News Archive

Four DSBF finals held as Dover closes
April 11, 2008
The 39th season of racing at Dover Downs went out in fine style with four $100,000 Delaware Standardbred Breeders Fund (DSBF) 3-year-old finals on Thursday, April 10, with Tug River Princess coming within two-fifths of a second of Rainbow Blue’s track record by scoring her 11th c
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Bartlett wins a pair at Yonkers to reach 1,000
April 11, 2008
Jason Bartlett, Yonkers Raceway's leading driver thus far in 2008, won the 2,000th race of his career Thursday nigbt. Bartlett guided the 5-year-old pacing mare Allikait Fighter ($5.20) to a 1:57, half-length win in the $8,000, ninth-race pace. Sean Campbell trained the winning favorite for own
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Fasig-Tipton to be bought by Arab company
April 11, 2008
Fasig-Tipton Co., which owns the facility where the Lexington Selected Yearling Sale holds its annual auction, is being sold to a Dubai-based company with close ties to Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum, a prominent Thoroughbred breeder and buyer and the ruler of Dubai. On Thursday Fas
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Incredible Reba wins Miss Windfall opener
April 11, 2008
Incredible Reba was a credible winner in the first round of the Miss Windfall series Thursday at Hoosier Park, with the 3-year-old Electric Yankee filly opening up on the field in the stretch to win by more than two lengths over a muddy track. Guided by Joe Putnam, Incredible Reba grabbed a go
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Don Giovanni fastest in Tie Silk opening round
April 11, 2008
Society Kad and Don Giovanni used similar tactics to score impressive victories in Thursday night's first leg of the Tie Silk Trotting Series for 3 year olds at Woodbine Racetrack. Don Giovanni posted the fastest of the two $18,000(C) splits when he stopped the clock in 1:55.3 in the second
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Pennsylvania awards checks sent out; Hanover getting $1.1 mil
April 11, 2008
The new Pennsylvania Standardbred Breeders Development Fund has sent out its first checks for breeders awards, with Hanover Shoe Farms, the sport's largest breeder, receiving $1.1 million in award money and 37 other breeders (listed below) receiving from $30,000 to $156,000. The Harn
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Big maiden victory for Elizabeth Lane at The Meadows
April 11, 2008
Elizabeth Lane, whose racing career spanned two qualifiers only, proved a quick study on Thursday at The Meadows as she went wire to wire in the $13,000 opening leg of the Chartiers Township Trot for 3-year-old fillies. The daughter of SJ's Caviar, unraced at two, began her career misera
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Final Choice the winning choice at Cal Expo
April 11, 2008
He romped the week before despite parking the mile, so it should have come as no surprise that Final Choice repeated at Cal Expo Thursday night in a $6,300 race for $15,000-20,000 claiming trotters.   In advance of starting from post position four in the field of five, owner-trainer Gilbert H
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Impressive win by Splendid Kisser in Sportsnet division
April 11, 2008
Yannick Gingras directed Splendid Kisser to an impressive 1:50.1 victory in the single division of the Sportsnet New York Series Thursday night at the Meadowlands. The 4-year-old son of Bettor’s Delight took home the winner’s share of the $19,000 purse by 3 ¾ lengths over Major Suit, with Lucky Bett
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Elitlopp invitation extended to Buck I St. Pat
April 11, 2008
Elitlopp officials have extended an invitation to the connections of Buck I St. Pat to bring the 5-year-old trotting mare to Solvalla Racetrack in Sweden to compete in the Elitlopp May 25, according to harnessracing.com's Sweden-based correspondent Lars G. Palm.   Buck I St. Pat was won four
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Offshore Dream beaten in Paris
April 11, 2008
The top French trotters, including 2007 and 2008 Prix d'Amerique winner Offshore Dream, raced in the Prix Jamin/RMC at Hippodrome Paris-Vincennes on Friday night, and there was an upset as Otello Pierji, a son of Buvetier d'Aunou, won the race.   Offshore Dream, a son of Reve d'Udon
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Riggins, Share The Delight lead Empire nominees
April 11, 2008
The nominations are in for the 2008 Tioga & Vernon Downs Empire Breeders Classic, and they include Riggins, the 2007 New York Sire Stakes 2-Year-Old Pacing Colt, and the runner-up in the division, Share The Delight.   A total of 34 colts have been nominated to the 3-Year-Ol
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Bill signed, purse supplement moves forward in Jersey
April 11, 2008
Late Friday afternoon New Jersey Governor Jon S. Corzine signed the bill into the law that was a necessary step to move forward the $90 million casino supplement for New Jersey’s racetracks.   The bill, A-2471/SCS for S-1464, provides a “tax deduction from casino gross revenues for
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Youth Foundation getting ready for season
April 11, 2008
The horses who are used in the Harness Racing Youth League summer camp season shipped north this week to begin their annual conditioning program.  The horses “winter” at Brittany Farm where they receive the best of care and lots of pampering.  Once the weather breaks,&n
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