For the sixth time in the last seven years, all-source handle on the Hambletonian Day program at the Meadowlands topped $7 million, with the 2020 COVID-19 card the only one to fail to reach that plateau.
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Twin B Joe Fresh soars in Lady Liberty
Twin B Joe Fresh made a shambles of the $146,000 Lady Liberty Stakes, for older pacing mares, demolishing her rivals and scampering to a 1:48 blowout victory on the Hambletonian Day program Saturday afternoon (Aug. 3) at the Meadowlands. The 4-year-old Roll With Joe mare from the Captaintreacherous dam Fresh Breeze was a winner for the sixth time in seven starts this year with the powerhouse performance, and she gave co-owner Dexter Dunn his sixth driving win on the card.
Warrawee Michelle rebounds for Hambletonian Oaks win
Last season’s Breeders Crown divisional champion Warrawee Michelle made swift amends from a tepid beginning to her sophomore season to, in her fourth start of the year, bag gold in the $525,000 Hambletonian Oaks final on Saturday (Aug. 3) at the Meadowlands.
Karl rallies, Takter repeats in Hambletonian
Karl won the $1,050,000 Hambletonian on Saturday (Aug. 3) at the Meadowlands as trainer Nancy Takter continued a family tradition and Hall of Fame driver Yannick Gingras scored his first win in the trotting classic.
Jiggy Jog S sails into record books with Cashman win
Åke Svanstedt’s generational trotting mare Jiggy Jog S took her shot in the $282,000 John Cashman Memorial and stood to the task to not only beat male competition through a sudden downpour, but to also trounce the stakes and divisional track records at the Meadowlands on Saturday (Aug. 3).
M-M’s Dream collars Special Way in Steele Memorial
M-M’s Dream rallied on the outside in deep stretch to win Saturday’s (Aug. 3) $160,000 Dr. John R. Steele Memorial, for older female trotters, by 2-1/2 lengths over Special Way in 1:50.4 at the Meadowlands. Pioneer As was third.
Rocknroll Runa A stuns at 68-1 in Sam McKee Memorial
“The Bomber” struck for a colossal upset when 68-1 shot Rocknroll Runa A emerged victorious in the $220,000 Sam McKee Memorial, for open pacers, on Saturday’s (Aug. 3) Hambletonian Day undercard at the Meadowlands.
Allegiant, Elista Hanover, R Melina win Oaks elims
The $500,000 Hambletonian Oaks now has its 10 finalists following three $50,000 eliminations on Saturday night (July 27) at the Meadowlands, from which Allegiant, Elista Hanover and R Melina clinched gold and post protection.
Slendorn wins again in MADC Pace
Jim “Superman” Slendorn was back to his winning ways on Saturday night (July 27) at the Meadowlands, taking the evening’s lone Meadowlands Amateur Drivers Club event with favorite Ferdinand A.