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CJ's Super Secret wins Hoosier series final
April 24, 2009
CJ’s Super Secret and Mark O’Mara polished off a lucrative series Thursday, winning the $20,000 final of the Ralph & Dorothy Rose at Hoosier Park Racing and Casino. The victory for the trotting mare was her first career win after only three starts this season.   Starting from post th
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Apaches Fame-sired filly wins first series leg
April 24, 2009
Driver Jack Moiseyev worked out a perfect pocket trip for Topaz Seelster in Thursday night’s first leg of the Princess Pacing Series for 3-year-old fillies at Woodbine, and the daughter of Apaches Fame had no problem turning the trip into a 1:52.2 win. Topaz Seelster, who hangs her harness bag in
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Amigo Hall-sired Breewood Gringo beats Parlay
April 24, 2009
Breewood Gringo played giant killer at Woodbine Racetrack on Thursday evening for trainer/driver Stephen Loughran, who managed to find the chink in the armour of the previously undefeated Parlay by winning the $47,200 final of the Tie Silk Trotting Series for 3-year-old colts in 1:56.Parlay, wh
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Lucky Jim still undefeated this year with Father Foley tally
April 24, 2009
Lucky Jim kept his perfect 2009 record intact as he breezed to his seventh straight win in a $20,000 Father Foley Series leg Thursday night at the Meadowlands, scoring in 1:54. Lucky Jim assumed command from Wind Surfer in a :28.1 opening quarter and eased through fractions of :57.3 and 1:26.4. Driv
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Winbak closes Badlands Hanover's 2009 book
April 24, 2009
Winbak Farm has announced that the 2009 breeding book for Badlands Hanover, sire of millionaire world champion Badlands Nitro, and 2008 Three-Year-Old Pacing Filly of the Year Tug River Princess, closes Friday. Badlands Hanover, who retired as the fastest 2-year-old ever, was booked&n
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Meadowlands plans to be dark on Wednesdays in May
April 24, 2009
Meadowlands Racetrack’s three-week Hiram Woodruff Series for trotters has been moved to Thursdays, May 7, 14 and 21, from its original Wednesday schedule. Pending New Jersey Racing Commission approval next week, the Meadowlands will be dark Wednesdays May 6 and 20. The change will reduce the racing
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Learn to read a program by watching Racing 101 videos on YouTube
April 24, 2009
Meadowlands Racetrack has uploaded the first in a series of Racing 101 videos to its YouTube Channel. In this week's edition, learn how to read past performances in the racing program with track announcer Ken Warkentin.Click here to watch: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dg5ltkuSLIc (Meadowlands)
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Arch Madness pulls away in 1:51.4
April 24, 2009
Arch Madness held off a challenge from favored Four Starz Speed around the far turn and pulled away in the stretch to a 1:51.4 victory in Friday night’s featured $31,000 Invitational Trot at the Meadowlands. Driven by Brian Sears, Arch Madness [$6.40, $4.20, $2.80] assumed the lead from Prayer I Am
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Vertigo Hanover wins season debut
April 24, 2009
Making his first start of the year, the 3-year-old pacing colt Vertigo Hanover stayed game despite racing at the back of the field and turned in a late stretch rally that gave him a neck win in 1:52.3 at the Meadowlands Friday night.Vertigo Hanover, a son of The Panderosa, started from post nine and
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3YO pacing colts battle in series action at Woodbine
April 24, 2009
The red hot Oscar Oscar ran his career unbeaten streak to five with a punishing 1:52.1 effort in one of two $20,000 divisions in the opening leg of the Ontario Sired Spring Series for 3-year-old colt and gelding pacers on Friday at Woodbine Racetrack while his stablemate Blue Suede Shoes stopped the
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