from the Meadowlands Media Relations Department

East Rutherford, NJ —- The names have changed from O’Donnell, Manzi and Lachance to Gingras, Tetrick and Miller, but one thing remains the same going back to the early days of the Big M — the driving colony at the Meadowlands is still the most competitive in harness racing.

That fact was on full display again this past Saturday night when ten different drivers won on the 13-race program that included three series finals and two opening leg divisions of the Buddy Gilmour Series.

The winning names of Callahan, Campbell, Gingras, McCarthy, Pierce, Andy Miller, Brett Miller, David Miller, Zeron and Teague reads like a ‘who’s who’ of the sport’s leaders. That list doesn’t even include Tim Tetrick, a fixture near the top of the Meadowlands standings, who has been absent the past two weeks while representing the USA at the World Driving Championships in Australia.

“The Meadowlands is, and always has been, the toughest place to win races,” said Corey Callahan, North America’s leading money-winning driver so far in 2015. “It’s the equivalent of “the big leagues” in baseball. Every driver there has been a dominant force in their respective areas of the country and they’ve migrated to the Meadowlands to compete against the best North America has to offer.”

Four of the top five leading money-winning drivers of 2014 are Meadowlands regulars, including Gingras, who led North America in earnings with $17,295,456.

“Anytime you win a race at the Meadowlands you know you have done something right,” said Gingras. “In any 10-horse field everybody gets a quality driver.”

Gingras is one of four drivers in just the past 12 racing programs to have won at least four races on a single card.

Further depth in the Meadowlands driver colony comes courtesy of newcomer Brett Miller, second in the standings in just his first full season competing at the Big M, and breakout star Jim Marohn Jr., a perennial leading driver at Tioga Downs and Monticello, who is 10th in the Big M standings.