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Mister Big sold for $255,000
November 12, 2006
Breeders Crown 3-Year-Old Colt Pace runner-up Mister Big sold for $255,000 to Virgil Morgan Jr., acting as agent for Joseph Muscara, on Saturday at Harrisburg. Mister Big has six wins in 26 career starts and earnings of $381,275 for owners Kentuckiana Racing Stable, Tom Crouch and Pinske Stables. He
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Artzina only Dover favorite
November 12, 2006
There were surprises galore at Dover Downs Saturday as three of the four favorites in the lucrative Matron finals for freshmen were upset, with those titles going to a 21-1 longshot, a mid-priced horse and a maiden. Only favored Artzina came away with a win in the final for freshman male pacers.
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Pure Ivory cruises again
November 12, 2006
Moving Pictures and Pure Ivory proved to be the most convincing of winners Saturday night at Woodbine, as the pair of 3-year-old fillies notched wins in their divisions of the rich Standardbred Breeders of Ontario Association (SBOA) stakes. Moving Pictures added to her late-season roll in the $2
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Hennessey sweeps features
November 12, 2006
Eleven AM, put to one of his most severe tests of the season, gamely prevailed in the $10,000 Open Pace at Pompano Park on Saturday night for his second consecutive win in this top class. Driven by Bruce Ranger for the Berry Stables of Staten Island, N.Y., Eleven AM just lasted by a head over Welu’s
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Changes in Big M paddock
November 12, 2006
The back paddock has undergone the first step of a two-part renovation and will be open for business when harness racing returns to the Meadowlands on Friday, Nov. 17, with the first phase of the $10.5 million project featuring new lighting, heating and cooling systems for the existing structure, wh
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Fever and Vigg win Am Nats
November 12, 2006
Cabana Fever defeated Sportsfancy by a head in the $130,000 American National final for 2-year-old filly pacers Saturday night at Balmoral Park. The Chicago racetrack was the site of five lucrative finals on the card. Ryan Anderson drove Cabana Fever, a daughter of Real Desire, to the 1:52.2 vict
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Dover also hosts 3 Matrons
November 12, 2006
On a rain drenched, windy Sunday, Nov. 12, at Dover Downs, just before the $348,900 Progress Pace, the rain stopped, the wind slowed and the home-state horse, Total Truth responded with a front-pacing 1:52.2 victory. Trotters Algiers Hall and Queen Serene won the Matron sophomore trots while Caviar
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