Odds-on favorite Miss Jum Jabber uncorked a wicked final quarter to cross the line first in her $80,000 fourth preliminary division of the Kentucky Championship Series while Zephyr Kemp landed a 53-1 shocker in the $80,000 fourth preliminary division of the Kentucky Championship Series for his cohort on Sunday night (Sept. 13) at The Red Mile.
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Super Chapter shines in MGM Yonkers International Trot
Super Chapter became the first horse representing the United States to win the $1 million Grade 1 MGM Yonkers International Trot since Resolve in 2016 with a powerful 2:22.3 performance for the mile and a quarter in the 2026 edition of the race on Saturday afternoon (Sept. 12) at MGM Yonkers Raceway.
International Trot has worldwide appeal
Daniel Wäjersten and Björn Goop are among the Europeans to have participated in the MGM Yonkers International Trot in the past, and they are happy to once again be part of its present.
Super Chapter dominant in Maple Leaf Trot
Dexter Dunn made an authoritative brush to the lead with odds-on favorite Super Chapter heading to the half and strode confidently to a track- and Canadian-record 1:49.3 victory in the $620,000 Grade 1 Maple Leaf Trot, a trotting free-for-all event, on Saturday night (Sept. 5) at Woodbine Mohawk Park.
Top French yearling sale colt pointed to U.S. for trainer Marcus Melander
At the Arqana Trot sale in Deauville, which started on Wednesday (Sept, 2) top price was 500,000 Euros for a half-brother to two-time Prix d’Amerique winner Bold Eagle.
Apex a nose best in record-setting Hambletonian
Apex captured the $1 million Grade 1 Winning Key Farm Hambletonian Stakes, for 3-year-old trotters, on Saturday (Aug. 8) at the Meadowlands, holding off favorite Big Ranger by a nose in a stakes-record 1:49.2.
Dunn Wins Five, Melander Wins Three in Oak Grove’s ‘Tuesday at the Trots’
Driver Dexter Dunn posted another five-win day on “Tuesday at the Trots” (July 7) at Oak Grove Racing, Gaming & Hotel including a sweep of the $60,000 Kentucky Sire Stakes (KYSS) “A” divisions for trotting 3-year-olds with a pair of Marcus Melander pupils, which were part of a three-win day for the trainer.
Dunn, Melander dominate Oak Grove ‘Tuesday at the Trots’
Driver Dexter Dunn and trainer Marcus Melander flourished on the 16-race card of racing at Oak Grove Racing, Gaming & Hotel on Tuesday (June 23) with five wins each on the card stacked with all trotting events and 15 divisions of Kentucky Sire Stakes (KYSS).
Bourbonista S blows away competition in Armbro Flight upset
Sent the third longest shot in the betting, Marcus Melander trainee Bourbonista S bounded off the gate from post 9 for a pocket seat and shook free at the right time spinning for home to dart through a wide inside gap and crush her competition in the C$215,000 Grade 2 Armbro Flight, for older trotting mares, at Woodbine Mohawk Park on Saturday night (June 13).
Neighver Punt powers forward for Goodtimes win
Marcus Melander pupil Neighver Punt worked from mid-field off a covered trip and gradually reeled in his competition to score the winning blow late and take the $240,000 Grade 2 Goodtimes Stakes, for 3-year-old trotting colts and geldings, on Saturday night (June 13) at Woodbine Mohawk Park.