News Archive

Champlain churns out track record mile
September 08, 2007
Red In The Face, a filly by Red River Hanover who was sold as a yearling for just $8,000, turned in a 1:51.3 track-record equaling performance in the fastest of three C$113,362 divisions of the Champlain Stakes for 2-year-old pacing fillies Friday night at Mohawk Racetrack.   The cl
[read more]

Pompano track to be ready soon
September 08, 2007
Management at the Isle Casino & Racing at Pompano Park announced today that the new racing surface will be ready for their opening night program on Friday, Sept. 14. Pompano had begun a major renovation of the track surface in late August, then brought in Dan Coon of Charles E. Coon &a
[read more]

Woman Rebels sets new track record in 2yo pacing filly NYSS
September 08, 2007
Tioga hosted five divisions of the New York Sire Stakes for 2-year-old pacing fillies on Friday night and in the process the track record was broken three times. The last to do so was Woman Rebels and Jim Morrill Jr. in 1:53.4 for trainer Paul Reid and Perfect World Enterprises of Old Westbury, New
[read more]

Pompano track ready for opening day
September 08, 2007
Management at the Isle Casino & Racing at Pompano Park announced today that the new racing surface will be ready for their opening night program on Friday, September 14. Horses will be training over the new surface early next week. Due to the delay in getting the track ready, there will be
[read more]

Stacelita & Manzi become new Yonkers track record holders
September 08, 2007
Stacelita became the fastest trotter in Yonkers Raceway history Friday night, winning her gait's $30,000 Open Handicap in a zippy 1:55.3. With Catello Manzi escorting the 6-year-old daughter of Angus Hall, Stacelita--empowered by her week of R&R--elbowed her way into the record book. She eclip
[read more]

Seminoles offer state big bucks
September 08, 2007
The Florida Sun-Sentinel newspaper has reported that the Seminole Tribe of Florida has offered the state $50 million up front and at least $100 million a year in exchange for the right to have Las Vegas-style slot machines, blackjack and baccarat, and could possibly expand its operation in Coco
[read more]

Donato Hanover, Val Taurus take splits
September 08, 2007
The $1 million Canadian Trotting Classic (CTC) final, set for next Saturday at Mohawk, will feature two horses riding 15-race win streaks--Donato Hanover (1:52.3) and Val Taurus (1:53.2), and they will start side-by-side--in posts two and three--in the CTC final.   Donato Hanover took th
[read more]

Somebeachsomewhere sets stakes mark
September 08, 2007
Jody Jamieson took two of the three divisions of the Champlain for 2-year-old pacing colts at Mohawk Saturday night, scoring with Legacy N Diamonds and Roberts Rage, but the third split went to Metro champ Somebeachsomewhere in a stakes-record time of 1:51. The previous mark of 1:51.2 was held by Si
[read more]

Tell All scores, now on to Jug
September 08, 2007
North America Cup champ Tell All returned to Mohawk for the first time since winning the million-dollar classic and cruised to a 1:50.4 score in a division of the Simcoe on Saturday night.   With regular pilot Jody Jamieson aboard, Tell All sprinted to the front from post two, yielded
[read more]

Won The West the best in Jug Preview
September 08, 2007
Won The West, fresh off a 1:53.1 qualifier at Northfield Park the previous week, paced past Kinetic Yankee late in the homestretch to win the $165,000 Jug Preview Saturday night at Scioto Downs. With Greg Grismore driving, Won The West hit the wire in 1:51.   Kinetic Yankee, with Dave Palone
[read more]

Vivid Photo's 1:52 equals Mohawk mark
September 08, 2007
World champion Vivid Photo equaled the Mohawk track trotting record of 1:52 in winning Saturday night's $45,000 Open Trot. The 5-year-old SJs Photo gelding, trained and driven by Roger Hammer, was using the race as a tune-up for next Saturday's $693,500 Maple Leaf Trot at Mohawk.   Hamme
[read more]