Marcus Melander

Super Chapter

Super Chapter Aims To Author Yonkers Trot Win

After opening his campaign with back-to-back wins, including a victory over stablemate and returning O'Brien and Dan Patch Award winner Maryland, Super Chapter will look to capture the first jewel in ...

Royal Mission

Hat Trick For Melander In Vernon NYSS

Vernon Downs played host to four divisions of the New York Sire Stakes (NYSS) on Monday (May 26) featuring a pair for sophomore trotting fillies as well as a pair for sophomore trotting colts and geld...

Variegated

Melander Trainees Shine In Bunker Hill Trot

Trainer Marcus Melander could not have had a better time in New England on Thursday (May 15) afternoon after watching his two entries finish first and second in the Grade 3 $138,889 Bunker Hill Trot a...

S I P

Melander's Season Starts With Globetrotters

Marcus Melander will get his stable’s 2025 season underway on Friday, April 11 at The Meadowlands, and he will do it with two horses that were competing overseas in recent years.

2024 O'Brien Awards Post-Event Interviews - Marcus Melander

Freshman Sensation Sets The Stage For More

February 17, 2025

Regally bred and carrying high expectations from the start, Maryland lived up to his lofty price tag and then some in his freshman campaign.

Maryland and Dexter Dunn

Maryland Majestic In Breeders Crown Triumph

October 25, 2024

Maryland and driver Dexter Dunn fought off pressure on both flanks to prevail in the $972,222 Breeders Crown Two-Year-Old Colt and Gelding Trot, held Friday, Oct. 25 at The Meadowlands, in a stakes re...

Drawn Impression winning at Meadowlands Racetrack

All In The Family

October 23, 2024

Emoticon Hanover was a success in the Breeders Crown during her racing career, and her impact on the event has continued as a mom.

Maryland winning at Woodbine Mohawk Park

Maryland And Dunn Star In Record Mohawk Million

September 21, 2024

Maryland powered home to take all the spoils in the Mohawk Million, putting an exclamation point on a stellar Saturday stakes night at Woodbine Mohawk Park for driver Dexter Dunn.

Variegated

Freshmen Shine At Tioga In Reynolds

September 21, 2024

Tioga Downs played host to the W.N. Reynolds Memorial Stakes on Friday (Sept. 20) evening with eight races dedicated to freshman trotters and pacers.

Periculum winning at Woodbine Mohawk Park

Periculum Aims For International Glory

September 04, 2024

The most recent horse to represent the U.S. and win the MGM Yonkers International Trot, Resolve in 2016, captured the million-dollar race in his first start after winning the Maple Leaf Trot. Periculu...

Tactical Approach wins the 2023 Hambletonian

Zeron Happy For Chance At Another Hambletonian

Scott Zeron was left without a drive in Saturday’s Hambletonian Stakes following last week’s eliminations, but the three-time winner of the event didn’t have to wait long for that to change.

Harness racing at the Meadows

Meshuggah: He's Not Crazy And Looms Large In PASS

"Meshuggah" is the Yiddish word for crazy, so if there were a Standardbred named Meshuggah, what images might that conjure up? A fractious young colt trying to dig his way under pasture fences to free...

Venerate

Venerate Vying For Cutler Repeat

Three horses have repeated as the winner of the Arthur J. Cutler Memorial in its 26-year history. Venerate will look to become the fourth when he meets seven rivals in this year's $145,150 USD edition...