It’s not too often that a driver hopes to go a first-over trip, especially in a field of exceptional horses, but that’s exactly how it went for Andy McCarthy and Maximus Miki, who teamed up to win the $36,671 winners-over pacing feature at The Meadowlands Saturday (April 20) night.
Third-generation horsewoman Vicki Stratton kicked off Friday night's 14-race card at The Meadowlands with her first career driving win in a $15,541 Meadowlands Amateur Driving Club pace.
Tony Beltrami secured a cozy pocket ride with Dark Pool and pounced to paydirt in the $12,162 American Harness Drivers Club (AHDC) Trot at Freehold Raceway on Saturday afternoon (Feb. 17).
The $16,216 Preferred Handicap pace at Freehold Raceway was a thrilling one on Feb. 10. Mark Herschberger piloted 19-1 Big Stretch Mark to victory after a nail-biter of a stretch battle.
In a harness racing rarity, 15-year-old pacer Mariner Seelster celebrated victory on Friday evening, Feb. 9 at The Meadowlands and the achievement put him over the million-dollar mark in career earnings.