Handicapper Bob Pandolfo offers his selections for the full card at The Meadowlands on Friday night (Jan. 6).
Betting bonanza awaits Big M faithful
Given the fact that The Meadowlands has been carding 13 races a night for a majority of the last year or so, it’s a pretty good bet that what will transpire this weekend (Jan. 6-7) has never happened before as the mile oval will present 14 races this Friday and Saturday (post time, 6:20 p.m.), and each of those 28 dashes will feature full 10-horse fields if there are no scratches.
Open Pace highlights Cal Expo card
Dancin Lance, who has two Open wins at the meet, and Major Attribute, who denied him a third in the most recent clash at the head of the class, square off in Friday night’s (Jan. 6) $7,500 Open Pace at Cal Expo.
Jim Slendorn is ‘all in’ since returning to harness racing
Jim Slendorn went 30 years between winning races as a driver, but ever since then, the victories have been coming with increased frequency. The 58-year-old Slendorn, a regular in the GSY Series for amateurs, has added 20 triumphs since he captured a conditioned event at Freehold Raceway in January 2021, his first win since 1991 at the same track.
William Height Sr., 88, dies
William “Bill” Stickle Height Sr., 88, of Howell, N.J., died Dec. 30, 2022, at the FountainView Care Center in Lakewood, N.J.
Incaseyoudidntknow wins Dover Mares Open Handicap
On a rainy Wednesday night (Dec. 4) at Bally’s Dover, Incaseyoudidntknow dug in gamely and won the featured Mares Open Handicap Pace.
Pick Me Upper upsets in $30,000 Miami Valley trot
Lebanon, OH – Despite spending the last month in quarantine, due to an equine herpes episode involving a different horse at his training center, Pick Me Upper returned to the track on Wednesday (Jan. 4) at Miami Valley and promptly upset a full field of some of the finest trotters in the Midwest.
The Ohio Chapter of USHWA to hand out awards
Columbus, OH – Ohio Chapter of the United States Harness Writers Association will hand out its annual awards at the Ohio Harness Horsemen’s Association banquet on Saturday, January 14 at the Polaris Hilton Hotel in Columbus.
Arthur “Arty” Lee Foster, 93, dies
Columbus, OH – Arthur (Arty) Lee Foster died peacefully at his Cordova, MD, home on Saturday, December 31, 2022, surrounded by family. He was 93.
Profile: Just For Trix
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