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EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — Champagne Problems (Tactical Landing-Miss Caviar) had some issues on the final turn, but harness racing driver Dexter Dunn steered the favorite clear of traffic and the filly rolled home powerfully to capture the $243,400 Kindergarten Series final for female freshman trotters at the Meadowlands on Saturday night (Nov. 9) in a […]
EAST RUTHERFORD, NJ – My Girl E J (Sweet Lou) and Dexter Dunn made it back-to-back Breeders Crown harness racing victories on Saturday night (Oct. 26) when they captured the $600,000 event for sophomore pacing fillies at The Meadowlands in 1:49.3, holding off a longshot bid by Tarrific in the final strides. Dunn kept his […]
EAST RUTHERFORD, NJ – Trainer Ake Svanstedt has been making a habit of capturing the Breeders Crown Mare Trot. And on Saturday (Oct. 26), his good fortune continued as his two supplemental entries Call Me Goo and Nelsonbriteagle NO finished one-two in the $496,000 harness racing event at The Meadowlands, with Svanstedt guiding Call Me […]
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — Maryland (Chapter Seven) and harness racing driver Dexter Dunn fought off pressure on both flanks to prevail in the $700,000 Breeders Crown 2-Year-Old Colt and Gelding Trot, held Friday (Oct. 25) at the Meadowlands, in a stakes record-equaling 1:51.4 mile. The colt out of the Father Patrick-sired mare Crucial also pushed […]
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — Bythemissal (Downbytheseaside) and harness racing driver Yannick Gingras won with authority in the first of two $25,000 Breeders Crown Open Pace eliminations on Saturday night (Oct. 19) at the Meadowlands. The 5-year-old gelding was a handy 1:48.4 winner. The field of eight saw multiple horses leaving the gate, and Gingras was […]
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — T C I (Cantab Hall) marched to the front into the first turn and never looked back for harness racing driver David Miller, capturing the first of two $25,000 Breeders Crown eliminations for sophomore male trotters at the Meadowlands on Saturday night (Oct. 19). T C I, a son of Cantab […]
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — Sound Judgement (Muscle Hill) and driver David Miller easily overcame the outside draw and were strongest in the stretch, capturing the first of three $25,000 Breeders Crown eliminations for juvenile trotting fillies at the Meadowlands on Friday (Oct. 18). The harness racing filly from the Cantab Hall-sired Pin Kronos IT scored […]
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — Prospective Hambletonian favorite Karl encountered a major bump in the road when Sig Sauer (Muscle Hill) soared past him and posted a 65-1 harness racing upset in the first $135,000 division of the Stanley Dancer Memorial, for 3-year-old male trotters, at the Meadowlands on Saturday night (July 13). Driver Andy McCarthy […]
It was a brand-new concept in 1984 when the first Breeders Crowns harness racing events were raced throughout North America. What would the year-end championship races produce in each division, and would these additions to an already crowded stakes calendar be compelling enough to start a tradition? Now in its 40th season with titles on […]
Confederate (Sweet Lou) continued his winning ways from off the pace and soaring past harness racing rivals in the late stages to capture the first of three $25,000 Breeders Crown eliminations for 3-year-old colt and gelding pacers at Harrah’s Hoosier Park on Saturday night. Driven by Tim Tetrick, Confederate posted a 1:49.4 mile in outsprinting […]
Special Way (Walner) and harness racing driver Tim Tetrick came from off the pace wide down the homestretch to capture the first of two $25,000 Breeders Crown eliminations for 3-year-old trotting fillies at Harrah’s Hoosier Park Racing & Casino on Friday night, Oct. 20. Last year’s Crown champion in this division, Special Way trotted the […]
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — Grace Hill (Always B Miki) proved that her Breeders Crown win was no fluke when driver Todd McCarthy guided her to a virtual wire-to-wire harness racing victory in a career best 1:48.3 clocking to capture Saturday night’s (Nov. 26) $158,000 TVG Mares Pace final at the Meadowlands. Grace Hill and McCarthy […]
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — Volume Eight (Chapter Seven) and driver Andy McCarthy didn’t have their A-game heading into Saturday’s (Nov. 26) $416,200 Valley Victory Trot final at the Meadowlands, but the 2-year-old was more than good enough to win the harness racing event for colts and geldings decisively with a stakes-record 1:52.2 mile. “He didn’t […]
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — Alrajah One IT (Maharajah) continued his dominance over the best trotters in North America on Saturday afternoon (Aug. 6), capturing the $279,000 John Cashman Memorial Trot at the Meadowlands for his third straight harness racing victory since arriving in the U.S. Dexter Dunn guided the 6-year-old from off the pace to […]
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — Catch The Fire (Captaintreacherous) and driver Dexter Dunn worked out a perfect pocket trip behind pacesetter Nicholas Beach and catapulted to the front in the homestretch to take down the $278,000 Sam McKee Memorial, for open harness racing pacers, at the Meadowlands on Saturday afternoon (Aug. 6). The field of 11 […]
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — Max Contract (Huntsville) entered Saturday’s (July 16) $150,000 Mistletoe Shalee at the Meadowlands with the least harness racing experience. But, despite making only her fifth career start, the filly flashed an incredible turn of speed in the homestretch and devoured pacesetter Boudoir Hanover on the wire to capture the event for […]
In 1975, Joe DeFrank was hired by the NJ Sports and Exposition Authority to shape the future of harness racing in the multi-million sports complex planned for the swamps of Jersey. DeFrank stayed in that position for 30 years until his retirement. He passed away in 2020, and the Meadowlands management and Hambletonian Society honored […]
