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. ...
Gimpanzee With A Breeders Crown Repeat October 26, 2019 On a night very similar to this in 2018, Gimpanzee had no concerns with the competition or the harsh conditions and captured the Breeders Crown for two-year-old colt trotters. However, he didn't have ...
Greenshoe To Face Older Foes October 25, 2019 The connections of trotting star Greenshoe don't plan on pulling the shoes from the soon-to-stud son of Father Patrick after this weekend's Breeders Crown final at Woodbine Mohawk Park.
Melander's G-Force To Battle In Lexington October 04, 2019 "We made a lot of money with those three horses. We were lucky because they were in different sire stakes (programs) and we could separate them a little bit. I think we were smart to separate them lik...
Melander On Gimpanzee, Hypnotic AM September 10, 2019 Marcus Melander pupils Gimpanzee and Hypnotic AM will be looking to put their best hooves forward this Saturday night (Sept. 14) at Batavia Downs during the New York Sire Stakes Night of Champions, an...
Green Manalishi S Takes First Hambo Elim August 03, 2019 Gimpanzee's undefeated streak ended at 12 at the hands of stablemate Green Manalishi S, who wore down temposetter Osterc to capture the first $70,000 2019 Hambletonian elimination on Saturday (August ...
Undefeated Gimpanzee Heads To Yonkers June 24, 2019 Champion trotter Gimpanzee will bring his undefeated record to Yonkers Raceway on Tuesday evening (June 25) in a division of the New York Sire Stakes for three-year-old trotting colts and geldings.
Melander Rookies Impress Saturday June 15, 2019 The North America Cup day edition of Breakfast With The Babies at The Meadowlands came an hour early at 9:00 a.m .on a beautiful, windless Saturday morning with the temperature at 70 degrees and the t...
