Early details on Meadowlands Pace card
July 11, 2016,from the Meadowlands Media Relations Department
East Rutherford, NJ — Entries have been taken for one of the biggest nights of the harness racing season with The Crawford Farms Meadowlands Pace highlighting a full slate of Grand Circuit events at The Meadowlands on Saturday (July 16).
“The Greatest Party in Harness Racing” will begin at a special early post time of 6:30 p.m.
The Pace has been drawn and a competitive group of 10 top sophomores led by Racing Hill and Control The Moment will battle for $732,050 and the trophy.
The $471,800 WR Haughton Memorial FFA pace drew the maximum of 12 entries including the “Big Three” of Always Be Miki, Freaky Feet Pete and Wiggle It Jiggleit. The bulky field activates the clause in the stake’s conditions that calls for the race to be contested at the distance of 1-1/8 miles.
The $223,150 Golden Girls FFA mares pace also maxed out with a dozen of the finest distaffers led by last year’s winner, the ageless Anndrovette and back-to-back Roses Are Red stakes winner Lady Shadow set to go the distance of 1-1/8 miles.
Three-year-old trotters will prepare for the August 6 Hambletonian with the $300,000 Stanley Dancer Memorial which split into a pair of 11 colt and gelding fields, again at 1-1/8 miles. Hambo winter book favorite Southwind Frank is listed among the entrants.
The $190,000 filly companion stake known as the Del Miller Memorial split into divisions of six and seven at one mile with division leaders All The Time and Broadway Donna named into the event.
The third leg of the Miss Versatility has eight older trotting mares declared in to race for $40,000.
The $471,000 Hambletonian Maturity also came up big with 11 4-year-olds including supplemental entry Hannalore Hanover set to go 1-1/8 miles on Saturday. That stake will be covered in greater detail by a Hambletonian Society release.
Pace night promises to be one for the ages with the staggering amount of horse power on the racetrack enhanced by the $267,769 Jackpot Super Hi-5 wager that has been on ice waiting for just this occasion.
The races will be drawn by approximately 5 p.m. Monday and you will find that information on The Meadowlands website.
- Eleven trotters enter $471,200 Hambletonian Maturity (Monday, July 11, 2016)
The third edition of the modern day Hambletonian Maturity will go to post Saturday (July 16) at The Meadowlands with a field of 11 4-year-old trotters competing for a purse of $471,200. Ten eligible trotters plus a $50,000 supplement by the connections of the latest Indiana-sired sensation, distaffer Hannelore Hanover, comprise the field of 11. Musical Rhythm, who won a Graduate leg at Mohawk Racetrack and the $250,000 final at The Meadowlands in 1:51.2 last Saturday, leads the field for trainer Ben Baillargeon.
- “We’re very fortunate and very appreciative” (Thursday, July 14, 2016)
Round Two in what is hoped to be a season-long series of pacing showdowns is set to take place at the Meadowlands Racetrack on Saturday, and at least one owner involved with the principal characters will cherish every minute of it. He likely won’t be alone. Highlighting the $471,800 William R. Haughton Memorial for older male pacers is another much-anticipated battle between 5-year-old Always B Miki and 4-year-olds Wiggle It Jiggleit and Freaky Feet Pete. The trio will have its second head-to-head-to-head meeting in what is the most talked-about rivalry in harness racing in years.
- Racing Hill’s owner is looking forward to Meadowlands Pace trip (Wednesday, July 13, 2016)
Racing Hill heads to Saturday’s $732,050 Crawford Farms Meadowlands Pace as the 9-5 morning line favorite. And while the colt’s trip to the Meadowlands Racetrack will consist of a relatively short trailer ride on the New Jersey Turnpike, his owner’s journey will be considerably longer.Tom Hill, a 64-year-old lifelong participant in harness racing, will be joining Racing Hill at the Big M from his home in the United Kingdom.
- Horseplayers given rare advantage with mandatory payout on Meadowlands Pace Night (Wednesday, July 13, 2016)
An extraordinary investment opportunity exists for horseplayers on Saturday night (July 16) at the Meadowlands when the track will offer a mandatory payout of the Jackpot Super High Five wager on one of its signature race programs — Meadowlands Pace Night. The wager features a jackpot carryover of $267,769 and a 15 percent takeout.
- Blue Moon Stride seeks ‘big race’ win in Mistletoe Shalee (Thursday, July 14, 2016)
Blue Moon Stride might not attract the same attention as some of her division rivals, such as Pure Country, L A Delight, and Darlinonthebeach, but the 3-year-old female pacer draws plenty of admiration from her trainer, Mark Harder.
- Zeron talks Marion Marauder (Friday, July 15, 2016)
There’s really no other way to put it. Scott Zeron is optimistic when it comes to driving Marion Marauder. The Canadian-based trotter drew post six in his $153,250 division of Saturday’s Stanley Dancer Memorial for 3-year-old male trotters at the Meadowlands Racetrack and will not have to contend with Hambletonian favorite Southwind Frank, who is in the opposite division. Marion Marauder finished second to Southwind Frank four times last season.
- Wise investment has paid off for Hannelore Hanover’s connections (Friday, July 15, 2016)
Most people in this day and age operate on a budget and understandably so. They want some bang for their buck and that is especially true in harness racing. Frank Baldachino, however, is emphatic that splurging on Hannelore Hanover and not sticking to the bottom line may have very well been the best investment he has ever made.