News Archive

Guy Gets Girl at Pompano
May 01, 2007
After missing by a nose in his most recent outing, Guy Gets Girl returned to the winner’s circle for the second time in three starts after taking Monday’s $10,000 Isle Mile I Trot at Pompano Park in 1:56.   Driven from post five by Bruce Ranger, Guy Gets Girl was quick off the gate
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Berry's Creek field set
May 01, 2007
Berry’s Creek elimination winners won the right to choose their post positions, with The Quiet Mon’s connections opting for post three and Wearable Art’s post two.   The field also includes Cue The Paige, Home Bed Advantage, No Perfect Escape, Pop Z Pop, Spin Rate, Fresh Deck, Isaac Newt
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Marohn wins after layoff
May 01, 2007
Jimmy Marohn, who has driven the winners of 4,824 races, has bounced back with his first win since injuring a shoulder in early February. Marohn’s actual return to the driving wars was on April 25 and over the following days he reined a few horses that “hit the board,” but his comeback victory occur
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Woodbine receives OK
May 01, 2007
The Ontario Racing Commission has approved Woodbine Entertainment Group's request to cancel Standardbred racing on May 6 and May 13, due to the shortage of standardbred horses racing at Woodbine. The dates are the final two Sunday cards of Woodbine's current Standardbred meet. The second leg and
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Mich. programs to get money
May 01, 2007
The Michigan Department of Agriculture has advised the Michigan Harness Horsemen’s Association (MHHA) that money for racing purses and programs will be released soon, which averts racing coming up empty later in the year. Last week the MHHA expressed concern that a state budget impasse could hold up
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152 nominated to Hambo
May 01, 2007
Donato Hanover, voted the Dan Patch top 2-year-old colt trotter of 2006, heads a list of 152 trotting colts eligible to the 82nd Hambletonian, the richest and most prestigious event in harness racing.The Hambletonian Society, which has owned and serviced the race since its inception in 1926, registe
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Indiana's Kay Roberts dies
May 01, 2007
Kay Roberts, former assistant director of the Indiana Standardbred Association and active in many areas of Hoosier harness racing for many years, died Monday after a long battle with breast cancer. Kay also helped run the Indiana State Fair's harness racing program in the early 1990s and s
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