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Reigning Older Trotting Mare of the Year wins first of '09
April 18, 2009
Buck I St. Pat, the 2008 Trotting Mare of the Year, scored her first win since suffering a tendon injury in the $27,500 Preferred Mare trot Friday night at the Meadowlands. With Tim Tetrick at the lines, Buck I St. Pat brushed to the lead on the final turn and drew off to a five-length victory in 1:
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Letters From Home writes from winner's circle
April 18, 2009
Letters From Home and driver Mark O’Mara wasted no time obtaining the lead in the $26,100 Future Stars Series final at Hoosier Park Racing and Casino on Friday. The duo led nearly gate to wire to grab the top prize in 1:53.2, a new lifetime mark. Starting from post eight gave Letters From Home a l
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Blue Chip Matchmaker continues on at Yonkers
April 18, 2009
 Chancey Lady (Cat Manzi) and Western Graduate (Jim Pantaleano) were the “big mares on campus,” winning Friday night's pair of $40,000 divisions in the fourth leg of Yonkers Raceway's Blue Chip Matchmaker Series. Leaving inside of her seven rivals as the slight 1-20 favorite, Chancey Lady ret
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Star Of India, Palazzo Princess wins Meadows series splits
April 18, 2009
Star Of India blew past her more heralded stablemate and went on to capture a division of the Kat N Mouse, a series for 3-year-old pacing fillies, on Friday at The Meadows. Palazzo Princess took the other $15,000 division in the series’ opening leg. Although Star Of India was coupled with Amazon Q
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Four Starz Sue coasts to easy Pocono repeat win
April 18, 2009
Four Starz Sue romped to a win, his second straight, in Friday night’s featured Open Handicap Pace at Mohegan Sun at Pocono Downs. The race carried a purse of $25,000. Four Starz Sue, trained by Carmine Fusco and driven by Jim Morrill Jr., had little trouble with the finest pacers on the Pocono gr
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Spacie Jessie soars to Buffalo winner's circle
April 18, 2009
Spacie Jessie, a 6-year-old Space Shuttle mare out of the Unique Concept mare Chip O The Ram, was first-over in a short five-horse field, due to two scratches, and gamely won a close three-horse photo in 1:59.2, to register her sixth win of the year in the $9,000 featured Filly and Mares Open Pace f
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