News Archive

Return Home

Southwind Tabor upsets at Yonkers
January 29, 2011
Southwind Tabor (Jim Pantaleano) proved best from the pocket Saturday night, winning Yonkers Raceway's $32,500 Open Handicap Pace. Leaving from post position two, Southwind Tabor tracked Smellthecolornine (Jason Bartlett) around the oval. The latter put up intervals of :27.2, :56
[read more]

American blood wins Saturday Paris feature
January 29, 2011
The big Prix d�Amerique weekend got underway with excitement at the Vincennes racetrack on Saturday afternoon as a horse with American blood wowed trotting aficionados with a powerful victory timed in a mile rate of 1:54 in a 2,100 meter race. Rapide Lebel, a 6-year-old gelding by Ginger Somolli, t
[read more]

Wishing Stone to race at Cagnes-sur-Mer
January 29, 2011
Wishing Stone, the 2010 Kentucky Futurity champion, trained last week in France, but despite a satisfactory effort, his connections have decided to skip the one mile Prix de France at Vincennes in Paris next month and instead prepare for racing at Cagnes-sur-Mer on the French Riviera in March. &nbs
[read more]

23 for St. Elmo Hero; 6,000 for Tetrick
January 29, 2011
St. Elmo Hero made it 23 wins in a row and Tim Tetrick became the youngest driver to reach 6,000 career wins on a busy night of action Saturday at the Meadowlands Racetrack. St. Elmo Hero won the $65,000 Complex Series final for pacers ages five and under, with Tetrick picking up win No. 6,
[read more]

Arriba Amigo finds Dover friendly
January 29, 2011
In his first local start since arriving from Canada, Arriba Amigo pulled away from eight rivals in 1:56.2 to win the $14,500 trot, one of six wins for driver Matt Kakaley, on Saturday at Dover Downs. Arriba Amigo easily beat fast-finishing CC�s Fred (Sean Bier) and Iron Will
[read more]

Alexie Mattosie wins Presidential final
January 29, 2011
Alexie Mattosie won the $127,000 Presidential Series final for older pacers and Meirs Hanover won the $62,600 Clyde Hirt Series final for 4-year-old male pacers Saturday night at the Meadowlands. In the Presidential, Alexie Mattosie used a first-over charge to overcome leader Vlos
[read more]

Dreamfair Eternal named Canada's HOY
January 29, 2011
On Saturday, Standardbred Canada hosted the 2010 O�Brien Awards to honor and recognize the horses and people that have made the greatest contribution to Canadian harness racing over the past season. The awards are named for the late Hall of Famer Joe O'Brien, a member of the Canadian Horse Raci
[read more]