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Is life like a box of Godiva?
September 14, 2006
The talented freshman trotting filly Godiva Hall will look to continue her local dominance in the $200,000 Kentucky Sire Stakes final at The Red Mile on Thursday night. Owned by Stephen and Eugene Oldford and the North South Partnership #2, the Like A Prayer lass has proven too strong for her compet
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Superman dies
September 14, 2006
Superman, Michigan's premier trotting stallion of the 1980s and '90s, died Sept. 1 at Starwin Farm in Coleman, Mich., at the age of 33. A son of Speedy Scot and out of the Florican mare Desert Wind, Superman sired 757 registered foals, and 68 2:00 performers. These included 11 Michigan champions
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8-1? You're putting me on!
September 14, 2006
It's not often you get 8-to-1 odds on a potential repeat winner, but Put Them On Hold ($18) was just that Wednesday at Harrington Raceway with a 1:56.1 triumph in the $20,000 Open Trot. Owned and trained by Toby Lynch Jr., the 7-year-old Call Toll Free gelding and driver Roger Plante Jr. took ful
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Patriotic trotters at Colonial
September 14, 2006
Connections of 2005 Hambletonian winner Vivid Photo and 2006 Breeders Crown and Nat Ray winner Sand Vic have accepted invitations to the inaugural $100,000 Patriot Trot at Colonial Downs Oct. 13, highlighting an Octoberfest celebration at the track. The stake, which will be an annual event, is an
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Busy stakes at Pompano
September 14, 2006
Trotters were in the Pompano Park spotlight on Wednesday night with six Florida Sunshine State Stakes on the card along with a $10,000 Open Handicap Trot. The star of the stakes-loaded program was JP Sage, the magnificent roan Basil filly owned by the Comedy Hill Racing Stable of Plantation, Fla.
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Western Guy changes barns
September 14, 2006
Although he won’t be at Delaware Thursday, Sept. 21, with top-ranked sophomore pacer Artistic Fella for the Little Brown Jug, trainer Steve Elliott has received a last-minute addition to his stable that will be entered in the pacing classic. Elliott was scheduled to receive Western Guy at his barn a
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Godiva Hall kicks home
September 14, 2006
Godiva Hall, raced off the pace for three quarters of the mile, showed her “wicked” move in the stretch as she blitzed into the lead and captured the $200,000 Kentucky Sire Stakes final for 2-year-old trotting fillies in 1:58.2 Thursday night at The Red Mile. Dave Palone was in the bike at the daugh
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