Hypnotic AM Ready For Return May 07, 2021 Marcus Melander is enchanted with Hypnotic AM, and it is easy to understand why. Now ready to begin her four-year-old season, the trotting mare has earned $1.15 million in her 22-race career, winning ...
Melander On Gimpanzee, Stable Stars February 08, 2021 "They were two horses that are once-in-a-lifetime horses, and I got two of them in the same year."
Gimpanzee Giant Again In Breeders Crown October 31, 2020 Only Mack Lobell managed to claim the Breeders Crown Two-Year-Old Colt Trot, Three-Year-Old Colt Trot and Open Trot in consecutive years. But then came Gimpanzee, who jetted into the history books wit...
Breeders Crown Featured On 'The Extra Mile' October 30, 2020 Harness racing podcast The Extra Mile offers listeners an in-depth look at Saturday's (Oct. 31) Breeders Crown Pick-8 at Harrah's Hoosier Park.
Gimpanzee Rebounds In Caesars Trotting Classic September 25, 2020 Fresh off her Maple Leaf Trot triumph earlier this month, Atlanta looked like she was in the clear turning for home in the $150,000 Caesars Trotting Classic, but Gimpanzee hauled her down in deep stre...
Melander Scores Kindergarten Hat Trick September 19, 2020 Marcus Melander shined brightest at The Meadowlands Friday night, as his trainees scored three times among the 10 divisions for the first leg of the Kindergarten Classic for two-year-olds of both sexe...
In Range Eyes PASS Title September 04, 2020 As trainer Marcus Melander prepared In Range for his rookie season, he was uncertain what he had in the two-year-old trotter. The colt was a good-looking $185,000 yearling buy from a successful family...
Melander’s March Back To Racing June 05, 2020 "I’m more happy this time this year than I was last year...not that I was unhappy with him last year at this point, but it just feels like that he’s stepped up even more."
No Monkeying Around With Gimpanzee February 14, 2020 With his much-ballyhooed stablemate retired, 2019 Breeders Crown winner Gimpanzee is preparing for what could be a four-year-old campaign with international aspirations.
Melander Humbled By Accolade January 09, 2020 “I’m very humbled. It’s very exciting and a very big honour. It’s not that many years I’ve been a trainer, so it’s all been very fast. I have a lot of people to thank for that; the people that work fo...
Honours For Courant, Melander, Dunn December 30, 2019 The partnership of Courant Inc., which encompasses principal owner Anders Ström and individual partners on several horses, teamed exceptionally well with trainer Marcus Melander during 2019. They, alo...
Dead Heat For Proximity Award December 30, 2019 There was a 'dead heat for win' in the voting for the most prestigious award for which the United States Harness Writers Association (USHWA) are the sole arbiters: the Stan Bergstein/Proximity Award. ...