News Archive

Cold night can't stop filly
December 06, 2005
Red Head Tramp made it look easy on a chilly Chicago night as she took the first leg of the $5,500 Incredible Finale Series for sophomore ICF pacing fillies in 2:00.1 Monday night. With Brent Holland at the lines, the daughter of Armbro Mackintosh nabbed the lead at the :29.1 first quarter and n
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Matron colt elims held
December 06, 2005
On a cold, windy and snowy Monday night, Leading X Ample scored a 1:51.4 victory and Gryffindor tallied in 1:52.4 in two $39,206 Matron 3-Year-Old Colt Pace eliminations at Dover Downs. Leading X Ample and Dear Old Boy conducted a two-horse vendetta in the first of two Matron elims. New York St
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Drug scandal in Indy
December 06, 2005
A Story in the Dec. 6 edition of the Anderson (Ind.) Herald-Bulletin newspaper says the Indiana Horse Racing Commission and Indiana State Police have found evidence that horses were given tranquilizer medications to underperform so they could latter be bet at big odds. The story said that over th
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Fla. slots resolution near?
December 06, 2005
According to a report by the South Florida Sun-Sentinel, Florida House and Senate leaders on Monday vowed to reach a compromise this week on regulating slots in Broward County. "We have the duty to take on the role of policy-makers and ... not tempt judicial activism to take over," said Rep. Fra
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Just Wait Kate retired
December 06, 2005
Jugette winner Just Wait Kate has been retired from racing and will be bred to Western Ideal, according to trainer Travis Alexander. Alexander told The Horseman Tuesday afternoon that "with her chronic foot problems it would be in her best interest to retire her to the breeding shed." Just Wait K
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Yankee Paco stays put
December 06, 2005
Dr. Tom Ivey has announced that he has acquired controlling interest in Hambletonian winner Yankee Paco, who he campaigned in partnership with his late father, and that the horse will continue to stand at stud at Milner Farms in Ontario. Yankee Paco, a son of Balanced Image, is the first Canadian
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