News Archive

Big prices in session 2
October 06, 2006
With the 135 yearlings sold generating gross sales of $8,444,000, the average price at the second session of the Lexington Selected Yearling Sale on Thursday night was $62,088, a huge leap from last year’s figure of $46,122 for a comparable number sold. The average price in this year's second sessio
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Trotters on the turf @ Indy
October 06, 2006
Indiana Downs will again play host to trotters on the turf Tuesday afternoon, Oct. 10. The Shelbyville track’s race office received enough interest in the condition race, dubbed “The Green Mile,” that two divisions of nine will take to the seven-eighths mile turf course, each for a purse of $10,000.
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Backstretch with Gordon
October 06, 2006
Today's backstretch story actually began in the car driving to The Red Mile as I got a phone call from Jerry Connors asking if I knew the reason Lis Mara was not in the Allerage tomorrow afternoon. I told him I was pretty sure I remembered he wasn't eligible, but that I would trek over to Erv Miller
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Anvilanunoit wins opener
October 06, 2006
With a steady win blowing from the northeast, exremely rare at The Red Mile, Friday's race card began under brisk-but-sunny conditions. The first race was a $12,500 late-closer for horse and gelding pacers and Anvianunoit N rolled to his fourth straight victory with a 1:51 effort. David Miller wa
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Kenneth J ties Lex mark
October 06, 2006
Metro Pace winner Yankee Skyscaper won the first of four International Stallion Stakes divisions for 2-year-old colt and gelding pacers Friday afternoon at The Red Mile, crossing the wire in a career-best 1:52.1 with driver Jody Jamieson. The son of Artiscape won for the fourth time in eight sta
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Raceoff settles classic
October 06, 2006
The 41st Kentucky Futurity Friday at The Red Mile came down to a two-filly raceoff between Passionate Glide and Queen Serene, but it was P Glide who came away a 1:53 winner after sitting second after a patient drive by Ron Pierce. Trond Smedshammer set fractions of :28.4, :57 and 1:25.3 with Quee
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My Little Dragon in Garnsey
October 06, 2006
My Little Dragon captured the $296,000 Glen Garnsey Memorial Pace with a first-over rally, hitting the wire four lengths the best in 1:51. Brian Sears drove My Little Dragon, a daughter of Dragon Again out of the Jate Lobell mare My Little Pretty, for trainer Noel Daley and owner the Adam Victor & S
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ISS finals at Indy Downs
October 06, 2006
Favorites claimed three of four Indiana Sires Stakes finals Friday, Oct. 6 at Indiana Downs. Undefeated JSC Merit Raise was the lone upset victim, finishing second during a night where three of the champions set or equaled lifetime best marks, including a stakes record. Jeff and Sharon Bislich’s
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