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EAST RUTHERFORD, NJ – The rumors of harness racing’s demise at The Meadowlands are, apparently, sorely mistaken. The New Meadowlands Racetrack, in conjunction with the Standardbred Breeders and Owners Association of New Jersey (SBOANJ), is pleased to announce a couple of new stakes races to its 2027 schedule to go along with purse increases to […]
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — Before teaming Hambletonian champion Apex (Walner) to victory in the New Jersey Classic for 3-year-old male trotters, Dexter Dunn swept the event’s sophomore pacing divisions, piloting New Jersey Sire Stakes Platinum champions Be Perfect BG (Perfect Sting) and Bookie J to odds-on scores in their respective $150,000 New Jersey Classic finals […]
EAST RUTHERFORD, NJ – Hambletonian champion Apex (Walner) made amends from a defeat in his New Jersey Classic elimination with an authoritative 1:52.2 harness racing win in the $250,000 final for 3-year-old trotting colts and geldings on Friday night (Sept. 11) at The Meadowlands. Leaving from post 6, driver Dexter Dunn eased Apex forward into […]
EAST RUTHERFORD, NJ – R Dutchess (Father Patrick), with Tim Tetrick at the reins, scored a mild harness racing upset after bursting free from traffic in the homestretch to win the $188,200 Girl Power Mare Trot in 1:50.3 at The Meadowlands on Friday (Sept. 11). The John Butenschoen-trained daughter of Father Patrick-The Ice Dutchess was […]
EAST RUTHERFORD, NJ – The final weekend of harness racing at The Meadowlands before a four-week break will go out with a bang this Friday (Sept. 11) and Saturday (Sept. 12), as $1.78 million in purses will be on the line Friday on New Jersey Classic Finals Night before the track’s 50th anniversary is celebrated Saturday, […]
EAST RUTHERFORD, NJ – Apparently not satisfied with a 1:48.4 harness racing romp last week, World Of Wishes (Bettor’s Wish) came back Saturday night at The Meadowlands and did it again in the same exact lifetime-best time, walloping five overmatched foes in the $27,500 feature, an Open II for pacers. Just as flashy was winning […]
EAST RUTHERFORD, NJ – Talk about a couple in perfect harmony. Three times this year Yannick Gingras has driven the Trond Smedshammer-trained Walspea (Walner), and three times this year the pair have made it to the harness racing winner’s circle. In Friday night’s feature at The Meadowlands, the prolific pairing took the fourth and final […]
EAST RUTHERFORD, NJ – With the four-week break from harness racing at The Meadowlands coming up soon, Leg 9 of the $1,000 Big M Monthly Handicapping Contest takes place this Saturday (Sept. 5) just two weeks since the previous leg, instead of the usual four. A pair of handicappers have done exceptionally well throughout the […]
East Rutherford, NJ – The September $1,000 handicapping contest takes place on Saturday the 5th. Once again, there is no entry fee (a $100 live money bankroll is required), and the prize pool, guaranteed at $1,000, will be paid out to the top four finishers. Full details are available here. Closing out the summer harness meet […]
EAST RUTHERFORD, NJ – For chalk players, it was a matter of you win some, you lose some in the two $48,000 New Jersey Standardbred Development Fund finals for 3-year-olds on the trot Saturday night at The Meadowlands, as Grand Prix Deo pulled off a mild surprise in the division for fillies and 6-5 public […]
EAST RUTHERFORD, NJ – With a big crowd expected to be in attendance at MetLife Stadium to watch the New York Jets take on the New York Giants in a preseason National Football League game Friday (Aug. 28) night, The Meadowlands will not have live racing and will race only once this week, on Saturday […]
EAST RUTHERFORD, NJ – Gallie Getaway (Sweet Lou) worked out a perfect pocket trip on the way to pulling off a 12-1 harness racing surprise in the Saturday night feature at The Meadowlands, a $16,000 claiming handicap pace for horses in for a tag of no less than $20,000 and no more than $25,000. […]
EAST RUTHERFORD, NJ – Wrong Sounds Right picked up his third harness racing win in his last four tries Friday night at The Meadowlands after taking the featured $80,000 Garden State for 2-year-old colts and geldings on the trot. The Jim Campbell trainee, sent off as the popular 1-9 favorite, was reserved early, sitting fourth […]
EAST RUTHERFORD, NJ – The Meadowlands Monthly Handicapping Contest sports a serious pot of gold at the end of an 11-month rainbow, and three of the contest’s regular harness racing players are out to improve their chances of hitting big, as in 10 times big. The way the competition works, the top two finishers from […]
EAST RUTHERFORD, NJ – Yellow Jacket worked out a perfect trip along the inside and was unleashed at just the right moment by driver Vinny Ginsburg to take the featured $45,000 New Jersey Home Grown for 2-year-old colt and gelding pacers Saturday night at The Meadowlands. Departing from post 2 in the nine-horse field, Ginsburg […]
EAST RUTHERFORD, NJ – It figures that after a Hambletonian Day (Saturday, Aug. 8) of harness racing that was pulse pounding and breathtaking – not to mention record breaking – that The Meadowlands would ease up on the throttle some the week after. The New York Jets are at MetLife Stadium Friday (Aug. 14) night […]
EAST RUTHERFORD, NJ – The Chris Ryder tandem of Twin B Joe Fresh and Miki And Minnie renewed their rivalry in the stretch of the $156,500 Grade 2 Lady Liberty on Saturday (Aug. 8) at The Meadowlands with Miki And Minnie scoring the winning blow in a 1:48 mile. Twin B Joe Fresh, a two-time […]
EAST RUTHERFORD, NJ – A slick move through slow early fractions by harness racign driver Yannick Gingras to loop Nezuko Kamado S (Chapter Seven) to the lead placed her at a strong tactical advantage to grit a last-ditch blitz by pocket-pouncing Carve and win the $500,000 Winning Key Farm Hambletonian Oaks in 1:51.4 on Saturday […]
EAST RUTHERFORD, NJ – A world record mile was uncorked by Lifetime Dreamer (Ecurie D DK) in the $180,000 New Jersey Sires Stakes (NJSS) Platinum Series Division Final for freshman trotting males and Wall Of Fame bested her harness racing cohort in the $225,000 final for freshman trotting fillies on Saturday (Aug. 8) at The […]
EAST RUTHERFORD, NJ – Longshot Sweet Lovin Lou (Sweet Lou) disrupted a three-prong stretch sprint of the harness racing betting favorites with a bold brush over the top to win the $310,750 Grade 2 Cane Pace, for pacing 3-year-olds, in a lifetime-best 1:47.3 effort on Saturday (Aug. 8) at The Meadowlands. With Tim Tetrick picking […]
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — Aintmyfirstro Deo (Perfect Sting) made easy work of his four harness racing foes in the $180,000 New Jersey Sire Stakes Platinum Division final for 2-year-old male pacers on a rain-drenched Friday (Aug. 7) at the Meadowlands, equaling his lifetime mark of 1:52 and extending his career record to four-for-four. Yannick Gingras […]
EAST RUTHERFORD, NJ – After winning four of seven starts and banking just over $175,000 as a 2-year-old in 2024, it looked like American Son was going to have a solid harness racing career on the racetrack. But after a 3-year-old season that saw the son of American Ideal-Lady Captain win just once from five […]
Hightstown, NJ – Four harness racing trainers will send out horses in both the Hambletonian Oaks and Hambletonian on Saturday (Aug. 8) at the Meadowlands, and three of them saw at least one of their horses come out of this past weekend’s eliminations with a win. Noel Daley, Marcus Melander and Åke Svanstedt each trained […]
EAST RUTHERFORD, NJ – Head for the Chateau Grande in East Brunswick, NJ, on Tuesday (Aug. 4), and catch a special event on the harness racing calendar when the post position draws for the $1-million Hambletonian and $500,000 Hambletonian Oaks are conducted, and while you are there, enjoy some great food. The classic trotting events […]
