News Archive

Daileys point to Ledford
April 05, 2006
Seldon Ledford Stable assistant trainer Ryan Dailey and his wife, Ardena, have reportedly told the New Jersey Racing Commission that Ledford supplied the illegal blood-doping performance-enhancing medications that led to their arrests for drug possession and race fixing. The Dailey's statements w
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Two Del. elims contested
April 05, 2006
Badlands And Art and Lather Machine were second round winners in the Delaware Standardbred Breeders Fund Tuesday night at Dover Downs. In the first DSBF division, Badlands And Art, who raced gallantly the previous week--parked the mile to finish second beaten a nose--was clearly at the top of his
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Fast win for a Porsche
April 05, 2006
Ann Other Porsche came with one-fifth of a second of her lifetime mark when she won an Open Handicap for fillies and mares with a 1:51.4 effort Tuesday night at Dover Downs. The 9-year-old mare took a mark of 1:51.3 last year at Dover Downs. Driver Ross Wolfenden bided his time with Ann Other Por
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Pick 7 pays $385,000
April 05, 2006
One lucky bettor likely yelled "Wahoo Wahoo" after Woolloomooloo won the ninth race at Woodbine Tuesday night. That bettor, who wagered somewhere in the Kentucky hub that is based at Churchill Downs, took home the entire Pick 7 pool of $383,154.90 with Woolloomooloo scoring in the seventh and final
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Williams new AHC vice chair
April 05, 2006
Keeneland racetrack president Nick Nicholson and Hanover Shoe Farms executive Russell Williams are the new chairman and vice chairman, respectively, of the American Horse Council. The AHC board of trustees met April 3 as part of the organization's issues forum in Washington, D.C. In conjunction w
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Spring Championship set
April 05, 2006
The stage has been set for the 19th edition of the Spring Pacing Championship as a full 10-horse field has been drawn to contest the $115,500(C) event Friday evening at Woodbine. Preliminary leg victors Roddys Bags Again, LH Stryker, Holborn Hanover and Tigerama will lead the battle in the night's f
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Second Ohio slots idea
April 05, 2006
A second proposal to add slot machines only at Ohio's seven racetracks was put forth by Penn National Gaming - which owns Raceway Park in Toledo--on Tuesday. Two weeks ago the state's racetracks backed a slots proposal that also included stand-alone sites in Cleveland and Cincinnati. Penn Nationa
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Senators see harness art
April 05, 2006
The opening of an exhibit of harness racing art in the Russell Rotunda of the Senate Office Building coincided with the American Horse Council's annual meeting, and Senators Hillary Rodham Clinton of New York and Lincoln Chafee of Rhode Island were in attendance at a reception. "Harness racing is
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Dube recovering at home
April 05, 2006
Driver Daniel Dube is home in Millstone, N.J., recovering from fractures of his right clavicle and several ribs suffered in a spill on Wednesday, March 29 at the Meadowlands. Dube was released on Sunday from Hackensack University Medical Center but will be sidelined for several weeks. "I am doin
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Lotsa Clout dies
April 05, 2006
Lotsa Clout p,3, 1:50 ($781,342) has died in Australia reportedly as a result of a snake bite. The 8-year-old son of Jenna's Beach Boy had been standing stud Down Under and his first crop of 2 year olds are now on the track. Lotsa Clout was owned by Lee and Linda DeVisser and trained by Jim Campb
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Tartar sells Restive Hanover
April 05, 2006
Brent Tartar said he turned down offers for the pacing mare Restive Hanover for three to four months, but finally agreed to sell the mare to Eric Cherry and his partners for a large sum. "I got an offer that for the long-term benefit of the farm…and for myself, it was an offer I couldn't turn d
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Bikini Bottom surprises
April 05, 2006
Bikini Bottom, a 3-year-old filly by Cam's Card Shark out of a daughter of $1.4 million winner Anniecrombie, pulled off a $60.60 upset in the Blossom Series Wednesday night at the Meadowlands. Bikini Bottom started from post 10 and got away last in the field, but driver Jim Marshall III bided his
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