News Archive

Front-end wins at Dover
November 09, 2006
Breeze Hill Will and Kennywood used front speed to advantage scoring victories in the $25,000 Open and $21,000 Jr. Open trots respectively at Dover Downs on a rainy Wednesday. Tim Tetrick moved Breeze Hill Will into the lead after the quarter and controlled the action from there en route to a 1
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Talk speaks at Pompano
November 09, 2006
Talk About Me earned bragging rights on Wednesday night at Pompano Park with a handy 1:57.1 win in the $10,000 Open Handicap Trot. The Florida-bred 4-year-old son of Keystone Smothers was given a picture-perfect drive by Anthony Napolitano and scored by a length and a half over the late charging Tab
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Successful nuclear test
November 09, 2006
Nuclear Breeze made his return to Rosecroft Raceway a successful one; the 4-year-old Nuclear High stallion had not competed in a pari-mutuel event since April 22, but charged to victory in the $11,300 Preferred Pace on Tuesday night. Owned by Tom Cooke of Maryland, Nuclear Breeze sat back off of
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HHYF scholarship winners
November 09, 2006
The Harness Horse Youth Foundation is pleased to announce its scholarship recipients for 2006, with Ariana Peluso from White Lake, New York the recipient of the $15,000 Gallo Blue Chip Scholarship. Peluso is currently studying animal science at Cornell University and hopes to become an equine veteri
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NJSEA to cut 40 jobs
November 09, 2006
The New Jersey Sports and Exposition Authority (NJSEA), which operates the Meadowlands, Monmouth Park and three convention centers, will decrease its staff by 20 percent before the end of the year. In a story in Thursday’s Newark Star-Ledger, NJSEA president and CEO George Zoffinger said the cuts wi
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Harness film to be made
November 09, 2006
News out of Hollywood states actor Emilio Estevez will direct a film that is expected out next fall that centers around harness racing. There was no word on who will star in the movie, which will be Estevez’s fourth as a director.
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Nothing decided for Ledford
November 09, 2006
Although rumors have begun circulating that suspended driver Eric Ledford has reached an agreement with the New Jersey Racing Commission to allow him to return to racing, harnessracing.com has learned from a source at the commission that nothing has yet transpired but could in about 30 days. Ledford
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Howard Camden dies
November 09, 2006
Howard Belvin Camden, who trained and drove Adios Boy, the first 2-year-old pacer to break the 2:00 barrier, died Nov. 4 at CentraState Medical Center in Freehold Township, N.J. He was 76. Mr. Camden first began working for East Coast-based trainer Louis Floyd after graduating from high school in
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Average up 17.5 percent
November 09, 2006
The Standardbred Horse Sales Company’s annual Harrisburg yearling auction concluded Wednesday night with 1,044 horses sold for an average price of $37,081, an increase of 17.5 percent from last year’s sale. The top end of the market was exceptionally strong with 66 yearlings bringing prices of $1
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$600,000 for Windylane
November 09, 2006
John Duer, acting as agent for Odds On Nourrir, bought the trotting mare Windylane Hanover, who was carrying a foal by Andover Hall, for $600,000 at the Thursday session of the Standardbred Horse Sales Company’s mixed auction. Odds On Nourrir is the breeding division of Dana Parham and Robin Schadt’
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Kikikatie brings $500,000
November 09, 2006
The 5-year-old pacing broodmare Kikikatie, carrying a foal by Rocknroll Hanover, was sold for $500,000 at Harrisburg Thursday. A daughter of Real Artist out of the Cam Fella mare Katie’s Lucky Lady, Kikikatie was bought by former Armstrong Bros. manager Dr. Moira Gunn, who signed the sales slip as a
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Campbell on recovery road
November 09, 2006
Hall of Fame driver John Campbell, home and beginning the road to recovery after breaking his leg in a horrific crash at Woodbine, wishes to extend his heartfelt thanks for all those who have supported him since his accident. “I want to thank all the people who sent cards, gifts and letters with
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WEG names division winners
November 09, 2006
Woodbine Entertainment Group has announced its divisional champion Standardbred horses for the 2006 season. The winners will be honored at the annual awards night on Sunday, Dec. 17, in the Sports Dining Room at Mohawk, when WEG's Horse of the Year will also be named. Here are the divisional winn
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