News Archive

Lofty Widget wins third straight at Dover
January 13, 2010
Lofty Widget continues her impressive record at Dover Downs winning for the third time in four starts, this time taking the $26,000 Mares Open Handicap with a 1:53 performance on Tuesday night. Also on Tuesday night at Dover, Alpine Gold N won the $23,000 Mares Jr. Open. Ron Pierce and Corey Ca
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Catherine Stearns Medich new NJSS board chair
January 13, 2010
Catherine Stearns Medich of Lawrenceville is the new chair of the New Jersey Sire Stakes Board of Trustees for 2010. Stearns Medich succeeds Thomas A. D’Altrui as head of the board, which oversees the State Department of Agriculture harness racing program for 2- and 3-year-old state-sired pacer
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Marohn injured in Monticello qualifier accident
January 13, 2010
Jimmy Marohn Jr. was injured in a qualifying race Wednesday morning at Monticelllo Raceway. The incident happened after the last qualifying race in which Marohn had finished third with Pvt Vinnia Fra. As the horses were pulling up after the race, Marohn's pacer fell and unseated him, and h
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Coroner rules Lebanon caretakers died from smoke inhalation
January 13, 2010
Although the names of the two caretakers who died in the barn fire at Lebanon Raceway on Dec. 5 have yet to be officially released, the Warren County coroner's office has announced that autopsies show the men were killed from smoke inhalation. The two workers have been identified by local horsemen a
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Hervey winners announced
January 13, 2010
Evan Pattak of Hoof Beats and Dave Briggs of the Canadian Sportsman were named the winners in the 48th edition of the John Hervey Awards for excellence in harness racing journalism, the U.S. Harness Writers Association announced Wednesday.   Pattak won in the news/commentary writing category
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