News Archive

Mack returning as Hoosier Park race secretary
November 06, 2009
Kevin Mack, longtime Standardbred official, is returning as Standardbred racing secretary to Hoosier Park Racing and Casino for the upcoming 2010 racing season.   A native of Holton, Ind., Mack brings more than 30 years of experience to Hoosier Park. He has served as an official in numer
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Bartlett scores seven-bagger at Yonkers
November 06, 2009
They kept taking Jason Bartlett's picture Thursday night. What was up with that? Aside from the fact he won seven races during Yonkers Raceway's dozen-race dossier, not much.   Bartlett, running up the score in the local driving standings, smiled for the camera after races 2, 3, 5, 6, 9,
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Stillings scores 4, including back-to-back longshots
November 06, 2009
Dick Stillings drove four consecutive winners including 28-1 and 18-1 bombers on Thursday's 13-race card at The Meadows.   Stillings launched his streak by guiding 18-1 First Sonata, a 2-year-old Windsong's Legacy-Pleasure First trotter, to her maiden victory, then followed up with the 28-1
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Rusty's For Real at Dover
November 06, 2009
Rusty's For Real and Allamerican Mobile shared the Thursday spotlight, winning the male and filly and mare pacing features, respectively, at Dover Downs.   In the $13,000 male pace, Bret Brittingham drove Rusty's For Real to a 1:53.2 triumph, one of two winners trained for Carter Racing Stabl
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Zorgwijk Kingpin wins OSS Gold final at Woodbine
November 06, 2009
Zorgwijk Kingpin trots to a lifetime best 1:56.1. (New Image Media)
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Muscles Yankee masterpiece sells famously
November 06, 2009
The inaugural painting of the Standardbred Retirement Foundation’s (SRF) “Harness Horse Masterpiece Collection” sold at the Harrisburg Sale to a tremendous fan of Muscles Yankee, Bill Perretti. “It is touching to know that those whose lives have been touched by this great stallion were so generous w
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Average at Harrisburg climbs by 6.5 percent
November 06, 2009
The Standardbred Horse Sales Company concluded its 2009 yearling sale in Harrisburg on Thursday, and when the last horse had been sold, sales totaled $34,185,000. That resulted in an average price of $31,859 for the 1,073 horses sold.  The average increased 6.5 percent from the average of $29,
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Maine horseman Bud Cianchette dies
November 06, 2009
Ival “Bud” Cianchette, a prominent Maine horseman and former U.S. Trotting Association director, died Thursday evening, Nov. 5. He was 83. Funeral arrangements were not immediately known.   Known for both his interests in the Standardbred and construction industries, Mr. Cianchette beca
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Harness Racing Museum catalog available
November 06, 2009
Looking for something different for your business, corporate giving or a friend or relative who loves horses (and doesn’t everyone?) The answer is in the Harness Racing Museum’s latest gift shop catalog.   It’s brimming with great gift ideas for the holiday season. Prices are reasonable
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Hawaiianphotograph repeats in Meadows feature
November 06, 2009
In a carbon copy of her victory last week. Hawaiianphotograph secured an easy lead, backed down the second quarter and waltzed home to capture her second straight $27,500 Filly & Mare Preferred trot Friday at The Meadows.   Brian Zendt hustled Hawaiianphotograph to the front in 28.4, then
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Matron Stakes elims to highlight Dover program
November 06, 2009
The stakes portion of the Dover Downs 41st season gets underway on Saturday, Nov. 7 with four Matron Stakes events. First post is 5:30 p.m.   The two Matron freshman trots are previews with all contestants qualifying for next Saturday’s lucrative finals. The top four finishers in each of the
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