News Archive

Kentucky bans one-handed whipping, snappers
September 23, 2008
The Kentucky Horse Racing Commission (KHRC) on Monday approved the banning of one-handed whipping in harness racing, with the new rules going into effect the spring of 2009 after a public comment period.   Drivers will now be required to keep one rein in each hand and will not be al
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Village Blitz wins third straight at Harrington
September 23, 2008
Arty Foster Jr.'s Village Blitz ($7, Tony Morgan) earned his third straight win Monday in the $20,000 Open Pace at Harrington Raceway in 1:52.2. The 8-year-old Village Jiffy gelding has been remarkably sharp of late, with four wins in his last five starts. Morgan and Village Blitz set a
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No Pan Intended going back to Ontario
September 23, 2008
Bob Glazer of Peter Pan Stables and David Heffering of Tara Hills Stud Ltd. have announced that No Pan Intended, the 2003 Horse of the Year, will be moving to Ontario for the 2009 breeding season. No Pan Intended, who also won the pacing Triple Crown in 2003, stood at stud in Pennsylv
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Leerhsen in Lexington to talk about Dan Patch
September 23, 2008
Charles Leerhsen, author of Crazy Good, The True Story of Dan Patch, the Most Famous Horse in America, will be a guest on radio station WVLK-AM 590 in Lexington, Kentucky, this Thursday, September 25, at 8:45 a.m. Leerhsen will talk about the harness racing star that lived and raced extensive
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Mr. Muscleman third behind Waterstone in qualifier
September 23, 2008
The 2005 Trotter of the Year Mr Muscleman made his first appearance since June 2007 in a qualifier Tuesday morning at The Red Mile, with the 9 year old finishing third in a 1:55.3 winning mile posted by the 3-year-old colt Waterstone.   Mr. Muscleman won all four of his starts last
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Jugette winner Good News Lady in Friday's Bluegrass
September 23, 2008
Good News Lady won’t be resting on her Jugette laurels very long as she will take to the track eight days after her multiple-heat win in Delaware, Ohio, last week in one of three $81,000 Bluegrass divisions for 3-year-old filly pacers Friday afternoon at The Red Mile.   Good News Lady landed
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Gabbys Dream scores in NJSS final
September 23, 2008
Gabbys Dream drew away to a 1 3/4-length victory over stablemate I Wanted Wings in the $85,000 New Jersey Sire Stakes for 2-year-old trotting fillies on Tuesday at Freehold Raceway. Gabbys Dream trotted the mile in a lifetime best of 1:59 flat with Jim Pantaleano in the sulky. The daug
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Koch named director of racing at Meadowlands
September 23, 2008
The New Jersey Sports & Exposition Authority has named Peter Koch as director of racing/race secretary effective Nov. 1, after Tad Stockman was named to a new role in racing administration. Koch, the current racing secretary at Freehold Raceway, will oversee the harness racing program at t
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Windsong Soprano trots to 1:53.4 victory
September 23, 2008
In Bluegrass Stakes action at The Red Mile Tuesday, the 2-year-old trotting filly Windsong Soprano, who won the $466,488 Peaceful Way Trot at Mohawk in her previous start, turned in a huge 1:53.4 victory on a sunny, warm afternoon.   The time set a national season's mark, erasing the 1:5
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