Four $125,000 USD Kindergarten Series finals for two-year-olds of each sex and gait take centre stage this Saturday, Nov. 1 at The Meadowlands.

Busy Miss Lissy S headlines the first Grade 3 event in race six as the 9-5 morning line favourite with the inside draw in the two-year-old trotting filly division. Jonathan Ahle will drive the Calgary Games-Hills Angel S filly, who is one of four Ake Svanstedt trainees in the race and is three-for-three in preliminary legs. 

Ahle and Svanstedt will also team up with the favourite in the two-year-old trotting divisions for colts and geldings, with Magic Punk, at 2-1 on the morning line, starting from post six in the eighth race. The Wishing Stone-I D Entity NO colt, who was runner-up in the William Wellwood and Peter Haughton Memorials, has won two Kindergarten prelims.

In the following race, New Jersey Classic champion Bookie J is the 2-1 choice in the freshman male pace with Dexter Dunn aboard for trainer Chris Ryder. The Perfect Sting-Skyy gelding is coming off a Kindergarten victory last Friday.

The last Kindergarten championship goes in race 11 with the streaking Darlins Angel as the 5-2 early favourite in post five for driver Lauren Tritton and trainer Juan Cano. The Captaintreacherous-Darlins Delight filly is has won her last four races, including a Kindergarten division last week.

The Kindergarten finals will be telecast live as part of the New York Racing Association’s “America’s Day at the Races” series with a three-hour show that will begin at 8 p.m. and be seen on FOX Sports 2 (FS2).

“This is the fifth year we have partnered up with [the] NYRA to show some of the best harness racing in the country to a national television audience,” said Jason Settlemoir, Big M Chief Operating Officer and General Manager. “Saturday marks the seventh of eight shows that will feature racing from The Meadowlands this year and we are beyond pleased to have more and more people tuning into the FOX broadcasts for harness racing, as it helps our brand be exposed to a much larger audience than it had in the past.”

“FOX Sports is excited to be part of a huge day in horse racing with our coverage of the Kindergarten finals at The Meadowlands Saturday night,” said Eric Donovan, NYRA Senior Director of Broadcast Operations. “The Kindergarten has turned into a major stepping stone for stars of the future, with the likes of Karl and Bond going on to win major races the following year, such as the Hambletonian and Breeders Crown Three-Year-Old Filly Trot.”

Saturday’s presentation will be anchored at NYRA’s studio at Aqueduct Racetrack by Chris Griffin and Paul Verderosa with the tandem of Jessica Otten and Gabe Prewitt on-site providing commentary, selections and interviews.

The final FOX Sports broadcast of Meadowlands racing the year will be on Saturday, Nov. 15 when the New Jersey oval hosts eight events with estimated purses totalling $2.65 million USD featuring the Fall Four stakes events (Valley Victory, Three Diamonds, Governor’s Cup and Goldsmith Maid) and the FanDuel Championships. Fans can enter to win one of eight $250 win wagers by registering here.

There are 24 harness programs remaining on The Big M schedule for 2025. Live action will take place every Friday and Saturday through the end of the year. In addition, six Thursdays have been added to the schedule. Those dates are Nov. 6, 13 and 20 and Dec. 4, 11 and 18. Post time is 6:20 p.m.

One of the most popular simulcast events at The Meadowlands takes place on Friday, Oct. 31 and Saturday, Nov. 1 when Thoroughbred racing’s Breeders’ Cup will be in the spotlight at Del Mar Racetrack in Del Mar, California. Friday will have five events on a program that will kick off at 2:35 p.m. and Saturday’s program will begin at 1:05 p.m. The Pink buffet will open early at 4:30 p.m. on both days to accommodate the Breeders’ Cup simulcast.

(Standardbred Canada & Meadowlands Racetrack; photo of Darlins Angel winning on Oct. 24)