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EAST RUTHERFORD, NJ – Veteran Hall of Fame harness racing driver Dave Miller was the leading pilot at The Meadowlands during 2024 with 106 wins, and he got his 2025 season – which will be his last racing full time at the mile oval – off to rousing start Friday night by winning three times […]
EAST RUTHERFORD, NJ – For the sixth time in the last seven years, all-source handle on the Hambletonian Day harness racing program at The Meadowlands topped $7 million, with the 2020 COVID-19 card the only one to fail to reach that plateau. Despite several downpours during the course of the day, a total of $7,427,223 […]
EAST RUTHERFORD, NJ – Dave Miller didn’t want it to go this way, but at the wire he was just fine with it. Binge On Yankee (Stay Hungry-Bootleg Yankee), not known for his early speed, displayed plenty in the featured $20,000 high-end conditioned pace Saturday night at The Meadowlands, and led every step of the […]
EAST RUTHERFORD, NJ – Dave Miller and Dexter Dunn have both been on a roll of late, so it came as a surprise to no one when the dynamic harness racing driving duo combined for seven wins on the Friday night card at The Meadowlands. Miller, who has now won at least one race on […]
EAST RUTHERFORD, NJ – Things didn’t go as hoped, but as it turned out, that didn’t matter, as Buddy Earl (Father Patrick-Nixie Volo) racked up a second straight harness racing score Friday night at The Meadowlands, taking the $15,000 featured mid-range conditioned trot. Dave Miller, the Hall of Famer who currently sits atop The Big […]
EAST RUTHERFORD, NJ – Platinum As overcame a tough trip to take the harness racing feature and Dave Miller guided four winners – including Platinum As (E L Titan-Jarette As) – during Friday night’s 14-race program at The Meadowlands. When last seen at Ohio’s Dayton Raceway on Dec. 23, Platinum As got roughed up first-over […]
T C I (Cantab Hall) overcame a break in stride and completed a last-to-first rally to capture the $1 million Mohawk Million, the world’s richest race for harness racing two-year-olds, at Woodbine Mohawk Park on Saturday (Sep. 23). T C I began to gallop as the wings folded and was left behind by his rivals, […]
It’s Academic (Uncle Peter) set a new stakes record of 1:50.2 in the $155,140 Crawford Farms Open Trot by virtue of an outstanding harness racing performance that saw him notch his fourth win of the year and 26th triumph lifetime on Saturday (Jul. 1) at The Meadowlands. Bred by Hickory Lane Horse Farm of Findlay, […]
EAST RUTHERFORD, NJ – It’s Academic (Uncle Peter-Annapolis) got back into the win column after a two-race losing streak by taking the Friday night (Jun. 23) harness racing feature at The Meadowlands, a $31,500 Open Handicap for trotters. In all six of his starts this year, the Ron Burke trainee has gone to the gate […]
Thirty years ago in 1993, harness racing driver David Miller was the recipient of the U.S. Harness Writers Association’s Rising Star Award. Ten years later in 2003, he received his first Driver of the Year Award after guiding No Pan Intended to the Pacing Triple Crown and Horse of the Year honors. A decade from […]
CHESTER PA – Ammo, the Sweet Lou colt who won his division’s harness racing Breeders Crown Championship last season, won easily in his 2023 purse debut, taking a $12,600 division of the featured pacing class at Harrah’s Philadelphia in 1:51.2 on Thursday afternoon (May 11). Ammo had shown his sharpness with a qualifying win in […]
EAST RUTHERFORD, NJ – Rain and wind made for weather that was lousy, but betting was anything but Friday night (Mar. 3) at The Meadowlands, as a 2023 industry-high $4,519,050 was pushed through the windows on the 14-dash harness racing program. Wagering was vigorous from the get-go and remained high-energy all night long as all […]
EAST RUTHERFORD, NJ – Joe Bongiorno and Dave Miller are no doubt sorry to see Sunday harness racing end at The Meadowlands. The 29-year-old Bongiorno and 58-year-old Hall of Famer Miller both won three races a week ago on the first of two Sunday (Jan. 22) afternoon programs at The Meadowlands before coming back and […]
Atlanta may have been made the race favorite barely over Bella Bellini but it was When Dovescry (Muscle Hill) who beat out both of the top mares to win the Dayton Oaks Derby on Saturday (Oct. 1) at Hollywood Dayton Raceway. The 8th race saw Atlanta and driver Yannick Gingras leave from the gate and […]
Columbus, Ohio – A pair of top notch $100,000 invitational paces took center stage at Eldorado Scioto Downs on Friday (Aug. 19). Tattoo Artist (He’s Watching) won the #Senditin Invitational for male harness racing pacers while Test Of Faith (Art Major) set a new track record in the Cleopatra Invitational for mares. Tattoo Artist (Dexter […]
CHESTER PA – For the second straight week Scirocco Rob (Explosive Matter) had to try to overcome the rough “tuck-then-first-over” trip in the $22,500 handicap trotting harness racing feature at Harrah’s Philadelphia on Thursday afternoon (June 16), and for the second straight week he got the job done despite the grueling journey, stopping the timer […]
Pompano Beach, FL, March 24, 2022 – It took 1:51.4 for Pompano Park’s $14,200 Open Pace for Mares to be completed and about the same time for the harness racing judges to determine that Ourlittlemiracle and Vicious Circle finished in a dead heat for the top honors. In a stirring, classic finish, the two brave […]
WILKES-BARRE PA – Bella Bellini and Lady Chaos added their names to the list of three-year-old trotting fillies who have won a Pennsylvania Sire Stakes event this season, taking the two divisions of the third preliminary leg at The Downs at Mohegan Sun Pocono during a twilight harness racing card. The Bar Hopping filly Bella […]
