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Tetrick adds another four
January 10, 2007
Overlooked Kellytuck Sophie pulled a 21-1 upset scoring a 1:53.1 victory in the $24,000 Mares Open Handicap pace on Tuesday at Dover Downs while I'm All In, one of Tim Tetrick's four winners, took the $20,000 Jr. Mares Open. Jonathan Roberts found room along the passing lane to hustle Kellytuck
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Lucky 13 for young Bolon
January 10, 2007
Kyle Bolon, 18, the son of longtime Meadows trainer-driver Rodney Bolon, earned his first career driving victory Tuesday night, in the second race at The Meadows. In only his 13th lifetime start, Bolon reached the winner’s circle with Mary’s Girl, a horse his father co-owns with Mike Fellinger. B
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Big bucks, no whammies
January 10, 2007
The New Year has started with a bang as plenty of huge payoffs and a bevy of new wagers have fans buzzing at Balmoral Park, with the “new” 50-cent superfecta the most lucrative wager on the menu, averaging almost $2,000 through the opening week. Last Saturday night’s sixth race produced the biggest
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Jan. sale offers ops
January 10, 2007
Finding a racehorse ready-to-go will be easy at the January Select Mixed Sale at the Meadowlands Monday, Jan. 15, as more than 100 horses slated to be sold are currently racing. Included among the racehorse offerings are the 2006 Adios winner Cactus Creek, the 2006 Art Rooney winner Gimmebackmybulle
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Pompano gets slots license
January 10, 2007
Pompano Park and its parent company Isle of Capri Casinos announced Wednesday morning a gaming license has been awarded by the Florida Department of Business and Professional Regulation, with a 1,500 slot machine site scheduled to open in late winter/early spring. “The future of Isle of Capri loo
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Winning a breeze for Cooke
January 10, 2007
Thomas B Cooke–professor, taxation expert and lawyer–also happens to be the owner and breeder of one of the best pacers currently in training as his homebred, Nuclear Breeze, is rated the 3-2 morning line favorite in Saturday night’s $50,000 opening round of the three-week Presidential Series for fr
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Dr. King Pace posts drawn
January 10, 2007
Monticello Raceway's 2007 Heritage Driver Series kicks off Friday afternoon with the sixth edition of the Dr Martin Luther King Jr Pace, featuring the talents of drivers of African-American heritage. “’Normally we would present this race on Jan. 15, the actual date of Dr. King’s birth, but we ar
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Jug Preview adds supps.
January 10, 2007
Owners of 3-year-old pacers who failed to nominate or sustain for the Jug Preview at Scioto Downs will now have the option of supplementing this year for $6,000. This important prep race for the Little Brown Jug is slated for Sept. 8. Director of racing Stacy Cahill announced that if a horse meet
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