News Archive

6,000 for 'The Whip'
August 22, 2006
Rick Zeron, known as "The Whip," became the 31st driver to reach the 6,000-win mark when he piloted Star Bonus A to a 1:52 victory in the first race at Mohawk Monday night. The number 31 is also significant as it was 31 years ago when he scored his first lifetime win at Rideau Carleton Raceway in 19
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A costly Hambo drive
August 22, 2006
Trond Smedshammer has received a 30-day suspension as a result of his drive behind Here Comes Herbie in the Hambletonian at the Meadowlands in which he moved off the pylons while leading in the stretch and allowed his stablemate Blue Mac Lad clearance to advance to a third-place finish. Smedshammer'
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Top trotters in Am Nats
August 22, 2006
Two Dan Patch Award winners and a top contender for one of this year’s honors will be among the horses taking center stage in the American-National events for trotters Saturday at Balmoral Park. Chocolatier, who was second in the Hambletonian, headlines an eight-horse field for the $190,000 American
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NYSS 2 year olds at TGD
August 22, 2006
Tioga Downs hosted the New York Sire Stakes for 2-year-old trotters on Monday night, which paid total purses of over $500,000. Five divisions for 2-year-old colt and gelding trotters and seven divisions for 2-year-old filly trotters were raced. Southwind Breeze and driver Ray Schnittker stayed p
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Jug future pool refunded
August 22, 2006
Phil Terry, director of simulcast for the Delaware County Fair and the Little Brown Jug, has announced that all wagers made on the third future will be refunded because of a programming error. TrackMaster, after receiving the third pool program file from Delaware County Fair accidentally overwrote i
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SJ's Photo sold to Italy
August 22, 2006
Published reports in Italy state that 16-year-old trotting stallion SJ's Photo has been sold to Italian investors and will be sent to that country at the beginning of October. SJ's Photo has been standing stud at Lindwood Farm in Pennsylvania after being at Kosmos Horse Breeders. SJ's Photo's 718
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Two elims for Metro
August 22, 2006
Nineteen 2-year-old colt pacers have been entered for this year’s $1 million Metro Pace, with two eliminations to be contested Saturday night at Mohawk Racetrack. The top five finishers in each elim will advance to the Sept. 2 final with the connections of the two winners able to select their post p
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29 in She's A Great Lady
August 22, 2006
Twenty-nine 2-year-old filly pacers have been drawn into three $35,000 eliminations for the She’s A Great Lady Stakes Saturday night at Mohawk, with the top three in each plus one fourth-place finisher drawn by lot returning for the $688,200 final Sept. 2. Trainer George Teague Jr. and his sister
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Marvellous NJSS mile
August 22, 2006
Marvellous was just that after a 2:00.3 win in her $27,000 division of New Jersey Sire Stakes (NJSS) for 2-year-old trotting fillies held Tuesday afternoon at Freehold. A $15,000 yearling purchase by co-owners Kevin McDermott and Joseph Zicchino, this Donerail filly has two wins in four starts. J
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The Double Dion fast in PASS
August 22, 2006
The Double Dion and Yannick Gingras made quarter-pole move and held on to win a leg of the Pennsylvania Sire Stakes (PASS) for freshman pacing colts held Tuesday afternoon at Pocono Downs in a lifetime-best 1:53.1. The Double Dion is a colt by Real Artist who is coming off a fifth-place finish in
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