News Archive

New episode of Eye on Harness Racing
July 08, 2010
A look at the upcoming Meadowlands Pace and Yonkers trot will include interviews with Sam DePinto and Jimmy Takter; Hal Jones and Dave Palone will talk about their inductions into harness racing’s Living Hall of Fame; and the three winningest drivers in North America meet in a driving battle on
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Southern Maebelle wins again
July 08, 2010
Exhibiting the form that has kept her atop the Illinois conceived and foaled trotting ranks in each of her first two seasons on the track, Powers Farms Southern Maebelle trotted to a three-quarter-length victory in Wednesday’s $9,000 Sorce Ann Stake at Balmoral Park. The final time was 1:59.0 over a
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Forever Ivy wins at The Meadows
July 08, 2010
Forever Ivy worked out a cozy pocket trip, then blazed home in a swift 27.1 to capture Wednesday’s $22,500 Filly & Mare Preferred Handicap Pace at The Meadows. Leaving from the rail, Ray Paver guided Forever Ivy to the 2 hole behind Red Star Hottie, who had won three straight but was hamper
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Hoosier champions to be crowned
July 08, 2010
Indiana’s finest trotters and pacers will be in the spotlight Saturday, July 10 for Hoosier Champions Night, bringing purse totals to more than $1.1 million. A total of 14 races have been established featuring six Indiana Sires Stakes finals. The first race will go behind the Todd Nixon starting gat
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Schnittker dominates in Buffalo NYSS action
July 08, 2010
There were five New York Sire Stakes races for 2-year-old trotting fillies at Buffalo Raceway on Wednesday night and trainer-driver Ray Schnittker won four of them. Three races were valued at $27,442, while the other two were worth $26,942.   Schnittker started the night off by
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Batavia Downs hosts $7,500 scholarship race
July 08, 2010
Batavia Downs has announced a brand new scholarship race to give away $7,500 for college-bound students. The event will feature students from area schools accompanied by professional drivers in a dash for the cash on Saturday, Sept. 11. “We are really pleased to be able to help support the educ
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Buter was a sure thing at Mighty M
July 08, 2010
Add the name of Tyler Buter to those who have defied Horace Greely’s suggestion and went east  instead of west. Buter, another new name at Monticello Raceway this year scored a driving double on Wednesday when he won with Benns Sure Thing in the $7,400 trotting feature and t
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1:10 p.m. post Friday at the Meadowlands
July 08, 2010
Because of a Bon Jovi concert at the new Meadowlands Stadium Friday night, July 9, the Meadowlands Racetrack will have an afternoon post time of 1:10 p.m. for an 11-race card. The heat wave on the East Coast has relented a bit and the weather forecast for Friday afternoon calls for it to be 84 degre
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Brooks' horses removed from Pace elims draw
July 08, 2010
Harnessracing.com has learned that two horses owned by stables associated with Jeffrey and David Brooks were removed from the Meadowlands Pace eliminations entry box on Wednesday, July 7. Lord Terror and Western Thorn, owned by Bulletproof Enterprises, were entered in the eliminations, but because t
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