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Herestopatrick makes it count in the Count B
January 31, 2009
Herestopatrick converted a perfect two-hole trip into an upset win in Friday night’s opening leg of the Count B Pacing Series for 3-year-old colts and geldings at Woodbine Racetrack.Just a single C$20,000 division was required with a total of 10 colts entering the first leg.In Friday’s contest, driv
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Chick N Tell takes Invitational
January 31, 2009
Chick N Tell came first over and put away the leader, Likeabatoutahell, to draw away powerfully to win in the $35,000 Invitational Trot Friday night at the Meadowlands. Driven to victory by Ron Pierce, Chick N Tell [$7.40 $5.00 $3.20] won his first local start of 2009 in 1:53.3. Chick N Tell sh
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Pablo Angus, Pure Pearl take Yonkers features
January 31, 2009
Pablo Angus and J K Pure Pearl divided Yonkers Raceway Friday honors, winning their respective $31,000 Open Handicaps. Pablo Angus, the scourge of the upstate ranks, earned his first local victory by getting involved early in the weekly trotting feature. With Dan Cappello, Jr. driving for tra
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Ridgeline wins again at the Meadows
January 31, 2009
Last week, Ridgeline pulled first-over on the heavy favorite and scored at 14-1. It seemed an improbable scenario, but on Friday at The Meadows it was deja vu all over again as Ridgeline’s uncovered challenge to the 7-10 Martys Charm carried him to victory in the $25,000 Preferred Handicap pace
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Sweep for driver/trainer in Miss Vera Bars splits
January 30, 2009
Driver Randy Waples and trainer Murray Brethour teamed up to take both $20,000(C) divisions in Thursday’s first leg of the Miss Vera Bars Series for 3-year-old fillies at Woodbine Racetrack. The pair clicked first with Artists Dynasty as the heavy favorite in the opening split. The daughter of Re
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Trotter breezes to first win of '09 at Dover
January 30, 2009
Breeze Hill Will, the senior member of a field of eight, posted his first win of 2009, winning the $15,000 feature trot at Dover Downs on Thursday, while Tony Morgan and Corey Callahan each drove four winners.   The veteran trotter, owned by Ricky Pryor and Wendy Crissman, reached his
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Jan has all the luck at The Meadows
January 30, 2009
Jans Luck worked out a perfect pocket trip en route to victory, her fifth in her last seven starts, in the $25,000 Filly & Mare Preferred Handicap Pace on Thursday at The Meadows. Dave Palone gunned Jans Luck to the lead, but the 5-year-old daughter of Camluck-Jans Scooter was happy to yield to
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Brown named director of racing operations at Harrah's Chester
January 30, 2009
Barry Brown has been named the new director of racing operations at Harrah’s Chester Casino & Racetrack. In his new role, Brown will oversee all racing and simulcasting initiatives at the Chester oval, which will kick off its fourth season of world-class harness racing on Monday, April 13.&
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Bluegrass farms dealing with ice storm
January 30, 2009
The winter storm that hit central Kentucky this week has hit farms hard, with fallen trees and limbs creating clean-up problems, and several farms losing power and still without it on Friday morning; that includes Brittany Farms, and farm manager Art Zubrod said he had no reason to believe
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Bob Heyden recovering after surgery
January 30, 2009
Bob, “Hollywood”, Heyden, the Meadowlands track statistician and co-host of the television show Racing From The Meadowlands Recap, is recovering from surgery. After a recent stress test resulted in doctors at Hackensack University Medical Center finding a large blockage on the left side of his heart
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Recount determines Bouchard, Kimelman get USTA seats
January 30, 2009
After a recount by Ernst and Young, and two meetings to review the election for directors in USTA District 8A, the election committee appointed by Pat Quaglietta has determined that Stephane Bouchard and Mike Kimelman are the new directors, succeeding Quaglietta and John Grasso. Less than 10 vo
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New track superintendent at Hoosier Park
January 30, 2009
Robert “RJ” Moore has been named track superintendent at Hoosier Park Racing and Casino. Moore has been a member of the track maintenance crew for the past nine years. He will oversee day to day operations during both the Standardbred racing season as well as the Thoroughbred racing meet. Moore repl
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Bangor race paddock ready for opening; new barns planned
January 30, 2009
With Bangor Raceway's new $1.8-million race paddock ready for April 17's opening day, the track's parent company, Penn National, is now ready for the next phase of restoring the track's dilapidated barn area.   Located adjacent to the grandstand, the new paddock allows the track to demolish t
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Starsel wins two straight; Baker wins first ever
January 29, 2009
Starsel made it two in a row romping to a 1:562 victory in the $26,000 Open trot over a sloppy track on Wednesday at Dover Downs, while Tony Morgan collected another quartet of winning drives.   Starsel duplicated his first win last week for Glenn Del Russo, Charles Dombeck and tr
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Rumble at Pompano Park
January 29, 2009
Rovasreadytorumble ($13.60) and driver Wally Hennessey were able to fan out three wide from fifth on the final turn and gun down both Kid Conway and Pure Jessie to win the $8,500 feature trot at the Isle Pompano Park Wednesday.   It was 10-1 Kid Conway and driver Bruce Ranger who starte
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William Harmon named HTA/Hanover Groom of the Year
January 29, 2009
In a shift from past award criteria, judges of the Hanover Shoe Farms-Harness Tracks of America Groom of the Year competition have selected a hard-working 20-year-old student who grooms horses for sick and needy clients free of charge, as emblematic of the caretakers of North America who contribute
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Ice storm closes HFW offices on Wednesday
January 28, 2009
Due to the major ice storm that has engulfed the state of Kentucky, the offices of The Horseman And Fair World will be closed on Wednesday, but despite the wintry conditions the Jan. 28 magazine was sent to press and mailed to subscribers on time.   The Horseman's general manager and editor K
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Dover's mares open goes to Sportsfancy
January 28, 2009
Sportsfancy, a winner of her last three races in 2008, made her second start this year a winning one with a 1:52.2 victory in the $27,000 Mares Open Handicap Pace on Tuesday at Dover Downs. Eric Goodell waited patiently on the outside as Apache Dame, with Ross Wolfenden, and front pacing Pacific P
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Whotookwhat upsets at The Meadows
January 28, 2009
Seemingly miscast in a tough field of horses and geldings, Whotookwhat showed the boys something about trotting on Tuesday at The Meadows, as the redoubtable mare scored an upset victory in the $25,000 Preferred Handicap. Following her fifth-place finish in a similar event last week, Whotookwhat w
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Tuesday night is Esmeralda Semalu night at Pompano
January 28, 2009
If it’s Tuesday then it must be Esmeralda Semalu Night at the Isle Pompano Park as the top mare of the 2009 season made it three straight wins in the $16,000 Mares Open Handicap Pace. The feature started off with Golden Falcon N and driver David Ingraham speeding to the early lead by the
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Stablemates stand out in Miss Vera Bars
January 28, 2009
Just 12 three-year-old fillies are going postward at Woodbine in the opener of the Miss Vera Bars Pacing Series on Thursday night, but among them are a couple of stand-outs, both hailing from the shedrow of Murray Brethour. In the first of the two $20,000(C) splits, the lightly-raced lass, Arti
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Track cancellations Wednesday due to winter storms
January 28, 2009
The Meadowlands, The Meadows, Freehold, Buffalo Raceway, Monticello and Northfield Park have announced that their Wednesday live racing programs have been canceled due to the winter storm on the eastern portion of the country. 
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Harrah's Chester amends dates, delays opening until April 13
January 28, 2009
Harrah’s Chester Casino and Racetrack has received permission from the Pennsylvania Harness Racing Commission to amend its 2009 racing dates. The original racing season was from April 5 through Dec. 22. The new opening day has been moved back a week to Monday, April 13.   Additionally, effec
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Farmer Jones wins first of the year in Pompano feature
January 27, 2009
Farmer Jones ($5.60) and driver Kevin Wallis made their way to the winner’s circle after taking the $16,000 featured trot at the Isle Pompano Park in 1:55.2 on Monday.   Karpathos (Wally Hennessey) battled head and head with Battleshoe Victor (Anthony Napolitano) before taking over the lead
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Baillargeon express on track in Don Mills
January 27, 2009
The Baillargeon express continued to roll along on Monday night at Woodbine Racetrack with the combination of brothers Mario and Ben taking two of the three divisions in the opening leg of the Don Mills Trotting Series for 4 year olds.   The tandem clicked first with Afternoon Dreams who ran
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I Ain't No Fool repeats at Dover
January 27, 2009
For the second consecutive week and third time this meet, I Ain't No Fool won the $26,000 open pace on Monday at Dover Downs. In a carbon copy performance, I Ain't No Fool, this week from post eight, took the lead at the start and cut out all the fractions for a 1:51.2 victory. Tim Tetrick was in
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New blog gives insight into Diamond Creek Farm
January 27, 2009
Diamond Creek Farm owner and manager Adam Bowden may be constantly busy just maintaining his daily routine at the farm in Paris, Ky., the 27 year old has found time to start a blog that gives an inside look into the breeding facility. The blog is called "From The Inside Out," giving readers int
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Steelers QB Roethlisberger has roots in harness racing
January 27, 2009
As this year's Super Bowl between the Pittsburgh Steelers and Arizona Cardinals approaches, there is virtually no stone unturned in the quest for stories, and that includes Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger's tie to harness racing, which dates back to his teenage days in Ohio helping out Dr. H
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New York suspends Case, Sumner, Kash for milkshaking
January 27, 2009
The New York State Racing and Wagering Board has announced that three Standardbred trainers, Tim Case, Robert Sumner and Keith Kash, have been handed severe penalties as a result of alleged milkshaking of horses.   “The integrity of racing is a top priority for this Board and those who flout
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Balmoral Park president makes NBC/MSNBC news
January 27, 2009
Balmoral Park president John Johnston made the NBC and MSNBC national television newscasts on Tuesday night when his name was mentioned by Rob Blagojevich, brother of embattled Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich, in regard to making a cash donation, allegedly to be made in exchang
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Betfair buying TVG television, betting company
January 27, 2009
Tuesday afternoon the European betting shop Betfair, an internet wagering platform that features horse racing, announced it is entering the United States gambling market by spending $50 million to purchase of the TVG television network and account wagering company, according to a
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He's just a chipoffablueblock at Dover
January 26, 2009
Vic Kirby piloted ultra steady Chipoffablueblock to his fourth win in five starts overtaking race favorite Wesmokempeacepipe (Brandon Givens) in a strong stretch move to win the $25,000 claiming allowance pace Sunday at Dover Downs in 1:53.4. Equinox Hanover (Jon Roberts) finished third. Howa
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Keeping top horses on the track topic in Vegas
January 26, 2009
Industry leaders in the Standardbred sport are once again gearing up for the Racing Congress in Las Vegas in early February, and one of the many subjects they will discuss is “How to keep our Equine Stars on the Racetrack” past the age of three.   The second meeting on this subject
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Meaulnes du Corta gets revenge this year
January 25, 2009
Last January Meaulnes du Corta broke stride in the homestretch while making a bid to win the Prix d’Amerique, but this year driver Franck Nivard made sure the 88th edition of the race belonged to the 9-year-old stallion. They got their revenge on Sunday afternoon in Paris by defeating Nouba du Sapte
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You're Next edges Spice Queen in 1:55.1
January 24, 2009
You’re Next, who was undefeated in nine starts in 2006 and then won eight of 16 races in 2008, got back on the winning track at the Meadowlands Friday night when he edged Spice Queen, a mare with a mark of 1:53, by a head in 1:55.1. You’re Next enjoyed a trip in the pocket while Spice Queen, who st
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Manzi, Bouchard each win three
January 24, 2009
It was just Manzi being Manzi--Cat Manzi won three times Friday night at Yonkers Raceway, and his wins included the $31,000 Oepn Handicaps with reformed claimer Nip N Attack (Filly and Mare  Pace) and another feature with track record-holder American Lane (trot feature). Not to completely
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Third straight big Pick 4 payoff at Big M
January 24, 2009
Another Meadowlands night of racing, another gigantic Pick 4 payoff.  For the third time in the last six nights, the Pick 4 paid more than $10,000 for a $1 wager on Friday night.   Friday's Pick 4 paid $11,061 for the 10-5-8-5 combination.  Two days earlier, the Pick 4 paid $17,054 an
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Winbak Speed wins fourth straight in $125,000 final
January 24, 2009
Winbak Speed completed a series sweep as he rolled to his fourth straight win in the $125,000 Presidential Series final on Saturday night at the Meadowlands.  Winbak Speed was parked through the first half, finally clearing the lead from Boulder Creek as they reached the midway point in :55.&nb
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Allamerican Idol, Rocknroll Band score in Big M finals
January 24, 2009
Allamerican Idol  pulled off a series sweep as he held off the late charge of Lookout Hanover to win the co-featured $72,500 Complex Series final for conditioned pacers Saturday night at the Meadowlands.  Starting from post seven, driver Brian Sears urged Allamerican Idol to the lead in a
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Oh, what a lucky man
January 24, 2009
Lucky Man was anything but lucky as he thoroughly dominated the $60,000(C) Willowdale Pacing Series final on Saturday night at Woodbine Racetrack in a clocking of 1:51.4. The 4-year-old son of Camluck-Under Her Spell was able to score despite parking through much of the first quarter for driver Rand
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Five-win night for Napolitano at Pompano
January 24, 2009
Anthony Napolitano had a dream night at the races Saturday at the Isle Pompano Park, winning five straight races including the feature pace.   It all started in the third race $16,000 Stave Kamler Memorial Handicap Pace. Leaving from post seven with I Can Only Imagine ($4.40), Napolitano sen
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Tasmanian Daniel wins Yonkers feature
January 24, 2009
Tasmanian Daniel lasted on the Saturday night lead, winning Yonkers Raceway's $31,000 Open  Handicap Pace in a hard-fought 1:54.2. With Larry Stalbaum taking his customary seat for owner-trainer Kim Asher, "Daniel" left from post position four. He stepped around Noble's  Grand Slam (Greg
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Breeders Crown champ Kadealia wins first of '09
January 24, 2009
Breeders Crown champion Kadealia won her first 2009 start in the $14,500 feature trot, one of three wins for driver Jim Morand, while Commander Turk N takes $15,000 top pace on Saturday at Dover Downs. Kadealia doesn't get much respect. The 75-1 Breeders Crown winner after a 61-1 victory in the Onta
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White Ruffles sweep for Orphan Annie
January 23, 2009
Diamond Hunter rallied off a perfect pocket trip to win the $67,500 Super Bowl Final in 1:56.2 on Thursday night at the Meadowlands, and Orphan Annie took the White Ruffles final in 1:53.2. Diamond Hunter and driver Eric Goodell drafted behind Tropicana Ron and burst through late on the rail to w
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Michigan stallion Shark St. Partners dies
January 23, 2009
Snow Ridge Farm is sad to announce the death of their stallion, Shark St. Partners p,3,1:50.4 ($347,194). One of Michigan's more popular sires, Shark St. Partners was recently discovered to have a large internal growth that was soon to be diagnosed as a very large bladder stone, approximately the
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Yonkers to pick up tab for owners with winner
January 23, 2009
If your horse wins a race here, you might just win again as Yonkers Raceway has announced that it will pick up the dinner check for an owner and up to three guests (even if the horse has more than one owner, we take care of the tab for each…and up to three guests).   According to a
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Allmar Surprise wins third straight at Dover
January 23, 2009
Allmar Surprise scored her third straight win in the $15,000 feature trot and Fountain Of Youth won the $12,500 top pace on Thursday at Dover Downs. Vic Kirby and Corey Callahan had driving triples. For the second straight night, an Ontario expatriate won the feature trot. Just as Starcel on W
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Jans Luck gets lucky at The Meadows
January 23, 2009
Jans Luck, whose bid to wire the $25,000 Filly & Mare Preferred Handicap Pace field fell a bit short on Thursday at The Meadows, got the victory nevertheless when the unofficial winner was disqualified. Jans Luck and Dave Palone rolled to the half in :57, then faced a strong first-over challen
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Don't Tempt Me a winner at Cal Expo
January 23, 2009
She was facing her toughest test ever, not to mention a change in tactics, but Don't Tempt Me was still up to the task in the $5,400 Open II Filly & Mare Handicap Pace at Cal-Expo on Thursday night over a track listed as "good." In advance of starting from post position three in the
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Willowdale final wide open
January 23, 2009
  In the opening and second legs, no standout individual has emerged from the competitive Willowdale Pacing Series for four-year-olds, making Saturday night’s $60,000 final at Woodbine something of a free-for-all for horses and horsemen, and a wide-open opportunity for bettors. Dinner Guest (
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Lively Moment gets the money at Mighty M
January 23, 2009
Six weeks ago the veteran trotting mare, Lively Moment, set a world record at Monticello Raceway at a distance of 1 3/4 miles on a half-mile track. Since then Tommy Carpenito’s King of the Castle Stable’s stalwart has been first, second and third in her following starts, that is until
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Slots play at The Meadows gives county $11.2 mil
January 23, 2009
Revenue from 2008 slots play at The Meadows Racetrack & Casino has generated about $11 million for the county where the track is located.   According to the Observer-Reporter newspaper, an aide for State Sen. J. Barry Stout said he had calculated the county's amount at $11.2 million. Orig
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Jerry Monahan to open consulting company
January 23, 2009
Jerry Monahan, until recently senior vice president of Colonial Downs racetrack in Virginia, has announced that he plans to return to the Lexington, Kentucky, area and form a horse racing consulting company.   “I enjoyed my experience at Colonial Downs,” Monahan said. “Having work
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Hoosier Park stall application deadline is Jan. 29
January 23, 2009
Hoosier Park Racing and Casino is nearing several deadlines in preparation for the upcoming 2009 Standardbred racing season. Horsemen interested in obtaining stalls for the 80-day race meet, increased from 71 days in 2008, need to submit their stall applications by Thursday, Jan. 29.   "In or
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Track condition causes Freehold cancellation after four races
January 23, 2009
Freehold Raceway canceled live racing after four races on Friday due to track conditions. The mild temperatures were to blame for the rapid thawing of the racetrack, causing unsafe conditions. Simulcasting was to continue as scheduled for the remainder of the afternoon and evening. Live racing res
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Presidential final set at Meadowlands
January 22, 2009
If Boulder Creek can pull off the upset in the $125,000 Presidential Saturday night, driver Dan Dube will have the distinction of winning the race with the two richest male pacers of all time.Dube won the 2003 edition of the Presidential with Gallo Blue Chip, who retired as the leading money-winning
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Ferraras Girl pulls off upset at Pompano
January 22, 2009
Even after a bold first-over move at the three-quarter pole, Ferraras Girl ($28.40), a 13-1 long shot, was able to win in a romp Wednesday at the Isle Pompano Park in the feature trot.   The $8,500 seventh race trot saw Better By Design (Bruce Ranger) go right after the early lead with Rovas
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USTA's David Carr to receive Messenger Award
January 22, 2009
David Carr, the United States Trotting Association’s Director of Information and Research for the last 24 years and an inexhaustible source of information in that role, has been named the 2009 winner of Harness Tracks of America’s Stan Bergstein Messenger Award, the track association’s highest honor
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Field set for Prix d'Amerique; watch Moni Maker's historic win
January 22, 2009
The field has been finalized for the 1 million (euro) Prix d'Amerique, which will be contested Sunday at the Vincennes racetrack in Paris.  Offshore Dream, who has won the race the last two years, is among the starters this year.   No horse has won three consecutive Prix d'Ameriques si
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2009 Online Stallion Station now available
January 22, 2009
The Horseman And Fair World's 2009 "Breeders Book" Stallion Directory is now online. All of the 2009 stallions that were advertised in the December printed edition and in the Breeders Book Supplement are now available here on our website. The Online Stallion Station features a searchable databa
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Terry named LBJ general manager
January 22, 2009
The board of directors of the Delaware County Fair approved Phil Terry to be general manager of the Delaware County Fair and the Little Brown Jug. Terry, who has served as interim manager of the fair since July of 2008, will also continue as director of marketing.“I look forward to continu
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Balmoral Park readying for 2009 season
January 22, 2009
With live racing set to resume at Balmoral Park in less than one week on Wednesday, Jan. 28 (post time 7:20 p.m. central), another exciting year of stakes filled action at the Crete plant has been announced with the first stakes event of the season on Saturday, April 4 with the $15,000 Taurus Bomber
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Dr. Melvyn Aylor in serious condition after training accident
January 22, 2009
Dr. Melvyn Aylor, a prominent Florida horseman and mainstay of the Florida harness racing community, was seriously injured in a training accident at the Gilcrest training center on Tuesday.   “It was a freak accident. Melvyn was jogging a 2-year-old filly,” said friend and partner Dr. Mark W
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Florida horsemen say 2009 racing meet will end 3 months early
January 22, 2009
The Florida Standardbred Breeders and Owners Association (FSBOA) has issued a press release stating that the Isle Casino at Pompano has asked the state of Florida to approve a reduction in the number of Standardbred racing days for the 2008-2009 race meet from 160 to 140. In addition, the
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Leading driver scores four wins at Dover Downs
January 21, 2009
Tim Tetrick made his first start of the year at Dover Downs a winning one and then added three more on Tuesday, while Easter Egg Hunt took the $27,000 distaff feature. Tetrick picked right up where he left off last Dec. 7 with five wins as he returned to his home track for the firs
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Esmeralda loops field to win Pompano feature
January 21, 2009
With an impressive three-wide move from last place on the final turn, Esmeralda Semalu ($3) and trainer-driver Joe Pavia Jr. were able to post a 1 1/4-length triumph in winning the $16,000 Mares Open Handicap Pace Tuesday at the Isle Pompano Park.   The seventh race feature started off with
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Campbell says he's not driving in Prix d'Amerique
January 21, 2009
John Campbell told harnessracing.com Wednesday morning that despite some websites reporting he was heading to Paris to drive in Sunday’s prestigious Prix d’Amerique, he is not and instead will be on the golf course with his wife, Paula, in celebration of her birthday.   “I’m doing what?” Camp
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Jack L. Bailey dies
January 21, 2009
Jack L. Bailey, son of Vernon Downs all time driving champion, Jack Bailey, died on Jan. 19, at the age of 49, after losing his battle with cancer. Bailey, who also spent time in the bike as a trainer and driver, worked for his father and at Mohawk Correctional Facility for many years. Bailey was al
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Judges hold first 2009 Yonkers drivers' meeting
January 21, 2009
With Yonkers Raceway's 2009 harness season underway, the Raceway's driving colony met with presiding judge Robert (Cammie) Haughton, associate judge Nick Ferriero and Standardbred Owners Association of New York field representative (and 3rd Vice President) John Brennan. Among the racing-related ite
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Celestial Hanover scores in Monticello feature
January 21, 2009
Celestial Hanover rallied down the homestretch and gained command in the final strides to win the weekly mares pacing feature at Monticello Raceway on Tuesday. Owner and trainer Dave Emanuel II handed the lines to Bruce Aldrich, Jr. and the hot-handed reinsman drove the 8-year- old  the The Pa
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Afternoon Dreams wins Lifetime Dream
January 20, 2009
Afternoon Dreams used an eye-catching final quarter rally to haul down the favorites and win Monday's $57,100(C) Lifetime Dream Trotting Series final for 4-year-old mares at Woodbine Racetrack. Racing as part of a Ben Baillargeon-trained entry, the daughter of Dream Vacation-Form Fitting was
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Sample blazes to MLK victory at Freehold
January 20, 2009
Deshawn Sample, driving CJ Blaze, won the seventh race on Monday in the inaugural Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Pace at Freehold Raceway. The field of seven featured the talents of African-American drivers. Callie's Candyman ($4.40), with Jim King Solomon, was leading from the start, bu
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I Ain't No Fool scores in Dover feature
January 20, 2009
Jim Morand, who got a late driver assignment, took I Ain't No Fool right to the front and led at all stations, en route to a convincing 1:51.1 victory in the $26,000 Open Handicap Pace Monday at Dover Downs.   Brian Sears moved race favorite Art Director to the outside after the half and to
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Karpathos scores again in Pompano open
January 20, 2009
Karpathos ($6.80) and driver Joe Pavia Jr. used perfect cover from pacesetter and rival Battleshoe Victor (Anthony Napolitano) to score a one-length victory in winning the $16,000 Open Handicap Trot at the Isle Pompano Park Monday. Battleshoe Victor cut fractions of :27.3 and :57.4 before
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First foal by Donato Hanover born at Hanover Shoe Farms
January 20, 2009
Donato Hanover is a dad! The Balanced Image mare Always A Starlet delivered a colt by the 2006 Horse of the Year last Saturday at Hanover Shoe Farms. The mare is owned by Hanover Shoe Farms.   The foal is a robust bay colt, and is the first foal of Always A Starlet. Always A Starlet is a 
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WEG announces rich 2009 stakes schedule
January 20, 2009
Woodbine Entertainment Group Tuesday released its outstanding 2009 Standardbred stakes schedule, which includes the 26th renewal of the $1.5 million(C) Pepsi North America Cup at Mohawk and the Breeders Crown at Woodbine. The calendar, worth more than $20 million(C) in stakes finals this year
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Winner scores at Big M, now headed for mixed sale
January 19, 2009
Stake Your Claim Stable’s Cole Diddy darted between horses in the stretch and rallied for a half-length victory in the $13,500 second race for conditioned pacers on Sunday afternoon at the Meadowlands.   Driven by Brian Sears, Cole Diddy posted his first career win in 1:56.1. The 4-y
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Breakaway winner at Dover Downs
January 19, 2009
After five successive starts being claimed, PH Breakway had no takers this time but the Jenna's Beach Boy -Keylute gelding still got the job done winning for the third straight time as Brandon Givens steered the Josh Green trainee to a 1:52.4 victory in a $30,000 claiming pace for current own
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Michigan-based horseman Dan Taneyhill dies
January 19, 2009
Veteran Michigan-based horseman Dan Taneyhill, a longtime owner who turned to training his own horses a couple of years ago, died at the age of 50 after racing Saturday night at Windsor Raceway.   Taneyhill, who owns the training center Taneyhill Stables in Swartz Creek, Mich., had just
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Mr. Feelgood sixth in Australian debut
January 19, 2009
Little Brown Jug winner Mr. Feelgood finished sixth in his Australian debut Saturday night, the 6-year-old pacer’s first start since the Classic Series final July 26 at the Meadowlands and later being purchased by Australian interests. Driven by Anthony Butt, Mr. Feelgood led for much of the 2,560-m
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Florida USHWA announces honorees
January 19, 2009
Murray Janoff, president of the Florida Chapter of the United States Harness Writers Association, has announced the award winners for the 2008 season that will be honored at the association’s annual Hall Of Fame Awards Dinner on Sunday, Feb. 15, at Diamante’s Banquet Center in Ft. Lauderdale, Fla.
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Adios purse to be the richest in years in return to The Meadows
January 19, 2009
The Meadows announced Monday that the 2009 edition of the Delvin Miller Adios will offer a projected total purse of $820,000--its richest in years--and will space eliminations and the final heat eight days apart, a format introduced last year. The purse enhancement for the Adios, one of
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Amour Angus euthanized after fracturing leg
January 19, 2009
Amour Angus, the dam of Andover Hall, Angus Hall, Conway Hall, and Emilie Cas El, among others, was euthanized on Sunday at Walnut Hall Ltd. in Lexington after fracturing a hind leg.   The announcement of her death was made by Alan J. Leavitt, president and general manager of W
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WEG says harness handle holds steady in 2008
January 19, 2009
Woodbine Entertainment Group (WEG) today released its Standardbred racing wagering figures for 2008, and they held steady compared with 2007 data. The company saw betting in the greater Toronto area on all Standardbred racing product total  $236,063,930 in 2008, compared to $237,457
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Watta Hotshot dies during race Saturday at Meadowlands
January 19, 2009
The 6-year-old gelding pacer Watta Hotshot died of an apparent heart attack midway through the 13th race Saturday night at the Meadowlands. The son of Artiscape had been purchased for $250,000 in July 2007 by Sylvia Burke, Weaver Bruscemi LLC, JJK Stables and Randy Ringer and had been racing for tra
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Zimmerman leaving as SBOANJ lobbyist
January 19, 2009
Leon Zimmerman, a July 2009 inductee into the Harness Racing Hall of Fame Communicators Corner, is leaving his position as legislative lobbyist for the Standardbred Breeders & Owners Association of New Jersey after more than 35 years of service. Zimmerman said that he will continue operating
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Tattersalls Sale underway at the Big M
January 19, 2009
The Tattersalls Mixed Sale is underway at the Meadowlands with more than 200 horses passing through the sales ring so far, and arly in the sale Diamond Creek Farm’s Adam Bowden purchased A Starlet Born, a 5-year-old Muscles Yankee mare in foal to Cantab Hall for $150,000.   Bowden also bought
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3YO pacer tops Tattersalls at $250,000
January 19, 2009
Buyers seeking racehorses drove up bids at the Tattersalls Mixed Sale at the Meadowlands Monday, and it took a bid of $250,000 for trainer Ben Wallace to take home Suprizemeagain, an Indiana-eligible 3-year-old son of Western Hero. Suprizemeagain was developed by Illinois trainer Shawn Nessa and t
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Five straight wins for Vapor In The Wind
January 18, 2009
Make it five straight wins for Vapor In The Wind ($5.40) at the Isle Casino Racing Pompano Park Saturday as the top pacer won the $16,000 Open Handicap for driver Kevin Wallis, hitting the wire in 1:52.1.   Starting from post eight in the sixth race feature, Wallis wasted little time sending
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Winbak Speed wins again; Its That Time takes second split
January 17, 2009
Winbak Speed extended his streak to three wins in the $50,000 second round of the Presidential Series for free-for-all pacers Saturday night at the Meadowlands, hitting the wire first in 1:51.2.Driven by Ron Pierce, Winbak Speed seized command on the opening turn and held off the late rally of Bould
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Clyde Hirt, Complex splits contested
January 17, 2009
In the first division of the second leg of the $18,000 Clyde Hirt Stakes, it was Rocknroll Band that demanded the lead in a late rally down the stretch on Friday night at the Meadowlands. With David Miller in tow, Rocknroll Band gained his second win of 2009 in 1:52.3. Major General was a half-lengt
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Shocker in Snowshoe Series final
January 17, 2009
Shiny Mach won a stretch-long battle and prevailed as an upset winner of Friday's $47,600(C) Snowshoe Pacing Series final for 3 -and 4-year-old colts and geldings at Woodbine Racetrack. The final clocking of 1:54.4 was impressive considering the race was contested under frigid conditions as the rece
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Open Handicaps featured at Yonkers Friday
January 17, 2009
Pancleefandarpels and B Strike Three had their names in lights Friday night, winning Yonkers Raceway's  co-featured $31,000 Open Handicaps. In the weekly distaff derby, "Pancleef" was ordered outside of her six rivals (Riven Hanover was a judges' scratch). She and driver Jason Bartlett (four&
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Tetrick back in sulky; finishes fourth in first drive
January 17, 2009
Tim Tetrick made his first start since undergoing hip replacement surgery in the $35,000 fillies and mares invitational Saturday night at the Meadowlands, finishing a distanced fourth with Enhance The Night, then on Sunday he had two drives and finished second and third.   Tetrick and En
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Please Poppy wins trotting series final at Woodbine
January 17, 2009
Please Poppy survived a parked-out trip, under harsh winter weather conditions, to post a convincing 1:54.3 victory in the $90,000 Glorys Comet Trotting Series Final on Saturday night at Woodbine Racetrack.The 5-year-old son of Self Possessed-Memes Sugar left from post seven in the field of 10 for d
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JP Jackpot prevails over five to win Frinzi Invitational
January 17, 2009
JP Jackpot employed the time-tested tactic, inside speed in a short field, to win Yonlers Raceway's $60,000 Dominic Frinzi Invitational Pace when he hit the wire first in 1:54.3 on Saturday night. With Stephane Bouchard driving for trainer Jody Dunning, J P Jackpot made every pylon a winning one t
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Bouchard elected director in close vote
January 17, 2009
United States Trotting Association District 8-A met Saturday afternoon at Yonkers Raceway, and according to the association, one outcome of the meeting is a possible disputed election for the two director seats.   More than 100 members from U.S. Trotting Association District 8-A gathered at Y
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Onehotvett wins on cold night in Toronto
January 16, 2009
Onehotvett braved the frigid temperatures and nine other rivals to post an upset victory in Thursday night's $47,400 Blizzard Pacing Series Final for three and four-year-old fillies and mares at Woodbine Racetrack. Despite a victory in last week's second leg of the series, the four-year-old daugh
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Thong Song strings together two straight in '09
January 16, 2009
Thong Song made a huge rally down the stretch to win the second of three $12,500 White Ruffles divisions on Thursday night at the Meadowlands. With Andy Miller in the sulky, Thong Song scored her second straight win of 2009 in 1:54.1. JK Reunited was 2 1/2 lengths back in second, while EQ Three was
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A surprise win in the cold at Dover
January 16, 2009
The coldest night of the year couldn't stop Allmar Surprise from winning her second straight victory at Dover Downs on Thursday, winning the $15,500 feature trot. Trainer-driver Vic Kirby, who bought the Angus Hall-Benita Victory 4-year-old mare with Matt Ivory in late November, rated the $1
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Solomon wins Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Pace at Mighty M
January 16, 2009
With the temperature hovering around 10 degrees and snowflakes softly falling Jim King Solomon reined Blackjack Magic to a 2:00.4 victory in Monticello Raceway’s ninth annual Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Pace on Thursday, a race which featured the talents of African-Ameri
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Magee scores hat trick at Monticello
January 16, 2009
When your name is Magee and you come from a harness racing family in the Midwest it’s a good bet that you know how to drive a horse. Case in point: newcomer Rick Magee who won three races Thursday at Monticello Raceway Magee, nephew of Hall of Famer Dave Magee, showed the eastern racin
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Eight-degree day at The Meadows is a Spring Break
January 16, 2009
With the temperature a frigid eight degrees, The Meadows needed a spring break and it got one when Spring Break sizzled in the $25,000 Filly & Mare Preferred Handicap Pace, capturing the track's top distaff pace for the second consecutive week. Mike Wilder gunned Spring Break to the lead, wher
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Cold KOs racing at Meadows, qualifiers at Mohawk
January 16, 2009
The Meadows has canceled racing on Friday due to extreme cold, with the temperature being reported at six below zero at 10 am, and the wind chill at minus 23.   The Meadows was scheduled to begin racing at 12:15 pm today. The Woodbine Entertainment Group announced Thursday night that
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Brennan off to big start at Big M in '09
January 16, 2009
After winning 14 races over the last four nights, George Brennan will try to lengthen his lead in the Meadowlands driver standings this weekend. He has opened up to a nine-win lead over Brian Sears in the 2009 standings with 24 wins through January 15.   Brennan had his biggest weekend since
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Janet Klark remains in coma
January 16, 2009
Janet Klark, who along with her husband John are well known in harness raicng through their involvement with the Christian Harness Horsemen's Association, remains in a coma from injuries suffered in an auto accident in December, when the Klarks were returning to their home in New Hampshire afte
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Brewer Adams appeals 27-month suspension in Delaware
January 16, 2009
As a result of three positives for buprenorphine at Dover Downs in November, Brewer Adams, the leading trainer by wins and purse earnings at Rockingham Park in 2008, has been given a suspension of 810 days and fined $9,000 by the Delaware Harness Racing Commission. Adams has appealed the rulings, wh
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Pick 4 offered on races 6 through 9 at Big M
January 15, 2009
A trio of hefty long shots late in the Meadowlands Wednesday card produced a $32,239 Pick 4 carryover heading into Thursday night.  Offered nightly on races six through nine, the Pick 4 features a low 15 percent takeout and nightly guaranteed pools [$25,000 Wednesday – Friday and $50,000 Saturd
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Super Bowl sweep for Sears, Wilfong
January 15, 2009
Driver Brian Sears and trainer Brett Wilfong teamed for a Super Bowl Series double on Wednesday night at the Meadowlands, sweeping divisions of the trotting series with Supreme Victor (1:58.4) and Lookin' Ahead (1:57). Three other splits were won by Diamond Hunter (1:57.2), Smartchip (1:57.1)&n
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A winning Party at Dover Downs
January 15, 2009
Dingy's Party closed between horse in deep stretch to scored a 1:55.4 victory in the $26,000 Open Trot, one of four wins for driver Jim Morand, on Wednesday at Dover Downs. Morand sent Dingy's Party from far back on the backstretch moving three wide at the three quarters and then darted between h
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Beback wins five on Buffalo opener
January 15, 2009
Trainer-driver Ron Beback Jr. won five races here at Buffalo Raceway to kick off the 67th season of harness racing here in Hamburg, N.Y.   A nice opening night crowd saw Beback win the first race with Blue Tees ($3.60) for owner James T. Dunn of Singer Island, Fla. Then in race three, Beback
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Western Fair pylon race winner dq'd by Board of Appeal
January 15, 2009
The order of finish in a Western Fair race last October in which the winning horse traveled within the pylons for an extended period of time around the last turn and through the stretch but was not disqualified that night by the track stewards has been changed by the Ontario Racing Industry Boa
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Muscles Yankee, Miss Easy heading to Goshen
January 15, 2009
Stanley Bergstein, chairman of the Living Horse Hall of Fame nominating committee of The Harness Racing Museum & Hall of Fame, has announced Muscles Yankee and Miss Easy have been elected into the Harness Racing Living Horse Hall of Fame.   Annual members (in good standing) voted for the
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Former California racing leader Shapiro a Madoff victim
January 15, 2009
According to news reports, Richard Shapiro, former chairman of the California Horse Racing Board and the son of Marvin Shapiro, who operated harness meets at Western Harness Racing at Hollywood Park, has revealed that he has been "devastated" financially by the $50-billion Ponzi scheme orchestr
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Fox Valley Topaz Illinois Horse of the Year
January 15, 2009
Breeders Crown champion Fox Valley Topaz has been named Illinois Horse of the Year for 2008. Bred by Fox Valley Standardbreds, owned by the Engel and Rucker Stables and trained by Kenneth Rucker, the 2-year-old daughter of Sportsmaster won 10 of 15 starts, took a mark of 1:52.1 and earned $628,880 l
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2008 Driver of the Year returning to sulky
January 15, 2009
Tim Tetrick told harnessracing.com Thursday afternoon that he received his doctor’s approval earlier in the day to begin driving again after having hip replacement surgery in early December and that he will climb back into the sulky Saturday night at the Meadowlands. Tetrick said he will slowly work
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Ontario court dismisses WEG appeal of Elliott ruling
January 15, 2009
Woodbine Entertainment Group’s (WEG) appeal in regard to its rejecting of horses trained by Bill Elliott and owned by Bob Hamather, Lloyd Nicholson, Gary Smith and Geoffrey Mount was dismissed Wednesday by the Court of Appeal for Ontario.   WEG had barred horses trained by Elliott after one o
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Ken Shand dies
January 14, 2009
Kenneth Shand, one of harness racing's unheralded horseman, died on Jan. 12 at his home in Penns Grove, N.J. at 75. During the past four decades, Mr. Shand has been one of Southern New Jersey's outstanding and popular horsemen and harness innovators. It was Mr. Shand that brought the trottin
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She is something like a Dame
January 14, 2009
Apache Dame, after being idle for nearly a year, won her third consecutive $27,000 Mare Open on Tuesday at Dover Downs.   In the feature race, driver Ross Wolfenden took the lead with Apache Dame from Ladyfield (Tony Morgan) early and after shaking off a prolonged challenge from P
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Fanning receives Distinguished Service Award from HTA
January 14, 2009
Moira Fanning, director of publicity for the Hambletonian Society and its 130 stakes races, and one of the best known women in world harness racing, has won Harness Tracks of America’s Distinguished Service Award for 2009. Once a groom for Hall of Fame trainers Howard Beissinger and Bill Haughton,
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Esmeralda Semalu wins at Pompano
January 14, 2009
Trainer-driver Joe Pavia Jr. piloted Esmeralda Semalu to the winner's circle to capture the $16,000 Fillies and Mares Open pace at the Isle Pompano Park on Tuesday.   Biggest Big Bertha and Anthony Napolitano got the first call as the field of six paced over to the first quarter in :26.4, wi
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Pantaleano wins four of seven at Yonkers
January 14, 2009
Driver Jim Pantaleano earned Yonkers Raceway Tuesday night accolades, winning four races from just seven drives on the 13-race card. Pantaleano was placed first with longshot SJ's Reel Girl ($37.40) in the $6,000, second-race trot, then aired with the favorite Notorious Buck ($4.40) in the $8,000,
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Field set for Thursday's King Pace at Monticello
January 14, 2009
Since 2001 Monticello Raceway has been paying tribute to the memory of the great civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. by presenting a race exclusively for drivers of African-American descent. The eighth edition of the event will go to post on Thursday, the actual birthdate of Dr. King, w
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Three straight for Primo Spur at The Meadows
January 14, 2009
Primo Spur shrugged off a demanding first quarter and a sloppy racing surface Tuesday at The Meadows to capture the $25,000 Preferred Trot, his third straight victory in the track's top trot. Michaelrowyourboat parked Primo Spur to the quarter in :28, but the 5-year-old gelded son of Pegasus Spur-
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Michigan Harness Horsemen's GM Corrion retiring
January 14, 2009
After 20 years of outstanding service to the Michigan Harness Horseman’s Association (MHHA), general manager Nancy Corrion has announced her plans to retire in February.  Corrion has graciously agreed to assist the MHHA during this leadership transition and she will remain on staff to facilitat
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Tony Morgan, Mike Tanner to speak at Michigan banquet
January 14, 2009
Tony Morgan, North America's leading dash-winning driver in 2008, has accepted Michigan Harness Horsemen's Association president Brett Boyd’s invitation to serve as a keynote speaker on Saturday afternoon, Jan. 24 at the Sheraton Detroit Novi Hotel in Novi, where he will be attending the M
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World champion filly trotter to be retained by owners
January 14, 2009
In a statement issued today, Jerry Silva, one of the owners of the great world champion Snow White, has announced that she will be withdrawn from the Jan. 19 Tattersalls Sale at the Meadowlands.   “It has been brought to our attention that Snow White has some issues that would make
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HTA honors broadcasters
January 14, 2009
Three of America’s best known harness racing broadcasters--Dave Johnson, Bill Finley and Gary Seibel--have won Harness Tracks of America’s Dan Patch awards for exceptional media, publicity and public relations contributions to the sport. Johnson and Finley, both widely known as sports commentator
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Try new TrackMaster programs for free this week
January 14, 2009
TrackMaster, an Equibase Company, has announced the release of a brand new race program format called Pace Past Performances, and it is offering the product for free this Thursday, Friday and Saturday.   To kick things off, click here  and try them out for free for races this Thursd
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Kelly hoping to make news with Print It in Frinzi Invitational
January 14, 2009
The red-hot invader Print It has been installed as Saturday night's 8-5 early choice for Yonkers Raceway's $60,000 Dominic Frinzi Invitational Pace. Print It, making his seasonal debut, drew post position five and was the triple-listed Jason Bartlett's choice. The 7-year-old The Panderos
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Ontario horsemen elect Bill O'Donnell president
January 13, 2009
Hall of Famer Bill O'Donnell was elected president of the Ontario Harness Horse Association (OHHA)  in a meeting of the board on Monday. He replaces Jim Whelan.   O’Donnell thanked the board for its support and said: "We are at a very difficult time in the history of OHHA and hors
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Brothers Mario and Ben take two Lifetime Dream divisions
January 13, 2009
Monday's second leg of the Lifetime Dream Trotting Series for 4-year-old trotting mares at Woodbine produced three new winners, all in dominant fashion, with the tandem of brothers Mario and Ben Baillargeon teaming up to take two of the three $25,000(C) divisions, including the opening split
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Battleshoe the victor again at Pompano
January 13, 2009
Battleshoe Victor ($5) was able to lead from start to finish in capturing the $16,000 Open Handicap Trot at the Isle Casino Racing Pompano Park Monday in 1:55.1.   Trained by Tom Harmer and driven to victory by Anthony Napolitano, Battleshoe Victor just held the field at bay the entire one-m
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Pierce, Green notch five winners each at Dover
January 13, 2009
Trainer Josh Green and driver Ron Pierce with five winners each and Eric Goodell with four enjoyed a giant Monday of success at Dover Downs. Steeler won the $32,500 Delaware Special, White Hot Cards the $26,00 Open, and Driven To Win took the $22,000 winners-over. Steeler, with reinsman Eric Goo
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Double Dream N wins Monticello feature
January 13, 2009
Double Dream N led from start to finish en route to winning the weekly pacing feature for fillies and mares at Monticello Raceway on Monday afternoon, with Billy Parker Jr. reining the foreign-bred daughter of Dream Away to a 1:59.4 triumph. After they started from the pole po
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Ohio's budget shortfall prompting serious talks about gaming
January 13, 2009
Ohio's racing industry is hopeful that the budget shortfall in the state will bring additional gaming to the state's racetracks, and Ohio Governor Ted Strickland, who has been opposed to expanded gaming at the tracks, now seems open to the possibility to supplement the state's revenues from gaming.
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Med Davis Jr. dies
January 13, 2009
L. Medford Davis, 83, of Smyrna, Del., died Sunday in the Harbor Healthcare Center in Lewes, Del. Mr. Davis was born March 31, 1925 in Clayton, Del., the son of the late J. Medford and Mary Ella Thomas Davis. He was a proud lifelong grain and dairy farmer and a Standardbred horseman residing
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Two new board members for Youth Foundation
January 13, 2009
The Harness Horse Youth Foundation has announced the recent elections of trainer Frank M. Antonacci from Somersville, Connecticut and Nicola Abrams, the wife of trainer Chris Ryder, to its board of trustees. “These individuals show enthusiasm and willingness to become involved
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Jug sustaining payments due Feb. 15
January 13, 2009
Sustaining payments for many of the 2009 Delaware, Ohio Grand Circuit stakes races are due Feb. 15. These are for foals of 2006. All payments must be made to: Tom Wright, PO Box 1560, Powell, Ohio 43065.   Stakes PaymentsThe Little Brown Jug No. 64--     $750Jugette N
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Minnesota looking for judges
January 13, 2009
The Minnesota Racing Commission is looking to hire two associate judges as contact employees for the 2009 race meet at Running Aces Harness Park. Running Aces’ meet will begin May 15 and run to Aug. 9, racing four days per week (Friday-Sunday and Tuesday).  Running Aces Harness Park
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Yonkers mix-up results in mare racing in wrong race
January 13, 2009
Although bettors at Yonkers Raceway last Friday night believed they were wagering on Longshot Linda in a $19,000 conditioned pace, it was in fact Saymynamesaymyname, scheduled to start in a $31,000 Open Pace later on the card, who went postward. The two pacers are trained by Jacob Hartline, with the
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TSM Scar Face finds Dover winner's circle
January 12, 2009
Ron Pierce and trainer Josh Green scored one of their two wins Sunday at Dover Downs when TSM Scar Face flashed down the stretch in 1:53.3 to win the $25,000 claiming allowance pace. The Jake And Elwood-Tyler Ridge gelding is owned by Ellis Freedman and Nate Epstein.   Forever Good (Mike Cole
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Vernon to host 2009 New York Sire Stakes Night of Champions
January 12, 2009
Vernon Downs is proud to announce that it will host the 2009 New York Sire Stakes Night of Champions on Saturday, Sept. 26, with a post time 6:55 p.m. (EDT). Vernon Downs, the largest pari-mutuel track in New York State, will be hosting the best freshmen and sophomores for each sex and g
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Grand Circuit announces 2009 schedule
January 12, 2009
The Grand Circuit will once again make 20 stops during its 2009 racing season according to the schedule announced Monday by Grand Circuit president Tom Thomson. The Grand Circuit has been in existence since 1871, when representatives from three racetracks in different states met to create a r
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Tetrick scheduled to co-host Big M in-house TV show Friday
January 12, 2009
Harness fans will be able to find out if Tim Tetrick is as good at picking winners as he is in driving them as the sport’s record-breaking driver is currently scheduled to serve as guest co-host on the Meadowlands’ in-house TV show Friday night, Jan. 16.   Tetrick, just a couple of
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New Vocations seeking donations
January 12, 2009
New Vocations needs all kinds of items for its 11th annual Silent Auction held in conjunction with the Blooded Horse Sale February 9 and 10 in Delaware, Ohio. This Sale attracts buyers from 28 states and throughout Canada.   The crowd appreciates New Vocations' m
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Shark St. Partners retired from stud duty in Michigan
January 12, 2009
Snow Ridge Farm located in Clarklake, Mich., is sad to announce the retirement of their stallion Shark St. Partners p,3, 1:50.4 ($347,194).   One of Michigan's more popular sires, he recently was discovered to have a large internal growth that was soon to be diagnosed as a very large bla
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SC's inaugural Media Excellence Award finalists announced
January 12, 2009
Standardbred Canada is pleased to announce the finalists for the inaugural Media Excellence Awards, with the finalists in the Outstanding Written Work Category Dave Briggs, editor of The Canadian Sportsman and Tony Saxon, a sports writer from The Guelph Mercury. Horse Racing Alberta and W
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New winners emerge in Glorys Comet divisions
January 11, 2009
Two new winners emerged in Saturday night's second leg of the Glorys Comet Trotting Series for older trotters at Woodbine Racetrack, meaning there will be no series sweep of this year's event.   In the first $50,000(C) division, San Pail made a snap move to the front in the second quarter for
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Dinner Guest, Anderlecht capture Willowdale splits
January 11, 2009
Dinner Guest and Anderlecht were both victorious in Saturday's first leg of the Willowdale Pacing Series for 4 year olds at Woodbine Racetrack. Dinner Guest, who made a break in stride at the start of his most recent race, had no issues tonight in the early going and took charge from the outset for
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I Can Only Image posts Pompano Open victory
January 11, 2009
I Can Only Imagine ($10.80) was able to stalk pacesetter and race favorite Gotta Go Moe and catch him in the final strides to post a neck victory Saturday at the Isle Pompano Park in the $16,000 Open Handicap Pace.   Shot to the early lead in the third race feature from post five for driver
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Callahan wins six, Morgan four at Dover
January 11, 2009
Floyd Bromac N continued his winning ways in the $15,000 feature pace while Hay Big Tune was the catch in the $14,000 top trot at Dover Downs on Saturday. Corey Callahan drove six winners and Tony Morgan had a four-bagger. A recent addition to the Wendy Crissman and Frank Ranaldi band of horses, Flo
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Brennan scores six wins; Complex and Clyde Hirt splts contested
January 10, 2009
Driver George Brennan had his biggest night since returning from injury three months ago with a six pack of wins Friday night at the Meadowlands, including one in a Complex Series division and two Clyde Hirt Series splits.  Brennan’s momentum began in the early double as he guided He Me
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Kentucky slots bill appears to have chance
January 10, 2009
Newly-elected Kentucky House Speaker Greg Stumbo introduced legislation Friday to allow video lottery terminals at racetracks in the state and early reports indicate the bill has a good chance of passage. Saturday's Lexington Herald-Leader reported Republican House Minority Leader Jeff Hoo
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Snowshoes fit nicely on Moiseyev
January 10, 2009
There was no beating driver Jack Moiseyev in Friday's second leg of the Snowshoe Pacing Series for 3 and 4-year-old colts and geldings at Woodbine Racetrack as he reined home both divisional winners. In the opening $20,000(C) contest, the veteran pilot seized control early with race favorite Heresto
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Post five takes Yonkers co-features
January 10, 2009
Yonkers began its 2009 season Friday night with a pair of $31,000 Open Handicaps, for trotters and distaff pacers with Yankee Nola and Symphony In Motion winning their respective contests. The marquee trot came complete with a late face lift, as favored TJ's Mr. Lavec (Jason Bartlett) was lame. Tha
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Fifth time a charm at The Meadows
January 10, 2009
Don't tell Marty's Charm that horses have no thumbs. He got one for the thumb Friday at The Meadows when he won his fifth straight all, in $25,000 Preferred or Preferred Handicap events. Unraced until 2008, Marty's Charm began his career as a closer, looking for opportunities late. As the 5-year-o
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Yonkers, Windsor, Fraser cancel Saturday cards
January 10, 2009
Yonkers Raceway has cancelled both live racing and evening simulcasting for Saturday, due to inclement weather in the greater metropolitan area. In Canada, Fraser Downs canceled its Saturday afternoon card and Windsor canceled its Saturday night program.
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Lexington Selected to manage Forest City sale
January 10, 2009
Forest City Standardbred Sales Inc. and joint venture partner, Western Fair Association, have announced that Randy Manges and Lexington Selected Yearling Sales Co. has been engaged to manage the Forest City yearling and mixed sales in Ontario.    Randy Manges, co-manager of Lexingto
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Winbak Speed, Beau Rivage win first Big M primaries
January 10, 2009
Winbak Speed asserted his status as the top free for all pacer at the Meadowlands with a decisive score in the $50,000 opening round of the Presidential Series on Saturday night. With Ron Pierce in tow, Winbak Speed came first up to easily clear the lead from Maltese Artist entering the stretch and
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Christoforou sweeps in Bizzard at Woodbine
January 09, 2009
Driver Chris Christoforou held the hot hands in Thursday night's second leg of the Blizzard Pacing Series for three and four-year-old mares as he steered home both divisional winners, piloting Keystone Wendy and Onehotvett to victories. Keystone Wendy was able to blast to command from post 10 in
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Osborne selected for induction into Ohio Hall of Fame
January 09, 2009
Jerome T. Osborne has been selected as the 35th inductee into the Ohio Harness Racing Hall of Fame in balloting of the Ohio Chapter of the United States Harness Writers Association. Osborne’s selection will be honored at the Ohio Harness Horsemen/United States Trotting Association District One ban
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Sage's Image takes Dover feature
January 09, 2009
Sage's Image and Letmetellusumthin won the $16,500 feature pace and $15,000 trot, respectively, at Dover Downs on Thursday, while Roger Plante piloted three winners. The sport's reigning dash win champion, Tony Morgan, steered Sage's Image, owned by Mitch Rosenthal, Dan Pallay and Bowl Stabl
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White Ruffles begins at the Meadowlands
January 09, 2009
Cheyenne Ava pulled off an upset when she soared down the lane to capture the first leg of the White Ruffles Thursday night at the Meadowlands. Cat Manzi rallied Cheyenne Ava down the stretch to win in a new lifetime mark of 1:55.3. Tammibest was a head behind in second and Lightning Treasure f
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Time for Spring Break at The Meadows
January 09, 2009
Spring Break brushed to the early lead and was in no danger thereafter as she cruised to victory in the $25,000 Fillies and Mares Preferred pace on Thursday at The Meadows. The 5-year-old daughter of Dream Away-Siobhan, making her second start on Lasix, scored for Mike Wilder in 1:54.3. Vysoke Tat
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Major changes planned for Meadowlands dining areas
January 09, 2009
The Meadowlands has announced plans to revamp both Terraces and the top floor Pegasus dining areas, and among the changes to Terraces, the clubhouse dining room on the glass at the track, will be a new VIP area. For years regular racetrack attendees and horse owners who ate
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Presidential Series kicks off Saturday night
January 09, 2009
Just a year ago, Winbak Speed was racing against $30,000 claimers at Dover Downs, but on Saturday night he will take on a trio of millionaires in the Presidential Series at the Meadowlands, the first major stakes of the season for free-for-all pacers. The three-week Presidential Series culminat
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Flamboro Downs announces new Ellamony Stakes for pacing mares
January 09, 2009
Flamboro Downs has announced the creation of a new major stakes event named in honour of a Canadian racing legend, the great Ellamony, with the $130,000 (C)(est.) Ellamony Stakes becoming the crown jewel of the track’s "Spring Into Summer" event, a promotion launched last year to kick
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Vernon horsemen get to stay in stable area this winter
January 09, 2009
New York State Racing and Wagering Board Chairman John D. Sabini announced on Friday that a new agreement has been reached that allows horsemen to keep their horses at the Vernon Downs harness track through the spring of 2011 and thus retains vital jobs in the Oneida County region. “This agre
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Pro Bono Best moving to Perretti of Indiana
January 09, 2009
Pro Bono Best, the sire of top free-for-aller Bono Bests p,4, 1:49.3, will stand at Perretti Farms of Indiana effective with the 2009 breeding season. He was previously scheduled to stand at Schwartz Boarding Farm in Indiana.   Pro Bono Best was a world champion 2-year-old on a five-eighths m
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No racing at Meadowlands Sunday due to Giants game
January 09, 2009
Due to the New York Giants’ playoff game at home on Sunday, live racing and simulcasting has been canceled at the Meadowlands. If the Giants prevail, the racetrack will also be closed Sunday, Jan. 18.
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Foreman puts up his Duke at Dover Downs
January 08, 2009
Former world heavyweight boxing and Olympic champion George Foreman came out a winner in his first effort of the year as Major Duke, a well-bred 4-year-old pacer that Foreman owns scored a convincing victory, a veritable knockout, at Dover Downs in the rain on Wednesday night.   C
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Super Bowl Series kicks off at the Meadowlands
January 08, 2009
Trotters took center stage on Wednesday night at the Meadowlands, as the three-week Super Bowl Series kicked off with six $12,500 divisions. After breaking stride in his three starts prior, Mr. Principal ($4.40) redeemed himself with a 6 1/2-length romp in 1:57.4, the fastest of the Super Bowl clo
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Brian Webster dismissed at Forest City sale
January 08, 2009
Brian Webster has announced that he has been dismissed as president and sale manager of the Forest City Yearling Sale in Canada.   In a press release which Webster issued on Thursday morning, he wrote as follows:  "After 9 years as President and Sale Manager of Forest City Yearling Sale,
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WEG calls off negotiations with OHHA
January 08, 2009
Woodbine Entertainment Group (WEG) issued the following statement Thursday afternoon regarding its contract negotiations with the Ontario Harness Horse Association: WEG finds it regrettable that OHHA continues to act in bad faith by, among other things, attempting to engage third parties to i
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New marketing manager for Tioga/Vernon
January 08, 2009
American Racing and Entertainment has announced that Patrick Coleman is its newest addition to the racing department for Tioga Downs and Vernon Downs. Coleman has joined the racing team as the Regional Racing Marketing Manager for both properties and will oversee all racing marke
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Palone, Tetrick tie for honors as HTA's top driver
January 08, 2009
Western Pennsylvania's perennial driving champion Dave Palone and record-setting driver Tim Tetrick have finished in a tie for harness racing's highest honor for drivers, the Harness Tracks of America Driver of the Year Award.   The award, the most difficult in harness racing to win, requires
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Hearing on disputed Western Fair race scheduled
January 08, 2009
The Ontario Racing Commission on Thursday afternoon issued the following: The judges' ruling of a race at Western Fair last October is one of the appeals being heard next week by the Ontario Racing Industry Board of Appeal. The appeals are scheduled to be heard Tuesday, Jan. 13, comme
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Chapsboots N Spurs wins Mares Open in 1:52.1
January 07, 2009
Chapsboots N Spurs posted her fifth straight victory Tuesday at the Isle Pompano Park, winning the $16,000 Mares Open Pace in a lifetime-best time of 1:52.1.   The third race feature saw Biggest Big Bertha (Anthony Napolitano) go right to the lead like she was shot out of the cannon. Le
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Crazy Good author Charles Leerhsen leaving SI
January 07, 2009
Charles Leerhsen, executive editor at Sports Illustrated and winner of Harness Tracks of America's Dan Patch award for exceptional media contributions to harness racing last year with his book on Dan Patch, is leaving the magazine to pursue other writing opportunities. The paperback version of Cra
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Watson will return for Martin Luther King Pace
January 07, 2009
When Monticello Raceway presents its 8th annual Dr Martin Luther King Jr. Pace--a race featuring the talents of African American drivers--on Jan. 15, last year's champ, Dennis Watson, will be back for this year’s competition.   Last season the Lakewood, N.J., resident guided BJ’s Jet
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More racing for NY-sireds at Yonkers in 2009
January 07, 2009
At a meeting of the Agricultural & New York State Horse Breeding Development Fund on Tuesday morning, the Fund unanimously approved a significant addition of the number of sire stakes legs to be contested at Yonkers Raceway during 2009. The action came following a request for more legs
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Florida Standardbreds receive high scores in dressage
January 07, 2009
The Standardbred Pleasure Horse Organization of Florida, Inc. (SPHOFL) and member Tina Bombardo have announced that two Standardbred mares have received multiple awards this year from the U.S. Dressage Federation (USDF). Both horses were participants in the 2008 USDF/Adequan All-Breed Award Program.
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Apache Dame wins second straight after year off
January 07, 2009
For the second consecutive Tuesday, Apache Dame turned back eight adversaries to win the $27,000 Mares Open pace on Jan. 6 at Dover Downs. In addition, Chloes Silver Star and Erma La Em won the $23,000 and $18,000 co-features and Tony Morgan racked up a four-win night. Following a one year absence
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Glide Sally Glide fastest in three series splits at Woodbine
January 06, 2009
All three favorites emerged victorious in Monday night's first leg of the Lifetime Dream Trotting Series for 4-year-old mares at Woodbine Racetrack. Mojo N The Morning went wire to wire in the opening $25,000(C) split for driver Jack Moiseyev in 1:59.2. The daughter of Angus Hall-Lukes Secret ove
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Karpathos repeats at Pompano
January 06, 2009
Karpathos ($4.60) has found his niche as of late, scoring his second straight win in the $16,000 Open Trot at the Isle Pompano Park Monday with a 1:55.2 score.   Driven to victory by Joe Pavia Jr. for trainer-owner Geoff Howles of Pompano Beach, Karpathos took the early lead away from Guy Ge
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Drop in class sends Western Ace to Dover's winner's circle
January 06, 2009
Immortal Quest N, Western Ace and Eagle Real One started the New Year off with victories on the Monday tri-feature race card at Dover Downs. Eddie Davis Jr. took Immortal Quest N right to the front and cut all the winning fractions in a 1:51.1 victory is the $32,500 Delaware Special. Carter Raci
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Handle up at Meadowlands in '08
January 06, 2009
Despite negative trends throughout the racing industry, total wagering on racing at the Meadowlands in 2008 was up more than five percent, and all sources handle on the Meadowlands’ January–August harness meet was $354.8 million, up seven percent from the $331.7 million wagered in 2007. For the rece
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WEG issues statement to owners, trainers and drivers
January 06, 2009
Woodbine Entertainment Group (WEG) on Tuesday afternoon issued the following statement to owners, trainers and drivers who race at its tracks:   WEG would like to sincerely thank the many owners, trainers and drivers who participated in its racing programs during the recent call for a boyco
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Horsemen sue The Red Mile
January 06, 2009
Trainers Jan Johnson, Bob McIntosh, Jim Arledge and Joe Seekman have filed a lawsuit against The Red Mile for defamation after initial drug tests done by the track during the 2008 Grand Circuit meet on their horses came up positive, but were later proved negative by additional tests. Using Elisa sc
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Dr. John Glesmann, won Hambo with American Winner, dies
January 06, 2009
Dr. John B. Glesmann, who along with partner Bob Key won the 1993 Hambletonian with American Winner, died Saturday at age 88 at his residence in New Jersey.   Born in Rome, NY, Dr. Glesmann had resided in East Amwell Township, NJ, for the past 14 years, having previously lived in Somerset and
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Ontario horsemen vote to continue racing
January 05, 2009
The Ontario Harness Horse Association (OHHA) met Sunday night, Jan. 4, and the members voted to continue racing at Woodbine while contract negotiations with the Woodbine Entertainment Group continue. Late last month OHHA members voted to boycott the entry box, although racing has continued, and
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Clerk Magistrate to stand at stud in Sweden in '09
January 05, 2009
Clerk Magistrate, who compted against the top members of his generation in 2008, and fell a head short of beating Deweycheatumnhowe in a heat of the Kentucky Futurity, will stand his first season at stud in Sweden in 2009.   Clerk Magistate has been sold to a consortium including the p
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Red River Hanover to stand at Perretti's new Indiana post
January 05, 2009
Red River Hanover will be standing at stud in 2009 at Perretti Farms of Indiana, a virtual stone toss from Indiana Downs.   Red River Hanover, a Canadian Comet while standing north of the border, will be a Wabash Cannonball for the foreseeable future via relocation. The full brother full
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Somebeachsomewhere honored with Cam Fella Award
January 05, 2009
Standardbred Canada (SC) has announced that world champion pacer Somebeachsomewhere has been voted the 2008 recipient of the Cam Fella Award. The Cam Fella Award will be presented to The Beach’s connections at the annual O'Brien Awards Banquet on Saturday, Jan. 31, at the Delta Meadow
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Winbak Speed wins; Bettor Sweet scores in 1:49.4
January 04, 2009
Winbak Speed assumed command of the lead midway down the backstretch and never looked back as he cruised to an easy four-length win in Saturday night’s featured $35,000 Invitational at the Meadowlands. Driven by Ron Pierce, Winbak Speed [$5.40, $2.80, $2.40] tracked in fourth position through the
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Scorpion Moon edges Please Poppy in series action
January 04, 2009
Scorpion Moon and Chick N Tell drew first blood in Saturday night's opening leg of the Glorys Comet Trotting Series at Woodbine Racetrack, with Scorpion Moon elevating his game and turning in a ferocious final-quarter rally to haul down favorite Please Poppy in the opening $50,000 division for
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2 straight Pompano wins for Gotta Go Mo
January 04, 2009
Gotta Go Mo ($5.60) started off 2009 right where he left off 2008, in the winner’s circle at the Isle Pompano Park, and the 5-year-old gelding did it in style, romping by 5 3/4 lengths to win the $16,000 Open Pace in 1:50.3.   Driven by Anthony Napolitano, one of Napolitano’s three
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Top driver had hip replacement on Dec. 8
January 04, 2009
Tim Tetrick, harness racing’s leading money-winning driver in 2008, reports his recovery from hip replacement surgery is going well enough that he is now eyeing January 22 as his return date to driving at the Meadowlands.Tetrick, who had his right hip replaced Dec. 8, plans to drive in qualifying ra
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Perfect Sport learns new mark at Big M
January 04, 2009
Perfect Sport, a 3-year-old filly by Sportsmaster who was bought by Gerrie Tucker in November, lowered her lifetime mark to 1:53.3 by winning an overnight at the Meadowlands Sunday afternoon.   Ryan Anderson drove the filly for his father, trainer Joe Anderon. The filly got her start racing a
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Greg Wright Jr. drives 2,000th winner
January 03, 2009
Greg Wright, Jr. drove his 2,000th career winner on Friday at The Meadows when he piloted 44-1 longshot Pinnochio to victory in the fourth race. Wright got a fast start on the next 2,000 by scoring with Tis Himself three races later. Wright, 38, a native of Windsor, Ontario, drove his first w
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Windsun Twister fastest in Snowshoe
January 03, 2009
There is plenty of series action at Woodbine these days, and Carat Hanover, A Place Out West and Windsun Twister all emerged victorious in Friday's opening leg of the Snowshoe Pacing Series for 3- and 4-year-old colt and geldings. Carat Hanover, with Sylvain Filion picking up the catch drive, l
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Widger, McCaffrey take Maywood titles
January 03, 2009
Maywood Park honored its 2008 leading driver Sam Widger and its top conditioner Dave McCaffrey in a winner’s circle ceremony on Friday night. It was the first title for Widger, while MCCaffrey took his third Maywood Park title, and fifth in the last seven years.   “It never gets to be old h
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Dewey 2008 NJ Standardbred of the Year
January 02, 2009
Deweycheatumnhowe, the trotting powerhouse who won the  Hambletonian and all but three of his 25 career starts, has been named New Jersey Standardbred of the Year for 2008.   Dewey, as he is known, will be honored at the 52nd New Jersey Equine Breeders Awards Dinner, sponsored by the New
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Fair Winds 2008 NJ Breeder of the Year
January 02, 2009
Ed and Mark Mullen’s Fair Winds Farm has been selected the 2008 New Jersey Breeder of the Year and will be honored 52nd New Jersey Equine Breeders Awards Dinner, sponsored by the New Jersey Equine Advisory Board, on Jan. 25 at the Radisson Hotel in Freehold, NJ. Well Said captured the $700,000 Bree
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Ontario Harness Horse Association issues another statement
January 02, 2009
The Ontario Harness Horse Association (OHHA) issued a statement on Friday to further explain its position in its contract impasse with the Woodbine Entertainment Group, and the statement also notes that the OHHA's John Walzak and Brian Tropea were recently denied access to the paddock at Wood
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