News Archive

With six in the winner's circle you get Tetrick
April 07, 2008
Tim Tetrick won the last five races on a six-win night while a pair of fast finishes paved the way for Menno Boy and Fine-Tune to post impressive wins over a track labeled as "good" at Dover Downs on Sunday.   In the feature, Eddie Davis Jr. pulled Menno Boy off the rail turning for home an
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Kinsel, Westside Gritty take weekend stakes at Balmoral
April 07, 2008
It was a chalk player’s delight as the 2008 stakes season got underway on Saturday at Balmoral Park with Gordon and Claudia Wright’s Kinsel starting the proceedings with an easy wire-to-wire score in Saturday’s $15,000 Taurus Bomber for Illinois conceived and foaled 3-year-old pacing
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Meadowlands to host Kindergarten legs
April 07, 2008
The 2008 edition of the Kindergarten Classic for 2 year olds will see two of the six series legs raced at the Meadowlands during the month of July. Launched in 2006, the Kindergarten series is designed to provide experience gathering races for freshman trotters and pacers while offering generou
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Future of Colonial Downs up in air
April 07, 2008
Published reports out of Virginia state Colonial Downs—which has been for sale since January—could be sold to a developer and torn down to make way for a housing development. The report in Saturday's Newport News Daily Press stated that track officials are hoping that the state legislature pass
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Red Mile announces Grand Circuit sponsors
April 07, 2008
The Red Mile has announced major stakes sponsors for the 2008 Grand Circuit meet, with the Kentucky Futurity, set for Saturday, Oct. 4, to be sponsored by Margareta Wallenius-Kleberg's Sweden-based, Menhammar Stuteri AB and her US-based Stoner Manor Inc., in conjunction w
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Ohio horse coalition formed
April 07, 2008
In an attempt to overcome numerous challenges and what amounts to an economic crisis in several segments, members of this state’s horse community Monday announced the formation of the Ohio Equine Industry Coalition (OEIC).   The organization, designed to include all breeds and disciplin
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