News Archive

Bobnoxious at Chester Mon.
August 25, 2006
Harrah’s Chester Casino and Racetrack will host its first equine visitors on Monday, Aug. 28, at 10 a.m. when the 6-year-old pacer Bobnoxious and driver Tim Curtin traverse the beautiful, five-eighths mile riverfront oval. Bobnoxious is expected to be joined by stablemate Corporate Rrraider in a tra
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Monticello accord reached
August 25, 2006
On Thursday morning, the New York State Racing and Wagering Board, acting in the capacity of an arbitrator, rendered its decision in the long-simmering dispute between the management of Monticello Raceway and its horsemen. The arbitration was the result of a consensual submission made by both partie
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Run The Table accepts HOF
August 25, 2006
Millionaire pacer Run The Table, who went on to sire the winners of more than $80 million, was inducted into the Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame Thursday night and was on hand to accept the honor. A conversation between Hanover Shoe Farms’ Murray Brown and Jack McNiven of Run The Table’s home, Ki
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Future voice of Red Mile?
August 25, 2006
University of Kentucky graduate and former mutuel clerk at The Red Mile-turned-Standardbred owner Gabe Prewitt will add announcer to his resume when he calls the first two races on the Friday night program at the famed clay oval. Prewitt, who is still two years shy of his 25th birthday, shares owner
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Sept. 27 target date in Pa.
August 25, 2006
The Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board has announced it will issue up to six racetrack/casino licenses Sept. 27, with the sites likely to open in early 2007. The Pennsylvania law provides for 14 casinos to be approved in the state, including seven at racetracks, five at non-racetrack locations, and t
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Leading X Ample dies
August 25, 2006
Leading X Ample, a 4-year-old stallion by The Panderosa, died early Friday morning at the veterinary hospital at Purdue University in Indiana. Leading X Ample was stabled near Balmoral Park, where he was to race Saturday in the American National, when he was stricken. “He apparently was in shock
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Bobcat wins qualie easy
August 25, 2006
On what turned out to be a less than pristine morning to race a horse, Primetime Bobcat put in his first charted mile in seven weeks during the Friday qualifying session at Mohawk. The 9-year-old son of Abercrombie went through a rather eventful dash before hitting the wire first in 1:58.4 for drive
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Gural to fund Herveys
August 25, 2006
Jeff Gural, operator of New York State tracks Tioga Downs and Vernon Downs and a noted Empire State horseman, has agreed to fund the 2006 U.S. Harness Writers Association’s (USHWA) year-end journalism awards. The John Hervey Writing Awards, which began in 1963 and include both newspaper and magaz
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Hogan to leave NJ Equine
August 25, 2006
Equine surgeon Dr. Patty Hogan, the wife of veteran trainer Ed Lohmeyer, has announced she is leaving the New Jersey Equine Clinic to become head surgeon of a planned equine medical center near Belmont Park. The $7 million facility will be financed by International Equine Acquisitions Holdings Inc.
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Versatility at Tioga Downs
August 25, 2006
Ticket To Glide and driver Cat Manzi are slated as the 3-1 morning line favorite in the $25,000 first leg of the Miss Versatility trot to go postward at Tioga Downs on Sunday. The $25,000 second leg will be held at Vernon Downs on Thursday, Sept. 7 and the $75,000 (est.) final will be battled out ov
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PASS 3YO filly pacers race
August 25, 2006
Pilgrims Witchie, a daughter of The Panderosa, paced to her fourth straight victory, scoring in 1:52 in Pennsylvania Sire Stakes action at Mohegan Sun at Pocono Downs Friday afternoon. With Dave Palone driving, Pilgrims Witchie was caught outside in the first quarter but cleared to the lead as th
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Real Girl scores in 1:53.4
August 25, 2006
Real Girl won the first of three$20,000 Kentucky Sire Stakes divisions for 2-year-old filly pacers Friday night at The Red Mile, scoring in a career-best 1:53.4 for driver David Miller. The daughter of Real Desire won for the second time in three starts, the other winner's circle trip coming in a Mo
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