Freshmen faced off on Saturday night (Nov. 13) in the Kindergarten Classics at The Meadowlands. A total of four finals — one for each division of two-year-old — pinned some of the division's top competitors against one another.

Action began with the fifth race, the $300,960 Kindergarten Classic for two-year-old trotting colts and geldings. The two-year-old trotting fillies competed in Race 7 for a purse of $294,580 followed by the two-year-old pacing fillies in Race 9, going for a purse of $220,110, and completing with the two-year-old pacing colts and geldings in Race 11 for a purse of $238,700.

Dexter Dunn showed no ill effects of the spill he was involved in at Harrah’s Philadelphia on Sunday, as he and his sore leg won two races in addition to his Kindergarten hat trick, giving him five victories to lead the driver’s colony, helping the 32-year-old native New Zealander’s case as he bids for a third straight United States Harness Writers Association Driver of the Year trophy.

Fast As The Wind Breezes To Kindergarten Crown
Driver Dexter Dunn may have been locked for life with Fast As The Wind around the final turn, but just enough room opened at the pylons for the 3-2 favourite to skim through and nail the 3-2 second choice Coach K Hanover at the line of the $300,960 Kindergarten Classic Final for two-year-old trotting colts and geldings on Saturday (Nov. 13) at The Meadowlands....read on

Hammering Hank Pounds Out Kindergarten Win
Thundering to the top approaching the half, Hammering Hank and driver Dexter Dunn won the $238,700 Kindergarten Classic Final for two-year-old pacing colts and geldings Saturday night (Nov. 13) at The Meadowlands in 1:51.1....read on

Misswalner Fashion Commands Kindergarten Classic Final
Misswalner Fashion and driver Tim Tetrick won the $294,580 Kindergarten Classic Final for two-year-old trotting fillies Saturday night (Nov. 13) at The Meadowlands in a lifetime-best 1:53.3....read on

Niki Hill Reigns In Kindergarten Classic
In the hangover from the star campaign of Party Girl Hill, the duo of owner Tom Hill and trainer Chris Ryder continue to ride their second wave of pacing filly power with the Always B Miki debutante Niki Hill, who strode to a 1:50.4 win in taking the $220,110 Kindergarten Classic Final for two-year-old pacing fillies on Saturday (Nov. 13) at The Meadowlands....read on

Both 50-cent Pick-4s blew past the $50,000 guarantee with ease as both pools exceeded $90,000. All-source handle on the 13-race card totaled $2,768,005, sending total weekend wagering past the $5-million mark.

Live harness racing resumes Friday (Nov. 19) at 6:20 p.m.