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Booze Cruzin wins Windy City Pace in stakes record
October 13, 2007
Booze Cruzin took advantage of Maywood Park's coveted one-slot and went on to post a wire-to-wire victory in Friday night's $220,000 Windy City Pace in 1:51.3, a new stakes record for the 25th edition of the meet's showcase stake for three-year-olds colts and geldings. The victory was driver Sam Wi
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Vivid Photo sets world record at Colonial
October 13, 2007
Vivid Photo found another burst of speed in deep stretch to repel challenges on both flanks to win the $100,000 Patriot Invitational Trot in track and world record time for the second straight year Saturday at Colonial Downs. Vivid Photo trotted the mile in 1:50.4, two-fifths slower than his 2006 P
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Another World Record for Green Day
October 13, 2007
Green Day broke his own world record for a three-year-old gelding on a half-mile track when he drew off to a widening 11 length victory in the first $65,000 Galt Trot Friday evening at Maywood Park with a 1:55.1 clocking for driver Andy Miller. Green Bay ($2.20) sat third through the first hal
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Artcotic scores second NJSS title
October 13, 2007
Artcotic coasted to a three length victory and captured her second $85,000 New Jersey Sires Stakes Final on Saturday (October 13) at Freehold Raceway. Sent off as the 1-5 favorite in the seventh race, the daughter of Artiscape–Pumped did not disappoint, posting her seventh win of the year in a time
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Toscano tandem takes Babic Memorial elims
October 13, 2007
A pair of pacing colts trained by Linda Toscano swept the two $15,000 eliminations for the Lou Babic Memorial on Saturday (October 13) at Freehold Raceway. The two -- Artic Stretch and Meant To Be Me -- will be among the eight New Jersey-sired 2-year-old colts and geldings advancing to the final of
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Jugette champion wins by a nose
October 13, 2007
Western Graduate ($6.00) won the $128,000 Courageous Lady Pace at Northfield Park Saturday night, defeating Michelle’s Power in the tightest finish in stakes history. Only a nose separated the pair in the 1:53 mile. Yannick Gingras drove Western Graduate for trainer Mickey Burke and owners Sylvia Bu
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Florida Sale Stakes at Pompano Park
October 13, 2007
Donald Soderstrom’s homebred Sody’s Moonshine rebounded from his first career defeat on Saturday, October 13, putting forth an impressive performance to capture a $19,225 division of the Florida Sale Stakes for juvenile colt and gelding pacers at Pompano Park. Driven from post four by Kevin Wallis,
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