Jenny Melander

Kinnder Thinktwice winning at Tioga Downs

Tioga Open To Kinnder Thinktwice; Boyd Wins Five

August 11, 2024

Jim Taggert Jr. worked out the winning drive in the featured $20,548 Open Handicap on Saturday, Aug. 10 at Tioga Downs with the Quebec-bred four-year-old trotter Kinnder Thinktwice ($4.30).

Nextroundsonme Ascends To Philly Score

September 02, 2019

The Cantab Hall sophomore gelding Nextroundsonme moved well through the last quarter to take a 1:56.1 victory in the $16,000 trotting feature on a special Labour Day Monday afternoon (Sept. 2) of raci...

Melander On Her Tuesday Starters

“We’re not as big as the biggest stables, but we try to get the best value out of the horses for our owners.”

Melander Sends Out Trotting Trio

Yonkers Raceway’s lucrative purses were on trainer Jenny Melander’s mind when she opened the sale catalogues last fall. Melander, who’s been running her own stable for five years now, only had a few h...

Melander’s Bargain Buy Paying Off

“He’s a beautiful horse. I didn’t think I was going to be able to buy him for $30,000; I thought he was going to cost quite a bit more.”

Wisenheimer Set For Super Bowl

January 07, 2013

Jenny Melander always wanted to train her own horses, but she was too busy helping other trainers with their stables. Last summer, though, Melander decided to give it a go. She bought a six-year-old t...