News Archive

Filly trotters in NJSS
June 08, 2006
Belle Of The Ball scored her first win in three starts this year and Passionate Glide won the first start of her sophomore season in New Jersey Sire Stakes action at the Meadowlands Wednesday night. Rains turned the track sloppy, but Passionate Glide coasted home unchallenged in 1:56.2 and Belle Of
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Dube to return Friday
June 08, 2006
Daniel Dube will resume driving on Friday night at the Meadowlands after spending two months on the sidelines. Dube fractured his right clavicle and several ribs in a spill on March 29 at the Meadowlands. The 36-year-old Quebec native has 5,200 victories and nearly $39 million in purse earnings
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6 straight for Tweedle Dum
June 08, 2006
Tweedle Dum notched his sixth straight victory at Pompano Park Wednesday with a 1 1/2-length triumph in the $10,000 Preferred-Handicap Trot. It was the 6-year-old gelding's 11th win of the year. Tweedle Dum is now tied for second place among the winningest horses in North America this year. Ulti
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Dynamic set for Cup
June 08, 2006
He made his 2006 debut in the Burlington Stakes, and after a hard-closing fourth-place finish, Armbro Dynamic appears to be in relatively good form heading into his Pepsi North Cup elimination this Saturday evening at Woodbine. Trainer Bob McIntosh, who owns the son of Western Hanover along with
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Field set for Battle
June 08, 2006
World champion Spirit Of A Shark, the fastest veteran gelding pacer ever on a half-mile track, has drawn post two and has been named the 5-2 morning line favorite in Saturday’s $125,000 Battle of Lake Erie at Northfield Park, the harness track located between Cleveland and Akron, Ohio. Spirit Of
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Artstanding ready for Cup
June 08, 2006
Last July Artstanding quickly made a name for himself when he handed Western Ace his first-ever defeat when he upset that colt in the $175,000 New Jersey Sire Stakes final for 2-year-old colt pacers at the Meadowlands. In Saturday night’s eliminations for the $1.5 million North America Cup at Woodbi
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Lynch elims at Pocono
June 08, 2006
My Little Dragon, Xhilaration, Future Destiny and Darlin’s Delight head up a group of talented 3-year-old pacing fillies that will be racing at Mohegan Sun at Pocono Downs Saturday as two eliminations for the James M. Lynch Memorial Pace will be contested. The top four finishers from each division a
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Overstreet injured at farm
June 08, 2006
Dr. Luel Overstreet, known for the “Bluegrass” horses he breeds and races, was seriously injured in a farming accident Tuesday (June 6) at his farm in Henderson, Ky. Overstreet, a veterinarian, was hospitalized in the intensive care unit at Community Methodist Hospital in Henderson. According to
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Trotting colts at Big M
June 08, 2006
The 3-year-old trotting colts Make You Mine and Ira K won New Jersey Sire Stakes divisions at the Meadowlands Thursday night with miles of 1:56 and 1:56.4, respectively. Make You Mine, a Self Possessed sired colt who earned $206,720 as a 2 year old while winning six of 14 starts, scored for Mike
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Dave a Cup contender
June 08, 2006
He's named after one of the top drivers in harness racing, and now Dave Panlone will be looking to tackle the continent's best 3-year-old pacing colts in Saturday evening's $50,000 eliminations for the $1.5-million Pepsi North America Cup at Woodbine. With Dave Palone retained to be at his lines,
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