STANDARDBRED BREEDERS & OWNERS ASSOCIATION OF NEW JERSEY

Representing the drivers, trainers, caretakers, breeders and owners of New Jersey

64 Business Route 33

Manalapan, NJ 07726

Phone: 732-462-2357

Fax: 732-409-0741

STANDARDBRED BREEDERS & OWNERS ASSOCIATION OF NEW JERSEY

Representing the drivers, trainers, caretakers, breeders and owners of New Jersey

64 Business Route 33, Manalapan, NJ 07726 

Phone: 732-462-2357 | Fax: 732-409-0741

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ABUCKABETT HANOVER TO RETIRE AFTER FANDUEL CHAMPIONSHIP

Meadowlands Racetrack • November 12, 2025

Harness racing’s biggest stars will battle on the track this Saturday, November 15, in the 2025 FanDuel Championships & Fall Final Four Finals at the Meadowlands Racetrack ...

EAST RUTHERFORD, NJ -- November 12, 2025 -- Harness racing’s biggest stars will battle on the track this Saturday, November 15, in the 2025 FanDuel Championships & Fall Final Four Finals at the Meadowlands Racetrack. 

 

For the last few years, retirement ceremonies have become the norm on this night of racing, and 2025 is no different.

 

Seven-year-old Abuckabett Hanover will be honored in the Meadowlands Winner’s Circle following his final start in the FanDuel Championship Pace Final (Race 7). 

 

“Bucky has changed my life. I am incredibly blessed to have had the opportunity to work with him,” trainer Andrew Harris stated. “I’ll miss him in the barn, but I'm happy he will go on to a new chapter, which he will be excited about. Thank you, Bucky!”

 

Abuckabett Hanover, aka Bucky, the 2024 Dan Patch winner with over $2.1 million in earnings, has recorded stakes wins in Potomac Pace, Dayton Derby, William Haughton Memorial, Dave Brower Memorial, and Tattersall Pace. He also took home the 2024 FanDuel Championship.

 

“Abuckabett Hanover had a tremendous 2024,” Meadowlands COO & GM Jason Settlemoir said. “I am grateful I was able to watch him capture three of our major stakes races in 2024. He has been a great race horse for co-owner William Pollock and I appreciate all the positive energy he (Pollock) has brought to the sport over these last few years.”

 

FanDuel Championship and Fall Final Four Stakes night details can be found at PlayMeadowlands.com.

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