Jim Doherty Memorial Trot

A picture of perfection in four starts thus far, trotting filly Hypnotic AM dazzled in her biggest test to date -- the $310,700 James Doherty Memorial on 2019 Hambletonian Day at The Meadowlands.

The two $20,000 eliminations for the Jim Doherty Memorial for two-year-old fillies on the trot were not safe for chalk players Friday night at (July 27) the Meadowlands.

The parade of winners for trainer Jimmy Takter continued in the $330,800 Jim Doherty Memorial for two-year-old trotting fillies with undefeated Manchego extending her win streak to five.

The 2016 Hambletonian Day card at The Meadowlands Racetrack in East Rutherford. N.J., loaded with a number of major stakes and high-profile competitors, is now in the books.

Jimmy Takter-trained two-year-old trotters dominated Friday night's (July 29) eliminations for the Peter Haughton Memorial and Jim Doherty Memorial at Meadowlands Racetrack.

The 2015 Hambletonian Day card is complete at The Meadowlands Racetrack in East Rutherford. N.J., and Trot Insider provided live recaps throughout the stakes-packed card.

“I’m not going to talk her up. I’ll just let her do the talking.”

The freshman trotters geared up for the first round of their major stakes on Friday night at The Meadowlands. Twenty-four fillies went behind the gate in three eliminations of the Jim Doherty Memoria...

“I went down to the winner’s circle and there was a mother and child there. The child gave me the flowers and I was crying. The little girl said to her mother, 'why is she crying?' I got so emotional....

Officials with the Meadowlands Racetrack have announced that beginning with the 2015 edition, the Merrie Annabelle for two-year-old trotting fillies will be re-titled the ‘Jim Doherty Memorial’ recogn...