News Archive

A romp in the sand again
September 30, 2006
Tintabella N put in a game performance for driver Daryl Bier and scored a determined half-length victory in Pompano Park’s $10,000 Open Handicap Pace for the mares on Friday night. The 5-year-old daughter of Tinted Cloud, owned by Bier along with Glenn Del Russo, earned her ninth win of the year in
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Majestic Son wins again
September 30, 2006
Majestic Son won one of two Ontario Sire Stakes Gold eliminations for 3-year-old colt trotters at Mohawk Friday night with a 1:56 effort, drawing clear to win by 4 3/4 lengths over Investor, with B Cor Rennegade third. Driver Trevor Ritchie sent Majestic son to the lead past the half-mile pole and t
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Backstretch with Gordon
September 30, 2006
Friday night would have been a great night, considering the company, but watching the Tigers blow a 5-0 lead and going a game up on already-lost Minnesota with two to play, was depressing. Still, having dinner with the USTA’s Paul Ramlow and then later talking with Kevin Decker of ExpressBet for abo
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Accident at The Meadows
September 30, 2006
Drivers Tim Twaddle and J.C. Miller Jr. went down in an accident in the first race at The Meadows Friday night, but both escaped serious injury. Twaddle’s horse, In Town Two Win, stumbled and fell. Miller, driving Vesuvio Grande, could not avoid the fallen horse. Both drivers were taken to a loca
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Today @ Lexington
September 30, 2006
Today @ Lexington is now available by clicking on the banner on the right side of this home page. Today's sheet has a wrap-up of Friday's racing action, including trainer Jimmy Takter's thoughts on his filly trotter Passionate Glide. Also, we take a look at the upcoming Lexington Selected Yearling S
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Preps to Sand Vic, Holborn
September 30, 2006
Sand Vic, leaving from the outside nine post in the $10,000 Allerage Farms prep race for older trotters, scored a 1:54 victory and Holborn Hanover kicked off cover to take the pacing Allerage elim in 1:49.3 at The Red Mile Saturday afternoon. While the skies were still a clear blue, Brian Sears d
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Three Transylvania splits
September 30, 2006
The steady Make You Mine used that attribute to his advantage in the lead-off division of the Transylvania Saturday afternoon at The Red Mile, winning in 1:54.1. The second division, contested in a steady drizzle over a track tightened up to hold up to the rain, went to Matchstick Man while the thir
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New Windsor track planned
September 30, 2006
Windsor Raceway will soon be razed and moved outside of Windsor, Ont., to the town of Tecumseh. Saturday’s edition of the Windsor Star reported that the town of Tecumseh had announced its approval for a planned sports venue--including a racetrack and 6,500-seat area--on 150 acres at a property along
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2YO pacing colts compete
September 30, 2006
The Bluegrass for 2-year-old pacing colts resulted in big wins on a big stage for Ideal Vintage (1:53.4), Forensic Z Tam (1:53), Pandora’s Sox (1:53), Allamerican Bomber (1:52.4) and Kenneth J (1:52.3). Ideal Vintage, a colt by Western Ideal, picked up his first major stakes win for trainer Jimmy
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Shark Gesture likes Lex
September 30, 2006
The rain-dulled track set the stage for rather routine victories by Perfect Union (1:50.4) and Shark Gesture (1:51) in the two Bluegrass divisions for 3-year-old pacing colts Saturday at The Red Mile. After passing the halfway point in :54.2 and the three-quarter mark in 1:22.4 in the second divi
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Dead heat in Key. Classic
September 30, 2006
Pennsylvania Sire Stakes champion Wetern Graduate was caught by her stablemate Jayne's Character at the wire in a $45,900 Keystone Classic division at The Meadows Saturday night, resulting in a 1:55 dead heat for win. With Dave Palone driving, Western Graduate set fractions of :27.2, :57.4 and 1:
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Glowing Report wins Milton
September 30, 2006
Glowing Report, driven by David Miller, captured the $393,750(C) Milton final at Mohawk Racetrack Saturday night, giving the 5-year-old mare her fifth victory this season. She covered the sloppy oval in 1:51.2, winning by one length over Marnie Hall. Burning Point was the pacesetter in the race b
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