News Archive

Callahan is up down and around at Dover
February 04, 2010
Up Down And Around, one of meet-leading driver Corey Callahan's eight winning drives Wednesday at Dover Downs, won the $26,000 Mares Open Handicap. Callahan's eighth win behind Chosen Voyageur in the $15,000 sub-feature tied a record first set by Luc Ouellette in 1998, then again in 1999, equ
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The situation is right for Scootin Around on the Pompano shore
February 04, 2010
Following a succession of four straight starts of finishing second or third, the situation finally worked out just right for Scootin Around to take down a top prize at the Isle Casino Racing at Pompano Park on the Wednesday evening program.   With David Ingraham in the bike, the 5-year-old Sc
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$50,000 Goldstein Memorial tops rich Pompano Saturday card
February 04, 2010
The top eight Open and Free For All horses presently in training in South Florida will contest the Bernard Goldstein Memorial Pace on Saturday at The Isle Casino Racing at Pompano Park. The purse is set at $50,000, almost quadruple the usual $13,000 amount for the
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Bookkeeper testifies about checks in Brooks trial
February 04, 2010
According to a report by the Long Island newspaper Newsday, a federal prosecutor charged Wednesday that David Brooks used a front company to illegally siphon off millions of dollars from his body-armor business to pay for his stable of more than 100 harness horses.   The Newsday story st
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TLC gets underway at Meadowlands
February 04, 2010
Tryst wins a Tender Loving Care division. (Lisa Photo)
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Armbro Prowess dies
February 04, 2010
Armbro Prowess (Speedy Crown–Sugarbear Hanover–Super Bowl) 2, 1:56.2 ($430,004), the 1996  Two-Year-Old Trotting Filly of the Year, died unexpectedly Friday morning, Jan. 29, at owner Robert Rosenheim's farm in Stillwater, NY. The 16-year-old mare was in foal to Malabar Man and w
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Woodstock always draws a crowd
February 04, 2010
A large crowd will be gathered at the rail when Woodstock Hanover parades down the stretch Friday night at Meadowlands Racetrack.   After a strong showing in the Clyde Hirt Series, the 4-year-old gelding will tackle the competition in the opening round of the Exit 16W. Woodstock Hanover rompe
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NJ racing leader questions loss figure
February 04, 2010
The website of the Standardbred Breeders and Owners Association of New Jersey is carrying two items of interest pertaining to New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie’s newly assembled commission to study horse racing and the state’s sports and entertainment industry.   The first item is a story from t
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Stallions return from Southern Hemisphere
February 04, 2010
Badlands Hanover and Blissfull Hall returned to Winbak of Canada on Thursday morning after spending the latter part of 2009 Down Under for the Southern Hemisphere’s breeding season.  Badlands Hanover stood in New Zealand at Nevele R Stud and Blissfull Hall stood in Australia at Empire Stud. &n
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Winbak announces 2010 yearling sale
February 04, 2010
Winbak Farm will be holding their sixth annual Winbak Select Yearling Sale on Friday, Sept. 17, at the main farm in Chesapeake City, Md.   A catalog of approximately 40 yearlings by Delaware and Maryland sires will be featured at the sale. Winbak Farm was the number one breeder
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