On a perfectly dreadful morning with temperatures in the high 40s (48°F / 9°C) with rain but little wind, the qualifiers got a 9:00 a.m. early start at The Meadowlands. The track was listed as “sloppy” but that was not an issue for a number of harness racing's top trotters from 2022.
Class prevailed in the sophomore pacing stakes at The Red Mile on Sunday afternoon (Oct. 9). North America Cup winner Pebble Beach clawed his path back to the winner’s circle in the $363,500 Tattersalls Pace while Niki Hill’s return to form continued with a decisive score in the $205,000 Glen Garnsey Memorial.
Tioga Downs played host to two divisions of the Empire Breeders Classic (EBC) for both three-year-old pacing colts and geldings as well as the fillies on Sunday (Aug. 28).
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For the second straight year, owner/breeder Fiddler's Creek Stables, trainer Travis Alexander, and driver Matt Kakaley won the $261,730 MGM Grand Messenger Stakes final at Yonkers Raceway to begin the Triple Crown of Pacing for three-year-old colts and geldings, with Pleaseletmeknow prevailing from first-up in 1:51.3.