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Five-win night for Callahan at Dover
November 06, 2008
For the second straight week Sauce Two K and Victors Vicky posted victories in the $22,000 Winners Over and $18,000 conditioned trots, respectively, over a "sloppy" track at Dover Downs. Corey Callahan drove both winners, among his five trips to the winner's circle. This time Sauce
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Brown, Bier capture Colonial titles
November 06, 2008
Sean Bier guided Poweriscape to a four-length win in the $7,150 Horace Martin Memorial late-closing series final to wrap up a four-win night that clinched leading driver honors on Wednesday at Colonial Downs. Bier trailed Chris Page by two wins coming into the final night of the 34-day season
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Pompano saw the law and the law won
November 06, 2008
It may have taken a little more than a year, but after 25 straight losing efforts, Lay Down The Law found the winner’s circle in the sixth- race pace Wednesday at the Isle Pompano Park. Sent off at odds of 8-1, Lay Down The Law paid a generous $18.60 to win.   Three early lead changes starte
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Artistic Fella to return to track in 2009
November 06, 2008
Artistic Fella, who last raced Aug. 30 in the Breeders Crown, finishing second to Mister Big, will return to action in 2009, trainer Steve Elliott said. This year, Artistic Fella won five of 14 races and finished in second place on seven occasions while earning $937,580. Four of his seconds came t
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Art's Conquest sold to England's Camden Stud
November 06, 2008
Art’s Conquest, sire of  Coldheartedrevenge p, 1:48.3, Live Out Loud p, 1:49.4, and Booze Cruzin p,4, 1:49.4, among others, will be heading across the Atlantic to stand at Camden Stud in York, England, next year. The 12-year-old son of Artsplace was purchased by Camden Stud’s Michael Welling fo
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Harrisburg yearling sale concludes with across-the-board decline
November 06, 2008
By the time the Standardbred Horse Sales Company’s annual November yearling auction in Harrisburg concluded on Wednesday night, the average price had settled at a 26.9 percent decline, and an analysis of the entire sale showed there were no bright spots as the world’s current economic crisis made it
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