News Archive

Echo heard in DSBF leg
November 20, 2006
Jesse N Echo, owned by breeder John Celii, won the first $15,000 Delaware Standardbred Breeders Fund (DSBF) for 2-year-old colt pacers in easy fashion as Tony Morgan took the odds-on favorite Badlands Hanover colt right to the front and led at all stations in a 1:56 mile. Rets Lil Giant shadowed
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Egyptian Colt Stakes honors
November 20, 2006
The Egyptian Colt Stakes in Southern Illinois will honor the top horsemen and horses during the annual banquet at the Village Garden restaurant in Anna, Ill. A total of 30 owners, trainers, and drivers will be recognized with year end honors. Heading the list of recipients is 91-year-old Leo Burn
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Town drunks at Chester
November 20, 2006
A pair of New Zealand-breds, Fake Denario N and Our First Falcon N, each captured first-leg divisions of The Town Drunk late-closer series at Harrah’s Chester Casino & Racetrack on Sunday. The Town Drunk, named after the top-class pacer who frequented Liberty Bell Park and Brandywine Raceway in the
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TCS finalists due Tuesday
November 20, 2006
The $250,000 Classic Series 2006 finals will be raced at Dover Downs over the distance of a mile and a quarter on Monday, Nov. 27, with horses eligible for TCS finals declared for those events by noon on Tuesday, Nov. 21. Declarations will be due in the Dover racing office a day earlier than the usu
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Woodbine jocks suspended
November 20, 2006
Two Woodbine jockeys have received lengthy suspensions after an altercation in the jockeys’ room at that track, with the penalties imposed only when Woodbine is racing. Patrick Husbands was fined $5,000 and suspended 60 days while Constant Montpellier was fined $5,000 and suspended 150 days by the O
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BIg $$ at Gulfstream slots
November 20, 2006
Reports out of Florida state last Wednesday's opening of the slot parlor at Gulfstream Park produced a net revenue of $334,073, with half--$167,036--going to the state's education system. Gulfstream Park Racing & Casino opened its 516-machine slot parlor last Wednesday with virtually no fanfare,
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Chester awarded 2007 dates
November 20, 2006
Harrah's Chester Casino & Racetrack has been awarded 95 live racing days for its 2007 season, track officials have announced. The Pennsylvania Harness Racing Commission approved the venue's dates request at its meeting on Nov. 16. Under the schedule filed with the state, the 2007 Harrah's Chester
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Jackson named to KHRA
November 20, 2006
Kentuckiana Farms partner Ken Jackson is one of three new members of the Kentucky Racing Authority named Monday by Gov. Ernie Fletcher to fill expired terms. Jackson will be the sole Standardbred representative, replacing former Castleton Farm and Red Mile president John Cashman Jr., who was not rea
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Mare leads in TCS points
November 20, 2006
The four $250,000 Classic finals at Dover Downs on Monday, Nov. 27 at Dover Downs feature the top eight point earners in the three preliminaries. The Pacing Classic, Trotting Classic, Distaff Classic and Oaks Classic finalists will race over the route distance of 1 1/4 miles to determine a champion
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