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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 – Scott Zeron emerged as the star of the Wednesday morning qualifying session at Pocono Downs at Mohegan Pennsylvania with four victorious drives, winning the fastest mile of the day and also with three sophomores trained by Jared Bako. The quickest clocking came in the very first qualifier and was produced by Zeron […]
Periculum (Muscle Hill) exploded down the stretch and flew to victory in the $600,000 Maple Leaf Trot, giving harness racing driver Scott Zeron a sweep of the major stakes on the Saturday (Aug. 31) card at Woodbine Mohawk Park. The stallion floated out three-high into the first turn from post five as Logan Park (Doug […]
The trotters were in the harness racing spotlight at Yonkers Raceway Thursday (Aug. 29) with a pair of $39,000 co-feature Invitationals, one for the older horses and one for the fillies and mares. The 8th race Invitational Trot saw 4-1 Black Magic (Full Count) and driver Scott Zeron come first-over against Stormy Kromer (Jason Bartlett) […]
The Meadowlands Racetrack hosted the $240,000 Final of the New Jersey Sire Stakes for two-year-old harness racing pacing colts as an early, non-wagering race Thursday, Aug. 22. This race was canceled at the Big M back on August 2 due to a power failure at the track. And when the dust settled on the non-wagering […]
Scott Zeron was left without a drive in Saturday’s Hambletonian Stakes following last week’s eliminations, but the three-time winner of the harness racing event didn’t have to wait long for that to change. Zeron picked up Bella’s Musclehill (Muscle Hill), giving the driver the opportunity to become the first back-to-back winner of the sport’s premier […]
OAK GROVE, Ky. — Oak Grove Racing, Gaming & Hotel hosted eight $100,000 finals of the Kentucky Sire Stakes (KYSS) for 2- and 3-year-olds on Sunday (July 14), a harness racing card that saw the track record for 3-year-old trotting fillies destroyed when odds-on choice Woman Of Passion (Walner) won her KYSS final convincingly early […]
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — After a third-place finish behind harness racing divisional standout Jiggy Jog S in the $112,500 Six Pack on June 29, Tactical Mounds (Tactical Landing-Mounds) surged back to the winner’s circle with a scintillating 1:49.4 lifetime-best mile and her second victory in the Miss Versatility, capturing the $40,000 fourth preliminary leg of […]
Harness racing driver Scott Zeron is uncertain how Saturday’s $425,000 E.T. Gerry Jr. Hambletonian Maturity for 4-year-old trotters will play out at The Meadowlands, with 12 horses going the extended distance of 1-1/8 miles, but he does feel good about one aspect of the race. “I just know I have a very talented horse,” Zeron […]
If you want it, you gotta earn it and that is exactly what Hemsworth N (Sweet Lou) and harness racing driver Scott Zeron did in winning the $39,000 Invitational Pace Monday (June 17) at Yonkers Raceway. The 2nd race feature saw race favorite None Bettor A (George Brennan) eventually take the early lead away from […]
Nows The Moment (Credit Winner) and harness racing driver Mark MacDonald took no prisoners at odds of 6-1 and wired the field in capturing the $39,000 co-feature Invitational Trot at Yonkers Raceway Thursday, June 13. The 8th race feature saw MacDonald leave with Nows The Moment from the rail and with Sea Can (Yannick Gingras) […]
Both wagering favorites held true for the harness racing fans Thursday (May 23) at Yonkers Raceway in their two $35,000 Invitational trots. The horses did battle in the 5th race where Keg Stand (Bar Hopping) and driver Yannick Gingras worked their way to the early lead at the opening quarter in :28.3 over Nows The […]
With a first-over move in the backstretch, New Zealand-bred Hemsworth N (Sweet Lou) was able to grind out a 10-1 harness racing triumph in upsetting the $35,000 Invitational Pace Monday (April 29) at Yonkers Raceway. Sumomentsomwhere A (Yannick Gingras) was first on the lead off the starting gate with race favorite Energetic Hanover (Jason Bartlett) […]
HARRISBURG, PA – Åke Svanstedt, who seemed to have one (or sometimes more than one) of the top harness racing contenders in just about every major trotting stakes race in 2023 in North America, has been voted Trainer of the Year by the United States Harness Writers Association (USHWA), the sport’s leading media organization. During […]
The 2023 season has been remarkable for leading North American harness racing driver Scott Zeron. The 34yo Canadian native has captured some of the biggest and most prestigious trophies the harness racing industry has to offer including today’s $450,000 131st Kentucky Futurity with Tactical Approach (Tactical Landing) for three-year-old trotters Sunday (Oct. 8) afternoon at The […]
Track announcer Gabe Prewitt said that harness racing driver Scott Zeron “must have ice water running through his veins” as he guided Tactical Approach (Tactical Landing) along the pylons, squeezing by horses to win the $450,000 131st Kentucky Futurity for three-year-old trotters Sunday (Oct. 8) afternoon at The Red Mile in Lexington, Kentucky. It was […]
Plainville, MA — The $3 million Massachusetts Sire Stakes got underway at Plainridge Park on Monday (September 25) and visiting drivers Yannick Gingras and Scott Zeron both had hat tricks, driving three winners apiece out of the eight MASS divisions that went postward. And it’s noteworthy that those divisional winners were sent behind the gate […]
Seven of harness racing’s best sophomore pacing fillies lined up behind the Delaware starting gate on a perfect, sunny Wednesday (Sept. 20) afternoon in central Ohio for the $255,000 51st edition of the Jugette, with New Jersey bred Ucandoit Hanover (Keystone Velocity) utilizing a perfect, pocket-trip to gain the triumph in the final heat with […]
Harness racing driver Scott Zeron is only 34, but he already has two wins in the $1 million Hambletonian Stakes to his credit. On Saturday at the Meadowlands Racetrack, he will try to add a third. Zeron, who won the Hambletonian in 2016 with Marion Marauder and 2018 with the filly Atlanta, would join elite […]
After guiding 3-year-old pacer It’s My Show (Sweet Lou-Put On A Show) to wins in his first two starts of 2023, harness racing driver Scott Zeron hoped this was the version of the horse his connections expected at age 2. But Zeron still needed to see a little more. In his third start, It’s My […]
The $142,600 Perfect Sting Mares Pace saw Silver Label (Bettor’s Delight) post a 14-1 upset, and establish a new lifetime mark of 1:49, against ten rivals in the 15th edition of the harness racing stake. Trained by Nick Gallucci, Silver Label notched her 17th career win and fifth victory of the season for owner Millar […]
Linda Toscano will send out highly regarded contenders in Friday’s (June 30) two harness racing stakes races for 3-year-old fillies at MGM Yonkers Raceway with trotter Sadie Hanover looking to remain undefeated this season and pacer Ucandoit Blue Chip, who holds a special connection to the trainer’s heart, aiming to continue her own winning ways. […]
CHESTER PA – Wild Bill Kelso was very sharp in his 2023 harness racing debut on Wednesday afternoon (May 17) at Harrah’s Philadelphia, taking the $14,400 featured trot and earning a new race mark of 1:55.3. Scott Zeron reserved the sophomore Crazy Wow gelding off the :28.4 quarter, then moved coming off that bend to […]
EAST RUTHERFORD, NJ – Hot Mess Express (Panther Hanover-My Heart Was True) got into the win column for the first time in five seasonal starts Friday night (May 5) at The Meadowlands in a mid-level conditioned pace for mares and her driver is hopeful the lifetime earner of over $850,000 can get back to being […]
