-class pace at Pocono Downs at Mohegan Pennsylvania.
Idao de Tillard fastest French trotter of all time
Two-time Prix d’Amérique winner Idao de Tillard, driven for the first time by Theo Duvaldestin, was an easy winner of the one-mile Prix de Washington on Saturday (July 11) at the Enghien track in Paris in 1:49.2 — the fastest time in which any trotter has ever won a race in France.
Youngsters shine Friday at Cumberland
With their seasonal hopes on the line, the Maine faithful sent this year’s group of freshmen sidesteppers out onto Cumberland Raceway on Friday (July 10) for three $14,000 divisions of the Maine Sire Stakes for 2-year-old pacing colts and geldings.
Nevis Peak, Top Reacher win NJSS dashes
Nevis Peak and Top Reacher were two good-looking winners at the Meadowlands on Friday night (July 10), when the mile oval carded a dozen first-leg New Jersey Sire Stakes events for 2-year-olds of each sex and gait on the program.