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Honour pays at Harrington
June 19, 2007
Carter Racing Stable's Fields Of Honour A ($4, Tim Tetrick) earned his third win in a row and fifth of the meet at Harrington Raceway Monday in the featured $18,100 Junior Open. The Bobby Myers trainee received a perfect trip behind pacesetting Next Flight and surged by in the stretch for his six
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Guy gets girl again at PPk
June 19, 2007
Guy Gets Girl made his second consecutive trip to the Pompano Park winner’s circle on Monday when scoring a front-end victory in the featured $18,000 winners over handicap trot, covering the mile in 1:56.2.   Starting from post seven with trainer Bruce Ranger at the controls, Guy Gets Girl r
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NJSS 3CT's on tap Thurs.
June 19, 2007
Three-year-old trotters take center stage in a pair of $175,000 New Jersey Sire Stakes (NJSS) finals Thursday night at the Meadowlands. The colts will go postward in the fifth race and the fillies in the seventh in the culmination of the spring series of races that began on May 28. Biz Hub and
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David Marshall dies
June 19, 2007
Sorrow fell heavily on Plainridge Racecourse on Monday as word spread of the Sunday night truck crash which killed veteran harness driver-trainer David Marshall, who was a regular among the Plainridge horsemen. Just 62, Mr. Marshall was en route Sunday night to Monticello, N.Y., whe
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Like A Prayer brother wins
June 19, 2007
Unraced at two, Too Salty demonstrated Monday night at The Meadows that he may be a force in the 3-year-old colt trotting division, capturing a division of the $61,200 Keystone Classic a shade shy of Pine Chip's stakes record. The stake for Pennsylvania-breds was contested over three division
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Maxwell named asst. coach
June 19, 2007
Ontario-based trainer Brad Maxwell, whose resume includes horses such as Elegantimage and Pure Ivory, has been named assistant coach for the Guelph Storm Hockey Club of the Ontario Hockey League. Maxwell, 49, played hockey briefly in the early 1970s before turning to training full time.   Acc
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Budget threatens Pa. slots
June 19, 2007
Reminiscent of the New Jersey budget impasse last year that shut the Meadowlands and Atlantic City casinos, the slots areas at Pennsylvania’s five racetracks could be forced to shut down as soon as July 7 if a 2007-08 budget agreement can’t be reached between Governor Ed Rendell and state legislator
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Monticello celebrates 50th
June 19, 2007
On June 27, 1958 a gray pacer named King Majesty, driven by Bart Wagner, won the first race to ever run at Monticello Raceway. Now Monticello Raceway begins its celebration of 50 years of racing. Monticello Raceway will kick off its anniversary celebration with the Nevele Pride Stakes on Monday,
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Go Get Lost sweep at RcR
June 19, 2007
Three divisions of the Maryland Sire Stakes for sophomore trotters were held as early, non-wagering events on Monday at Rosecroft Raceway, and each of the winners, sired by Go Get Lost, trotted wire to wire in their respective races.   In the first division, Dilly Dally Delia went down the hi
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