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Windsong Espoir sets 2YO track mark at Mohawk
September 10, 2007
The parade of track records continued on Sunday night at Mohawk as Windsong Espoir equaled the standard for rookie trotting colts with a 1:55.3 victory in one of four $30,000 eliminations for this year’s William Wellwood Memorial Stakes. Despite being parked past the half in :58, the strappin
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Fox winner Lonestar Legend sidelined
September 10, 2007
Fox Stake champion Lonestar Legend raced a disappointing eighth in the $1 million Metro at Mohawk Raceway on Sept. 1. According to trainer Don Swick, there is a good reason why the Western Hanover colt didn’t race up to par; he flipped his palate.   “We thought he might have had a probl
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Filly from Miss Easy tops New Jersey Classic
September 10, 2007
Mezuzah Hanover, a Mcardle filly from world champion Miss Easy topped the New Jersey Classic Yearling Sale Sunday, bringing a bid of $90,000 from John Canulliere of East Orange, N.J.   Conducted by the Garden State Horse Sales Company, the sale sold 227 yearlings for a gross of $2,237,300 an
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Average price up at Cottonwood Sale
September 10, 2007
The 14th annual Cottonwood Farm Yearling Sale was conducted Sunday afternoon with 63 yearlings going through the sales ring for an average price of $14,911, a 4.5 percent increase form last year’s sale.   Topping the sale was Whomthenshallifear, a Cole Muffler colt from the Western Hanover ma
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Duneside Perch done for year
September 10, 2007
Trainer George Teague Jr. told harnessracing.com Monday afternoon that New Jersey Sire Stakes champion Duneside Perch has suffered a cracked cannon bone in his left hind leg and will miss the rest of the year. The 2-year-old son of Cam’s Card Shark had been scratched out of the recent Metro eliminat
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Robin I Scoot drifts to ISS victory
September 10, 2007
Those accustomed to watching Robin I Scoot compete in Indiana Sires Stakes competition are familiar with his propensity to drift out in the stretch. Monday, Sept. 10 the I Scoot Hanover freshman used every bit of the lane to score a half length victory in the $12,000 second round of ISS action.
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