News Archive

Wolfenden, Crissman take Harrington titles
October 29, 2010
Harrington Raceway’s 64th season came to a close Thursday night as a variety of season-ending honors were awarded.   For the first time since 2006, Harrington had a leading driver not named Tony Morgan as Ross Wolfenden (233 wins) took the 2010 title, with a comfortable lead over Morgan (185)
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O'Brien Award winner Elusive Desire retired
October 29, 2010
Trainer Mike Keeling has announced that two-time O'Brien Award winner Elusive Desire has been retired from racing and that breeder Valley High Stable has agreed to purchase the mare. The announcement comes in the form of a video interview with WEG's media department.   Elusive Desire, a daugh
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Pardon to be supplemented to Am-Nat
October 29, 2010
Pardon, the number one freshman filly pacer in Illinois, will get the chance to compete on next month’s American-National Night at Balmoral Park.   “Dick (owner Balog) has decided to supplement Pardon to the American-National,” said the talented filly’s trainer Dirk Simpson. “We tal
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Western Silk back in winner's circle
October 29, 2010
Fan Hanover Stakes winner Western Silk scored the victory in tonight's single OSS Gold elimination for three year old pacing fillies getting the measure of stablemate Bay Girl in a time of 1:51. Trained by Casie Coleman, the pair of fillies will headline the last $130,000 Gold Final for the division
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Holiday Road to stand at Seelster Farms
October 29, 2010
Seelster Farms announced Friday that they have acquired an interest in Holiday Road 2,1:54; 3,1:52.4 ($426,200), who will stand at their Lucan, Ont. farm starting with the 2011 breeding season.   A $115,000 yearling purchase, Holiday Road is the full brother to former Ontario sire a
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Ontario suspends Morrill indefinitely
October 29, 2010
The Ontario Racing Commission has suspended driver Jim Morrill Jr. from racing indefinitely. The action was taken Thursday, Oct. 28.   Last Saturday Kentucky stewards asked Morrill  to turn in his Kentucky Racing Commission license when he refused to take a breathalyzer test at The
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Sammy Syd set to tackle best in Forest City final
October 29, 2010
"She is basically a part of the family and is spoiled rotten," noted Gord Young of Sammy Syd who will tackle some of the best pacing mares in North America in Saturday night’s $167,000 Forest City Pace Final at Western Fair.   "We’ve been lucky to have her and have turned down some pr
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Red Star Hottie wins Meadows feature in 1:53.3
October 29, 2010
Red Star Hottie charged right to the lead and scored a facile front-end victory — her 10th win this season — in Friday’s $22,500 Filly & Mare Preferred Handicap Pace at The Meadows.Although Red Star Hottie hadn’t raced since Oct. 11, Dave Palone sent her forward from post 7. She encountered a co
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Flirtiscape, J T's Mr. Lavec win at Yonkers
October 29, 2010
Flirtiscape (George Brennan) patrolled a Friday night pocket, winning Yonkers Raceway's co-featured $38,000 Filly and Mare Open Handicap Pace.   It was a two-speed number, as Flirtiscape was in play from post position No. 4. He was stuffed in behind 9-10 favorite Symphony in Motion (Jeff Gre
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Indiana-bred yearling brings $107,000 final bid
October 29, 2010
Hoosier Classic Yearling Sale kicked off its two-day event Friday, October 29 with a strong first session. Bolstered by notable out-of-state horsemen looking to invest in Indiana’s lucrative program, yearlings brought record prices Friday, with a Southwind Elian filly bringing a $107,000 final bid.
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Crys Dream sets mark in Goldsmith Maid elim
October 29, 2010
A pair of $25,000 Goldsmith Maid eliminations took place Friday night featuring the best two-year-old trotting fillies in North America. Crys Dream scored in a new Woodbine Racetrack track record in the first elimination with Massive Drama posting an upset in the second.   Driver Luc Ouellett
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Extreme Yankee triumphs in Vernon feature
October 29, 2010
Extreme Yankee parlayed a pocket trip into a 1:57.4 victory in Friday night’s $13,200 featured seventh race at Vernon Downs.   With Claude Huckabone, III doing the steering for owner and trainer Brett Smith in the week’s top Miracle Mile trotting test, Extreme Yankee ($21.60) drafted along in
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Takter trainees sweep Big M series divisions
October 29, 2010
Although he is known as a trotting master, trainer Jimmy Takter sent out a trio of young pacers to victory as Meadowlands Racetrack's fall stakes series kicked off Friday night.   Takter swept two of the three $15,000 divisons of the No No Yankee for 2-year-old colts with High Noon and Rocks
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