It’s not too often that a driver hopes to go a first-over trip, especially in a field of exceptional horses, but that’s exactly how it went for Andy McCarthy and Maximus Miki, who teamed up to win the $36,671 winners-over pacing feature at The Meadowlands Saturday (April 20) night.
Patrick Ryder’s enthusiasm for the sport of harness racing bubbles over like a pan of simmering hot lasagna waiting to be plucked from the oven, and the added ingredient of his love for the filly Lisa Lane only helps to solidify his passion for all things Standardbred. Patrick, son of prominent New Jersey-based trainer Chris
It was three weeks ago on Hambletonian Day that Instagram Model came from off the pace to take the $355,000 Jim Doherty Memorial in a lifetime-best 1:53, so it came as no surprise when the daughter of Chapter Seven-Check Out Trixie won a $20,000 division of the Kindergarten Series for two-year-old trotting fillies at The Meadowlands Thursday night (Sept. 1) as the mile oval kicked off an eight-card September “mini meet”.