East Rutherford, NJ — Harness racing’s best converged on the Meadowlands Racetrack on Saturday (July 13), with 11 stakes races offering a combined $2.4 million in purses and a bevy of upsets. Click the headlines below for full recaps of the night’s marquee races.

Legendary Hanover sets stakes record in Meadowlands Pace

Legendary Hanover took the lead at the half-mile point of Saturday’s $650,000 Meadowlands Pace and dominated from there, drawing away in the stretch for a stakes-record 1:46.3 victory in the 48th edition of the one-mile event for 3-year-old pacers at the Meadowlands.

Chapercraz conquers Hambletonian Maturity

Chapercraz and driver Yannick Gingras delivered a multi-move trip for a 2:05.2 win over 11 rivals in the $425,000 E.T. Gerry Jr. Hambletonian Maturity, for 4-year-old trotters over 1-1/8 miles, at the Meadowlands on Saturday (July 13).

Abuckabett Hanover bursts home a winner in William Haughton

Perched in second-over position by driver Dexter Dunn, Abuckabett Hanover lunged off his cover in a stretch sprint to overhaul pacesetter Voukefalas and win the $428,000 William Haughton Memorial, for older pacers, at the Meadowlands on Saturday night (July 13).

Sig Sauer stuns in Dancer; Karl, T C I both defeated

Prospective Hambletonian favorite Karl encountered a major bump in the road when Sig Sauer soared past him and posted a 65-1 upset in the first $135,000 division of the Stanley Dancer Memorial, for 3-year-old male trotters, at the Meadowlands on Saturday night (July 13). Driver Andy McCarthy guided the Noel Daley trainee past another long shot — Tony Adams S — in the shade of the wire to win for the first time in 2024 while handing Karl, the 1-9 favorite, his first defeat of the year. Åke Svanstedt was more assertive in the second division, guiding Situationship to victory in a 1:51.1 mile in the $135,000 contest after taking control of the race at the half-mile pole.

Twin B Joe Fresh steadfast in Haughton score

Twin B Joe Fresh and driver Dexter Dunn went to the front on the backstretch, fended off a challenge from Sylvia Hanover, and then held off late-closing Silver Label by a half length to win Saturday’s (July 13) $140,000 Dorothy Haughton Memorial for older female pacers in a career-best 1:47.3 at the Meadowlands. Sylvia Hanover was third.

R Melina, French Champagne win in Del Miller Memorial

R Melina surged first-over while French Champagne fought on the lead to win their respective $125,000 divisions of the Del Miller Memorial at the Meadowlands on Saturday night (July 13).

Caviart Belle, Its A Love Thing seize Silverman divisions

Caviart Belle won the $100,000 first division of the Jerry Silverman Memorial, for 3-year-old filly pacers, on Saturday (July 13) at the Meadowlands. Yannick Gingras drove the filly to a career-best 1:49 mile in the stakes event, formerly known as the Mistletoe Shalee. In the second $100,000 division, Its A Love Thing faced off against her top foe My Girl EJ and eight others and won it in 1:49.1 with James MacDonald in the bike.

Tactical Mounds blazes a 1:49.4 Miss Versatility score

After a third-place finish behind divisional standout Jiggy Jog S in the $112,500 Six Pack on June 29, Tactical Mounds surged back to the winner’s circle with a scintillating 1:49.4 lifetime-best mile and her second victory in the Miss Versatility, capturing the $40,000 fourth preliminary leg of the series for trotting mares on Saturday (July 13) at the Meadowlands.