Harness Racing Museum & Hall of Fame

THEY ARE HERE!! The 2021 Standardbred Stars Calendar is our seventh edition of the popular showcase of Harness Racing's brightest during the past Grand Circuit season. It features exclusive Chris Tully photographs of Tall Dark Stranger, Ramona Hill, Party Girl Hill, Manchego, Bettor's Wish, and many more!... Of course, all current Harness Racing Museum members get a copy mailed to them FREE...which should go out on Friday, Dec. 11. Online customers can purchase and receive before Christmas if they act NOW !!! (click link below). Supports the Museum and makes a GREAT GIFT! The RETAIL price for this popular item is $10.00, however, we have reduced the ONLINE price to $7.00, therefore, with the $7.95 shipping & handling fees added, the total cost is just $14.95. https://harnessmuseum.com//2021-standardbred-stars-calendar

Sharing the bedding.

RAMONA HILL beat the boys to win the $1,000,000 Hambletonian. The 2-5 favorite became just the 15th filly to win the signature event in its 95-year history. The 1:50.1 clocking equaled the stakes mark set by her sire Muscle Hill in 2009. Ramona Hill won 6 races in 10 seasonal starts, and earned over $915,000. She was trained by Tony Alagna for owners Brad Grant, Crawford Farms Racing, Robert LeBlanc and In The Gym Parnters. She was also bred by Crawford Farms. The month... of August 2021 in our Standardbred Stars Calendar is sponsored by the Hambletonian Society. To order your copy, click this link: https://harnessmuseum.com//2021-standardbred-stars-calendar

Breeder, owner, gambler Seth Rosenfeld has had a rich life in the game

GD Western Joe,Cops Open; Brett Miller Wins Six GD Western Joe wins the $18,400 Open Pace at Hollywood Dayton in 1:50.2, eclipsing the $100,000 earnings plateau for the third consecutive season. Conrad photo DAYTON, OH. - A pair of ultra-consistent performers shared the spotlight at Hollywood Dayton Raceway on Saturday (Dec. 12). One was GD Western Joe who won the $18,400 Open Pace in 1:50.2. The other was driver Brett Miller, who notched six victories on the card to in...crease his meet leading total to 113. Driver Chris Page wrestled GD Western Joe into the two-hole behind Tellmeaboutit (Tyler Smith), last week's winner, in the early going. The 5-year-old son of Real Desire was on the iron as the field approached the :27.2 first quarter station, however, so Page opted to quarter move back to the front with the 6-5 favorite. With the field content to race single file, Page and GD Western Joe cruised past the halfway beam in :55.2, then sped up when Tivo Hanover (Kayne Kauffman) mounted a charge down the backstretch prompting a :27 flat third panel. It took a :28 final quarter for GD Western Joe to hold off Tellmeaboutit, who had shadowed the winner throughout and mounted a mild stretch challenge. With the triumph GD Western Joe raised his 2020 earnings to $108,849, surpassing the $107,615 he banked in 2019. His career bounty now stands at $549,800. Brett Miller has widened his lead in the dash derby to 29 with just a dozen programs left in the meet. Jeremy Smith is second in the current meet standings with 84 victories, while Josh Sutton has scored 83 wins. Miller triumphed on Saturday with the trotter Air Assault (1:57, $3.40), and pacers Fox Valley Hustler (1:52.3, $3), Major Nemesis (1:52.4, $18.20), Loutenant (1:52.1, $4.80), Outspoken Man (1:54.2, $8.40) and Classy Hill (1:54.2, $18.20). At his current pace, Miller will surpass the $1 million purse earnings plateau by the end of the year.

ANA AFREET N COMES IN AS FOG ROLLS OUT AT BIG M By Dave Little, Meadowlands Media Relations EAST RUTHERFORD, NJ On a Saturday evening that looked more like a scene out of the Stephen King novel The Mist than a night at the races, Ana Afreet N came blazing out of the pocket to gun down American History in the $28,000 Preferred Handicap for pacers at The Meadowlands....Continue reading

Legendary Meadowlands executive Joe DeFrank dead at 87 Hall of Famer Joe DeFrank died peacefully Saturday (Dec.12). He was 87. DeFrank had been in failing health for some time and was in hospice care at home in New Jersey.... The announcement was made on Facebook by DeFrank?s daughter, Michelle Goudreau. DeFrank, who was inducted into the Harness Racing Hall of Fame in 1994, is perhaps best known as the first director of racing at The Meadowlands when it opened in 1976 - remaining in that position throughout the track's golden period. He introduced the Meadowlands Pace, the sport's first million-dollar race and the Woodrow Wilson, which grew to a purse of more than $2 million. DeFrank was also instrumental in bringing the Hambletonian to the Meadowlands, as well as convincing numerous star horsepeople - Hall of Famers John Campbell and Ray Remmen among them - to relocate to New Jersey to race at The Big M. When Garden State Park opened in 1985,DeFrank was appointed racing secretary in addition to his responsibilities at the Meadowlands. A biography on the Harness Racing Museum's website (link below) said DeFrank: "became addicted to harness racing as a youngster at Batavia Downs, near his home in Holly, NY. There he met his mentor and long-time friend Don D'Andrea, who later recommended to 1985 Hall of Famer Jim Lynch that DeFrank be given a chance as an assistant in the race office at Hilliards Raceway, Ohio in 1956. Four years later DeFrank had already taken entries at Baltimore Raceway, Green Mountain Park, Grandview, Northfield, The Meadows, Painesville, Windsor, Freehold, Brandywine and Ponce DeLeon." The Meadowlands followed and cemented DeFrank's legend in the annals of the sport. FULL BIO: https://harnessmuseum.com/content/joe-defrank