News Archive

Fake Denario N in 1:50.4
January 23, 2007
Fake Denario N won the $37,500 Preferred Pace in a flashy 1:50.4 and Black Cat Bone took the $35,000 Delaware Special in 1:52.4, both driven by Ron Pierce, who completed the card with five wins on Monday, Jan. 22 at Dover Downs. Ron Pierce almost canceled his drives because of the onset a stomac
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Banker Ablaze by a nose
January 23, 2007
Banker Ablaze and driver Brett Miller had the lead when it mattered most, getting up in the shadow of the wire to win by a nose in 1:59.2 in the third race at Pompano Park Monday, a $7,000 Claiming Handicap Trot. Content to settle in third place as post-time favorite Lovin For Money (Bruce Range
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Riedel awaits Lady Godiva
January 23, 2007
After winning two of the first four Lady Godiva Paces at Monticello Raceway, Jody Riedel is looking forward to this year’s event like a kid looks forward to Christmas. The fifth annual Lady Godiva Pace, a race strictly for lady harness drivers, is slated for Valentine’s Day, Wednesday, Feb. 14. I
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Perretti named NJSS chair
January 23, 2007
Anthony J. Perretti, general manager of his family-owned breeding farm in Cream Ridge, N.J., has been elected chairman for 2007 of the board of trustees that administers the New Jersey Sire Stakes program in the New Jersey Department of Agriculture. For the past five years, Perretti has been resp
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Fargo New Ill Bureau Chief
January 23, 2007
Charlyn Fargo is the new bureau chief in the Illinois Department of Agriculture’s Bureau of County Fairs and Horse Racing. She was appointed to the post by Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich to replace Tex Moats, who resigned late last year. Ms Fargo, 50, comes to her new job from the State Journa
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Mare now 2 for 3 at Monti
January 23, 2007
Percee Angus turned in a gate-to-wire, 1:57.2 victory in the $15,000 Preferred for mares Monday, Jan. 22. Last year Percee Angus won 21 races. Now she's two for three this years. On Jan 2, the opening day of the 2007 campaign at Monticello Raceway, Percee Angus picked up where she left off last s
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