News Archive

Sophomore colt pacer SBSW on verge of $2 million
August 11, 2008
 In what’s become his trademark style, Brent MacGrath’s Somebeachsomewhere powered to a 4 3/4-length victory Sunday night at Mohawk in the $180,000(C) Ontario Sire Stakes Gold final for 3-year-old pacing colts, and effortlessly set a new OSS record of 1:49.2 while he was at it.The Monster
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Chicy Micky equals Robert Stewart record
August 11, 2008
Longshot Novelty AS broke her maiden in fine style Sunday night in the first of four divisions of the Robert Stewart Stakes for 2-year-old fillies at Mohawk, as she trotted to the wire three lengths ahead of her nearest rivals in 1:59.2.Jody Jamieson, catch-driving Novelty AS after regular
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Stewart filly winners go gate to wire
August 11, 2008
A pair of Ontario Sire Stakes stars, Northern Duchess and St. Lads Popcorn, were victorious in Sunday night's two $106,000(C) Robert Stewart Stakes divisions for 2-year-old filly pacers at Mohawk Racetrack. Both fillies were able to score in gate-to-wire fashion, with Northern Duchess taking the
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Perfect Launch sets career mark in NY Fair Stakes
August 11, 2008
Perfect Launch and Jim Morrill Jr. took down the second division of the New York State Fair Stakes for 2-year old pacing fillies on Sunday afternoon at Tioga Downs. The mile of 1:54.3 established a new lifetime mark for the 2-year old daughter of Riverboat King out of the Topnotcher mare Cambridge U
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Ab's Beach Boy upsets Always A Virgin in Lexington
August 11, 2008
Always A Virgin, a winner of over $1 million last year, was the overwhelming choice of the betting public on Sunday night at The Red Mile, dispatched as the 1-5 choice in the $6,000 Open. However, someone forgot to tell Ab’s Beach Boy and driver Kyle Ater, who used a first-over trip to look the heav
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Tom Haughton fractures shoulder in Red Mile accident
August 11, 2008
Tom Haughton was transported to a Lexington hospital Sunday night following a race accident at The Red Mile, with his wife, Lynn, telling harnessracing.com Monday afternoon the 52 year old suffered a fractured scapula (shoulder blade) and five cracked ribs. Haughton was hurt in the night's
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Top colt pacer cuts tendon in Adios final
August 11, 2008
Trainer Jim Arledge Jr. told harnessracing.com Monday afternoon that the leading 3-year-old colt pacer Sand Shooter has been retired after cutting a tendon during Saturday’s $350,000 Adios final at Mohegan Sun at Pocono Downs. The son of Western Hanover finished a well-distanced eighth in the race a
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Promising freshman Blue Shark euthanized
August 11, 2008
The 2-year-old colt pacer Blue Shark, who started in an Arden Downs division at Mohegan Sun at Pocono Downs on Saturday but made a break and did not finish the race, suffered a shattered pastern bone in his right hind leg and has been euthanized, trainer Erv Miller told harnessracing.com M
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Ideal Danny sprints to 1:53.3 win in Little Pat
August 11, 2008
Ideal Danny kicked off his cover at the head of the stretch and sprinted home to a career-best 1:53.3 victory in the Review Stakes-Little Pat for 2-year-old colt pacers on the first day of Grand Circuit racing at the Illinois State fair in Springfield.   Andy Miller was in the bike as Ideal D
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