2025 Meadowlands Pace Preview
The stage is set and the lights are bright at The Meadowlands for one of harness racing’s most electrifying nights—the 2025 Meadowlands Pace! HorseDoc® Dr. Gregory A. Beroza offers this preview.
If you’ve never seen a Standardbred race, this will be one for the record books. The Meadowlands Pace is a yearly premier of North America’s best 3-year-old pacers (harness horses), trainers and drivers. They will be facing off on one night in at the prominent New Jersey racetrack. The $656,000 Meadowlands Pace on July 12th will be an extraordinary shoot-out of talent.
Louprint vs Madden Oaks at the $1,000,000 North American Cup. Photo by NewImage Media.
Louprint is considered to be the best in his class anywhere in the world. However, he scratched on 7/7/25 after needing emergency surgery. There are several other exceptional contestants, anyone of which has potential for an explosive winning performance. The WuzUpDoc® Media original broadcast referenced Louprint’s predicted impact within the competition on Saturday night July 12th, but discusses other contestants’ chances for victory as well. You can view the full broadcast here:
We interviewed several harness racing experts, including Hall of Fame Drivers John Campbell (the GOAT) and Billy O’Donnell, 2020 Trainer of the Year Nancy Takter, 2024 Driver of the Year Dextor Dunn, and others. On Saturday night July 5th there was a prep race involving several of the Pace horses racing on July 12th. Papi’s Pistol, a long-shot, won.
Papi’s Pistol and Hall of Fame Driver Dave Miller winning MPace prep on 7/5/25. Photo courtesy of GBeroza.
We are broadcasting our original show which highly references Louprint’s predicted impact within the competition and in which there was discussion of other contestants’ chances. There will now be nine highly qualified contestants rethinking their strategies for winning this competitive race.
| Post Position | Horse | Odds | Driver | Trainer |
| 1 | Papi’s Pistol | 9:2 | Dave Miller | Sam DePinto |
| 2 | Papi’s Rocket | 20:1 | Yannick Gingras | Ron Burke |
| 3 | Knockout Round | 25:1 | Andy McCarthy | Tony Alagna |
| 4 | Prince Hal Hanover | 7:2 | Todd McCarthy | Dr. Ian Moore |
| 5 | Captain Optimistic | 3:1 | Dexter Dunn | Nancy Takter |
| 6 | Fallout | 6:1 | Tim Tetrick | Tony Alagna |
| 7 | Joel and the Nets | 15:1 | Luis Roy | Dr. Ian Moore |
| 8 | Manolete | 12:1 | Scott Zeron | Bruce Saunders |
| 9 | Madden Oaks | 5:2 | Braxten Boyd | Cam Capone |
Within the WuzUpDoc® ‘Talking Horses’® video is a short clip of Louprint winning the recent $1Million North American Cup with Madden Oaks challenging him for a photo finish. Louprint will be missed; however, he is expected to return to racing within several weeks. Co-owner Mark Weaver reported, “They were able to get him into surgery right away and remove the testicle without any compromise to his intestines. The best case scenario is that he would miss a few weeks, but we’ll let his recovery determine the timeline. Hopefully, he will be racing in Lexington in August.”
We pass on our condolences and support for a speedy recovery to Louprint and all his connections.
Dr. Gregory A. Beroza, DVM, DACVS, DABVP has been a practicing veterinarian and consultant for 42 years; and HorseDoc® ‘Talking Horses’® media host, author, and consultant since 2007. Dr. Beroza is a multimedia host and broadcasts his productions, including a new Podcast, via his WuzUpDoc Media website: www.WuzUpDoc.com. He can be found on Twitter, Facebook, Youtube and other social media sources.
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