Marcus Melander

It took several days for Marcus Melander to fully appreciate Heaven Hanover’s win in the Hambletonian Oaks two weeks ago, but her last-to-first triumph from post 10 at The Meadowlands certainly put an...

In a five-horse sprint to the wire, Heaven Hanover closed from the clouds to best Bond and pick off Canadian hopeful Righteous Resolve to win the $500,000 Hambletonian Oaks for three-year-old trotting...

Oh Well heads into Saturday with one million-dollar win already to his credit and will try to add a second when he goes behind the gate with nine rivals in the $1 million Hambletonian Stakes for three...

"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"

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 ...

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...

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 ...

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...

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.

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...

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...

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.