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Michelles Power upset by 29-1 longshot
September 18, 2007
Simply Mavelous pulled off the biggest win of her career with a shocking 29-1 victory in tonight's $130,000(C) Ontario Sire Stakes Gold final for 3-year-old filly pacers at Mohawk Racetrack in 1:50.4. With Mike Saftic driving for the first time, the daughter of Western Maverick-Sanfran got away s
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Oakville renamed Peaceful Way
September 18, 2007
Woodbine Entertainment Group has announced that the Oakville Stakes has been renamed in honor of the great Peaceful Way who recently retired from racing. The Peaceful Way for 2-year-old filly trotters will now be a part of WEG's stakes schedule for 2008. The Canadian champion called it a career&n
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New world mark for freshman trotters set
September 18, 2007
Rose Run Jeriah smashed the world record record for 2-year-old trotting colts Monday afternoon with a 1:57.2 victory in the first division of the $71,556 Ohio Breeders Championship at the Delaware, Ohio County Fair. The Corleone colt, driven by Chip Noble, led from gate to wire to lower Royal Tro
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An immortal victory in Harrington open
September 18, 2007
Carter Racing Stable's Immortal Quest N ($20.40, Eddie Davis Jr.) was the longest shot on the board in a five-horse field Monday at Harrington Raceway, but won the $26,000 Open Pace in 1:53.3. Driven by Davis for trainer Bobby Myers, the 8-year-old Sands A Flyin gelding left hard
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Royal pays a $25 fortune in Pocahontas final
September 18, 2007
Two-year-old filly pacers contested the final of the Pocahontas late-closing series Monday at Harrah's Chester, with Royal Fortune (Vic Kirby) nailing 4-5 betting choice Artexpress (Tim Tetrick) at the line in a time of 1:53.2.  The Cams Fortune filly from the Lester Walls barn returned
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Warning posted in Simpson at Red Mile
September 18, 2007
Warning Zone, fresh off a Kentucky Sire Stakes championship, won his $12,400 John Simpson Memorial division at The Red Mile on Monday night in a lifetime-best 1:51.3. Charlie Norris drove Warning Zone, a 2-year-old Jate Lobell gelding, to his fourth straight win and fifth in seven lifetime st
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Out-of-competition testing approved in New Jersey
September 18, 2007
The New Jersey Racing Commission (NJRC) on Monday approved unanimously (7-0) an expanded drug testing program that includes out-of-competition testing. "The racing commission believes that this rule is necessary to address the serious and present threat to the integrity of racing," NJRC executive d
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HRTV's Jug Day coverage to begin at 11 am
September 18, 2007
HorseRacing TV once again will bring harness racing fans one of the sport's storied races when it presents live coverage of the Little Brown Jug from the Delaware Fairgrounds this Thursday, Sept. 20. HRTV has carried the legendary race every year since its launch in 2002. H
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Tivoli Hanover scratched from Jug
September 18, 2007
Max Hempt final winner Tivoli Hanover, who had major colon surgery in early June, has been scratched “sick” out of the second elimination of Thursday’s Little Brown Jug by trainer Chris Oakes. Tivoli Hanover was diagnosed with a displaced colon a week after he finished fifth in the $1 million Art Ro
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Exotic Destination wins Red Mile qualifier
September 18, 2007
World Filly Trotting Derby winner Exotic Destination returned to the racetrack Tuesday morning, winning a qualifier at The Red Mile in 1:54.3 with trainer Buzzy Sholty in the bike.   In another qualifying mile, Lady Mattgalane was a 1:54 winner for trainer Gregory Peck. Burlington Stakes winn
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Schedule change for Sunshine State Stake
September 18, 2007
The Florida Standardbred Breeders and Owners Association (FSBOA) has announced a scheduling change due to the recent postponement of Sunshine State Stake (SSS) Leg #3 due to track conditions at Pompano Park.   Leg #3 will be conducted on Sept. 26, 28 & 29. The SSS Finals, originally sched
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Somebeachsomewhere's freshman season is over
September 18, 2007
According to reports, the connections of world champion freshman pacer Somebeachsomewhere have decided to curtail his juvenile season after going unbeaten in six starts, including that world-record 1:49.3 win in the $1 million Metro Sept. 1 at Mohawk Racetrack.   Somebeachsomewhere’s sixth wi
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