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Drivers Jason Bartlett and Scott Zeron were involved in an accident on Thursday, Aug. 6, hours before each driver was poised to play a major role in the 2026 Hambletonian Day card of harness racing at Meadowlands Racetrack on Saturday, Aug. 8. According to Zeron, he will miss his drives on Saturday with a pair of small […]
WILKES-BARRE PA – In 2025 you are named Driver of the Year after recording over 800 victories and $16.7 million in earnings. You drive Tuesday night at Yonkers, win twice and hit the board on five other occasions. So when you wake up Wednesday morning, and it’s barely 20 degrees outside, what do you do? […]
Maritime Harness News & News and host Scott Waddell had a great conversation with United States Harness Writers Association Driver of the Year, Jason Bartlett. From Scott Waddell
MILTON, October 23, 2025— Jason Bartlett has his wheels in motion heading into the Breeders Crown. There’s no question the decorated harness racing driver and pride of Augusta, Maine, is at the top of his game. One look at his statistics – past and present – speaks volumes about his enduring success in harness racing. […]
Batavia, NY — After winning a total of five races at Batavia Downs last Saturday (July 26), including the lone New York Sire Stake harness racing event and two Excelsior races, the second leading dash winning driver in North America, Jason Bartlett, will be back in Genesee County to sit behind two of the fastest […]
WILKES-BARRE PA – Jason Bartlett, North America’s leading driver in terms of both victories and earnings, won four of the five qualifiers held at Pocono Downs at Mohegan Pennsylvania on Wednesday morning. The American Ideal sophomore pacing gelding Dandy Ideal won his last four starts of 2024, including the Matron Stake, then won two qualifiers […]
For the second consecutive week, harness racing driver Jason Bartlett had a hat trick in the MGM Borgata Pacing Series at MGM Yonkers Raceway, taking victories in Monday night’s (April 14) third round with Himself N (Sportswriter), Huntinthelastdolar (Huntsville) and Coaches Corner (Always A Virgin). Verdun, steered by trainer Pat Lachance, was the other winner. […]
Either Jason Bartlett or Jordan Stratton was the winning harness racing driver in all five $50,000 divisions of the second leg of the MGM Borgata Pacing Series on Monday night (April 7) at MGM Yonkers Raceway as Bartlett was victorious with Its A Me Mario, Huntinthelastdolar and Coaches Corner, while Stratton guided repeaters For Once […]
Jason Bartlett had six consecutive harness racing victories on Wednesday night (April 2) at MGM Yonkers Raceway, including a trio of tallies in the opening leg of the John Brennan Trotting Series. Each of the series races went for a purse of $30,000. All of Bartlett’s victories in the John Brennan Trotting Series came with […]
WILKES-BARRE PA – When you go into a card of harness racing having yearly statistics of a 36% win rate and a .487 UDR, it’s hard to improve on those current numbers, but that’s just what Jason Bartlett did on a cold Saturday afternoon at Pocono Downs at Mohegan Pennsylvania. Bartlett won half of the […]
Jason Bartlett won four of the first six races on Monday night (January 27) at MGM Yonkers Raceway, and the last of those victories was the 11,000th of his harness racing driving career. Bartlett swept the early double with Flip My Chip (1:54.3) and Sport Secret (1:55.1), for trainers Nick Devita and Jeff Cullipher, then […]
EAST RUTHERFORD, NJ – There were just three races to go on the Saturday (Jan. 4) night harness racing card at The Meadowlands, and the red-hot Jason Bartlett had already driven six of the first 11 winners on the program. He didn’t have a drive in the 13th race, so if he were going to […]
EAST RUTHERFORD, NJ – With 13 driving titles at Yonkers Raceway on his resume, many harness racing fans are familiar with Jason Bartlett’s prowess on a half-mile track. Sometimes, what’s forgotten is how good the 43-year-old pilot is negotiating The Meadowlands mile oval as well. Given what he’s done lately at The Big M, people […]
Live harness racing for 2024 at MGM Yonkers Raceway came to a conclusion on Friday night (December 20), with Jason Bartlett and Per Engblom once again leading driver and trainer, respectively. Bartlett capped off his third straight and 13th overall driving crown at MGM Yonkers Raceway in style, capturing eight of the 11 races on […]
When driver Jason Bartlett looks back on his 2024 harness racing campaign, it is with a great deal of satisfaction, not to mention gratitude. Bartlett’s list of accomplishments this year have included setting a career high for purses, with nearly $12.5 million, and winning more than 600 races for the third consecutive season, the longest […]
EAST RUTHERFORD, NJ – Chimichurri N (Bettor’s Delight-Saucycullen) used a quick burst of early speed from post eight in an eight-horse field on the way to a wire-to-wire win in the Saturday night harness racing feature at The Meadowlands, a $24,000 pace for horses with a TrackMaster rating of 92 or less. Driver Jason Bartlett […]
WILKES-BARRE, PA – Harness racing driver Jason Bartlett, second in the North American earnings table, added to his totals with four winners on Sunday night (Aug. 18) at Pocono Downs at Mohegan Pennsylvania, including a sweep of the $17,000 trotting features and the $16,500 top pace, all the winners setting lifetime marks. Faster of the […]
Coaches Corner (Always A Virgin) paced the fourth fastest mile in the history of Saratoga Casino Hotel on Saturday evening (July 20) as the Per Engblom trainee scored an impressive harness racing victory in the 15th Annual Joe Gerrity Jr. Memorial Pace. Jason Bartlett piloted Coaches Corner who hadn’t raced in over a month before […]
WILKES-BARRE, PA – A fierce summer storm swept through northeast Pennsylvania just before the $17,000 featured pace at Pocono Downs at Mohegan Pennsylvania Tuesday afternoon, causing a delay before the race. But when the feature harness racing field did come to the track, the Boston Red Rocks sophomore colt Boston Rocks showed no ill effects […]
HAMBURG, N.Y. — It was a day early, but Chapvious (Devious Man-Chaperess) provided the Fourth Of July harness racing fireworks in the $108,200 New York Sire Stakes event for the 2-year-old filly trotters at Buffalo Raceway on Wednesday (July 3) as she broke the track record with a three-length victory over Devious Babe in 1:58.2. […]
Sir Pinocchio (Met’s Hall) became a two-time winner on harness racing’s Grand Circuit this year, as the Dexter Cup champion was a front-stepping 1:54.4 harness racing winner in Friday night’s (June 28) $300,000 MGM Yonkers Trot at MGM Yonkers Raceway, giving him the first leg of the Trotting Triple Crown. Driver Jason Bartlett fired Sir […]
EAST RUTHERFORD, NJ – River Ness (Huntsville-Summertime Lea) got his last win on May 25 after going a huge mile and getting up in a three-horse scrum at the wire. He came back with slightly better stock Saturday night at The Meadowlands and pulled another rabbit out of the hat, sneaking up the inside to […]
WILKES-BARRE, PA – Hungry Angel Boy (Stay Hungry), second to Horse of the Year Confederate in the Meadowlands Pace Final last harness racing season, continued his climb up the class ladder with a 1:49.3 harness racing victory in the $16,000 featured pace Tuesday afternoon (June 4) at Pocono Downs at Mohegan Pennsylvania. Trained by Nicholas […]
Harness racing fans were able to see a classic dogfight at Yonkers Raceway Monday evening (June 3) in the $39,000 Invitational Pace. The 3rd race feature got underway with Whats Stanley Got A (Jordan Stratton) shooting to the early lead from post five with None Bettor A (Joe Bongiorno) grabbing the two-hole spot. They raced […]
