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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UPTOWN HANOVER WINS BIG M FEATURE

Dave Little, Meadowlands Media Relations • November 2, 2024

Flexing her considerable back-class muscles, Uptown Hanover moved to the lead down the backstretch on the way to a safe 1-length win in the Friday night feature at The Meadowlands, a mid-range conditioned pace for fillies and mares ...

EAST RUTHERFORD, NJ -- November 1, 2024 -- Flexing her considerable back-class muscles, Uptown Hanover moved to the lead down the backstretch on the way to a safe 1-length win in the Friday night feature at The Meadowlands, a mid-range conditioned pace for fillies and mares.


The 6-year-old daughter of Somebeachsomewhere-Upside Surprise, trained by Jeff Cullipher, sat off a blistering opening fraction of :26.4 as another Cullipher student, Fade Out, had the top.

The quick action continued as AVF Claire provided a live tow for the eventual winner, as Uptown Hanover took control passing the half in a snappy :54.2.


Winning driver Todd McCarthy was able to back down the third fraction to :28.2, reaching three-quarters in 1:22.4.

Despite being pressured around the far turn by a resurgent Fade Out, all Uptown Hanover needed was a final quarter of :28.1 to report home an easy winner in a lifetime-best 1:51.


“I had to do a little bit more than I wanted getting around there, but once we got there, she swelled up nice off the turn and she gave me a pretty good kick there in the straightaway,” said McCarthy. “She was good last week [when third to Grand Circuit regular Canigetalouploup], Cullipher’s team’s been doing a great job with them, so they’re always racing good.”


JM Betonsix and Dixie Dream rallied well to finish second and third, respectively. 


Owned by Pollack Racing LLC, Uptown Hanover returned $2.60 to win. She now has 29 wins from 126 lifetime outings and earnings of just over $568,000.


A LITTLE MORE: Oakwood Heymiki IR sparkled in his North American debut, winning a high-end conditioned pace in 1:49.2. The invader from Great Britain, driven by Tyler Buter and trained by Robert Cleary, sat off remarkably fast early fractions to come and get the victory from well off the pace. The 4-year-old gelded son of Always B Miki-I Got Rhythm returned $2.40 to win… Braxten Boyd led the driver colony with three winners on the night… All-source handle on the 14-race card totaled $2,756,928… Racing resumes Saturday at 6:20 p.m. with seven divisions of the fifth leg of the Kindergarten Series for 2-year-olds.

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