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EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — Last year’s Hambletonian Oaks winner, Bella Bellini (Bar Hopping), journeyed overland out of her second tier starting spot and overpowered all in her way to post a harness racing world-record 2:04.1 win over 1-1/8 miles in the $432,000 Hambletonian Maturity on Saturday (July 16) at The Meadowlands. Driver Dexter Dunn scored […]
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — The final chapter of the amazing Somebeachsomewhere harness racing saga reached its conclusion Saturday night (July 16) when his son Beach Glass won the $600,000 Meadowlands Pace. It’s a long journey from Truro, Nova Scotia, to any of the major Standardbred racing centers. Somebeachsomewhere took trainer Brent MacGrath and the partners […]
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — After flirting with establishing a new record for the fastest mile in harness racing history the past two weeks, Bulldog Hanover (Shadow Play) got it done Saturday (July 16), winning the $500,000 William R. Haughton Memorial, for older male pacers, in 1:45.4 at the Meadowlands. The previous world record of 1:46 […]
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, […]
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — When Dovescry (Muscle Hill) was a confident and largely unchallenged harness racing winner in the $40,000 third leg of the Miss Versatility Series, for trotting mares, on Saturday night (July 16) at the Meadowlands. The race was billed as a showdown between When Dovescry and Atlanta — the sport’s older distaff […]
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 […]
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — In the second start of his sophomore campaign, freshman Breeders Crown champion Rebuff (Muscle Hill) seized the lead up the backside and held firm on the point to complete a stakes-record 1:49.4 mile — which also equaled the track record for 3-year-old harness racing trotting colts — in the first of […]
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — Favorites Fashion Schooner (Walner) and Joviality S (Chapter Seven) proved much too tough in their respective $100,000 divisions of Saturday’s (July 16) Del Miller Memorial, for 3-year-old harness racing trotting fillies, at the Meadowlands. In the first division, Fashion Schooner and driver Tim Tetrick were much the best, winning in 1:50.1 […]
