Monticello Raceway is looking for 14-year-old horses for an Invitational Race on Wednesday, Dec. 31, racing for a purse of $6,000.
OHHA names winner of 2026 Stallion Directory photo contest
The Ohio Harness Horsemen’s Association congratulates Emily Burkholder, of Apple Creek, Ohio, for her photo of a Summa Cum Laude-FaithnFlowers foal that will be used on the cover of the 2026 Ohio Standardbred Stallion Directory & OHHA Member Directory.
Burke, Burke Racing/Weaver Bruscemi, Bartlett garner Trainer, Owner, Driver awards
Trainer Ron Burke, owners Burke Racing and Weaver Bruscemi LLC, and driver Jason Bartlett were voted the recipients of top honors by the United States Harness Writers Association in year-end awards voting.
Generosity abounds at Meadowlands this holiday season
In partnership with N.Y. Jets game analyst Quincy Enunwa and the United States Marines, the Meadowlands Racetrack wrapped up its annual Toys for Tots collection drive on Friday (Dec. 12).
Double Dashers for Hall and Gerard at Cumberland
Driver Aaron Hall and trainer Jamie Gerard grabbed two of the three $8,500 divisions of the Dasher Pop-up Series at Cumberland on Sunday (Dec. 14) amid intermittent snowfall.
Meadows Monday Memo
Here is this week’s Meadows Monday Memo.
Bill O’Donnell voted Bergstein-Proximity Award
William (Bill) O’Donnell, who had one of the greatest careers a driver has ever had, and since retiring from the sulky has stayed a major influence as president of the Central Ontario Standardbred Alliance (COSA), has been voted the highest honor decided solely by members of the United States Harness Writers Association (USHWA), the Stan Bergstein-Proximity Award.
Jax Spratt has it down pat at Cumberland
Three $7,500 divisions of the Prancer Pop-up Series went postward at Cumberland on Saturday (Dec. 13) with Jax Spratt grabbing his second leg in as many weeks.
‘Wildfire’ scorches field in Big M feature
The Saturday night (Dec. 13) feature at The Meadowlands was supposed to be a heavyweight donnybrook between Mad Max Hanover and Go Go Grasshopper. ‘Max’, the grizzled veteran with $900,000 in the bank, taking on the ‘Grasshopper’, who was in search of his third straight knockout win.
Harrah’s Philadelphia cancels live racing for Sunday, Dec. 14
Harrah’s Philadelphia has cancelled live racing for Sunday, Dec. 14 due to the anticipated heavy snowfall in the Philadelphia region.