News Archive

Holiday Credit wins NYSS
August 01, 2008
The 2008 New York Sire Stakes series for 3-year-old colt and gelding trotters made a stop at Saratoga Gaming and Raceway on Thursday as five divisions were contested, with Holiday Credit putting forth the most impressive performance of the night when taking his $51,952 split in 1:57.4. Driven from p
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Schnittker climbs off Dewey to let Brothers aboard
August 01, 2008
Trainer Ray Schnittker's regimen of training Hambletonian favorite Deweycheatumnhowe is to ride the 3-year-old colt trotter, and on Wednesday it was former jockey Donna Barton Brothers' turn to climb aboard. Brothers was at Schnittker's farm with NBC producers taping a segment that wi
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Native Bride sets track record in PASS
August 01, 2008
Native Bride sat well off the dueling leaders, then launched a powerful uncovered move that carried her to victory in a track record 1:50.1 in a division of a $208,760 Pennsylvania Sire Stakes for 3-year-old pacing fillies yesterday at The Meadows.   The stake, known as the Romola Hanove
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Hitchiker makes nine in a row at Cal-Expo
August 01, 2008
Yesterday, Open Handicap trotters, racing for a purse of $7,700, were featured on the final night of the spring-summer meet at Cal-Expo, on which Hitchiker remained unbeaten on the year in five starts.   Being assigned the outside combined with being off three weeks couldn't stop Hitchik
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Late-closing events highlight Red Mile card
August 01, 2008
Thursday night's Red Mile action was highlighted by six late-closing events on the 10-race card starting with a $6,000 late-closing event for colt and gelding trotters, and a host of breakers paved the way for the two longest shots on the board to hit the wire together in a photo finish.&n
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It's Backstreet Sweetie in Whenuwishuponastar Pacing Series
August 01, 2008
Backstreet Sweetie turned in a determined front-end victory in yesterday's $53,100 Whenuwishuponastar Pacing Series Final for two-year-old fillies at Mohawk Racetrack.   The daughter of Dragon Again-Cindys Place had finished a closing third in the first leg of the series for driver Mike Safti
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NJSS opens
August 01, 2008
The New Jersey Sire Stakes, which recently completed its Pari-Mutuel Division racing program at The Meadowlands, begins its “second season” at Freehold Raceway on Thursday and Friday, Aug. 7 and 8, with Green Acres Division racing for 3-year-old pacers.   The top level NJSS Pari-Mutuel Divisi
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Sudden Speed wins Monti Trotting feature in 1:59.1
August 01, 2008
Sudden Speed, a useful trotter owned by Nick Logothetis and April Aldrich, scored his eighth seasonal victory when Bruce Aldrich, Jr. guided the 7-year-old Guided Speed gelding to a 1:59:1 triumph in the trotting feature at Monticello Raceway on July 30.   Aldrich sent Sudden Speed  to t
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Subscribers: please resend subscriptions, address changes
August 01, 2008
Due to harnessracing.com website server issues, new and renewed subscriptions and address changes for Horseman magazine subscribers that were sent during the week of July. 21-28 were not processed. If you submitted your information via the website during that time period, please send again or call T
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Rockingham Park lifts restrictions
August 01, 2008
As of Friday, the chief veterinarian of the State of New Hampshire, Dr. Stephen Crawford, and New Hampshire Racing Commission Veterinarian Dr. Matt Levesque have lifted all restrictions on horses stabled at Rockingham Park. There have been no clinical cases of horses with strangles at Rocking
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Shadow Play sets world record in Adios elimination
August 01, 2008
Shadow Play electrified the crowd on Friday afternoon in winning one of three Delvin Miller Adios elimination races at Mohegan Sun at Pocono Downs, setting a world record with a time of 1:48.2 for a 3-year-old pacing colt on a five-eighths-mile oval. David Miller was in the bike. Each of
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Gold Star Rosie romps in Florida Stallion Stakes action
August 01, 2008
Undefeated Gold Star Rosie ($4.80) posted her fourth straight win with a nine length romp in the $23,625 Florida Stallion Stakes for two-year-old pacing fillies at the isle casino & racing at pompano park Friday. Driven by Dan Clements, Gold Star Rosie took the lead from Howard’s Pride (Bruce R
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Major In Art captures Woodrow Wilson final in 1:50.4
August 01, 2008
Major In Art dug in gamely after a backstretch duel to win the $350,000 Woodrow Wilson for two-year-old pacing colts on Friday night at the Meadowlands.Major In Art, with Brian Sears in tow, put away the challenge of Get It Now before the three-quarter marker and held off a late bid by Mysticism for
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Unida Hanover paces to fourth straight win at Tioga
August 01, 2008
Bruce Clarke and Unida Hanover came from off the pace to score in the featured Winner’s Over pace for fillies and mares on Friday night. The 6-year old daughter of Western Hanover out of the Troublemaker mare Uncoupled is owned by Richard Cronce of Visalia, California. It was the fourth straight win
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Pedigree Snob sets 1:51.4 stakes record in Sweetheart
August 01, 2008
Pedigree Snob stole the lead at the top of the stretch and drew off to a two and three-quarter lengths victory in the $431,000 Sweetheart Pace for two-year-old fillies Friday night at the Meadowlands. Tim Tetrick piloted Pedigree Snob to a stakes record 1:51.4 in the night’s sixth race.  The pr
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Bella Dolce leads OSS Gold elim winners at Mohawk
August 01, 2008
It was a good night for conditioner Kevin Oreilly on Friday at Mohawk as he sent out two of the three Ontario Sires Stakes Gold elimination winners for three-year-old filly trotters. The New Zealand native clicked first with Bella Dolce who was following up on her convincing win in the Canadian Bre
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Tremendous Hit, Parkontheroad score Yonkers features
August 01, 2008
Tremendous Hit (Joe Anderson) and Parkontheroad (Jim Pantaleano) grabbed the Yonkers Raceway glory in Friday night's $40,000 co-features. Tremendous Hit, who has this off-the-pace routine down pat, won the Open Handicap Trot for a third victory in his last four tries. Unhurried early as the 17-10 c
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