News Archive

Goshen scholarships available online
April 28, 2010
Applications are available on-line for the Second Annual Goshen Historic Track High School Scholarship Races on Sunday, June 6, 2010.  Through the foresight and hard work of local horseman Ray Schnittker, the inaugural event helped raise over $ 40,000 for local students and school districts l
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Syrinx Hanover dies
April 28, 2010
Millionaire trotter Syrinx Hanover died this past week at Rhineback Equine Clinic on Friday night, April 23, after she had suffered a serious case of dystocia on Thursday night. She was 12 years old.The star studded daughter of Lindy Lane-Minx Hanover had a spectacular career on the racetrack winnin
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Scorpion Moon wins open trot at Pocono
April 28, 2010
Jim Morrill Jr. worked out a pocket trip with Scorpion Moon to win the $28,000 open handicap trot at Mohegan Sun at Pocono Downs Tuesday (April 27) night.Trained and owned by Tracy Brainard, the nine-year-old Armbro Scorpion gelding followed No. 4 Grain Of Truth (Ray Schnittker) from the three post
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Go Get Em sweeps in Lookout Hanover
April 28, 2010
Go Get Em made a decisive quarter-pole move and went on to capture Tuesday’s $26,800 final of the Lookout Hanover at The Meadows, completing his 3-race sweep of the series for 3-year-old colt and gelding pacers. The gelded son of Four Starzzz Shark-She’s The One so dominated the series that he
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Foiled Again draws the rail in Levy
April 28, 2010
Defending champion Foiled Again drew post position No. 5 for Saturday night's $460,000 final of Yonkers Raceway's George Morton Levy Memorial Pacing Series.The Levy, harness racing's richest race to date this season, goes as the eighth race on the 12-race card. First post is 7:10 PM, with the featur
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First round of PASS starts in May
April 28, 2010
The first round of Pennsylvania Sire Stake racing for 2010 is approaching quickly, with action slated for early May. Four sophomores preparing for those events are already champions, having been crowned the best in their class by the members of the Meadows Standardbred Owners Association after their
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Yonkers announces purse increases
April 28, 2010
Yonkers Raceway has announced an across-the-board purse increase, taking effect this coming  Monday, May 3.        The increase, which amounts to about 15 percent for all classes, brings the purse structure from $7,000 (up from $6,000) to $37,000 (up from $32,
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Ouellette to drive Enough Talk in Finland
April 28, 2010
Veteran WEG reinsman Luc Ouellette will be off to Finland this weekend where he will be reunited with top older trotter Enough Talk who is scheduled to compete in the $250,000 Finlandia Ajo at Vermo Racetrack in Helsinki. The race will serve as a stepping stone for the prestigious Elitlopp in Swede
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Horseplayers create Tioga challenge
April 28, 2010
The Horseplayers Association of North America (HANA) is promoting the decrease in takeout at Tioga Downs on its web site and also encouraging play by announcing the "Pen and Micro-Chip Challenge."   In March, it was announced that Tioga Downs would be offering decreased takeout on a
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