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Wind Me Up's 1:52 win a stakes record
July 18, 2010
Records were  broken at Tioga Downs on Sunday afternoon as three stakes records for the Tompkins Geers gave way to new heirs.   In the 2-year old colt and gelding pacer division, Wind Me Up was in the last race of the day but didn’t disappoint fans or bettors as the 2-year old son o
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Big 10 Hanover action Saturday at Balmoral
July 18, 2010
Hanover Stakes action was in full swing on Saturday at Balmoral Park as 10 of the 14 races on the program featured Hanover action for 2- and 3-year-old pacers of both sexes. Freshman pacing fillies kicked off the busy Saturday night card with a total of 22 youngsters battling in a trio of $19,1
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It's draft time for the Jug Fantasy game
July 18, 2010
For the next five days you may replace two horses Itin your Little Brown Jug Fantasy Stable plus one driver and one trainer.  The first supplementary draft period begins today, Monday, July 19 and continues through 11:59 p.m. Friday, July 23.    The next scheduled race in the Jug Fa
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Big night of racing boosts Meadowlands handle
July 18, 2010
With a strong crowd on hand at the Meadowlands, total handle for the 14-race Meadowlands Pace night card on Saturday night was $4,431,546, an increase of 5.2 percent over last year's figure of $4,212,998. Betting on the Meadowlands Pace alone was $624,347.   This year's card had one more race
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Vintage Master bests Shark Gesture in Ben Franklin
July 18, 2010
Vintage Master (Tim Tetrick) took the longest possible way around the track, racing in behind the favorite Shark Gesture, before popping out at the top of the stretch to win the $500,000 Ben Franklin Pace for older pacers by a length in 1:49 on Sunday (July 18) afternoon at Harrah's Chester Casino a
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