News Archive

Brennan, Bartlett leads Yonkers' 2011 opener
January 14, 2011
The calendar may have changed, but in Westchester, the song remains the same.George Brennan (four winners) and Jason Bartlett (three winners) were Yonkers Raceway's opening night stalwarts, combining to win more than half of Thursday's dozen dashes.  Bartlett comes off his third consecutive loc
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Exotic Toy wins at Dover
January 14, 2011
Longshot Exotic Toy got up at the finish line for one of Vic Kirby’s three winning drives at Dover Downs on Thursday, Jan. 13. George Dennis drove four winners and Ron Pierce equaled Kirby with three-baggers.Exotic Toy won the dash to the finish in 1:54.2 to win the $14,000 4&5-Year-Old feature
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Bolender’s homebreds sweep Blizzard final
January 14, 2011
After scoring a pair of victories in their respective eliminations last week, owner/breeder Stuart Bolender and trainer Tan Micallef completed the 1-2 punch tonight by finishing firstand second in the $60,000 Blizzard Stakes final at Woodbine Racetrack. With the victory, Bolender celebrated his bigg
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Sears,Team Miller score in Big M series
January 14, 2011
Brian Sears reined in three winners as the first round of winter series action kicked off on a bitterly cold Thursday night at Meadowlands Racetrack.Sears sprung out of the gate with Zeitgeist in the first race, one of five $12,500 Super Bowl Series divisions for 4-year-old trotters on the card.&nbs
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Monticello scratch rule proving successful
January 14, 2011
A few months ago Monticello Raceway followed Yonkers Raceway‘s lead and instituted the 14-day rule with hopes to cut down on scratches from the seven and eight post positions. The rule simply states that if a horse is scratched from an outside position the trainer must wait 14 days before the
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Field set for King Pace at Monticello
January 14, 2011
In his career Cedric Washington has reined 1,795 winners and now having drawn the early line favorite, Blissfull Doll--and the pole position--in Monticello Raceway’s 11th Annual Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Pace slated to go to post on Monday, Jan. 17, his chances of adding to his lifetime win
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GSP’s Bob Brennan released from prison
January 14, 2011
Bob Brennan, who presided over the brief renaissance of Garden State Park in Cherry Hill, N.J. from 1985 to 2001, and was also convicted of securities and bankruptcy fraud as well as money laundering and obstruction of justice, was freed from prison on Jan. 7 after nearly 10 years in jail. Brennan,
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Monticello horsemen oppose Catskills casino
January 14, 2011
The Monticello Harness Horsemen's Association have announced unequivocal opposition to the proposed Stockbridge-Munsee casino unveiled last month and joined a growing coalition of those opposed to this wrongheaded proposal.   This agreement--which was negotiated in secret by an outgoing Admi
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Indiana bill calls for cut in revenue to racing
January 14, 2011
A bill currently being discussed in the Indiana legislature could have a dramatic effect on purses in the Hoosier State. A line item in the proposed budget bill calls for revenue from slot machines at the racetracks that goes to horse racing to be cut by nearly half. Horse racing currently receives
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David Miller's mother, Loretta, dies at 74
January 14, 2011
Loretta Miller, the mother of driver David Miller, died Thursday night at her Ohio home after suffering an apparent heart attack. She was 74. Mrs. Miller was known to many horsemen as she drove the golf cart in the infield at the Delaware, Ohio fairgrounds during Jug week.   David Miller told
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SRF/Niatross Race Gets Richer
January 14, 2011
Attractive bonuses have been added to the newly combined Niatross and Standardbred Retirement Foundation's (SRF) Race for 2 years olds.   While every 2 year old is eligible to the race, horses nominated that are sired by a stallion for which just one breeding was donated to SRF in 2011 will enj
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Northern Chief upset again at Monticello
January 14, 2011
For over three months Northern Chief remained undefeated at Monticello Raceway, but on Dec. 31 he was nailed at the wire in a tight three-horse photo and finished second, beaten by a nose for all the marbles. On Thursday afternoon, after once again cutting the fractions, the ve
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NJ sportswriters honor Sears
January 14, 2011
Brian Sears, who had a year filled with milestones, will be honored as the New Jersey Sportswriters Association’s Standardbred Horseman of the Year at the group’s 75th annual awards banquet on Sunday, January 30, 2011 at the Pines Manor in Edison, NJ. In 2010, Sears surpassed 7,000 lifetime victori
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Nadia Lobell, Moni Maker move to The Meadows
January 14, 2011
The 2011 Nadia Lobell for 3-year-old filly pacers and the Moni Maker for 3-year-old filly trotters, which have been contested at The Red Mile since 2003 and 2005, respectively, will be held at The Meadows. The Red Mile’s Grand Circuit race secretary, Connie Hochstetler, stressed that although the r
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KY Filly Futurity runner-up dq'd after positive
January 14, 2011
Ontario-based trainer Riina Rekila has been fined $250 by the Kentucky Horse Racing Commission and ordered to return more than $44,000 in purse money earned by Christiana Hanover in the 2010 Kentucky Filly Futurity at The Red Mile after she tested positive for Isoxsuprine, a supplement used in treat
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American Native to stand in Indiana in 2011
January 14, 2011
American Native, a son of 1993 Hambletonian winner American Winner who has been standing stallion duty in Illinois the past eight years, will stand stud in 2011 at the Gary Wilcox Farm in Urbana, Ind.   American Native, a winner on the Pennsylvania Sire Stakes as well as the 2000 William Con
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Bouchard on ESPNews Friday night
January 14, 2011
Driver Stephane Bouchard will appear on ESPNews’ segment “The Beat” which airs Friday night, Jan. 14, at about 6:25 p.m.in the show, which starts at 6 p.m. (EST).   Bouchard will be driving the pacer White Hot Cards (1:50.2, $357,455), who he owns with James Healey, and skiing.
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Barbara Baum has died at 77
January 14, 2011
Barbara R. Baum, 77, a longtime Standardbred owner who owned such notables as Doin The Town and Baltic Brat, has died.   She was a partner with Joe Thomson of Winbak Farm for 20 years and they never had an argument. Some of their partnership horses were Doin’ The Town 3,1:54.2 ($475,274), Bal
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Clyde Hirt win 5th in a row for Summer Camp
January 14, 2011
Summer Camp extended his winning streak to five in the $18,000 first leg of the Clyde Hirt Series for 4-year-old pacers on Friday night at Meadowlands Racetrack.   Summer Camp and driver Andy Miller ducked into third on the rail as Meirs Hanover carved out fractions of :27.1, :55.1 and 1:22.4
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Premiere Intel in Snowshoe Series upset
January 14, 2011
In an action-packed $60,000 Snowshoe Stakes final, it was Premier Intel and driver Rick Zeron scoring the 1:53.2 victory tonight at Woodbine RacetrackIn the early going, Playing Solitaire (Mario Baillargeon) left aggressively to strike the front as the field headed around the first turn. The Plati
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Breakheart Pass, Mystical Starlight win
January 14, 2011
Breakheart Pass (Yannick Gingras) justified her outside assignment Friday night, winning Yonkers  Raceway's first Filly and Mare Open Handicap Pace of the season.Floating out from behind the eight-ball, Breakheart Pass landed fifth while Symphony in Motion (Jeff Gregory) put forth early interva
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