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Mare repeats at Dover
February 07, 2007
It was the same story for the second straight week as Yada Yada Yada A won the $27,500 feature event for female pacers on Tuesday at Dover Downs. Casino Bus rolled down the stretch to win the $23,000 Mares Jr. Open. Tim Tetrick, who leads all drivers in North American, drove four winners to become t
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Sean Campbell not guilty
February 07, 2007
Saratoga-based harness trainer Sean Campbell was reportedly found not guilty Tuesday on charges of animal cruelty that has kept him on the sidelines since June 2005. Campbell, 45, was charged with beating his wife's riding horse at Saratoga after local police received a complaint from People for the
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February 07, 2007
Andrew Cohen�s latest edition of Wire To Wire is available and this week he writes about The Great Annual Stakes Lottery. According to Cohen, �people all over North America are chatting with their trainers, reading tea leaves, charting the course of Jupiter, sniffing the wind, and otherwise trying t
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A double-gaited brownie
February 07, 2007
In just her second start on the trot, Cinder Brownie became the second fastest Ohio-bred double-gaited horse ever, scoring in 2:02.1 to take the $3,000 third race at Northfield Tuesday for her owners Leo, Klear and Rodney Giesige. "She always trained down on the trot, but even though she was fast
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16 to go in Prix de France
February 07, 2007
Sixteen trotters have been entered for the Prix de France, which will be raced Sunday at Hippodrome Paris-Vincennes. The �sprinter� race of the three giant trotting races held during the winter meet, the contest covers 2,100 meters (about 1 � miles). Included in the field is the great Jean Pierre
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French mare to U.S. stallion?
February 07, 2007
The Prix de France, with a purse of about $500,000 on the line, will be held Sunday in Paris at the Vincennes racetrack, and among the 16 possible starters is the French mare Mara Bourbon, who will be retired after this start and then possibly bred to Andover Hall. The Prix de France is the sprin
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Pa. slot handle over $1B
February 07, 2007
Anton Leppler, executive secretary of the Pennsylvania Harness Racing Commission, is pleased to report that the �fledgling� Pennsylvania slot industry is on schedule to go over $1 billion in handle sometime late Friday or early Saturday. Yes, that�s $1,000,000,000 fed through the one-armed machin
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WDB Pick 7 pot growing
February 07, 2007
Two big upsets, one historic, at Woodbine on Monday evening has sent the Pick 7 carryover pool for Thursday's card of racing sky high. On Monday, racing fans could only get six winners in the Pick 7 at the Toronto oval, setting up a $150,000 guaranteed payout if someone gets all seven winners on Th
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What was biggest Jug upset?
February 07, 2007
Snow and subzero temperatures have blanketed most of the Midwest, but here's a question to think about as you shovel your walk. What was the biggest upset in the history of the Little Brown Jug? Cast your vote by emailing jugtw@aol.com. Please submit your vote by Sunday, Feb. 11. There have
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