After a nearly three month hiatus, harness racing returns to the Meadowlands this weekend with the sports top two and three year olds in action. This is the harness racing equivalent to the thoroughbred world’s Breeders Cup, only for a lot less money and not on ESPN.

Featured on the second Saturday of the meet will be champions Deweycheatumnhowe and Somebeachsomewhere, the top three-year old trotter and pacer, respectively.

The last time Somebeachsomewhere was in New Jersey he was beaten by a neck in one of the most exciting harness races of all-time, suffering his only career defeat in a then-world record to Art Official. Art Official is done for the year with an injury, but since that race, SBSW has not been beaten, while matching the all-age world record time of 1:46.4.

Somebeachsomewhere world record:

As for Dewey, his last race at the Meadowlands was his narrow victory in the Hambletonian, making him the first horse to win the biggest race in trotting while still undefeated. He has since been beaten twice, but has firmly established himself as the world’s best sophomore trotter.

Dewey in Hambletonian:

Both horses will not have to run in eliminations. Dewey and the trotters did not get enough entries into the race to merit eliminations, while Somebeachsomewhere earned a bye into the finals.

Most importantly, however, is that racing at the Meadowlands is back, and combined with the approaching bowl season, allows some of us to really reach the peak of our degeneracy.

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