Talk about a couple in perfect harmony. Three times this year Yannick Gingras has driven the Trond Smedshammer-trained Walspea, and three times this year the pair have made it to the winner’s circle. In Friday night’s (Sept. 4) feature at The Meadowlands, the prolific pairing took the fourth and final $40,000 leg of the Miss Versatility for open mare trotters in a dazzling lifetime-best 1:50.2.
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Ferrara, Skladany look for fourth contest score at Big M
With the four-week break from harness racing at The Meadowlands coming up soon, Leg 9 of the $1,000 Big M Monthly Handicapping Contest takes place this Saturday (Sept. 5) just two weeks since the previous leg, instead of the usual four.
Gingras a Ladies Man, doubles up in Big M’s Miss Versatility
Yannick Gingras used a familiar tactic to perfection Saturday night (May 23), as his front-end driving excellence paid off big time while guiding both winners of the first leg of the Miss Versatility for open mare trotters at The Meadowlands.
Stoebe hopes for more big things from Mega Shark
Annie Stoebe came into this year enthusiastically looking forward to racing an established star among older trotters, the 5-year-old mare Elista Hanover, and a highly regarded Hambletonian Stakes contender, 3-year-old colt trotter Diabolic Hill. Both of those horses will be in action on Saturday (May 23) at the Meadowlands, but since last week the trainer has found another reason for excitement this season.
Nelsonbriteagle NO coasts to Miss Versatility triumph
Norwegian-bred Nelsonbriteagle NO and driver Dexter Dunn benefited from early breaks in stride by HP Mama B (Louis Roy) and Tipsy Money (Yannick Gingras) and coasted to a 7-3/4-length, 1:52.3 romp in the $90,000 Miss Versatility final, for trotting mares, on the Thursday (Sept. 19) undercard at the Delaware (Ohio) County Fair. Adare Castle (James MacDonald) was second; Tactical Mounds (Scott Zeron) was third.