News Archive

Hartmann increases winnng streak to seven in KYSS
August 25, 2008
Hartmann, a Like A Prayer half brother to the $1.8-million winner Cameron Hall, continues to do nothing wrong as he posted his seventh win in as many career starts Sunday night at The Red Mile, capturing his $25,000 Kentucky Sire Stakes division with a 1:55.2 effort. The 3-year-old trotter made
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Golden Receiver finds Tioga winner's circle
August 25, 2008
Golden Receiver chalked up a new track record at Tioga Downs on Sunday afternoon for 3-year old gelding pacers with a new lifetime mark of 1:51.4. Sean McAleese was in the sulky for breeder, owner, and trainer Nina Simmonds.   It was the fourth win in six lifetime starts for the son of Villag
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Chalk talks in Carney elims
August 25, 2008
Two very short-priced favorites proved victorious in the brace of eliminations for the Joseph Carney Memorial Trot at Rockingham Park on Sunday, and moved on to the race's $50,000 final at The Rock next week.   In the first of the $17,500 eliminations, Scorpion Moon (Armbro Scorpion-Angie’s
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Pa. Fair Sire Stakes championships to remain at The Meadows
August 25, 2008
After reconsideration by the Pennsylvania Harness Racing Commission, the Pennsylvania Fair Sire Stakes Championships will be held at The Meadows racetrack on Oct. 6-10, as originally scheduled. "Upon further reflection," director of harness racing Anton J. Leppler said, "it was decided that h
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Canada's Clare MacDonald hurt in race accident
August 25, 2008
Canadian Clare MacDonald, the winningest female driver in that country’s history, remained hospitalized Monday after suffering a concussion and injured ribs in a race accident at Exhibition Park Raceway in Saint John, New Brunswick Saturday. MacDonald, 46, is the only female Canadian-based driver to
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Don Irvine Jr. suspended in Indiana
August 25, 2008
Veteran driver Don Irvine Jr. was taken off his mounts at Indiana Downs Saturday, Aug. 23, and his license has been suspended by the Indiana Horse Racing Commission (IHRC).   Irvine, racing on a probationary license, will be unable to drive while the IHRC and Indiana Gaming Commission investi
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SBSW still favored in second Jug Future pool
August 25, 2008
Although trainer and co-owner Brent MacGrath has repeatedly stated he was not entering Somebeachsomewhere in next month’s Little Brown Jug, bettors wagering in the second Jug Future pool have made that world-champion 3-year-old colt pacer the 5-2 favorite, with the field (all other 3 year olds not c
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Conrads Epilog Wins Sweden’s E3 Final In Upset
August 25, 2008
Conrads Epilog, a 3-year-old son of Rite On Line (Supergill), has captured the E3 final, one of the important European stakes for trotters his age. Raced at Sweden’s Romme track Saturday, Aug. 16, he came from off the pace to score in a mile rate of 1:56.2, defeating Boulder Classico, who also
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Kentucky bans anabolic steroids
August 25, 2008
The Kentucky Horse Racing Commission on Thursday unanimously approved banning the use of anabolic steroids in racehorses, with the rules likely to go into effect the first week of September with Gov. Steve Beshear’s signature as an emergency regulation. Under the new regulations, the anabolic ster
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