News Archive

Woodbine moves Thurs., Fri., Sat. post to 7:30
December 19, 2007
Woodbine Entertainment Group today announced that post-time for its previously scheduled 7:40 p.m. Standardbred racing cards will be moved to 7:30 p.m. in 2008. "The Meadowlands has shifted its 2008 post times, so for the benefit of our customers, we moved our first race post on Thursday, Friday
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May June Character named Pa's Horse of Year
December 19, 2007
No matter the month, the 3-year-old pacer May June Character certainly loved racing--and winning--in the Keystone State, with his four Sire Stakes victories (including the Championship) along with other important victories in “open” stakes earning the gelding honors as both Pennsylvan
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Ladyfield best again in Dover open
December 19, 2007
For the second consecutive start Ladyfield proved the best in the $26,000 Filly and Mares Open Handicap Pace on Tuesday at Dover Downs. With meet leading driver Tony Morgan at the reins, Ladyfield racked up her 13th win of the season turning back five rivals in the top distaff event of the we
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Kentucky starts process to regulate steroids
December 19, 2007
The Kentucky Horse Racing Authority (KHRA) has announced it will draft and adopt rules regulating the use of anabolic steroids in racehorses in the Bluegrass State. At an Authority meeting on Monday, KHRA executive director Lisa Underwood said that although there is no time frame to adopt the rule—o
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Four Starzzz Shark stud fee reduced
December 19, 2007
Brittany Stallion Management has announced a reduction in the stud fee for Four Starzzz Shark to $6,000. “We were extremely happy with how the Shark yearlings were received this year," said syndicate manager Art Zubrod. "They were a great looking group and there was some thought to persevere with
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**NEW**Wire To Wire
December 19, 2007
In this week's Wire To Wire, Andrew Cohen shows once again he doesn't need any help from Writers Guild members to write a monologue or compile a Top 10 list as he has put together a dandy of a column as he presents his 2nd annual Rosalind Awards to the sport's leading names
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Canada's O'Brien finalists announced
December 19, 2007
Standardbred Canada has announced the finalists for the 2007 O'Brien Awards, which honor Canada's best in harness racing over the past season. The awards are named in honor of the late Joe O'Brien, an outstanding horseman and a member of The Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame. The winners will
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Snow White named NJ Standardbred of the Year
December 19, 2007
Snow White, winner of  the $650,000 Breeders Crown Championship for 2-year-old trotting fillies and $1,252,646 in purse money, has been named New Jersey Standardbred of the Year for 2007. This prestigious award to a New Jersey-sired Standardbred is presented annually by the Equine Advisory Boa
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