News Archive

$120.40 payoff in series
January 18, 2007
Fortysecondstreet narrowly got up to win the second of four $12,500 divisions of the Super Bowl and ignite a win payoff of $120.40 Wednesday night at the Meadowlands. He edged Jack Halloran Road by a nose in a lifetime best of 1:56.4. Fortysecondstreet, a son of Lindy Lane, is trained by Neal Eh
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Quintuplets at Pompano
January 18, 2007
Five Kids and trainer-driver Tom Haughton made a three-wide sweep of the field from sixth place on the final turn and was able to pass by the field in the stretch to win the $4,700 feature trot at Pompano Park Wednesday. It was the first start of the year for Five Kids, a 7-year-old gelding by SJ
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Self Professed repeats
January 18, 2007
Self Professed made it two-in-a-row in scoring a 1:55.4 victory in the $24,000 Open Handicap Trot while Racsan Jenny put away eight rivals to win the $21,000 Jr. Open on Wednesday at Dover Downs. Tony Morgan had a driving triple. In the feature, Martin Scharf's Self Professed enjoyed a perfect tw
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Bouchard seven-bagger
January 18, 2007
The Wednesday night tally sheet from Yonkers Raceway's 10-race extravaganza saw Greg Grismore win a couple of races, Bonnie Rush close stoutly with her trotter, and Stephane Bouchard shamelessly hoard the remaining seven events. The Raceway's leading driver won the evening's first five races, ta
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Magna to close Great Lakes
January 18, 2007
Magna Entertainment Corp. has told Michigan Thoroughbred horsemen it will close Great Lakes Downs--formerly Muskegon harness racetrack--following the conclusion of the 2007 meet in November. That will leave Michigan once again without a Thoroughbred racetrack. “(Magna) just didn’t want to continu
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Art's Chip to Kentuckiana
January 18, 2007
Kentuckiana Farms has announced that Art's Chip, a 7-year-old son of Artsplace, will stand the 2007 breeding season at its nursery near Lexington, Ky. Art's Chip retired with a lifetime mark of 1:49.3 and earnings of $726,999. His victories include the U.S. Pacing Championship at the Meadowlands
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New harness show on tap
January 18, 2007
Television Games Network (TVG) will be introducing a new harness racing-dedicated show to its line-up beginning Friday as “Drive Time” becomes part of its schedule. The show will be hosted by harness veteran Gary Seibel and Dave Weaver, whose brother, Mark, owns Standardbreds. “The show will basi
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January 18, 2007
In a new installment of Wire To Wire, Andrew Cohen wonders why the recent positive tests incurred by Mickey Burke and Erv Miller haven’t caused more discussion in the U.S., especially in light of developments in Canada.
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