After being slowed by two bouts with sickness, Cool Papa Bell appears to be getting back up to speed in time for Saturday’s $410,250 E.T. Gerry Jr. Hambletonian Maturity for 4-year-old trotters at The Meadowlands. Cool Papa Bell, who won the 2022 Hambletonian Stakes for 3-year-olds at the Big M, will face eight foes over a distance of 1-1/8 miles in the Maturity.
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Maine breeders add $30,000 to mare incentive program
The officers and directors of the Maine Standardbred Breeders and Owners Association are pleased to announce a new mare incentive program which will provide up to $30,000 of payments in lieu of stud fees for mares bred to a Maine stallion during the 2023 breeding season.
Takter comments on her three Meadowlands Pace starters
When Nancy Takter thinks about her three horses heading to Saturday’s $668,000 Meadowlands Pace, she also remembers the days that led to the achievement. Takter’s three Pace finalists are Cannibal, who won the first of last week’s two eliminations, Christchurch and Save America.
Monster Saturday of Grand Circuit stakes at Big M
Grand Circuit action will be held on Saturday (July 15) as The Meadowlands has multiple stakes led by the $668,000 Meadowlands Pace final for 3-year-olds.
Appropriations boost NJ sired entries at Meadowlands
If there was any question regarding the beneficial impact of the state’s five-year, $100 million appropriation for New Jersey’s horse racing industry, which was approved by the Legislature and signed by Gov. Phil Murphy in 2019, one needs only to look at Friday’s entries at The Meadowlands.
Unfamiliar setting for ICF mare champ
Defending ICF older pacing mare champ Fox Valley Exploit finds herself in an unfamiliar situation Thursday (July 13) in the 6-year-old’s return to her home state.
Call Me Goo makes it five in a row in stakes action
Ocean Downs hosted the final 3-year-old preliminaries of Maryland Sire Stakes leading to the Sophomore Showcase on Wednesday (July 19) with four $85,000 finals.
Fourteen-year-old Natural Breeze wins at Bangor Raceway
Bangor, ME — On a day when the sophomore pacing stars of the Maine Sire Stakes program were pegged as the marquee attraction, it was a grand 14-year-old veteran who stole the headlines…
Tim Tetrick is the dominant force at Philly on Wednesday
hester, PA – Tim Tetrick, the leading driver at Harrah’s Philadelphia, won the most races (six) and swept the $12,600 features on a hot Wednesday (July 12) afternoon at the southeast Pennsylvania riverside oval.
And not only did Tetrick take both features, but he won them by a combined 11½ lengths.
Lee lands in NAADA Trot at Monticello
Monticello, NY — Joe Lee launched from the pocket through the open stretch to nab a narrow victory in the $7,500 North American Amateur Driving Association (NAADA) Trot at Monticello Raceway on Wednesday (July 12).