Captain Optimistic

Captain Optimistic

Captain Optimistic To Breed And Race In 2026

December 10, 2025

The owners of three-year-old pacer Captain Optimistic have decided to continue to race the son of Captaintreacherous in 2026 as well as breed a limited book of mares.

Periculum winning at The Meadowlands

Zeron Reconnecting With Recent Stakes Winners For More

November 13, 2025

As the Grand Circuit season heads toward the finish line – this is the final week with multiple races on the schedule – driver Scott Zeron finds himself reunited with a number of recent graded stakes ...

On To Norway winning at Hoosier Park

On To Norway Extends Win Streak To 19 In Carl Erskine

November 01, 2025

A quartet of six-figure Grand Circuit stakes for three-year-olds highlighted the 13-race Harrah’s Hoosier Program on Friday, Oct. 31 when trotter On To Norway extended his win streak to 19 in the Carl...

Captain Optimistic

Captain Optimistic To Stand Stud In 2026

October 09, 2025

Captain Optimistic will join harness racing's stallion ranks in 2026.

Prince Hal Hanover

Prince Hal Hanover Mighty In Bluegrass

September 27, 2025

Adios and Milstein Memorial champion Prince Hal Hanover returned from a defeat in the Little Brown Jug and blitzed the red clay in a dominant 1:47.2 performance to win the $98,611 second division of t...

Captain Optimistic winning at The Meadowlands

Captain Optimistic Prevails In Cane Pace

August 02, 2025

Captain Optimistic and driver Dexter Dunn found room to the outside after coming out of the last turn and battled past Madden Oaks and Papis Pistol in deep stretch to win the $315,764 Cane Pace (Grade...

Emoticon Legacy

Fields Set For Hambletonian, Oaks Finals

The fields are decided for the Hambletonian (Grade 1) and the Hambletonian Oaks (Grade 1) after the sport's top sophomore trotters contested eliminations for each stakes on Saturday, July 26 at The Me...

Captain Optimistic

Takter Likes 'Optimistic' Approach To North America Cup

Nancy Takter has reason to feel hopeful about Captain Optimistic as the trainer gets her colt ready for Saturday’s $1 million Grade 1 Pepsi North America Cup for three-year-old male pacers at Woodbine...

Elimination winners for the North America Cup and undercard stakes

Fields Set For North America Cup And Undercard Stakes

Captain Optimistic, Lite Up The World and Louprint roll into next week's prestigious $1 million Pepsi North America Cup (Grade 1) at Woodbine Mohawk Park in top-tier form after winning their respectiv...

Captain Optimistic

TROT N.A. Cup Spring Book Profile: Captain Optimistic

With the connections already boasting two victories in the Pepsi North America Cup, it's safe to say that Judy Chaffee has solid reasons for being "optimistic" on a third potential 'Cup' capture in 20...

Sabonis

Sabonis Slays Dan Patch Award Winners

There is only a certain amount of stock to be placed on qualifiers. However, in a mile on Saturday, May 17 featuring the 2024 Dan Patch Award winning Three-Year-Old Pacer of the Year and Older Pacer o...

Maryland and Dexter Dunn

Dunn Hoping To Break Through In Major Big M Stakes

He’s been by far the most successful harness racing driver in the United States over the last half-dozen years. During 2024, he won a record six Breeders Crown finals before going on to be named the D...

Harness racing at The Meadowlands

Big Names, Big Miles In Meadowlands Qualifiers

The session of qualifiers on Friday, May 2 at The Meadowlands offered solid star power over its 14 dashes, including the second seasonal appearance of 2024 U.S. Horse of the Year Twin B Joe Fresh.