News Archive

NJSS for 3YO filly trotters underway
June 05, 2008
Lunar Dream OM and Fancy Vacation posted victories in the second round of the New Jersey Sire Stakes for 3-year-old filly trotters on Wednesday night at the Meadowlands, with Lunar Dream OM scoring by 1:55.3 and Fancy Vacation using a stretch rally to tally in 1:55.4. The colts were set to square of
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Vicki Gram notches fourth at Harrington
June 05, 2008
Art Stafford's Vicki Gram ($4.40, Art Stafford Jr.) earned her fourth win in six starts this meet at Harrington Raceway in the $21,000 Junior Open Trot Wednesday.   The 7-year-old Valley Victor mare left from post four and set fractions of :28.3, :59.1 and 1:28.2. She held off Laser Lav
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Strangles case reported at Pompano
June 05, 2008
One case of Streptococcus Equine (Strangles) has been confirmed Wednesday in the stable area at Pompano Park Harness Track. Live harness racing will continue as scheduled at the facility.   Track management, in working with animal health officials from the State of Florida and the United Sta
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Turn the page to the Scioto winner's circle four times
June 05, 2008
Driver Chris Page had the hot hand at Scioto Downs on Wednesday night as he won four of the evening’s 10 races. Page scored in the second race with the 27-1 longshot Class Attack, a winner in 1:56.3. Two races later, Page drove another pacing filly, Sky Ridge Teresa, to victory in 1:58.3
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Indiana's Dale Barlow dies
June 05, 2008
Dale Barlow, for many years the official timer at the Indianapolis State Fair and a longtime harness racing fan, died Thursday, May 22, 2008 at his home in Shelbyville, Ind., from natural causes.  He was 93 years old.   Barlow is the father of retired trainer-driver Ken Ba
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Gale Warning breezes in Pompano trot
June 05, 2008
For the second straight week, Gale Warning ($2.60) was able to breeze again in posting his second straight victory in the $12,000 feature trot at Pompano Park Wednesday. Driver Tom Sells started the race by taking the early lead with Battleshoe Victor but that was short lived as Gale
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SBSW aiming at NA Cup
June 05, 2008
Thursday morning, two days before the $1.5 million North America Cup elims at Mohawk, trainer and co-owner Brent MacGrath admitted to harnessracing.com that he felt a bit of relief after Somebeachsomewhere won his sophomore debut last Saturday night, May 31, in a Burlington division.   “Yeah,
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Reigning Dan Patch champ romps in soph debut
June 05, 2008
Making his first appearance of 2008, the 3-year-old colt trotter Deweycheatumnhowe, the reigning divisional champion and winter-book choice as Hambletonian favorite, coasted to a 10-length, 1:54 qualifying victory at the Meadowlands Thursday morning.   A perfect 10-for-10 last year
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Nine millionaires in Ben Franklin field
June 05, 2008
Seventeen of harness racing’s greatest pacing stars–including nine millionaires-have been entered in two $50,000 eliminations for the Ben Franklin at Harrah’s Chester Casino and Racetrack on Sunday, with the first four finishers in each returning for the rich $500,000 final on Su
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Register named senior VP of racing at NJSEA
June 05, 2008
The New Jersey Sports & Exposition Authority Board of Commissioners Thursday named Lennon Register, a current Pennwood Racing executive, as senior vice president of racing, effective August 2008, after Dennis Dowd was named to the position of senior vice president of legal and governmental
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Three Finger Brown pitches new Monticello record
June 05, 2008
When Mike Merton reined Three Finger Brown to a 1:26.2 victory Thursday in Monticello Raceway’s initial three-quarter mile dash it established a new track record. The old standard of 1:32.2 was set by pacer Ivan Minbar and driver Lenny Abbruzzio on June 22, 1977.  Three Finger Brown circl
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Paver takes Whotookwhat to Meadows' winner's circle
June 05, 2008
Whotookwhat ended an uncharacteristically long drought on Thursday at The Meadows, using a powerful first-over move to capture the $18,000 Filly and Mare Open Trot in 1:55.2, a career best. The 6-year-old Inquirer mare has won 43 times in 105 career starts but, despite a string of place
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