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Trotting fillies in action
April 19, 2006
Armbro Deliberate pulled off the $24 upset to kick off the second leg of the Celia’s Counsel, the first of three $18,000 divisions in Woodbine’s trotting series for sophomore fillies held on Tuesday night. Rick Zeron drove the San Pellegrino bay, from the eight hole, to the three-quarter leng
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Catskill OTB opposes Tioga
April 19, 2006
Published reports today state Catskill Regional Off-Track Betting Corporation has asked the New York State Racing and Wagering Board to not license Tioga Downs. Catskill OTB president and CEO Donald Groth reportedly said any license approval to Tioga would: 1) Reduce the OTB revenues that the local
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Morgan wins seven
April 19, 2006
Two days into the Harrington Raceway meet, Anthony Morgan is well on his way to making history at the First State's half-mile racetrack. Morgan won seven races on the Tuesday card, giving him 11 wins in just two days.
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New Pompano late-closers
April 19, 2006
Pompano Park has announced it will hold four late-closer series for 2-year-old pacers this summer: The Sunset Filly Pace; the Early Bird Colt Pace; the Seminole Filly Pace; and the Gator Colt Pace. The Sunset Filly Pace and Early Bird Colt Pace take place the first week of June and are not restricte
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Mare sets season's mark
April 19, 2006
Snazzy Millie posted a 1:54 clocking in Tuesday night’s $40,000 Preferred Trot at Woodbine, setting a North American season’s mark for older trotting mares as well as the Canadian season’s mark for all trotters.
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Dan Patch field almost set
April 19, 2006
The $200,000 Dan Patch Invitational is set for Saturday night, April 29, and Hoosier Park race secretary Kevin Mack has already invited nine horses to compete in the event. Those already invited include defending champ Maltese Artist, Hop Sing, Team Hutch, Casimir Camotion, Prime Time Bobcat, Tig
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South Park's big recovery
April 19, 2006
It took rare magnetic resonance imaging equipment in Ontario and the surgical skill of a Cornell veterinarian to restore South Park Hanover to the racetrack. He makes his next start in Thursday night’s $43,315 Fox Sports Net Final at the Meadowlands and is rated 5-1 in the morning line. “He had t
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Two Tuesday Open Trots
April 19, 2006
Near The Limit (1:55.3) and Eye Perfect (1:56.3) captured Tuesday night’s $9,500 and $9,000 Open Trot events, respectively, at Mohegan Sun at Pocono Downs.
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Vivid Photo qualifies again
April 19, 2006
Hambletonian champion Vivid Photo finished second in a qualifier at Rosecroft Raceway Wednesday morning. The winner of the 1:55.1 race was Lolique, a 3-year-old gelding by Tagliabue. Fractions for the mile were :28.2, :58.3 and 1:26.4. Lolique is owned by Pam Wagner (the wife of horseman John
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Purse brings in shippers
April 19, 2006
There’s no denying that bigger purses attract better horses. Case in point: Monticello Raceway’s new $15,000 Preferred Pace. Of the solid eight-horse that went to post in the Mighty M’s newly carded event on April 18, three of the pacers who competed came in from other racetracks. In from Saratog
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Big qualifier for Ponder
April 19, 2006
The Bob McIntosh Stable sent out a couple of its big guns in qualifiers at Windsor Raceway Wednesday morning. The 5-year-old pacing stallion Ponder won by 10 lengths in 1:54.3 while the 5-year-old trotting stallion Cash Hall scored in 1:56.1. Ponder, who was driven by Don Rankin Jr., sports caree
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Future Destiny wins
April 19, 2006
Football’s Wayne Chrebet and boxing’s George Foreman now know what it is like to have a four-legged champion–-a pacing filly named Future Destiny--who won the $70,790 Blossom Final on Wednesday night at the Meadowlands with a 1:52.1 effort. Future Destiny [$4.20, $4.00] drew off to a four-length
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