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East Rutherford, NJ – The Meadowlands is pleased to announce that beginning with the 2025 edition, the Graduate Series finals will be titled to memorialize Stanley F. Bergstein. For over fifty years, Stan Bergstein was “The Man” in Harness Racing, passionately guiding the sport he loved through times of tremendous growth. Bergstein was a writer, […]
Nichols, NY – Harness racing applications for both Tioga and Vernon Downs are now available at each track’s website. These must be completed, signed and returned before entering to race at either track. Should you desire to stable at the track, the sooner you get them in, the better. Deadlines for both are March 15. […]
Nichols, NY – Tioga Downs is something of a departure from the current norm in harness racing. The fact of the matter is that the facility itself is rather unique, a casino resort that features horse racing as the centerpiece of the experience. The track is a five eighths mile oval with a safe and kind surface, […]
East Rutherford, NJ – Live harness racing returned to The Meadowlands this morning with 19 qualifying races, held on a lovely day under clear skies with a considerable homestretch head wind when they began at 9:00am that dissipated as the day wore on, and on. Larry Fox was at the mic to call the action. […]
East Rutherford, NJ – The curtain came down on the 2024 harness racing edition of Breakfast With The Babies, so graciously sponsored each season by Jules Siegel under his Fashion Farms nom de course, on a sunny Friday morning (July 26) at The Meadowlands. With little wind and temperatures in the mid 70’s, the card […]
East Rutherford, NJ – Breakfast With The Babies went to post on Saturday at 9:00 at The Meadowlands on a windless morning over a fast harness racing track with clear skies and temperatures in the high 70’s. Delaney Hanover (Muscle Hill, Scott Zeron) won at first asking to take the opener. Zeron placed the filly […]
East Rutherford, NJ – Breakfast With The Babies went post-ward on Friday morning (July 12) at 10:00 am on this Meadowlands Pace weekend, due to the detention requirements for Saturday night’s harness racing stakes. The track was rated good, dulled by overnight rains with a negligible breeze, the temps were in the 70’s. Myonlylove (Gimpanzee) opened […]
East Rutherford, NJ – Breakfast With The Babies finally caught a less than perfect morning after a late night into early morning deluge, but the harness racing track came great, I’ll call it wet fast. The skies were clearing but the humidity high and temperatures started out around 80 and rising. There was no wind. […]
Vernon, NY – The Dr. Harry M. Zweig Memorial, a Grand Circuit harness racing trotting stake “Open to the World” will celebrate its 50th anniversary with top fields of 3-year-old colts and fillies competing for more than $500,000 in purses on Independence Day holiday evening at Vernon Downs. The $300,000 “Main Event” (race 9) is […]
East Rutherford, NJ – Breakfast With The Babies at The Meadowlands came on an overcast, dry and comparatively cool morning with a helping breeze at the back of the babies through the stretch. The harness racing track was fast. Don’t Ask For More was a handy winner for Ake Svanstedt, inheriting the lead when Hatfield […]
East Rutherford, NJ – Breakfast with the Babies, sponsored by Jules Siegel’s Fashion Farms, caught yet another perfect Saturday morning (June 22) at The Meadowlands. Slightly overcast and humid with temperatures in the 80’s and the harness racing track was fast, and we got a good early start at 8:00 am. The retail price of […]
The Meadowlands – Breakfast with the Babies, 2024 edition, sponsored by Jules Siegel’s Fashion Farms, caught another perfect Saturday morning (June 15). The sky was clear, temperatures in the 70’s and the harness racing track was fast when the baby races began at 9:00 am. Deja Blu, first foal of the great race mare Atlanta […]
The Meadowlands – Breakfast with the Babies, 2024 edition, graciously sponsored by Jules Siegel’s Fashion Farms, got underway on a perfect Saturday morning (June 8). The sky was clear, temperatures in the 70’s and harness racing track fast. Headlining today’s bill was the usual array of expensive young talent along with several representatives of the […]
The Meadowlands – June 1st brings with it the promise of summer and the start of 2-year-old harness racing. This morning’s qualifiers offered the first of those as we prepare for next week’s start of Breakfast of the Babies. A perfect weather day with the temperature around 70f, a fast track and no wind. Today […]
East Rutherford, NJ – The Meadowlands is proud and excited to announce that the entire 2024 stakes program at the harness racing industry’s leading racetrack will offer nearly $25 million in purses. Greatly enhancing the Grand Circuit stakes presence this year will be the return of the Breeders Crown to the Garden State. Harness Racing’s […]
East Rutherford, NJ – When the FanDuel Championships (formerly known as the TVG) were founded in 2013, Jeff Gural’s vision was a year-end race that would provide a stage for the top 3-year-olds to end their harness racing season by facing the best older horses, much as the Breeders Cup has done. The entries have […]
East Rutherford, NJ – The box for the Freshman Fall Final Four stakes, last of the 2-year-old Grand Circuit stakes of the harness racing season, has closed and the number of entries will necessitate eliminations on Saturday for all divisions to advance to next week’s finals. The Governor’s Cup colt & gelding pace drew sixteen […]
Nichols, NY – The Empire Breeders Classic (EBC) pacers invade Tioga Downs on Sunday afternoon (Aug. 27) featuring the finest harness racing sophomore NY sired performers in the land. Spread over four race, entries required two divisions for each sex, the colts come up first in race six for a purse of $117,750. Huntinthelastdolar has […]
East Rutherford, NJ – One of the most intriguing, enigmatic horses of the past few harness racing seasons has been the 2021 Dan Patch Trotter of the Year, Jujubee. The now 5-year-old returns to The Meadowlands, site of two of his greatest victories, to compete with eight talented older trotters in the $278,000 John Cashman […]
East Rutherford, NJ – Breakfast With The Babies, final edition for 2023, took place at 9:00 on Friday morning (Jul. 28) under perfect harness racing conditions. Fast track, 78 degrees and no wind at post time. Nancy Takter and Brett Pelling to go home happy after today’s races, both sent out sharp looking colts. Nancy’s […]
East Rutherford, NJ – Breakfast With The Babies (Sponsored by Jules Siegel’s Fashion Farms) came early on the morning of July 22, starting at 8:00 due to harness racing stakes commitments across the continent on this busy day. Conditions were perfect to begin, track fast, temperature 71f and little to no wind. A road weary […]
East Rutherford, NJ – Meadowlands Pace morning brought with it another harness racing edition of Breakfast With The Babies sponsored by Jules Siegel’s Fashion Farms. Another overcast, muggy setting to begin with temperatures hovering near 80 degrees over a track listed fast but perhaps, at least at the start of the card, dulled by overnight […]
Rutherford, NJ – Since it’s inception in 1977, the Meadowlands Pace has been regarded as one of, if not the most important Grand Circuit stake for the harness racing 3-year-old colt pacers and a difference maker for a horse that is a potential stallion prospect. The list of winners of the previous 46 editions of the Pace […]
East Rutherford, NJ – Breakfast With The Babies sponsored by Jules Siegel’s Fashion Farms at The Meadowlands went a day early this week (Friday, June 7), due to harness racing stakes scheduled on Saturday. An overcast, muggy setting was the weather to begin, temperatures hovering near 80 degrees with a mild helping wind in the […]
