Dan Patch Award winner Apex, MGM Yonkers Trot champion Inexpressable and multiple stakes winners Diabolic Hill, Endurance and Spencer Hanover were among 19 horses entered Tuesday (July 28) for the 101st edition of the Hambletonian Stakes, for 3-year-old trotters, at The Meadowlands.
Melisa “Missy” Blazek, 57, dies
Melisa “Missy” Blazek, 57, passed away on Wednesday, July 15, 2026, following a brief but courageous battle with cancer, surrounded by family with love, laughter and “Missy stories.”
Entry box remains open for Saturday at Mohawk
Woodbine Mohawk Park’s Race Office would like to inform all trainers that the entry box for this Saturday’s (August 1) card will remain open until Wednesday morning (July 29) due to a short number of entries.
Running Aces reschedules mandatory Pick-5 payout to Sunday (Aug. 2)
Running Aces will offer a mandatory payout in their 20-cent Pick-5 Jackpot wager on Sunday night (Aug. 2).
Post time change at The Meadowlands
Beginning this Friday (July 31), the Meadowlands Racetrack will have a new post time of 6:20 p.m.
Åke Svanstedt buys three yearlings at a European auction
At Monday’s (July 28) Copenhagen Yearling Sale, Åke Svanstedt bought three yearlings, all of which will be flown to the United States.
Lifetime marks taken in top classes at Plainridge Park
Conditions were perfect for speed at Plainridge Park on Monday (July 27) afternoon and the participants of some of the feature races put in career efforts to claim their victories.
Mr Mouton triumphs in Monday Pocono feature
Rain came in early on the Monday (July 27) card at Pocono Downs at Mohegan Pennsylvania, with a “fast” track being downgraded to “sloppy,” and when the rain left the surface was regraded to first “good” and then again “fast.”
Captain Arturovico Soars in Red Mile KYSS Opener
Odds-on choice Captain Arturovico swept to the lead past the quarter and held authority to the finish for a comfortable 1:49.1 victory in the $35,000 kickoff leg of the Kentucky Sire Stakes (KYSS) for 4-year-old pacing males on Monday afternoon (July 27) at The Red Mile.
Meadows Monday Memo
Here is this week’s Meadows Monday Memo