Dan Patch Award winner Karl, the No. 1-ranked horse in Meadowlands announcer/analyst Ken Warkentin’s Hambletonian Winter Book Top 10, will be among the stars making their first appearances of 2024 when The Meadowlands hosts 18 qualifiers Saturday morning.
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Dobbelmann was bitten by the harness racing bug
Businessman Dave Dobbelmann hails from Forest Lake, Minn., just a few short miles from Running Aces. A few years ago he met some folks involved in harness racing which prompted him to visit the racetrack and see what it was all about. Not long after that he became a fractional owner, and the rest, as they say, is history.
Standardbreds featured on the Breyer Horse website
Meet Ohio Standardbreds & Friends on the Breyer Horse website. This versatile group has become a fan favorite at BreyerFest and promotes the Standardbred breed while showing all the wonderful things they can do beyond racing.
Warrawee Yang extends win streak in John Brennan Trotting Series
Warrawee Yang will be the only horse with a chance to sweep the 2024 edition of the John Brennan Trotting Series at MGM Yonkers Raceway as he took the first of three $25,000 divisions of the final preliminary round on Wednesday night (April 24).
Summer Slash ‘cleans up’ at Buffalo
Summer Slash took advantage of a perfect setup en route to a 1:56 score in Buffalo Raceway’s $12,200 featured distaff pace on a drizzly Wednesday afternoon (April 24).
Thinker Monkey leads eight into Dexter Cup
Eight horses were entered Wednesday for the Dexter Cup, the first Grand Circuit event of the season for 3-year-old male trotters, making eliminations unnecessary Saturday at Freehold Raceway. All eight horses advance directly to the Dexter Cup final, which will go for a purse of $134,900 on May 4 at the half-mile track in central New Jersey. Headlining the octet is Thinker Monkey, who was purchased for $500,000 at the 2022 Lexington Selected Yearling Sale and is a full brother to 2020 Trotter of the Year Gimpanzee.
Borth best in 2024 Ontario Regional Driving Championship
In his first Regional Driving Championship appearance, Tyler Borth showed he’s a main-event player with a victory in the 2024 Ontario Regional Driving Championship (ORDC) on Tuesday (April 23) at The Raceway at the Western Fair District, in London, Ont.
Call Me Goo has record-setting 2024 debut
Call Me Goo’s dad, Googoo Gaagaa, was a world champion with wicked speed, and her mom, Callmemza, won multiple Delaware Standardbred Breeders’ Fund finals. Her sister Callmegaga was a one time Maryland Sire Stakes record holder, and her grandfather, Great George Two, while quirky, could fly. So it shouldn’t be much of a surprise that Call Me Goo is a talented horse. On Tuesday night (April 23) at Rosecroft, the 4-year-old started her new year in fine fashion romping to victory in the $25,900 Maryland Sire Stakes for 4- and 5-year-old trotters in 1:54.2.
Passionate Promise Game Of Claims series champion
Wilkes-Barre, PA – The only mare in the field, Passionate Promise, showed “the boys” how to get the job done when she won the $35,000 Game Of Claims Trotting Series Championship for $25,000 base-tag horses on Tuesday afternoon (April 23) at Pocono Downs at Mohegan Pennsylvania.
Arizona goes coast to coast in Plainridge distaff feature
After finishing second by a mere head in her last two outings, Arizona turned the tables on Tuesday (April 23) when she captured the $20,000 featured pace for fillies and mares at Plainridge Park.