The Hambletonian

Super Chapter winning at Yonkers Raceway

Road To The Hambletonian - Week 5

Yonkers Trot champion Super Chapter maintained his place atop Ken Warkentin's Road to the 2025 Hambletonian presented by FanDuel while Gap Kronos S and Go Dog Go each moved up a spot in the Week 5 ran...

Super Chapter winning at Vernon Downs

Road To The Hambletonian - Week 4

The were no changes to Ken Warkentin’s Top 10 in the Week 4 edition of the 2025 Road to the Hambletonian presented by Fanduel, with Super Chapter ranked No. 1 again.

Super Chapter winning at Vernon Downs

Road To The Hambletonian - Week 3

After a wire-to-wire 1:50.4 win in the Empire Breeders Classic last Friday at Vernon Downs over stablemate Maryland, Super Chapter takes over ownership of the top spot in Week 3 of Ken’s Road to the H...

Maryland

Road To The Hambletonian - Week 2

Maryland and Super Chapter remain 1-2 in Ken Warkentin’s second edition of the Road to the Hambletonian presented by FanDuel and those three-year-old trotters will face off at Vernon Downs in the Empi...

Maryland and Dexter Dunn

Road To The Hambletonian - Week 1

This year, Ken Warkentin’s Road to the Hambletonian is presented by FanDuel. Warkentin’s week one rankings features the 2024 O'Brien and Dan Patch Two-Year-Old Colt of the Year, Maryland, in the top s...

Countdown To Hambletonian 100 Is On

One of harness racing’s most-storied events is celebrating a remarkable milestone this year at Meadowlands Racetrack as the 100th edition of the Hambletonian will take place in just under three months...

A display from the Centennial Hambletonian exhibit at the Harness Racing Museum

Museum Unveils Centennial Hambletonian Exhibit

The Harness Racing Museum & Hall of Fame held a special event on Sunday, May 4 for the grand opening of its new exhibit celebrating the 100th Hambletonian Stakes.

Hall Of Fame To Launch Hambletonian Centennial Exhibit

On Sunday, May 4, the Harness Racing Museum & Hall of Fame will open its new exhibit celebrating the 100th Hambletonian Stake to be held August 2, 2025, at The Meadowlands.

Legendary Hanover

Meadowlands Announces 2025 Stakes Schedule

January 04, 2025

The Meadowlands announced on Saturday, Jan. 4 that its 2025 stakes season will offer more than $18 million USD in purses to the connections of competing horses in both Grand Circuit and New Jersey res...

Karl!

Karl Captures The 99th Hambletonian

August 03, 2024

Karl won the $1,458,333 Hambletonian on Saturday (Aug. 3) at the Meadowlands as trainer Nancy Takter continued a family tradition and Hall of Fame driver Yannick Gingras scored his first win in the tr...

Sig Sauer and Noel Daley; Mars Hill and Tony Alagna; Secret Agent Man and Julie Miller; Amazing Catch and Ake Svanstedt

Hambletonian Hopefuls Weigh In

August 02, 2024

“This business is so competitive, there are so many good horses, so many good breeders and trainers, that any time you get a shot at anything like this you have to be really excited about it.”

The Hambletonian trophy

Canada's Hambletonian Day Connections

August 02, 2024

One of the biggest race days of the harness racing season will take place on Saturday, Aug. 3 at Meadowlands Racetrack in East Rutherford, New Jersey and Canadians will be well represented in stakes a...

Ron Burke with T C I and Nancy Takter with Karl

Hambletonian Showdown: 'Let's Get It On'

August 01, 2024

Since the end of last year, harness racing fans have looked forward to a third meeting between three-year-old trotters Karl and T C I. The award-winning colts split their two encounters in 2023, and a...