News Archive

Mr. Aviator flies in fastest DSBF split
June 28, 2007
Four $20,000 divisions of the Delaware Standardbred Breeders Fund (DSBF) stakes for 3 year olds were contested Wednesday at Harrington Raceway. Trevor Warwick and Peter George's Mr. Aviator ($6.20, Kevin Sizer) was the fastest of two splits for sophomore pacing colts. The Warwick trainee sat behi
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Big M card canceled after fourth
June 28, 2007
John Campbell drove a trio of fillies to victory in their Historic Series stakes on Wednesday night at the Meadowlands, achieving the hat trick before persistent lightning and heavy rains prompted the card to be canceled after the fourth race. Campbell's winners were Snow White (1:56) and Bether Alw
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Takeshigemichi heads Hoosier Cup
June 28, 2007
Eleven 3-year-old colt and gelding pacers have been entered for the $500,000 Hoosier Cup Saturday, June 30. The race will be contested as the 11th on the 17-race card with an estimated post time of 10:10 p.m. EDT. Although raced with eliminations on the same night when necessary, with just 11 horses
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Phipps, Gill to be honored at Goshen
June 28, 2007
At the upcoming Harness Hall of Fame dinner at the Harness Racing Museum in Goshen, New York on Sunday, two of racing's esteemed citizens will be recognized for their example and achievements in amateur driving.  Orrin Phipps of Yarmouth, Maine, and Dr. Howard “Doc” Gill of Pine Bush, N.
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Frosh filly struts her stuff at Pompano
June 28, 2007
A pair of $1,000 non-wagering events for Florida-bred 2-year-old trotters was held prior to the start of the Wednesday program at Pompano Park, marking the first appearance of the season for juvenile performers at the racetrack.   In the evening’s first non-wagering trot, the filly Strut cros
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Saratoga horsemen plead guilty to cobra venom
June 28, 2007
Father and son William and Keith Barrack reportedly pleaded guilty on Wednesday on felony charges of interference with a domestic animal, admitting they attempted to fix a harness race at Saratoga Gaming and Raceway last October by injecting a horse with cobra venom.   In a story that appeare
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New Wire To Wire
June 28, 2007
In this week's Wire To Wire, Andrew Cohen writes about the new SHOP organization, which Ontario Standardbred owners have formed to try to encourage honesty in racing, particularly by eliminating the use of drugs in racing in their home province. Cohen says it's time for horse owners to "ow
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Randy Kerr dies
June 28, 2007
Longtime Canadian horseman Randy Kerr died Wednesday night at the age of 51 as a result of lung cancer. Kerr, the younger brother of horseman Terry Kerr, drove 3,671 winners over his career and earned more than $14.7 million in purses. Mr. Kerr was diagnosed with lung cancer just over a year ago an
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Amadeus Hall composes amazing comeback
June 28, 2007
Amadeus Hall has beaten the odds in a recent incident that would have ended most horse’s careers. The 5-year-old Royal Troubador gelding recently returned to the track, winning his qualifier in 2:03.1 for owner-trainer-driver Dan Taneyhill. The effort was amazing following an injury sustained in mid
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Lavec Dream ready for rich rivals
June 28, 2007
This year’s group of older trotting mares is by all accounts the deepest in many years, so when 6-year-old Lavec Dream surged past her millionaire rivals, Peaceful Way, Mystical Sunshine, and Pure Ivory, to win last Saturday’s single Ambro Flight elimination at the wire, she made quite a
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Eligibles up for Winbak Pace at Delaware
June 28, 2007
A total of 38 horses, including A “Who’s Who” of older pacers, comprise the list of eligibles to the 2007 Winbak Farm Pace, to be raced Jug Day afternoon, Thursday, Sept. 20, at the Delaware, OH County Fair.   This is the second year that Winbak Farm has sponsored the Winbak Farm Pace. Owned
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Trainer says Mr Muscleman ready
June 28, 2007
A month after facing Europe’s best in the Elitlopp, Mr Muscleman will tangle with the United States’ fiercest free-for-all trotters in the $240,000 Titan Cup on Saturday night at the Meadowlands. Mr Muscleman is rated the 2-1 morning line favorite from post seven in the Titan Cup on Saturday ni
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