Tag: Ken Weingartner

From his earliest days of driving on the Grand Circuit, Tim Tetrick has enjoyed success in the Meadowlands Pace. He captured his first Pace in 2007 at the age of 25, making him at the time the youngest driver to ever win the race, and has added five more trophies since then. Tetrick will head to Saturday’s $650,000 edition of the event for 3-year-old pacers with the opportunity to equal John Campbell’s record of seven Meadowlands Pace triumphs when he drives Mirage Hanover, 9-2 on the morning line, at The Meadowlands.

After teaming up for a memorable stakes-and-milestone win two weeks ago, Twin B Joe Fresh and driver Dexter Dunn return to action Saturday (July 13) in the $140,000 Dorothy Haughton Memorial for older female pacers at The Meadowlands. Last time out, Twin B Joe Fresh posted a neck victory over Sylvia Hanover in the Perfect Sting Stakes at the Big M. In addition to being Twin B Joe Fresh’s sixth consecutive triumph on the Grand Circuit dating back to last November, it was Dunn’s 2,000th win since arriving in the U.S. from New Zealand in the summer of 2018.

Multiple-stakes-winner Funtime Bayama moved to trainer Andrew Harris’ stable less than two weeks ago, but the Meadowlands Pace hopeful seems to have made himself at home. Funtime Bayama was purchased by Bill Pollock, Bruce Areman, and Harris on June 20, five days after the 3-year-old gelding’s third-place finish in the million-dollar Pepsi North America Cup at Woodbine Mohawk Park. On Saturday, Funtime Bayama will meet seven foes in the second of two $50,000 Meadowlands Pace eliminations for 3-year-old pacers at The Meadowlands.

She has been called “Bratty Hattie.” She has been called “The Freak.” But most significant of all, Jurassic Hattie has been called a blessing. Bred and owned by Ohio’s Jerry Welch, Jurassic Hattie has finished no worse than second in all 12 of her career races, winning nine and earning $252,334. She is 5-for-5 this season and the 9-5 morning-line favorite in Saturday’s (July 6) $100,000 Moni Maker Stakes for 3-year-old female trotters at Eldorado Scioto Downs.

Jason Bartlett will look to continue a memorable season with Sir Pinocchio in Thursday’s (July 4) $300,000 Dr. Harry M. Zweig Memorial for 3-year-old trotters, less than a week after the two teamed up for Bartlett’s first-ever win in the MGM Yonkers Trot at Bartlett’s home track. The fact that triumph came after Bartlett watched his oldest son, Kobe, receive his high school diploma made the day’s events even more special.

Ken Hanover was on his game last week when he won his division of the Graduate Series in a career-best 1:47.4 at The Meadowlands, and the 4-year-old stallion will look to bring another top effort to the Big M on Saturday (June 29) when he meets a deep field of older pacers in the $152,190 Dave Brower Memorial.