On Monday (Jan. 23), Batavia Downs began a four-week Pop-Up Racing Series for Western New York-based Trackmaster pacers and trotters with preliminary leg classes going for between $6,000 and $9,000 each (depending on class). Monday saw 10 series races go postward and these events provided some very competitive racing.
Hoosier Hotshots Top PEO Mixed Sale
A pair of Indiana’s fastest 3-year-olds of the 20
Meadows Monday Memo
Here is this week’s Meadows Monday Memo.
The Cowgirl and Bugsy
It is, among many things, a look of mutual reassurance whenever the young rider and the imposing former Standardbred lock eyes in the crowded arena.
Graduate Series information for 2023
The $1 million Graduate Series for 4-year-old trotters and pacers returns to The Meadowlands stakes schedule this summer, with a stop at Woodbine Mohawk Park to kick things off. The mare divisions tried in 2022 have been discontinued. Mares may be nominated for and race in the open divisions of the Graduate.
Hall of Fame stallion Cantab Hall euthanized
It is with a heavy heart that Hanover Shoe Farms announces Cantab Hall was humanely euthanized Monday morning (Jan. 23) due to arthritic disabilities.
Monticello cancels Monday’s card
Due to inclement weather, Monticello has been forced to cancel Monday’s (Jan. 23) card.
Flamme du Goutier strikes again in the Prix de Cornulier
For the second consecutive year, the world’s richest under saddle race, Prix de Cornulier, raced Sunday (Jan. 22) at Vincennes in Paris, France, was won by the mare Flamme du Goutier with Matthieu Mottier in the saddle.
Southwind Amazon earns 124th career win
The 13-year-old warhorse Southwind Amazon eclipsed two milestones on Sunday (Jan. 22) at MGM Northfield, surpassing Breeze On J for fourth in all-time wins and pushing his earnings to more than $1.4 million.
Nandolo N take The Meadowlands Sunday feature
East Rutherford, NJ – It wasn’t Independence Day, but there were plenty of fireworks going off at The Meadowlands Sunday afternoon.