Venerate Set To Step Out For Melander May 19, 2023 "I like his attitude. He seems to want to do it. Even when he didn’t trot his best gait-wise in the first qualifier for me, he still kept trotting all the way"
Valentina Blu Feted At NYSS Awards Banquet November 17, 2022 The New York Sire Stakes (NYSS) and United States Trotting Association (USTA) District 8 hosted their Annual Awards Banquet on Sunday, Nov. 13 at Vernon Downs Casino Hotel to recognize and honour top ...
'Bambino' Gets His Big Shot In Breeders Crown October 27, 2022 Ron Burke was forced to miss several big races on Celebrity Bambino’s schedule because of the colt’s battle with sickness, but the trainer is hopeful his highly regarded prospect will make up for it t...
Melander Trainees Headline Kentucky Futurity Fields October 06, 2022 Marcus Melander will send out the morning-line favourites in both the $430,000 Kentucky Futurity for three-year-old trotters and $276,000 Kentucky Filly Futurity for three-year-old female trotters on ...
2022 Hambletonian, Oaks Draws Complete August 02, 2022 Rebuff, who won one of last week’s two Hambletonian Stakes eliminations and is unbeaten in three starts this season, drew post one for Saturday’s $1 million final and was made the 9-5 morning line fav...
Joviality S To Enter The Hambletonian Elims July 24, 2022 When the draw for the 2022 Hambletonian eliminations is announced on Tuesday (July 26), there will be at least one filly entered to battle the boys for one of harness racing's most coveted titles.
Vernon Stakes Grand Slam For Sears & Melander July 22, 2022 Driver Brian Sears and trainer Marcus Melander combined for four wins including two New York Sire Stakes (NYSS) races as Vernon Downs played host to New York Sire Stakes action for two-year-old trotti...
Can Yonkers Trot Elim Winners Overcome Outside Posts? June 29, 2022 If either of last week’s MGM Yonkers Trot elimination winners, the filly Joviality S or the colt Justice, is going to capture Friday’s $280,904 final at Yonkers Raceway, they will have to overcome not...
Joviality S To Yonkers Trot June 20, 2022 Millionaire trotting filly Joviality S, the Breeders Crown champ at two and now undefeated in her sophomore campaign, will take on the boys in her next test.
Miss Versatility Series Begins At Big M May 07, 2022 In the first leg of the Miss Versatility Series on a rain-soaked Friday night at The Meadowlands, the first $30,000 division went as expected while the other did not.
Rich Rookies Meet In Goldsmith Maid November 18, 2021 The two richest two-year-old trotters of the season, Venerable and Joviality S, will meet for only the second time this year when they compete in Saturday’s $479,450 Goldsmith Maid Stakes for freshman...
Jaya Bae Benefits From Extra Time October 20, 2021 After giving Jaya Bae additional time to mature during the summer, trainer Marcus Melander is looking forward to seeing what the filly can do in her Breeders Crown elimination for two-year-old female ...