Kevin Mcdermott

Delayed Hanover

Delayed Hanover Brings Instant Gratification

"Before we could even get the horse to the trailer, my dad was getting texts with people offering us more than what he just went for, but I think my dad knew he was too special."

McDermott On The Rebound

“Earlier this year I got into an accident; I broke five ribs, got knocked unconscious, bruised my spine, bruised my kidneys. I was down basically for three months. I kept working through it.”

Millionaire Meladys Monet Favoured

January 06, 2018

Millionaire trotter Meladys Monet seeks to start the 2018 season of live racing at Yonkers Raceway the way he ended 2017, with a win in the featured Open Handicap.

Marion Marauder Wins At Yonkers

August 27, 2016

Hambletonian winner Marion Marauder made short work of his small-track debut, winning Saturday night’s lone $40,000 elimination for the 62nd Yonkers Trot.

No Elitloppet For Meladys Monet

Meladys Monet, who has won five of seven starts this year at the Meadowlands, was under consideration for an invitation to May’s Elitloppet in Sweden. On Monday, the connections announced the horse wo...

Trotter A True Blessing

February 12, 2015

“She was special, she really was. She would always give you everything she had every time she raced. We were told to put her down (following the accident) but Luca wouldn’t stand for it...It really is...

Noble Falcon Retired

“He acts like a human; he eats human food. He’s bailed me out of more jams than you could ever imagine, winning races left and right. He’s a dream. I could never ask for another horse like him.”

“I Probably Got 40 Phone Calls After The Race”

From the number of phone calls trainer Kevin McDermott received following the Art Rooney Pace, one might have thought his horse, Lonewolf Currier, won the race.

Awards For McDermotts And Brennan

August 14, 2012

Trainers John McDermott and Kevin McDermott as well as Bergen Record reporter John Brennan will be honoured by the New Jersey chapter of the U.S. Harness Writers Association in winner’s circle ceremon...

Filly Tells Trainer "Get Well Soon"

If laughter is the best medicine, one trainer has the sense of humour to get well quickly and seeing his three-year-old filly pacer defeat the top ranked horse in harness racing might help as well.

Hypnotic Blue Chip Back In Action

The competition amongst the aged pacing ranks could get a little stiffer this summer with world champion pacer Hypnotic Blue Chip coming out of retirement for the 2012 stakes season

Hypnotic Blue Chip Retired

September 21, 2011

On Tuesday, September 21, trainer Kevin McDermott announced that five-year-old pacer Hypnotic Blue Chip, who won $1,540,628 in his career, has been retired

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John McDermott Joins St. Paddy Pace

The day after Kevin McDermott consented to compete in Monticello Raceway’s St. Paddy Pace the phone rang in the track’s publicity office and when answered a voice