Meadowlands Pace Night is underway, with 11 stakes events for a combined $2.4 million in purses bringing harness racing’s best to East Rutherford, N.J. Visit our News Center through the course of the evening for recaps and updates as the action unfolds.
Tactical Mounds blazes a 1:49.4 Miss Versatility score
After a third-place finish behind divisional standout Jiggy Jog S in the $112,500 Six Pack on June 29, Tactical Mounds surged back to the winner’s circle with a scintillating 1:49.4 lifetime-best mile and her second victory in the Miss Versatility, capturing the $40,000 fourth preliminary leg of the series for trotting mares on Saturday (July 13) at the Meadowlands.
Gowestyounggrace equals Cumberland track record
Heavy favorite Gowestyoungrace used a first over trip to overpower her rivals while equaling the track record at First Tracks Cumberland for 3-year-old pacing fillies.
Hidalgo stays unbeaten as NJSS kicks off at Big M
Hidalgo, a $600,000 purchase at the Harrisburg Yearling Sale, continued to return on his connections’ considerable investment Friday night at The Meadowlands by remaining unbeaten in two lifetime starts on an evening that saw nine $25,000 leg one divisions of the New Jersey Sire Stakes for 2-year-olds of each sex and gait.
Ohio 2-Year-Old Ohio Sires Stakes action kicks off this weekend
Ohio freshman pacers and filly trotters will open Ohio Sires Stakes action at Eldorado Scioto Downs and MGM Northfield Park on Saturday and Sunday night (July 13 and 14).
First leg of BSS for 2CP at Scioto Downs
Brett Miller took three divisions of the first leg of Buckeye Stallion Series for 2-year-old colt pacers at Eldorado Scioto Downs on Friday. Each of the seven splits went for $20,000.
Kimelman and Verruso win MADC races at The Big M
With just two MADC races carded Friday night (one pace and one trot), the betting public was treated to ideal racing conditions and 14 races in total. Both events were exciting, well bet and had the publics’ top betting selections in both events not finishing first, technically.
Top Of Mind wins Tioga feature
Top Of Mind (Marcus Miller) won the $10,000 featured fillies & mares’ pace on Friday (July 12).
Front End holds up over “Sloppy” Philly Oval
On Friday (July 12) afternoon Harrah’s Philadelphia had a pair of pacing events for the four highest purse levels offered on the card. In “sloppy” conditions Friday, all of the feature winners, regardless of age, sex, or classification type, had one thing in common.: they all were on or near the lead heading towards the far turn – pacesetters, pocketsitters, and first-overs won fourteen of the fourteen races Friday.
30th Anniversary of the National Standardbred Horse Show Prizes Announced
The 30th Anniversary of the National Standardbred Horse Show on Friday (July 12) announced the prizes for Show to be held September 20 – 22.