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MILTON, October 23, 2025— Marcus Melander has won five Breeders Crown trophies in his career so far, and the 33-year-old harness racing trainer will have multiple opportunities to add to that total this weekend at Woodbine Mohawk Park. Melander will send out at least one horse in six of this year’s 12 Breeders Crown finals. […]
Plainville, MA — Trainer Marcus Melander could not have had a better time in New England on Thursday (May 15) afternoon after watching his two harness racing entries finish first and second in the Grade 3 $100,000 Bunker Hill Trot at Plainridge Park. The Hambletonian eligible Variegated (Chapter Seven-White Cheetah) out-trotted his stablemate Global Sensation […]
Marcus Melander will get his stable’s 2025 harness racing season underway Friday (April 11) at The Meadowlands, and he will do it with two horses that were competing overseas in recent years. Melander, who last year set career highs with 104 wins and $6.59 million in purses, will send out Aetos Kronos S (Bold Eagle) […]
WASHINGTON, PA, July 11, 2024 — Meshuggah is the Yiddish word for crazy, so if there were a Standardbred named Meshuggah, what images might that conjure up? A fractious young harness racing colt trying to dig his way under pasture fences to freedom? A fiery-tempered chestnut filly with a mind of her own? Actually, there […]
WILKES-BARRE, PA – In the $15,000 trotting feature on Monday (June 3) at Pocono Downs at Mohegan Pennsylvania, the Face Time Bourbon colt French Kronos couldn’t have had much of a harder trip early, but he then went on to the easiest of harness racing victories in a lifetime best of 1:53.2. Starting from post […]
They say the only thing about common sense in harness racing is that unfortunately, the application of it is not very common. That saying rings true in every sense of the word as information comes to light about a group of high-profile horsemen in North America facing historical charges relating to the application of phenylbutazone […]
The $1,000,000 MGM Yonkers International Trot is fast approaching and today (August 30) the harness racing field swells to nine as two United States representatives are added to the mix. It’s Academic (Uncle Peter) and Venerate (Love You) were invited to the September 9 worldwide event and their connections have accepted the invitations from Racing […]
Hightstown, NJ — It took several days for harness racing trainer Marcus Melander to fully appreciate Heaven Hanover’s (Father Patrick-Hillarmbro) win in the Hambletonian Oaks two weeks ago, but her last-to-first triumph from post 10 at The Meadowlands certainly put an immediate smile on his face. “It’s a great feeling,” Melander said. “To win a […]
WILKES-BARRE, PA – Kaddari, a Walner filly who started her career with victories in the last two prelims of the Bobby Weiss Series for three-year-old trotting fillies, added the $50,000 Weiss Championship to her rapidly-growing resume on Tuesday afternoon (May 2) at Pocono Downs at Mohegan Pennsylvania. The $375,000 yearling stopped the timer in 1:56 […]
Bally’s Dover Downs will be the scene of $564,100 in harness racing stakes on Thursday, Nov. 3 with the start of the Matron Stakes for two-year-old trotters and pacers. The stakes action gets underway with one early, non-wagering division at 4:10 pm. Just four two-year-old trotting colts entered and will race for a purse of […]
Ron Burke was forced to miss several big races on Celebrity Bambino’s (Muscle Hill-Celebrity Ruth) schedule because of the colt’s battle with sickness, but the harness racing trainer is hopeful his highly regarded prospect will make up for it the rest of the season. Celebrity Bambino’s first opportunity arrives in Friday’s $600,000 Breeders Crown for […]
WILKES-BARRE, PA – Team Melander took the two trotting harness racing features on Sun Stakes Saturday at The Downs at Mohegan Sun Pocono – Joviality S in the Delmonica Hanover, Temporal Hanover in the Earl Beal Memorial – and they came back to win the two trotting features among four $15,000 headliners over a wet, […]
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — Kilmister (Chapter Seven) extended his undefeated streak to four with a potent rally to win the $337,000 Peter Haughton Memorial, the first harness racing step on the unofficial “Road to the 2023 Hambletonian,” on Saturday afternoon (Aug. 6) at the Meadowlands. The Haughton, for 2-year-old trotters, provides an early clue — […]
Cranbury, NJ — Joviality S (Chapter Seven-Pasithea Face S), who earlier this month became the first female to beat the boys in the Yonkers Trot since 1996, will begin her quest for the second harness racing jewel in the Trotting Triple Crown on Saturday when she starts from post 10 in the second of two […]
Batavia, NY — The New York Sire Stakes will join the festivities on opening night at Batavia Downs Wednesday (July 20) with three divisions of 2-year-old trotting fillies vying for $105,600 in total purse money. This is the first of seven nights of state-bred stake action slated that will see all eight divisions compete over […]
It has been 25 years since Continentalvictory became the last harness racing filly to defeat the boys in the Yonkers Trot. Joviality S (Chapter Seven) will try to be the next. Joviality S will take her first step toward attempting to duplicate Continentalvictory’s accomplishment on Friday (June 24) when she meets six male rivals in […]
Trenton, NJ — A little rest, a little maturity, and a little confidence have meant a lot to Sonofamistery. Trained by Marcus Melander for harness racing owners S R F Stable and Holly Lane Stud East, the horse is 2-for-2 this year entering the $75,000 first leg of the Graduate Series for 4-year-old trotters Saturday (May […]
The two richest 2-year-old trotters of the season, Venerable and Joviality S, will meet for only the second time this year when they compete in Saturday’s $479,450 Goldsmith Maid Stakes for freshman female harness racing trotters at The Meadowlands. Their previous encounter was Aug. 7 at the Big M in the Jim Doherty Memorial, won […]
After giving Jaya Bae additional time to mature during the summer, harness racing trainer Marcus Melander is looking forward to seeing what the filly can do in her Breeders Crown elimination for 2-year-old female trotters Friday (Oct. 22) at The Meadowlands. Jaya Bae was known as Kadena when she was purchased at the 2020 Lexington […]
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