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Loyal Opposition wins final
March 26, 2005
Loyal Opposition signaled her intent to defend her 2004 Dan Patch Older Pacing Mare of the Year title with a waith a stakes record 1:49.4 victory in the $122,520 Overbid Series Final Friday night at the Meadowlands. Sent off as the even money favorite, Loyal Opposition brushed to the lead before
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Jenna's Choice takes final
March 26, 2005
Jenna's Choice surged off a three-wide move on the turn for home and scored a 3 1/4-length victory over 2-1 favorite Gryffindor in the $104,450 Matt's Scooter Series final Friday night at the Meadowlands. You Tell Gordy was third by 7 1/2 lengths. Jenna's Choice, driven by Brian Sears, paced the
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Putnam Romeo romps
March 26, 2005
Putnam Romeo lived up to his 1-5 backing and romped to a 6 ½-length victory in the $56,200 ( C ) final of the Apaches Fame Pacing Series Friday night at Woodbine. Ijustdontgiveacam was second followed by Home Run Hudson in third. Driver Mike Saftic eased Putnam Romeo away at the start, settling
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Mr Muscleman 2nd in qualy
March 26, 2005
Mack Lobell series winner Chucaro Ahijuna won a qualifier wire to wire Friday morning at the Meadowlands, defeating Mr. Muscleman by 3 1/4 lengths in 1:54.3. The 4-year-old mare Mystical Sunsine, winner of last year's Elegantimage and Matron stakes finals, was fifth in her first track appearance of
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Artbitration qualifies
March 26, 2005
Artbitration ended her one-month vacation with a wire-to-wire 1:57.2 romp in a qualifier Friday morning at The Meadows. Trainer and co-owner Norm Parker was in the bike as the 4-year-old daughter of Artiscape glided through fractions of :28.4, :59.4 and 1:28.4. Her last start was exactly a month
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Strada Memorial on April 9
March 26, 2005
The second annual Thomas Strada Memorial, a race to honor the memory of a victim of terrorism, will be contested on Saturday, April 9, at the Meadowlands. The invitational pace for free-for-all mares will carry a $100,000 guaranteed purse. The purse for the memorial race, organized by one of Th
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Maltese Artist wins final
March 26, 2005
Maltese Artist outgamed Town Champion down the stretch Saturday night at the Meadowlands to capture the $122,000 Four Leaf Clover Series final. With Ron Pierce driving, Maltese Artist won in a stakes-record 1:49.3, edging Town Champion by three-quarters of a length. Eric Ledford was in the bike b
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Open repeat for Life Source
March 26, 2005
Life Source won his secod straight Open Pace at the Meadowlands Saturday night, scoring in 1:49.4 to defeat Eaton Road Kill and Cunning Liar Driven by George Brennan, the 6-year-old Life Sign gelding Life Source won for the fourth time in 10 starts this year, increasing his career earnings to $1,
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Ford sweep in Spring Series
March 26, 2005
Whosurboy went from last to first down the long Woodbine stretch Saturday night to win the first of two first-round $55,000(C) Spring Pacing Championship divisions. In the second division, Street Sign sprung a 12-1 upset as 3-5 choice Quik Pulse Mindale tired after leading into the stretch, giving t
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