EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — The odds might be in Marcus Melander’s favor as he prepares to send out four Hambletonian Stakes finalists in Saturday’s $1 million race for 3-year-old trotters at the ...

EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) — Nordic Catcher S won the 100th Hambletonian in a stakes-record 1:50 on Saturday at the Meadowlands Racetrack, giving driver and trainer Ake Svanstedt his third victory in ...

1876 — Madeleine wins two straight heats over Canada’s Countess of Dufferin to defend the America’s Cup. 1936 — Rosalind, driven by Ben White, wins the Hambletonian Stakes in straight heats. 1937 — ...

The Hambletonian bounced around to Lexington, Kentucky; Goshen, New York and Du Quoin, Illinois, before finding a home in East Rutherford, New Jersey. “Even during the war, they did have to because of ...