El Ideal

Fast Miles All Day Long At Pocono

Speed was the order of the day at The Downs at Mohegan Sun Pocono on Saturday (June 12) with class-dropping older horses, first-start claimers and emerging sophomores alike encouraging double takes at...

Dead-Heat Bests Amigo Volo In PASS

August 16, 2020

Despite a relatively pressure-free journey and soft fractions, 2019 Breeders Crown champion Amigo Volo was narrowly upset at 1-5 odds in the first $94,967 division of the Pennsylvania Sire Stakes for ...

Amigo Volo, EL Ideal Win In PASS

On Sunday (July 26), Amigo Volo and EL Ideal, a pair of winners of over $500,000 last year who had not yet regained their stellar form of the previous season, showed they are now headed in the right d...

Stacked Meadowlands Saturday Card

In a typical year, the harness racing stakes season would be well underway coming into mid-July. But since 2020 has proved an atypical year, the Meadowlands Racetrack will host the first large stakes ...

Rookies, Stars Out At The Meadowlands

An 11-race session of Breakfast With The Babies at The Meadowlands on Saturday (June 27) was followed by a number of established stars putting in impressive prep miles.

Stars Shine At The Meadowlands

The focus of the harness racing world was on East Rutherford, N.J. for the seasonal debuts of many highly-regarded horses during a star-studded Saturday session of qualifiers and a return to action at...

EL Ideal Capitalizes In Valley Victory

November 23, 2019

With the early break of 1-2 favourite Amigo Volo, EL Ideal faced little challenge when winning the $505,050 Valley Victory at the Meadowlands on Saturday, Nov. 23.

Kindergartens Complete At Meadowlands

November 03, 2019

With the Fall Final Four approaching, two-year-olds of each sex and gait competed in one of the Grand Circuit's late-season staples: the Kindergarten Classic Finals at the Meadowlands Racetrack on Sat...

Kindergarten Showdown On The Horizon

October 26, 2019

Rocknificent and Hen Party won their respective divisions of the sixth and final leg of the Kindergarten Classic for two-year-olds Friday night at the Meadowlands, setting up what should be an interes...