News Archive

Takter has two hopefuls
July 26, 2006
Hambletonian rules preclude the use of Lasix in the trotting classic, so trainer Jimmy Takter will have to race Capetown Hall—one of his two Hambo hopefuls—off the anti-bleeding drug in this Saturday’s eliminations. Takter doesn’t believe the absence of Lasix will have any affect on the 3-year-old s
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NJ Gov Favors VLTs
July 26, 2006
Gov. Jon S. Corzine on Tuesday said competition from nearby states means New Jersey should at least consider allowing video lottery terminals. The terminals have long been proposed for the Meadowlands and other horse racing tracks, but they've been steadfastly opposed by Atlantic City casinos wa
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Teague for two in Wilson
July 26, 2006
George Teague Jr. has entered two freshman colt pacers in Thursday night’s eliminations for the $410,000 Woodrow Wilson, including two-for-two Mr. Apples and What’s Up Now, whose late break in his last start kept him from being perfect in three outings. Teague purchased Mr. Apples as a yearling f
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P-Forty-Seven ready for BC
July 26, 2006
P-Forty-Seven’s 2006 debut may have been delayed by a few months, but he is quickly catching up to his peers. Last year’s Little Brown Jug winner will make his fourth start of the year in the $500,000 Breeders Crown Open Pace this Saturday at the Meadowlands. Trained by Kelly O’Donnell, P-Forty-S
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Upsets in 2YO series
July 26, 2006
Series finals for 2-year-old pacers were featured at The Meadows Tuesday night and the favorites were defeated as First Fancy won the $18,000 filly pace in 1:56.1 and Idealic Life pulled off a huge upset in the colt pace, winning by a neck in 1:56. First Fancy, a daughter of Arturo, won by 1 ¾ le
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Citation wins big in Sweden
July 26, 2006
The Hugo Åbergs Memorial was held Tuesday night at the Jaegersro track in Malmo, Sweden, and the American-bred Citation, a 5-year-old son of Conway Hall, was the winner in 1:54.1. The wide open event lost some of its drama when Citation took the lead for driver Erik Adielsson and no one challenge
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Happy B'day Frank O'Mara
July 26, 2006
Veteran horseman Frank O'Mara celebrated his 74th birthday with a bang Tuesday night, winning with his own 2-year-old filly trotter Mare O'Mara in a $14,545 Wolverine Futurity division at the Holland fairgrounds in western Michigan. Also, Farragut won the $27,840 Wolverine Futurity for 2-year-old co
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Allstar Hall debuts at Lex
July 26, 2006
Regally-bred 2-year-old colt trotter Allstar Hall will make his career debut at The Red Mile Friday night, as the historic racetrack opens for the 2006 season. Allstar Hall has drawn post five in the 8th race, a $5,000 event on the all-Kentucky fair contest 14-race card. A son of Like A Prayer-Am
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Miller makes a Devil move
July 26, 2006
Trainer Erv Miller told harnessracing.com Wednesday morning that anybody questioning his decision to scratch Western Shore out of Saturday’s $272,000 American National at Balmoral Park and move Devilfish in, should keep their opinions to themselves. With Western Shore out of the contest, that allowe
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Hogan against slaughter
July 26, 2006
Dr. Patty Hogan of the New Jersey Equine Clinic testified Tuesday on Capitol Hill before the U.S. House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade and Consumber Protection in support of a bill prohibiting the slaughter of horses in the United States for human consumption overseas. Hogan, a
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A 163-year-old exacta
July 26, 2006
In what has to be a world record, 91-year-old driver Leo Burns won a race at the Albion, Ill., fair Tuesday night, with 72-year-old Connel Willis finishing second, making it a 163-year-old exacta (there was no wagering on the race). That begs to ask: What was 38-year-old Patrick Melloy Jr. doing dri
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McNamara named at SBOANJ
July 26, 2006
Leo C. McNamara, a third-generation harness horseman who has run breeding farms and managed the stallion careers of some the sport’s top racehorses, has been selected as the new executive administrator of the Standardbred Breeders and Owners Association of New Jersey (SBOANJ). Effective Aug. 1,
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Donato Hanover impressive
July 26, 2006
Donato Hanover was the easiest of winners in the first of two Peter Haughton Memorial 2-Year-Old Colt Trot eliminations Wednesday night at the Meadowlands, while Mythical Lindy recovered from a break to win a mistake-filled second split. Driver Ron Pierce tipped the 2-5 favorite Donato Hanover fr
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Rain shuts Windsor
July 26, 2006
Heavy rains that deluged the Windsor area Wednesday night forced the cancellation of Windsor Raceway's program after three races. Horsemen voted to cancel the rest of the card after the heavy rains led to flooding on the track causing soft spots.
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