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Todd McCarthy EAST RUTHERFORD, NJ - One sharp player cashed in big - thanks to harness racing driver Todd McCarthy - just in time for Christmas at The Meadowlands Friday night by hitting the 20-cent Pick-5. He or she walked away with $43,916.06. A pair of heavy favorites who were likely singled on many tickets - Best Honey Hanover (2-5 in the first race) and Walks Of Life (3-5 in the third) - went down to defeat, setting the stage for the big payday for the winner, who was betting into the Oreg...

Some Chapter continued his impressive season by winning for the 10th time from just 14 starts in the Friday night feature at The Meadowlands, a high-end $20,000 conditioned trot. But the road to the winner’s circle at the mile oval has been a circuitous one to say the least for the Anette Lorentzon trainee, who did not race last year as a two-year-old. “We always liked him,” said Lorentzon. “But he had some soreness last year, so we turned him out in April. We gave him some time, brough...

HAVEN’T I SEEN YOU HERE BEFORE? Driver Dexter Dunn makes one of his 128 trips to the winner’s circle at The Meadowlands during 2020, this time with Franco Totem N, who took the feature at the mile oval on Nov. 28. Lisa Photo EAST RUTHERFORD, NJ - On the final day of the Championship Meet at The Meadowlands on Hambletonian Day, harness racing driver Yannick Gingras won four races to catch Dexter Dunn for the drivers title, defeating the defending United States Harness Writers Associati...

On the final day of the Championship Meet at The Meadowlands on Hambletonian Day, Yannick Gingras won four races to catch Dexter Dunn for the driver’s title, defeating the defending United States Harness Writers Association Driver of the Year, 86 wins to 85. That’s about the only time anything went wrong during 2020 for Dunn, who is an overwhelming favourite to win DOTY for a second straight season as 12 of the 13 USHWA chapters have nominated the native New Zealander to take home the award...