News Archive

Plainridge closed Oct. 29 for gaming hearing
October 23, 2009
Live racing at Plainridge Racecourse Thursday, Oct. 29, will not be held so staff and supporters can attend a hearing on an expanded gaming measure in Boston's Gardner Auditorium. The track will be open with a full simulcast schedule.   The Committee on Economic Development and
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Indiana Downs hosts ISS frosh finals
October 23, 2009
Freshman pacers and trotters will vie for top honors Saturday night, October 24 at Indiana Downs as the Shelbyville track plays host a quartet of Indiana Sires Stakes finals. Purses for the four finales total $575,000, with three of the contests receiving purse increases when consolation races did n
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Miss Vickie gives Simpson 999 wins
October 23, 2009
Miss Vickie and Brandon Simpson win at Maywood. (REB photo)
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Call her 'Misster' winner at The Meadows
October 23, 2009
Misster Wilker made a decisive quarter-pole move and converted it to her second straight win in the Donna Dunn Memorial series for freshman filly pacers Thursday at The Meadows. The series’ second leg was contested over four divisions, with Dovetail, Hello Great Mate and O Lucky Me capturing the oth
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Peck looks back at Muscle Hill in Globe and Mail
October 23, 2009
Muscle Hill wins Kentucky Futurity. (Nigel Soult Photo)
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Michigan tracks facing Nov. 5 shutdown
October 23, 2009
The immediate future of racing in Michigan is in jeopardy for the second time this year as the racetracks prepare to cease operations as of Nov. 5 due to the lack of funding from the state, a situation made even more dire by Gov. Jennifer Granholm’s recent line item vetoing of virtually all of the m
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Shanghai Lil ready for her Breeders Crown Dance
October 23, 2009
Caretaker Kim Watson is a long, long way from home, and having the time of her life. The 30-year-old Auckland, New Zealand native answered an ad in the Standardbred journal Harness Racing Weekly ten months ago, and today finds herself taking care of her first Breeders Crown contender, the 3-year-ol
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Brainard fillies aim for Crown success
October 23, 2009
You might say Tracy Brainard and her partner Josh Marks are firing some serious bullets in this year’s Breeders Crown. Team Brainard has a six-pack of horses owned by the powerful Bulletproof Stables of Boca Raton, Florida, which will be represented by eight horses in three of the eight races. &nbs
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