News Archive

Record-setting driver sweeps Dover features
March 06, 2008
Tim Tetrick began a four-straight win streak driving Litigator to a victory in the $25,000 winners-over trot on Wednesday at Dover Downs, completing a sweep of the top three races guiding Jessie Hall and Instant Photo to wins in a five-win night. Tetrick took Parent Racing and Crys
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Career-best effort for Chevie Kodiak at Pompano
March 06, 2008
The rapidly improving 4-year-old gelded pacer Chevie Kodiak posted his second consecutive victory at Pompano Park on Wednesday, lowering his lifetime mark to 1:54.3 while remaining unbeaten in 2008 with a victory in a $3,400 non-winners pace.   Starting from post two with Wally Hen
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Harness Racing Youth League honored
March 06, 2008
Harness Racing Youth League, the summer camp program of the Harness Horse Youth Foundation, received the inaugural American Youth Horse Council Partnership Award. HHYF Executive Director Ellen Taylor was presented with a plaque, clippers, and western print at the AYHC annual symposium, held S
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SRF breedings available
March 06, 2008
The Standardbred Retirement Foundation (SRF) has many of the top stallion breedings available for 2008. Below is a list of stallions available. This list is not final. To donate a breedong or for information call (609)324-1500 or email gen@srfmail.com or check our website www.adoptahorse.org  f
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Ohio State to host equine owner, breeder and caretaker series
March 06, 2008
The Equine Owner, Breeder and Caretaker Series is designed to provide timely and practical updates on equine healthcare topics from a diverse group of equine veterinarians from The Ohio State University College of Veterinary Medicine's Galbreath Equine Center. Equine ER-Equine Veterinary
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Pat Ricketts dies at 101
March 06, 2008
Pat Ricketts, who raced such top horses as HA's Pet wth her husband R.D., died Wednesday, March 5, in Houston, Texas, at the age of 101. Pat and R.D. traveled to racetracks in the days of Scott Frost to Niatross, and lived in both Houston and Pompano Beach, Fla.   During the li
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Amendment to be filed that allows only slots at tracks
March 06, 2008
The Lexington Herald Leader website is reporting Thursday afternoon that an amendment to the casino bill in Kentucky that is scheduled to be voted on in the full House will be filed before the end of the day which would allow only slots at racetracks and not provide for full-blown casinos. Democrat
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Trotter feeling his oats again in Meadows feature
March 06, 2008
Oatmeister proved again Thursday that he's the “meister” of the trot at The Meadows, winning the $20,000 Open/Preferred Handicap Trot for the fourth time in his last seven starts--all of them from post position six or wider.   Dave Palone urged Oatmeister to the early lead, which they surrend
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