News Archive

Ackermans head to Carolina
November 17, 2006
After winter training at Del Mar Thoroughbred track in California the past 50 years, Hall of Fame horseman Doug Ackerman will be spending the upcoming cold-weather months at Pinehurst Harness Track in Pinehurst, N.C. Ackerman, along with Joe Mullins, had the only two harness stables based at Del
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Real Desire to Pennsylvania
November 17, 2006
Real Desire, the 2002 Horse of the Year who has stood stallion duty at Brittany Farms in Kentucky the past four years, will be moving to Walnridge Farm in Pennsylvania for the 2007 breeding season. Real Desire, whose first crop of 2 year olds this year have earned more than $1 million, will be joini
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Holborn's positive confirmed
November 17, 2006
Harnessracing.com has learned the split-sample test on Holborn Hanover’s positive for Pyrilamine in the American National in late August has also come back positive. Illinois Racing Board projects manager Mickey Ezzo said early Friday afternoon that the second sample was sent to the lab at Louisiana
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Jereme's Jet wires field
November 17, 2006
Jereme’s Jet went wire to wire, holding of even-money co-favorite My Boy David at the wire, and captured the $250,000 Windy City Pace final in 1:52.2 Friday night at Maywood Park. Dave Magee was in the bike as the Western Hanover colt cut fractions of :26.2, :55.1 and 1:23.2 en route to his sixth wi
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Big M opens with Singers
November 17, 2006
Three divisions of the Charles Singer Series for 3-year-old trotters were the feature events as harness racing returned to the Meadowlands Friday night. Scoring victories were the filly Soapy Sap in1:57.3, the colt Fielders Choice in 1:55.3 and the gelding Likeabatoutahell in 1:55.4. In the first
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Street Dancer in a waltz
November 17, 2006
Street Dancer was the belle of the ball as she romped to an open lengths victory in the $100,000 Cinderella Friday night at Maywood Park in 1:54.1 for Dale Hiteman. From post five Street Dancer raced second-over through fractions of :27.1 and :56.2. Once on the backstretch the second time, Hitema
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Investor wins Galt
November 17, 2006
Investor went wire to wire for Andy Miller and captured the $110,000 Galt Stakes for 3-year-old trotters in 1:58.2 Friday night a Maywood Park. Leaving from post one the son of Angus Hall trotted fractions of :29.4, 1:00.2 and 1:29.1 en route to his third straight victory and fourth of the year
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