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Delaware's Bump dies
May 11, 2006
Richard L. Bump, 69, a Standardbred owner and breeder and Little Brown Jug Society board member since 1988, died early Thursday morning, May 4, at the James Cancer Hospital in Columbus. Bump, from Delaware and Union County, was a former U.S. Army reservist who received his bachelor of arts degre
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Tweedle Dum cruises
May 11, 2006
Tweedle Dum just held off Ultimate Sundance to win Wednesday night’s $9,000 Preferred Handicap Trot at Pompano Park in 1:54. Driven by Walter Ross Jr., Tweedle Dum took the lead at the quarter pole and won by a head for owners Diane Norris and Alfred Brotter and trainer Gordon Norris. Talk About
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$15,000 mare tops sale
May 11, 2006
The sale topper at Monday and Tuesday’s Blooded Horse Spring Sale went to Steiner Stock Farm, who signed the $15,000 ticket for Divine Rhythm, a classy 5-year-old conditioned trotter from Rosecroft. The 1.57 daughter of Donerail will eventually be added to their broodmare band. The Peter Pan cons
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Dexter Cup posts drawn
May 11, 2006
Ira K and A Rod, winners of last week’s Dexter Cup elimination races, drew middle posts for Saturday’s $166,500 final at Freehold Raceway. The Dexter Cup is the first race on the road to the Hambletonian, the trotting classic for 3 year olds. The Hambletonian will be Aug. 5 at the Meadowlands.
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Top colt to make soph debut
May 11, 2006
Artstanding made a name for himself last July when he upset the previously-unbeaten Western Ace in the $175,000 New Jersey Sire Stakes (NJSS) final for 2-year-old colt pacers at the Meadowlands. The son of Artsplace will make his sophomore debut for trainer Tom Fanning in the second of two NJSS spli
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Big price at Monti
May 11, 2006
Speed Of Shogun won last week’s Preferred Handicap Trot at Monticello, but still went off at 14-1 when he won Wednesday’s renewal of the $15,000 feature in 1:59.1. Driven by James Meittinis, the 10-year-old gelding by Shogun Lobell made a sweeping three-wide move to win by three-quarters of a len
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Not as broke now
May 11, 2006
Broke As Usual A won his fifth race of the year in 1:57 Wednesday in the $18,500 featured Open Trot at Harrington Raceway. The Tim Crissman-trainee was driven by Tony Morgan and has now earned more than $90,000. Morgan put the 6-year-old Mahana Gildin gelding on the front end where he set fractio
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Cubs win! Cubs win!
May 11, 2006
The North Side Chicago baseball team hasn’t been doing much winning lately, but somebody has to win Saturday’s $28,500 Cubs Pace Final at Hawthorne Race Course. The top five finishers from last Saturday night’s eliminations return for the $28,500 Final (race 10), and it promises to be a wide-open
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A feelgood victory
May 11, 2006
In a field of 3-year-old colt and gelding pacers that looked as if it could have been an elimination for the Meadowlands Pace rather than a non-purse qualifier at the Big M, Mr. Feelgood emerged victorious Thursday morning for driver George Brennan. The Jimmy Takter-trained pacer bested a star-studd
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