News Archive

Artistic Fella paces to 1:48 all-age mark
June 16, 2008
Joseph Alborano’s Artistic Fella, with Tim Tetrick in the sulky, unleashed a powerful performance to capture the $500,000 final of the Ben Franklin Pace in the world record time of 1:48 at Harrah’s Chester Casino and Racetrack on Sunday.           
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Filly is fastest in five DSBF splits at Harrington
June 16, 2008
Five Delaware Standardbred Breeders Fund (DSBF) $20,000 eliminations were contested for trotters Sunday at Harrington Raceway with Brandon Givens and Walter Blacharski's Man of Science (2:01.3, Givens) and Ron Hill and Virginia Keeler's Indian Hill Mojoe (2:01.1, Hill) winners in the colt div
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ABC Mercedes, Sweet Joe win ISS splits
June 16, 2008
ABC Mercedes, controlled by Mark O’Mara, raced down the stretch to win the fourth leg of the Indiana Sire Stakes at Hoosier Park Sunday, June 15. The race was the fourth victory in four races for the 3-year-old trotting gelding. Seven Bends, guided by Joe Essig Jr., rushed out of the gate to late t
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Capital Advisor wins Saratoga feature
June 16, 2008
Capital Advisor visited the winner’s circle for the second time in his last three starts when taking the featured $15,000 Open Pace at Saratoga Gaming and Raceway on Sunday in 1:53. Driven from post three by trainer Jay Randall, Capital Advisor was content to settle in third place as Ruffled Tux
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Big price paid for freshman pacer Mysticism
June 16, 2008
Mysticism, the 2-year-old colt pacer who romped to a 1:53.4 win in a qualifier last Friday morning at Pompano Park, has been sold for a price believed to be near a quarter-million dollars and will now be trained by the 2007 Trainer of the Year Steve Elliott.   A son of Dragon Again, Mysticism
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Surpreme Court declines appeal by slaughter plant owner
June 16, 2008
The Associated Press (AP) has reported that the U.S. Supreme Court has declined an appeal from Cavel International, the owners of the Cavela horse slaughtering plant, who challenged an Illinois law prohibiting the killing of horses for human consumption.   The Cavel plant in DeKalb, Ill.
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Total Truth, Palone Ranger test positive for steroids
June 16, 2008
One week after 2006 Pacer of the Year Total Truth tested positive for steroids at Harrah’s Chester, which resulted in the horse being scratched from Sunday’s $500,000 Ben Franklin final and being placed on the disqualified list until he tests for an allowable level, trainer George Teague Jr. also sc
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