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Freshmen take center stage at the Meadowlands
July 10, 2009
Break The Bank K exploded out of the gate, took control right before the quarter pole and broke away to a 5 1/2-length lead to take the first of three divisions of the $98,800 New Jersey Sire Stakes for 2-year-old trotting colts on Thursday night at the Meadowlands.  With driver Ron Pierce in t
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A pair of cruisin wins at Scioto
July 10, 2009
The freshman pacing filly Up Front Cruiser dazzled racing fans on Thursday evening at Scioto Downs with a gate-to-wire score in 1:57. Her winning margin was 8 1/2 lengths.   Driver Chip Noble sent the heavily-favored filly to the front at the start and never looked back. Her final panel
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Gone Baby Gone fastest in NYSS splits at Mighty M
July 10, 2009
Local gelding Gone Baby Gone turned in the fastest time of the seven New York Sire Stakes divisions for freshman pacing colts and geldings at Monticello Raceway on Thursday. The meet's leading driver, Billy “Zeke” Parker Jr., guided the altered son of Pro Bono Best-Soft Sell to a 1:58.4 victory
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Shorty Robinson wins 1,000th career race
July 10, 2009
History was written at Ocean Downs on Thursday night as Ray "Shorty" Robinson Jr. posted career victory number 1,000. The evening definitely belonged to Robinson as he also recorded the track's first Grand Slam of the meet. In the first race, Ray drove All Spades, a 6-year-old geldi
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Saratoga kicks off NYSS season with late-closers
July 10, 2009
The 2009 New York Sire Stakes season at Saratoga got off to a strong start on Thursday night as the late-closers took center stage at the Spa, with I’mkindofabigdeal, Dali Hanover, Goodnight Goodluck and Bet On Roulette scoring victories in their $12,700 divisions for 3-year-old colt and geldin
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Slots appear close in Ohio
July 10, 2009
Friday's Columbus Dispatch is reporting that an agreement is nearly complete that will allow the introduction of slots machines at the seven racetracks in Ohio. The newspaper reported that sources have revealed that Ohio's full House and Senate will vote on a two-year budget early next week and that
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Hoosier driving title locked up by Wrenn; trainers close
July 10, 2009
Hoosier Park Racing and Casino concludes its 80-day meet Saturday with the Million Dollar Indiana Championships featuring $1 million in purse money over the 14-race program. Several Indiana Sire Stakes finals will be contested, and leading driver Peter Wrenn will be involved in nearly every rac
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Vogel buys Rosecroft
July 10, 2009
On Wednesday, July 8, the board of directors of Cloverleaf Enterprises Inc, which owns Rosecroft Raceway, voted unanimously to sell the Maryland track to former owner and real estate developer Mark Vogel, according to Cloverleaf President Kelley Rogers.Although the financial terms of the deal have n
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My Metallica splits held at Maywood
July 10, 2009
Thursday’s $7,500 My Metallica Stake splits at Maywood Park each provided thrilling finishes as Kennans Nancy Lee and Rolldownthehiway rallied in the final strides to take their respective divisions of this 2-year-old state-bred stake. In the opening division, Kennans Nancy Lee looked like a s
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Hidden Viggorish lowers own Meadows mark
July 10, 2009
World champion Hidden Viggorish showed once again Thursday that she’s the queen of trotters at The Meadows, lowering her own track record for the second consecutive week in capturing the $27,500 Filly & Mare Preferred Handicap. She scored in 1:53.2, eclipsing her previous track record of
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Ohio budget plan includes executive order for racetrack VLTs
July 10, 2009
Ohio Gov. Ted Strickland on Friday afternoon announced he has reached a legislative agreement for a two-year budget that includes an executive order to allow slot machines at the state’s seven racetracks.   "Under the bipartisan agreement, I will issue a directive instructing Ohio's Lottery d
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