News Archive

Track mark in First State
May 30, 2006
Cliff and Herb Siegel, Lee Wasserman, and John Fodera's Spirit Of A Shark won the sixth annual $150,000 First State Free-for-All at Harrington Raceway in a track and world record time of 1:50.4 Memorial Day Monday. The old mark for aged pacing geldings on a half-mile was shared by Cambest Prince
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Two chalky MSRF winners
May 30, 2006
Both Ireneonthemove [$2.10, $2.10, $2.10] and The Queen of Trash [$2.10, $2.10, $2.10] topped their separate $17,550 divisions of the Maryland Standardbred Race Fund for 3-year-old filly pacers at Rosecroft Raceway on Monday – the first with a wire-to-wire win and the latter with a tougher victory.
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Lawrence wins Woodruff
May 30, 2006
Lawrence took advantage of swift early fractions for a 1:53.1 win in the $57,175 Hiram Woodruff final for older trotters Monday afternoon at the Meadowlands. Driven by John Campbell, Lawrence brushed to the top past the opening quarter and yielded to heavy favorite Corleone Kosmos in a hot :54.
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Surprise mark in London
May 30, 2006
The 2006 Molson Pace week at Western Fair Raceway got off to a rousing start with an unexpected track performance on Monday, May 29 program. In the 6th race, a conditioned trot for a purse of $ 11,200 Windsongbraveheart stopped the clock in 1:57.2, besting the London track's category record for olde
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Western Cyclone starts Sat.
May 30, 2006
Western Cyclone, second to Jereme's Jet in this week's Road to the Meadowlands Pace, is scheduled to face older horses on Saturday at the Meadowlands. "He's doing very good," trainer Travis Alexander said of Western Cyclone. "I couldn't be happier with him. He trained sharp on Saturday morning. I
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Chocolatier first Hambo fave
May 30, 2006
The Road to the Hambletonian on August 5 at the Meadowlands begins with last year’s Two-Year-Old Trotting Colt of the Year, Chocolatier, at the top of the standings. The son of Credit Winner, who set a world record of 1:54.4 at The Red Mile for the team of Hall of Famer Doug Ackerman and his so
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Memorial Day Billings action
May 30, 2006
Action in the C.K. G. Billing Amateur Driving Series took place over the Memorial Day weekend at Rockingham Park in Salem, N.H. in the eastern region and at Scioto Downs in Columbus, Ohio in the Midwest division. At The Rock on May 29, business executive Dave “Yes It’s True” Offenberg reined his
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