News Archive

Mariah Wright Wins HHI scholarship
June 25, 2010
Mariah N. Wright, 17, of Stockbridge, Michigan, has been awarded the 2010 Harness Horsemen International Jerome L. Hauck Scholarship, worth $4,000. Miss Wright, a 2010 graduate of Stockbridge’s Leslie High School, carried a GPA of 3.75 and was a Congressional Medal of Merit winner during her se
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$100,000 Maywood Pace Friday night
June 25, 2010
Jesse De Long’s highly regarded Delco Willobee will look to get back on the winning track when he leads a field of eight Illinois conceived and foaled three-year-old pacing colts postward for Friday’s featured 11th race, the $100,000 Maywood Pace.  After tasting defeat for the first time in his
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What do you think of this 9-race win streak?
June 25, 2010
With his 1:57.2 victory at Monticello Raceway on Thursday afternoon, Mr. Thinker now has nine consecutive victories and is just one shy of the track record of 10 set in 2008 by Hogies Cam and Jordan Stratton.   Zeke Parker again drove Mr. Thinker to another wire-to-wire triumph
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TrackMaster announces software challenge finalists
June 25, 2010
TrackMaster, an Equibase Company, has identified three software programs as finalists in its Software Development Challenge and, based on the enthusiasm surrounding this inaugural contest, has announced plans for a second challenge beginning in August specifically focused on the development of “apps
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Meadowlands moves qualifiers to Saturday
June 25, 2010
Meadowlands morning qualifiers will be moved to Saturday this week due to lack of entries.  They will be combined with baby races, with a post time of 10 a.m.
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Page sweeps finals of Scioto series
June 25, 2010
Driver Chris Page won the final of the Floating Dream Series and Steamin Demon Series for pacers at Scioto Downs in consecutive races on Thursday.He guided CB Sammie Suit to a front-running triumph in the Floating Dream final as she took advantage of post 1 to control the race from the start. After
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Lucky Jim returns to Big M Friday night
June 25, 2010
Lucky Jim will return on Friday night at the Meadowlands in a prep for next week's Titan Cup. It will be his first start since returning from Sweden in late May.   The 2009 Older Trotter of the Year is rated as the 5-2 morning line favorite in a strong field that includes five millionaires.&n
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Handicapping Mohawk, Meadowlands and Yonkers
June 25, 2010
Harness Eye editor Derick Giwner has used his handicapping skills this weekend to post a Mohawk Analysis of Saturday night’s North America Cup card, a Metro 6 Shooter analysis of Saturday’s Yonkers Raceway/Meadowlands six-race wager, and a Yonkers Analysis (with an assist from associate editor Matt
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Hall of Famer Stan Bergstein at Hoosier Park
June 25, 2010
The Dan Patch Invitational is rich in tradition at Hoosier Park Racing & Casino. The track’s first major event of any breed kicked off the inaugural racing season in 1994 with a purse of $40,000. Ready to Rumble with driver Trevor Ritchie bested a field of six to win the event in a time of 1:53.
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Fever, stomach problem lead to Lucky Chucky scratched
June 25, 2010
Reigning Dan Patch Award winner Lucky Chucky, the pre-season 2010 Hambletonian favorite, was scheduled to make his first appearance of the year Friday night at the Meadowlands, but trainer Chuck Sylvester has scratched the colt due to illness. Sylvester told harnessracing.com Friday morning that alt
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Get your HarnessRacing Weekend Preview now!
June 25, 2010
The inaugural edition of the HarnessRacing Weekend Preview is hot off the presses and available today, so if you haven’t had the chance to sign up to receive this free e-newsletter produced by the staff of The Horseman And Fair World magazine and harnessracing.com, don’t wait any longer and do so no
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1:55.2 miles take Mohawk trotting consolations
June 25, 2010
The time of 1:55.2 was what it took to win either the Elegantimage or Goodtimes consolations for 3-year-old trotters on Friday night at Mohawk. Fortunes Dream won the Elegantimage consolation for fillies in 1:55.2 and then Windsong Geant repeated that clocking to take the stakes for colts.  
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Horsemen weigh in on who will win NA Cup
June 25, 2010
With the Pepsi North America Cup fast approaching it has provided plenty of talk at Mohawk Racetrack. Several local trainers, drivers and Woodbine Entertainment Group employees weighed in with their thoughts last night and again this morning at Mohawk Racetrack on who will win North America’s rich
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Tioga Driver's Championship set for Aug. 1
June 25, 2010
The fourth annual Driver’s Championship at Tioga Downs is rounding into shape as the stakes season rolls on. The top seven money-winning drivers in North America, along with the top money winning driver at Tioga Downs, and one sponsors exemption will battle out in Nichols, New York on Sunday, Aug. 1
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Tough Call's 1:56.4 fastest in PA Stallion Series
June 25, 2010
Tough Call gobbled up the dueling leaders with a three-wide backside burst and went on to score in 1:56.4, fastest division of a $100,000 Pennsylvania Stallion Series stakes for 3-year-old colt and gelding trotters Friday at The Meadows.The event was contested over five divisions, with Pretty Boy Li
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2YO pacing colt Lookinforadventure in 1:52.2
June 25, 2010
Trainer Bruce Saunders had his weekend of racing start of right as his 2-year-old pacing colt Lookinforadventure blazed to a 1:52.2 win in a New Jersey Sire Stakes at the Meadowlands Friday night. On Saturday, Saunders will send out Rock N Roll Heaven, the morning-line favorite, in the North America
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Enough Talk beats Lucky Jim in Titan prep
June 25, 2010
Enough Talk bounced back from his tough overseas campaign, where he finished seventh in an elimination for the Elitlopp, and beat rival Lucky Jim by two lengths in 1:51 in a prep for the Titan Cup on Friday night at the Meadowlands.   Enough Talk pounced off a pocket trip to take the $40,000
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