News Archive

Cardinal and Violet elims
October 04, 2006
The Cardinal Stakes elimination proved to be a stroll in the park for Vapor Maker as he made every call a winning one in a career best of 1:57.4 at Balmoral Park Tuesday night, Oct. 3. Under no urging whatsoever from driver Brent Holland, Vapor Maker trotted home in :29 to win by 5 ¾ lengths for
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Marohn in spill at Colonial
October 04, 2006
Driver Jim Marohn Jr. escaped serious injury from a scary chain-reaction spill in the sixth race at Colonial Downs Tuesday night, Oct. 3. Marohn was taken to Bon Secours Memorial Regency Medical Center in nearby Mechanicsville. X-rays were negative and he was released Tuesday night with a headache
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Artistic Fella won't race
October 04, 2006
Meadowlands Pace winner Artistic Fella will not be supplemented to this Saturday’s Tattersalls Pace. Trainer Steve Elliott said he trained the colt at The Red Mile Tuesday morning, but scoped him afterward and found mucous. Although Artistic Fella, a winner of 10 straight races, showed signs of i
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Baseball at Pompano Park?
October 04, 2006
Pompano Park is being pitched as a new location for a baseball stadium for the Florida Marlins. According to reports, local government officials have been in talks with the Marlins for several months. “There are possibilities,” said Pompano Beach Mayor John Rayson, who told the South Florida Sun-
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HRTV to cover Red Mile
October 04, 2006
HorseRacing TV's (TM) exclusive coverage of the fabled Red Mile's two-week Grand Circuit meeting will reach a rousing conclusion on Saturday, Oct. 7, when it airs the $600,000 Kentucky Futurity, the second leg of Trotting's Triple Crown. HRTV's duo of Standardbred experts, Peter Lurie and Kevin D
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Backstretch with Gordon
October 04, 2006
The dog days of summer are back in Lexington. Or at least today it will feel like summer as the high today is expected to reach the mid 80s. It was a glorious morning at The Red Mile as there wasn’t a cloud in the sky and there were plenty of things going on. The first person I saw walking into t
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Red Mile Tuesday wrapup
October 04, 2006
Tuesday brought with it lovely blue skies and a menu heavy with late-closers for diagonally-gaited distaffers to The Red Mile. The event for 3 to 5-year-old trotting mares fielded three divisions and local “Cinderella story” Trophy Stand continued her form spree for Red Mile regular Jackie Gray Jr.
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Amateur driver final set
October 04, 2006
The Midwestern Amateur Driving Association Final will be raced Sunday, Oct. 15, at Balmoral Park. All 2006 amateur driving participants in good standing with the M-WADA are eligible. Marcus Miller, of Sherman, Ill., and a 17-year-old Williamsville High School senior, captured the regular season p
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Force Nine wins the green
October 04, 2006
Force Nine, a son of Dream Away, scored the first victory of his brief career with a 2:02.2 victory in the $35,000 New Jersey Sire Stakes Green Acres final for 2-year-old trotting colts and geldings Tuesday at Freehold Raceway. With Hall of Famer Catello “Cat” Manzi driving, the colt had to go th
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114th Ky. Futurity draw
October 04, 2006
Top 3-year-old trotting colts Glidemaster and Chocolatier drew into the first of two eliminations for Saturday's 114th Kentucky Futurity at The Red Mile, with the Hambletonian winner and World Trotting Derby winner landing posts six and seven, respectively. The pair are among 14 sophomore colts and
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Magic--A world record!
October 04, 2006
Possess The Magic set a new world record for 2-year-old trotting fillies Wednesday afternoon at The Red Mile, posting a 1:54.2 victory in one of five divisions of the $364,000 International Stallion Stakes (ISS). The time broke the mark set just one week ago by Pampered Princess. Mike Lachance wa
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Wednesday Red Mile winners
October 04, 2006
Here are the winners of the late-closing events on the Wednesday afternoon card at The Red Mile: 1st race--$12,000 late-closer for 2-year-old colt & gelding trotters The Bosses Lindy (John Campbell) 1:57 2nd race--$12,000 late-closer for 2-year-old colt & gelding trotters Swanderful (Charlie
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