Bliss in Jersey Girls March 31, 2005
Jim Morrill Jr. had quite a night at the Meadowlands Wednesday, capturing the $60,000 Jersey Girls final with Follow Your Bliss and following that up with a victory behind Art's Regard, his 3000th career win.
Morrill directed Follow Your Bliss to a career-best 1:52 victory, besting runner-up Arto [read more]
Real Desire on TV today March 31, 2005
A documentary entitled "Harness Dreams," which features 2002 Horse of the Year Real Desire and his owners Blair and Karin Burgess, will premiere on RFD-TV at 4 and 10 p.m. today (March 31). The show is carried on Dish Network channel 9409 and DirecTV channel 379. The show also contains interviews wi [read more]
Horseman dies in KY March 31, 2005
Gregory Gaekle, 49, who was involved in harness racing since the early 1980s, died Tuesday night (March 29) in Lexington, Ky., after his pickup truck ran off of Newtown Pike and struck a fence and then a tree. The accident occurred about a half-mile from Ironworks Pike.
Gaekle was training horses [read more]
Top driver about ready March 31, 2005
Jeff Gregory says he's "getting itchy" to climb back into the sulky after being forced to the sidelines when he suffered a broken hip in a race accident at Freehold Jan. 14. Gregory told The Horseman Thursday afternoon that he has a doctor's appointment scheduled for April 13 where he is hoping to r [read more]