Jim Doherty Memorial

Haughton, Doherty Stakes Move To Hoosier

November 30, 2022

Two of the richest and most prominent two-year-old Grand Circuit events, the Peter Haughton Memorial Trot for colts and geldings and the Jim Doherty Memorial (formerly the Merrie Annabelle) for trotti...

Updates To Haughton And Doherty Stakes

December 01, 2021

The Meadowlands and Hambletonian Society have announced a purse increase and Breeders Crown “Win And You’re In” status for the Peter Haughton and Jim Doherty Memorial Stakes for 2022.

Haughton, Doherty Memorials Set

The horses are now set for the two marquee two-year-old trotting events at The Meadowlands on Hambletonian Day (Saturday, Aug. 7) as eliminations got field sizes down to 10 for the $275,000 (est.) Pet...

Darlene Hanover Dominant In Doherty Memorial

August 08, 2020

After pulling off a 12-1 upset in an elimination victory one week ago, Darlene Hanover was sent off as the even-money favourite in the $350,300 Jim Doherty Memorial and she didn’t disappoint her army ...

2020 Hambletonian Day Card Drawn

August 05, 2020

The stage is set for the biggest afternoon of the year on the harness racing calendar: Hambletonian Day at the Meadowlands Racetrack.

Fields Set For Doherty & Haughton

The fields of two-year-old trotters that will be featured on the Hambletonian Day undercard are set as Meadowlands Racetrack hosted a pair of $20,000 Jim Doherty Memorial eliminations and a single Pet...

Harness World Turns To Hambo

Several racetracks around North America have hosted lucrative evenings gathering harness racing’s finest, but the summer stakes season will climax on Saturday (August 3) with a 16-race card highlighte...

Hambletonian Day Undercard Set

August 01, 2018

The card supporting Saturday's $1 million Hambletonian at The Meadowlands shapes up to be a blockbuster afternoon of harness racing with nearly $4 million in Grand Circuit stakes featuring the sport's...

Manchego Impressive In Doherty

August 05, 2017

The parade of winners for trainer Jimmy Takter continued in the $330,800 Jim Doherty Memorial for two-year-old trotting fillies with undefeated Manchego extending her win streak to five.

Hambletonian Day Undercard Preview

August 04, 2017

The supporting stakes on the 2017 Hambletonian Day card features some of harness racing's best pacers and trotters in a number of lucrative and competitive events.

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Haughton & Doherty Elims Complete

Eliminations for the pair of signature freshman races at the Meadowlands, the Peter Haughton and Jim Doherty Memorials, were contested on Friday night at the Big M and Jimmy Takter was the human star.

Howmacfiesty Claims Maritimer Title

September 02, 2016

A two-win performance on the same day is rare in this day and age, but Howmacfiesty can add her name to the short list thanks to her wins in Friday’s Maritimer Stake for three-year-old pacing fillies ...

Haughton, Doherty Elims Set

Racing at The Meadowlands is down to the final two weeks of the Championship Meet and the stars of both young and old trotting classes are out on Friday.