News Archive

Lone mare in Open Trot prevails at 33-1
December 11, 2008
The 33-1 longshot Vicki Gram got up to win the $26,000 Open Trot while Ruffled Tux won for the third straight time in the feature pace at Dover Downs on a rainy Wednesday.   Race favorite Joey The Jet JT and driver Tony Morgan escaped from being locked in at the three-quarters, moved t
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Magic in the air at Pompano
December 11, 2008
Magic was in the air for Canadian trainer-owner Denitza Petrova Wednesday night at the Isle Pompano Park as her 3-year old Dauntless Bunny gelding, Ben Magic ($7.80), made his debut at Pompano to capture his first pari-mutuel win in 26 lifetime starts.   Driver Anthony Napolitano and Be
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Danny Noonan springs Incredible Finale surprise
December 11, 2008
After first round action at Maywood Park, round two in the Incredible Finale series for 3-year-old pacing colts shifted to Balmoral Park Wednesday as a field of eight state-breds went postward for a purse of $5,000, with Danny Noonan springing an upset.    Despite missing by only a
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Dali 6, Blueridge Western 2 in Matron final draw
December 11, 2008
Uncirculated Stable's Dali and Francis Azur's Blueridge Western, winners of last week's $41,519 eliminations, lead eight fast 3-year-old colt and gelding pacers in the $249,113 Matron Series final at Dover Downs on Monday night.   Living up to his name of the master painter Dali, the son of R
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Northville cancels Wednesday; reschedules for Saturday matinee
December 11, 2008
Northville Downs has announced that the Wednesday night program canceled due to icy track conditions has been rescheduled and will be raced as a matinee card as part of a doubleheader on Saturday. Post time for the afternoon program is 1 p.m., with the second half of the doubleheader 
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Silva, Tetrick honored by USHWA
December 11, 2008
Jerry Silva has been voted the 2008 Owner of the Year and Tim Tetrick the 2008 Driver of the Year by members of the U.S. Harness Writers Association. It is the second consecutive year the 27-year-old Tetrick has been named Driver of the Year.   Silva, 74, shares ownership of several horses, a
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First Over on hiatus; Gen Sullivan to join staff
December 11, 2008
As Andrew Cohen announced on harnessracing.com’s First Over blog earlier this week, the blog is on hiatus while the web site is retooled for a new look—with new features—for the 2009 racing season. Also, Gen Sullivan will be joining the staff of The Horseman And Fair World magazine, which produces h
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Tetrick on mend after hip replacement surgery
December 11, 2008
Tim Tetrick, the sport’s leading money-winning driver this year, reports to the Meadowlands publicity department that he is doing well after undergoing hip replacement surgery Monday.    "I got out of surgery at 11:30 (Monday morning) and was walking by 5:00,” Tetrick said Thursday. “
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Sports wagering at New Jersey tracks takes step forward
December 11, 2008
The first legislative step in an effort to bring sports wagering to New Jersey racetracks and Atlantic City casinos moved forward Thursday when the State Senate Committee on Wagering, Tourism and Historic Preservation unanimously voted to release a resolution urging the U. S. Congress to lift a
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Penn lab clears trainers of EPO positives
December 11, 2008
Tom Miller, attorney for Jan Johnson, Bob McIntosh, Jim Arledge and Joe Seekman, announced late Thursday that the Pennsylvania Equine Toxicology and Research Laboratory had found blood samples taken from horses the trainers had entered to race at The Red Mile this fall to be negative for recomb
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