News Archive

Tioga treating for Tompkins-Geers
July 15, 2007
Tioga Downs will host a FREE golf outing for owners, drivers, trainers, grooms and all others involved with the Tompkins Geers on Monday, July 23, at 9 am. The tournament will be played at Tioga Country Club, located two miles east of the track. To sign up a team for the four man scramble please cal
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Darlin's Delight makes third win a big one
July 15, 2007
Darlin's Delight picked up her 22nd career victory with her 1:52.3 score in the $201,500 Silk Stockings Pace for mares Sunday afternoon at Monticello Racing & Gaming. The 4-year-old mare by Bettor's Delight made a quarter-pole move to take command and coasted home a 5 1/2-length winner.  
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John Ferguson dies at 68
July 15, 2007
Former professional hockey player John Ferguson, also the breeder of 1982 Little Brown Jug winner Merger and an owner of such greats as Hardie Hanover, died Saturday night after a lengthy battle with prostate cancer. He was 68.   Ferguson was well known around the racetracks and the sale
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Yankee Cruisers star at Scioto
July 15, 2007
Freshman sire Yankee Cruiser continued his amazing first season with youngsters on the racetrack, as his daughters swept all four of the Ohio Sire Stakes events on Saturday night’s card at Scioto Downs. Yankee Cruiser is currently atop the North American standings for two-year-old earnings, with his
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Search Engine dominates ISS action
July 15, 2007
George McClarnon’s Search Engine collected his fifth straight win Saturday, July 14, this time pacing to a 1:53 victory in the $12,000 opening leg of Indiana Sires Stakes for sophomore colts at Indiana Downs. Driven by Mark O’Mara, the 1-9 favorite crossed the wire nearly six lengths in front. “Tha
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Adrian Chip wins Hambo prep
July 15, 2007
Adrian Chip (Andover Hall-My Favorite Chip) passed his final test for the Hambletonian, winning the Ulf Thoresen Memorial at the Jarlsberg track in Norway. He won after taking the lead in first turn, but it was not a walk in the park for the colt, as he was seriously challenged by t
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It's time for the Jug Fantasy draft
July 15, 2007
Attention, Jug Fantasy Players! For the next 10 days you may replace two horses in your Jug Fantasy Stable plus one driver and one trainer.  The first supplementary draft period began Sunday, July 15, and will continue through 11:59 p.m. Wednesday, July 25.   Click here to go to the Jugb
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