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EAST RUTHERFORD, NJ – The Chris Ryder tandem of Twin B Joe Fresh and Miki And Minnie renewed their rivalry in the stretch of the $156,500 Grade 2 Lady Liberty on Saturday (Aug. 8) at The Meadowlands with Miki And Minnie scoring the winning blow in a 1:48 mile. Twin B Joe Fresh, a two-time […]
Plainville, MA — Twin B Joe Fresh (Roll With Joe), the 2024 Dan Patch Horse of the Year, will be making her first-ever harness racing appearance in Massachusetts on Sunday (July 20) when she ships to Plainridge Park to start in the $100,000 G-3 Clara Barton Distaff Pace. And new Hall of Famer, trainer Chris […]
Purdon Racing has two very good chances in Rubira (Always B Miki) and Oscar Bonavena (Majestic Son) on Saturday night at the Inter Dominion Finals at Albion Park. Rubira starts in the $150,000 Group One 2025 Ladbrokes Queensland Derby and draws the outside of the front row. At his last start in The Rising Sun […]
Twin B Joe Fresh (Roll With Joe), the 2024 Dan Patch Horse of the Year, will return to the races Sunday (May 25) for her 2025 debut when she meets seven harness racing rivals in the $100,000 Grade 3 Betsy Ross Invitational for older female pacers at Harrah’s Philadelphia. Last year, Twin B Joe Fresh […]
“It was do or die tonight,” trainer Mark Purdon who trains in partnership with his son Nathan, said after Chase A Dream (Captaintreacherous) turned his form around and caused an upset in the $60,000 Group Two Garrards Waikato Pacers Flying Mile tonight at Cambridge. Prior to tonight’s run the four year old stallion had looked […]
When female pacer That’s The Ticket was retired seven years ago because of an injury, owner Craig Henderson thought he would sell the 2016 Three Diamonds Stakes winner. That was until he received input from the harness racing filly’s trainer, Chris Ryder. “He told me not to sell her,” Henderson recalled. “He said she was […]
The Bettor’s Wish Syndicate and Southwind Farms are pleased to announce that Bettor’s Wish 1:47.3, $2,601,233 will relocate to Southwind Farms in Pennington, NJ commencing the 2025 season standing for a stud fee of $7500. Bettor’s Wish has proved himself as the heir apparent to the great BETTOR’S DELIGHT already producing millionaire BETTER IS NICE p, 3, 1:48, […]
New Zealander Carter Dalgety scored his first pari-mutuel victory after just four harness racing drives in the USA Friday, July 19, at Harrah’s Philadelphia. The 21-year-old junior driving champion from down under, Carter Dalgety won the 15th race $7,500 pace at Harrah’s Philadelphia with the 11-1 longshot Handlelikeaporsche (Lazarus N) in 1:51.1. Dalgety, started from […]
Chesterfield, NJ — The Chris Ryder Stable welcomed more than two dozen preschoolers from Fantazja Przedszkole, a bilingual daycare center for Polish-American and Ukrainian children located in Trenton, to Winners Training Center to meet and learn about Standardbred harness racing horses last week. Harry Ryder, the son of Patrick Ryder and Nadia Tarnawa, attends the […]
Harness racing driver Jason Bartlett and trainer Chris Ryder swept both divisions of the New York Sire Stakes (NYSS) for 3-year-old pacing fillies at Tioga Downs on Sunday (June 2). Tarrific (Huntsville) wins the $58,100 first division. Bronx Barista (Mark MacDonald) went to the front and led to the quarter in :27.3. She used a:29.4 […]
Twin B Joe Fresh (Roll With Joe) became the first harness racing filly to ever beat the older mares in the $175,000 FanDuel Championship for pacing fillies and mares Saturday (Nov. 25) at The Meadowlands. The 4th race got underway with Mikala (George Brennan) out pacing Racine Bell (Tim Tetrick) to the early lead with […]
The Chris Ryder Racing Stable announced Tuesday (Oct. 3) evening via social media that their harness racing world champion pacing mare, Niki Hill (Always B Miki – Road Bet – Bettor’s Delight), has been retired from racing. Voted the 2021 Dan Patch Award as the top two-year-old pacing filly in the nation, Niki Hill ended […]
Twin B Joe Fresh (Roll With Joe) used an amazing :25.4 last quarter blast to score a lifetime mark of 1:48.2 in capturing the $80,000 Kentucky Sire Stakes Tuesday (Aug. 8) at The Red Mile. The 6th race feature for three-year-old pacing fillies saw Always B Naughty (David Miller) go right to the early lead […]
Patrick Ryder’s enthusiasm for the sport of harness racing bubbles over like a pan of simmering hot lasagna waiting to be plucked from the oven, and the added ingredient of his love for the filly Lisa Lane only helps to solidify his passion for all things Standardbred. Patrick, son of prominent New Jersey-based trainer Chris […]
EAST RUTHERFORD, NJ – New Zealander harness racing trainer Chris Ryder and his trainee Burnham Boy N hit the winner’s circle at The Meadowlands on Saturday, Jan. 28 before a close-up second-place finish one week later in the weekly feature while Great Britain’s On The Money GB (Control The Moment) has won both of her […]
Hightstown, NJ — Harness racing trainer Chris Ryder knows he will have at least one Breeders Crown finalist — returning champion Niki Hill in the event for 3-year-old female pacers, which did not require eliminations — and will look to add four more horses to his total in Friday’s (Oct. 21) elims for 2-year-olds at […]
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — Test Of Faith (Art Major), the 2021 Horse of the Year, trounced nine other distaff harness racing pacers to win the $175,000 Dorothy Haughton Memorial, for pacing mares, in 1:47 on Saturday (July 16) at the Meadowlands, breaking the world record for 4-year-old pacing mares. With David Miller in the bike, […]
WASHINGTON, PA, July 7, 2022 — With apologies to John Fogarty, when Proud Mary (Sweet Lou) makes her harness racing career debut in Friday’s (Jul. 8) $165,755 Pennsylvania Sires Stake at The Meadows, trainer Chris Ryder hopes she’ll be rollin’, rollin’, rollin’ on to victory. The event for freshman filly pacers, known as the Sand […]
