JL Cruze stayed perfect in three seasonal starts Friday night (April 15), taking the featured $25,000 Open Handicap Trot at The Meadowlands by one and a half lengths over Shake It Cerry. Opulent Yankee was third....read on
Top Trotters To Clash Friday
April 14, 2016:
As the beginning of the Meadowlands Racetrack's 'Championship Meet' on May 7 draws near, more of trotting's elite are embarking on their racing season....read on
JL Cruze Triumphs In Dover Open
April 6, 2016:
Though stabled a short distance from Dover Downs, JL Cruze made his first local appearance of the year in his second start and was an easy 1:53.2 winner in the $36,000 Open Preferred Handicap Trot on Wednesday, April 6....read on
JL Cruze Wins 2016 Debut
April 2, 2016:
World champion JL Cruze, the 2015 Aged Trotting Horse of the Year in the U.S., won his 2016 debut with ease Friday night (April 1), taking the $25,000 featured Open Handicap at The Meadowlands....read on
JL Cruze To Debut At The Big M Friday
March 31, 2016:
This Friday night (April 1) at the Meadowlands Racetrack, the 2015 Dan Patch Trotter of the Year and Meadowlands track record holder, JL Cruze, will make his seasonal debut in the second race, a $25,000 Open Handicap trot....read on
JL Cruze Surfaces
March 11, 2016:
Fresh off a breakout season, Crazed gelding JL Cruze, who captivated the industry last year, recorded his first charted mile of his 2016 campaign Friday, March 11 during the morning qualifying session at the Meadowlands Racetrack....read on
Delaware Prominent At Dan Patch
March 3, 2016:
Delaware may be the smallest of the 50 states, but in harness racing in 2015, Delawareans became ‘giants.’...read on
Dan Patch Trotters Unveiled
December 15, 2015:
Bee A Magician, Mission Brief, and Pinkman added to their respective Dan Patch Award totals Tuesday (December 15) when divisional honours for trotters were announced by the U.S. Harness Writers Association....read on
Update On JL Cruze
November 25, 2015:
“When we got him up to high speed, he was only taking in 60 per cent of the oxygen level he was supposed to be taking in.”...read on
Two Supplement To Maple Leaf Trot
September 7, 2015:
The connections of two four-year-old trotters have paid a $45,000 supplement fee to become eligible to this year’s Maple Leaf Trot....read on
Campbell And 'Cruze' Ready To Return
August 19, 2015:
John Campbell is ready to get back to action and so is JL Cruze....read on
Campbell Announces Return Date
August 17, 2015:
He broke his wrist in late July and missed the Hambletonian earlier this month, but news has come that John Campbell, the sport’s most accomplished reinsman, is scheduled to be back driving in pari-mutuel races much sooner than some had expected....read on
Meadowlands Pace Undercard Wrap-Up
July 18, 2015:
Trainers Jimmy Takter and Jeff Bamond Jr. both earned consecutive stakes wins while a pair of Canadian-based fillies pulled off back-to-back upset victories during the Meadowlands Pace undercard on Saturday night....read on
The Canadians Behind JL Cruze
July 18, 2015:
Behind every great champion is a compelling story. For JL Cruze, it started in the small community of Beeton, Ontario and a trip to Harrisburg....read on
JL Cruze Scares Them Off
July 13, 2015:
The second edition of the $443,300 Hambletonian Maturity Stake attracted the attention of the fastest trotter in Meadowlands history: JL Cruze, whose connections supplemented their Cinderella story purchase for a fee of $50,000....read on