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Lucky Bettor cashes in at Harrah's Chester
November 08, 2010
The Burke Racing Stable, Weaver Bruscemi LLC and the JJK Stables' Lucky Bettor ($5.60) narrowly prevailed in the featured $28,000 winners-over pace on Sunday at Harrah's Chester Casino and Racetrack, digging in gamely for a 1:51.1 victory.   The 6-year-old Bettor's Delight gelding was
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NJ Senate committee approves bills to help racing
November 08, 2010
A New Jersey state Senate committee on Monday reportedly passed four bills that are designed to help the state's horse racing industry. The Government, Wagering, Tourism and Historic Preservation Committee approved allowing racing to open off-track wagering site, allow exchange wagering, place all p
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Longtime Canadian owner Bob Anderson dies
November 08, 2010
Longtime Ontario-based owner Bob Anderson, whose horses included the stars Pampered Princess, Southwind Allaire and Cabrini Hanover, has died after suffering a heart attack while vacationing in Florida, He was 64.   "It is with profound sadness and sense of loss that I inf
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Deo Volente, TLP buy interest in Blue Porsche
November 08, 2010
Trainer Blair Burgess told harnessracing.com Monday afternoon that a 20-percent interest in Valley Victory winner Blue Porsche has been purchased by Mike Gulotta and Andy Willinger's Deo Volente Farm and Thomas and Lou Pontone's TLP Stable from Burgess's wife, Karin, and his father, Bob. T
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Average up in opening session at Harrisburg
November 08, 2010
The Standardbred Horse Sales Company’s annual yearling auction in Harrisburg, Pa., got underway Monday morning, and a total of 249 yearlings were sold in the opening session for an average price of $52,641. That represents a 1.1 percent increase from the opening session last year, when 272 yearlings
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