The 2024 Championship Meet at The Meadowlands doesn't technically refer to the star power in the qualifying sessions, but the slate of individuals in action on the morning of Friday, May 3 at the Big M offered a sign of things to come.
September Saturdays at Woodbine Mohawk Park typically feature many of harness racing's best in competing in Grand Circuit stakes events. This weekend, the final Friday and Saturday of August, sets the stage for the first big Saturday on Sept. 2.
In the 13-year history of the Joe Gerrity Jr. Memorial, there has never been a horse, driver or trainer win the race more than once. A victory by Tattoo Artist on Saturday at Saratoga Raceway would put an end to all that.
Harness racing horseman Brett Beckwith has watched the Joe Gerrity Jr. Memorial in the past but will see it from a whole new perspective Saturday. Three weeks removed from getting the first Grand Circuit win of his career, the 20-year-old Beckwith will drive Semi Tough (Somebeachsomewhere-Jan It Jackson) for trainer Ron Burke in the 14th