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Karl rallies in rain, gives Gingras 1st Hambletonian win

Yannick Gingras’s tears of joy poured as steady as the rain that blanketed the 99th edition of the $1.05 million Hambletonian on Saturday at the Meadowlands. Already a Hall of Fame harness driver, Gingras, who turns 45 on Sunday, was paired with odds-on favorite Karl to win standardbred racing’s greatest prize with a flawless drive

Karl Captures The 99th Hambletonian

Karl won the $1,458,333 Hambletonian on Saturday (Aug. 3) at the Meadowlands as trainer Nancy Takter continued a family tradition and Hall of Fame driver Yannick Gingras scored his first win in the trotting classic. Contested in a driving rainstorm, Karl closed resolutely to beat Highland Kismet by a length as the 3-5 favourite. No

Karl is favored in 99th Hambletonian

Cream Ridge, NJ — Elimination winner Karl drew post one for Saturday’s $1.05 million Hambletonian Stakes final at The Meadowlands and was made the 6-5 morning-line favorite in the 99th edition of the sport’s premier event for 3-year-old trotters. T C I, who won the second of last week’s two Hambletonian eliminations, drew post four

Harness: Fields are set for Hambletonian & Hambo Oaks

Karl and T C I won the $100,000 Hambletonian elimination splits Saturday night under relative ease at the Meadowlands, making them the likely favorites for next weekend’s $1.05 million final. The post-position draws for both the Hambletonian and $500,000 Hambletonian Oaks will be held at a news conference Tuesday at Hogan Equine in Cream Ridge,

KARL, FRENCH CHAMPAGNE TAKE NJSS FINALS AT BIG M

Karl and French Champagne emerged victorious in their respective $240,000 New Jersey Sire Stakes finals for 3-year-olds on the trot Friday night at The Meadowlands. Karl was his usual dominant self, crushing his foes by seven widening lengths in a 1:51 lifetime-best clocking in the split for colts and geldings to complete a three-race sweep

National star Karl in NJSS spotlight at Big M

East Rutherford, NJ — Two weeks ago, a national television audience was introduced to Karl, the current early favorite to capture the 99th edition of the $1 million Hambletonian on Saturday (Aug. 3) at The Meadowlands. On Friday (May 31), Big M fans will be able to head to the track and see the colt

Oh boy: Karl gives Crawfords reason for more Hambo dreams

Trenton, NJ — Having a trotter among the favorites to win harness racing’s biggest race is nothing new for Crawford Farms. But the gender of its latest star is. After co-owning the most recent two fillies to win the Hambletonian — Ramona Hill and Atlanta — the Crawfords now co-own Karl, the early pick to

Is It ‘Simply Business’… Or Is There More To It?

In 2011, Nancy Takter was the caretaker of Metro Pace Champion Simply Business, while still working for her father, Jimmy. A few days before Christmas, 2023, Kimberly Ann Hale of New Start Standardbreds discovered that the very same horse, now 15 and in a killpen, needed help if he was going to survive. Michelle Crawford,

The Sweet Farewell

Awash in soothing Lexington autumn sunshine, the incomparable Atlanta was greeting well-wishers Tuesday morning on the backside of the Crawford Farms shedrow at Fasig-Tipton with the air of class befitting a Hambletonian-winning queen. The look in her eye suggested the intense gameness that was the hallmark of a career that has earned over $3.4 million

Karl aims to make more noise in KYSS final

Hightstown, NJ — If actions speak louder than words, Karl’s performances to begin his career virtually shout. The 2-year-old male trotter has won all three of his races, by a total of 15-1/4 lengths, and his 1:52.1 triumph last month at Lexington’s Red Mile is the fastest of the season for freshman trotters. On Sunday, Karl