2023 SBOANJ Meeting Results November 17, 2023 The Standardbred Breeders & Owners Association of New Jersey (SBOANJ) held its annual meeting via zoom and live stream on Facebook on Thursday, Nov. 16.
N.J. Assembly Speaker Coughlin Visits Gaitway May 17, 2022 New Jersey State Assembly Speaker Craig Coughlin spent part of his Monday morning (May 16) at Gaitway Farm Training Center, where he toured the grounds, talked with horsemen and horsewomen, and even c...
Gingras, Ford Off To Great Start At Big M January 13, 2022 Two horsemen stood out in front of the rest during the first weekend of racing at The Meadowlands in 2022 as driver Yannick Gingras recorded eight winners over the course of January 7-8 while trainer ...
Roll With Angel Ascends; 4,000 For Ford August 01, 2021 The Roll With Joe mare Roll With Angel got the winner’s share of the $13,000 purse in the Sunday feature at The Downs at Mohegan Sun Pocono after Crazy Cute, who was first in a blanket photo finish, d...
Ford On Brennan, Fuscos, Pandemic March 26, 2020 “This has happened so fast. I know that it’s been two weeks now since it’s happened, but people are walking around in a daze. It’s just rocked our whole world. It’s one thing to cancel the racing, whe...
Trot N.A. Cup Spring Book: #10 April 03, 2019 The countdown to the 2019 Pepsi North America Cup is on, with Trot Insider profiling the horses predicted to be the top contenders for Canadian harness racing's richest prize.
Ford Calls For Legislative Action In NJ January 18, 2019 Mark Ford, president of the Standardbred Breeders and Owners Association of New Jersey (SBOANJ), has issued a statement calling on the New Jersey Legislature to act on a bill introduced four months ag...
Revised ‘Big M’ Race Date Application October 16, 2018 At the request of the New Jersey Racing Commission, the Meadowlands Racetrack has submitted a revised 2019 live racing schedule application.
Update: Possible Shakeup At The ‘Big M’ October 11, 2018 On Thursday (Oct. 11), the Meadowlands Racetrack announced that it will be forced to reduce the amount of race dates it will host in 2019 and most likely cancel some Standardbred stakes races unless p...
Ford: Low Purses Killing NJ Racing September 07, 2018 "There was a time in New Jersey when the best of the best came to compete at Freehold Raceway on Labour Day. It was not long ago, but seemed a distant memory Monday when the track was closed because o...
Can Slow And Steady Win The Race? August 17, 2018 “I think he just sort of plods along and it depends on what the other ones do. He goes one speed and if they come back to him, I think he’ll finish up good...I don’t think he’s the kind of horse where...
Melodies Major Magnificent At Buffalo July 18, 2018 Melodies Major has been nothing but spectacular thus far in his brief career, and he continued to sparkle on Wednesday night (July 18) at Buffalo Raceway.
Ford On Sports Wagering Revenue July 16, 2018 Mark Ford, the president of the Standardbred Breeders and Owners Association of New Jersey, has issued a brief statement in regard to sports wagering revenue that is generated at the Meadowlands Racet...
