Garden State Trot

Winners Bet

Winners Bet Preps For FanDuel Swan Song

November 17, 2024

The way Winners Bet is going right now, beating him is no easy task, and the Nancy Takter trainee once again was dominant – this time in the featured $56,338 Preferred Handicap on Saturday, Nov. 16 at...

Celcius winning at Freehold Raceway

Celcius Upsets In Homegrown Pace

September 19, 2024

Three $54,054 stakes took place at Freehold Raceway on Thursday, Sept. 19 -- the Homegrown for three-year-old filly pacers and two divisions of the Garden State for three-year-old filly trotters.

Seven Reps winning at Freehold Raceway

Seven Reps In A Garden State Upset; 'Banshee' Breaks Record

September 12, 2024

Seven Reps upset stablemate Hankins Hanover in the $67,568 Garden State Trot for three-year-old colts and geldings during the first of five Thursday race cards at Freehold Raceway.

In Range Rebounds In Muscle Hill

August 07, 2021

In Range finished sixth in his Hambletonian elimination last week, failing to qualify for the $1 million final. He took that frustration out on his foes in the $50,000 Muscle Hill for three-year-old c...

New Jersey May Payment Advisory

Yearling nominations and sustaining payments for stakes sponsored by the Standardbred Breeders and Owners Association of New Jersey are due May 15.

SBOANJ Accepts Supplemental Payment

This is the first time the SBOANJ is offering a supplemental payment in March for three-year-olds who were nominated but made no subsequent payments to the Home Grown Pace and the Garden State Trot.

Huge Effort From Common Sense S

September 11, 2020

Common Sense S equaled the track record for three-year-old trotting fillies at Freehold Raceway on Friday (September 11), winning the Garden State Trot by 21 1/2 lengths.

Field Drawn For Garden State Trot

September 08, 2020

A small but select field will align for the Garden State Trot for three-year-old fillies at Freehold Raceway this Friday (Sept. 11). Four fillies will contest the $40,000 race, which will run as a non...

Golden Tricks Takes Garden State Trot

October 25, 2019

Golden Tricks may not have made it to Woodbine Mohawk Park this weekend, but Freehold suited her just fine.

Purse Increase For Garden State Trots

October 12, 2019

The SBOANJ has announced that there will be a significant purse increase to both the Garden State Trot #1 and the Garden State Trot #2 based on the addition of the state-sired appropriation funding.

Burke, Gingras Score Grand Slam

November 11, 2018

The prolific pair of trainer Ron Burke and driver Yannick Gingras were up to their old tricks Saturday, Nov. 10 at the Meadowlands, combining to win four times on the 12-race program.

Filly's Track Preference Is 'Evident'

November 09, 2018

“We’ve always liked her, but she galloped all winter...I couldn’t get her to stay flat for love or money. We took her to the qualifiers and she just turned it around. I think a lot of that was getting...