Simpson Stakes

Twenty two-year-olds contested a quartet of John Simpson Memorial events on Friday evening at Vernon Downs, with driver Chris Lems capturing two of the four stakes races on the night's 12-race card.

Tomy Terror took more than two seconds off the Vernon Downs track record for two-year-old pacing geldings with his 1:50.2 effort in the John Simpson Memorial on Friday evening.

On Friday, October 24, world champion colt Centurion ATM travels to Vernon Downs to headline three divisions of the Simpson Stakes for two-year-old trotters.

The stakes calendar at the Meadowlands Racetrack will have a distinctly different look for 2013 with the focus shifting from two-year-olds stakes to events geared for the older horse set.

Heston Blue Chip, Forever Just, Blackjack Princess and Up Front Sharon were each divisional winners in Saturday’s $62,534 John Simpson Sr. Memorial Stakes for two-year-old pacers, while Tim Tetrick te...

Classic Conway, Quit Smoking Now, Cowgirl Hall, Exercise To Go and Autumn Escapade all performed with distinction during a rainy, blustery Friday evening at Vernon Downs

The talented trotters Jezzy and Ice Machine lived up to their top billing in Saturday night’s $143,432 John Simpson Memorial Stakes action at Vernon Downs

Rain showers soaked the downtown Lexington oval throughout the afternoon and evening on Monday and the track was sloppy to say the least, as eight divisions of the John Simpson Memorial Stakes were co...