News Archive

Irvine off mounts
April 01, 2006
Hoosier Park opens tonight for its 13th season of harness racing and the Indiana track will be without its most accomplished driver. Don Irvine Jr. will not drive in the opening night card or the Sunday, April 2, program after failing field sobriety tests following a March 26 traffic accident. "W
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Arrests following search
April 01, 2006
Driver Eric Ledford was arrested in the drivers' room at the Meadowlands before Friday night's program. The arrest came following a search by New Jersey State Police at the stable of his father, Seldon Ledford, at Showplace Farms earlier that day. The State Police searched the stable of Seldon Le
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Plainridge opening delayed
April 01, 2006
The opening of the 2006 race meet at Plainridge Racecourse is on hold. After the Massachusetts State Senate passed a simulcast extension late Friday afternoon, Speaker Sal Dimasi adjourned the House of Representatives until Monday April 3 at 11 a.m. (EDT). As a result, Plainridge Racecourse was i
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Dead heat at Big M
April 01, 2006
The photo finish could not separate Apache Hotspur and Live Out Loud at the wire, and they were both declared winners of the featured race at the Meadowlands Saturday night and shared the winning time of 1:51. Live Out Loud cut the fractions while Apache Hotspur made his bid out of the two hole,
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New mark for Red Pop
April 01, 2006
Red Pop won his second straight race for trainer Casie Coleman, who began conditioning the horse following a claim on March 17. Red Pop's effort, a 1:50.2 mile, lowered his lifetime best by 2 1/5 seconds. Red Pop started from post four in the six-horse field and took the lead and sped through fra
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