Marcus Melander

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

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

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...

Gimpanzee A Perfect 10

Courant Inc. and the SRF Stable's Gimpanzee ($2.10) extended his unblemished career tally to 10 wins in as many starts with a facile 1:54 win in his seasonal debut, the $215,200 Empire Breeders Classi...

Sophomores In Philly Spotlight

Sophomore pacing males with stakes ambitions were in the spotlight on Wednesday (April 24) at Harrah’s Philadelphia, with Just Plain Loco and Love Me Some Lou capturing the co-featured $16,000 conditi...

“It’s Not Really Just My Award”

January 15, 2019

“If I didn’t have all these people working with me, I wouldn’t do any good… And then you need to have owners that support you… I’m lucky to have owners that support me a hundred per cent.”

Melander Wins USHWA Rising Star

December 28, 2018

Marcus Melander, “to the manor born” in terms of personal harness racing pedigree, went out in 2018 and made great accomplishments with a small but talented collection of trotters, including two domin...

Caprice Hill Denied TVG Entry

December 07, 2018

While Emoticon Hanover faced four fierce foes in the 2018 TVG Open Mares Trot last month, that number would have been five had The Meadowlands not refused the entry of Caprice Hill.

Melander Mastery With Rookie Trotting Colts

October 27, 2018

Trainer Marcus Melander was loaded for bear in the $600,000 Breeders Crown Two-Year-Old Colt Trot, and his star students delivered a strong 1-2 punch in the rich affair.