News Archive

SBSW leads formal inductees into Canadian Hall of Fame
August 28, 2009
The incomparable Somebeachsomewhere headlined a group of eight inductees into the Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame as part of the induction ceremony that took place Thursday night at the Mississaga Convention Centre in Mississauga, Ont. The other two standardbred inductees were driver/trainer Keit
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One More Laugh and Pang Shui win PASS
August 28, 2009
OneMore Laugh and Pang Shui, both driven by Tim Tetrick and both trained by Ray Schnittker, won the first two divisions of the Pennsylvania Sire Stakes Friday (August 28) night at Mohegan Sun at Pocono Downs. Each race carried purses of $68,000 plus.It was a spectacular win by One More Laugh because
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Freshmen in KYSS action
August 28, 2009
Best Boss wins in 1:52.3. (Nigel Soult Photo)
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Favorites prevail in NYSS divisions
August 28, 2009
Form held in all three divisions of Yonkers Raceway's $181,411 New York Sire Stakes Joe Goldstein Trot for 2-year-old fillies Thursday night.   Show Your Lindys (Stephane Bouchard) showed some moxie in the $60,837 second division, setting soft fractions before holding off a two-pronged&n
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Talk To Tony fastest in NYSS late-closers
August 28, 2009
One of the wonderful aspects of the New York Sire Stakes program is that there is something for everyone. One need not have the one of the leading candidates in a division to participate.   Owners of lesser-caliber horses are afforded races in late-closers and then there is the New York Sire
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Shark Gesture, Bettor Sweet get CPD byes
August 28, 2009
There is only a single $50,000(C) elimination this Saturday night for the upcoming $700,000(C) Canadian Pacing Derby that will be raced on Sept. 5 at Mohawk Racetrack, but what a field it is.   Ten of harness racing’s most illustrious older pacers will go head-to-head, including a number who
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Rodaeo Raider rides into Meadows' winner's circle
August 28, 2009
Rodaeo Raider launched a power move down the backside that carried her to an 11-1 upset victory in the $27,500 Fillies and Mares Preferred Handicap Pace Thursday at The Meadows.   With Sugar Nips trying to control the fractions on the front, Tony Hall cut Rodaeo Raider loose from fifth. The 5
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Richard Stone Reeves exhibit now open at Hall of Fame
August 28, 2009
Richard Stone Reeves (1919-2005) will be inducted as a Harness Racing Hall of Fame Immortal on Sunday, July 4, 2010.  To recognize his important work chronicling significant Standardbreds of the last century, for the next 12 months, the museum has installed, in The Carriage Room, a presentation
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Vesuvio AS explodes early, captures NJSS final
August 28, 2009
Vesuvio AS exploded off the gate and cut the mile, capturing the $100,000 New Jersey Sire Stakes Premier Division Championship for 3-year-old trotting colts and geldings by 5 3/4 lengths on Friday at Freehold Raceway.   The son of Windsong’s Legacy drew off with a :28.4 final quarter for a mi
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Ashcos Scotty wins at Tioga
August 28, 2009
Ashcos Scotty and Phil Fluet captured the featured condition trot on Friday night at Tioga Downs in 1:59.4. Fluet moved the 12-year old son of Earl-Sakra Monious to the front past the quarter pole in 29.4. The duo controlled the race through fractions of 1:00.3, and 1:30 before putting away the comp
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Horsemen honored at the Rock
August 28, 2009
Harness horsemen Todd O'Dea and Walter Ross, Jr. were honored in a winner's circle ceremony at Rockingham Park on Friday (Aug. 28) for their help in saving the life of a fellow horseman who suffered a serious heart attack last month during the afternoon of racing.When trainer Andrei Guidette Jr. was
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