Herschberger’s Big M weekend a perfect 10

At the conclusion of racing Friday (Nov. 28) night, Mark Herschberger had joined an exclusive Meadowlands club. He had just won six races on the program, becoming just the third driver in 2025 to win a half-dozen times on a single Big M card.

Apparently not satisfied with being in the same exclusive camp as Yannick Gingras and Jason Bartlett, Herschberger won four races on Saturday’s (Nov. 29) program, to become the first driver in 2025 – not to mention recent memory – to take 10 walks down victory lane during the course of a weekend. And while The Big M has been racing three times a week recently, last week, there were just two programs contested.

On Friday, Herschberger’s winners were Im The Muscle ($12.20 to win, race 3); Miz Captain Cruze ($6, race 4); Rock My Universe ($3.60, race 7); Camlachie Chrome ($6.40, race 11); Parody ($9.40, race 13); and Thaneeya ($17.40, race 14). By guiding the last two winners on the card, Herschberger swept the late double, which returned $85.

Remarkably, 2025 marks just the second year that Herschberger has been making his mark driving full-time. A year ago, the 30-year-old reinsman won 104 races, 21 of those at The Meadowlands, which was good for 17th in the Big M standings.

This year has seen the pilot’s numbers reach new heights. He has 201 wins, so at season’s end, he will have far more than double the victories than he had a year ago. His 90 wins at The Meadowlands are good for second in the standings, trailing only Brett Beckwith, who has made 110 winner’s circle visits.