News Archive

Roberts out 2-6 weeks after Dover spill
March 30, 2011
Following release from the hospital, Jon Roberts, one of the top young drivers at Dover Downs, will be sidelined from two to six weeks after a racing accident  during the Monday card.   X-rays showed Roberts sustained two compression fractions of the vertebra. The 29 year old was then fi
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Hall of Fame announces new broodmare members
March 30, 2011
Stan Bergstein, chairman of the Living Horse Hall of Fame Nominating Committee, together with Harness Racing Museum trustee Ellen Harvey, has announced that the broodmares Artistic Vision, JC's Nathalie and Tsunami Hanover are the latest inductees into the Harness Racing Hall of Fame.
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Allamerican Mobile impressive in Dover win
March 30, 2011
Allamerican Mobile took no prisoners en route to a lifetime best 1:52 triumph in the $18,000 Mares Winners-Over pace at Dover Downs on Tuesday, March 29 at Dover Downs.Ross Wolfenden made good use of starting from the rail sending Allamerican Mobile to the front and cut the fractions in her second w
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Pellegrino having career best year
March 30, 2011
Persistence is paying off in a big way for 57 year old Peter Pellegrino, the leading trainer at the 2010-2011 meet at The Isle Casino Racing Pompano Park. On the way to becoming the first conditioner at the track to reach 50 wins for the meet, he's already secured his best career year in the process
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Border Fighting sweeps Meadows series
March 30, 2011
Border Fighting completed his sweep of the Dennis Sheehan Memorial Pace for 3- and 4-year-old colts and geldings when he clicked off a sharp front-end score in Tuesday’s $25,200 championship at The Meadows. Border Fighting came to the series off a victory in the Junior Trendsetter consolation a
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Battle lines drawn for Matchmaker, Levy splits
March 30, 2011
Yonkers Raceway's battle lines have been drawn for the second round of both the Blue Chip Matchmaker and George Morton Levy Memorial Pacing Series. The Matchmaker, an Open Mare event, goes in four, $40,000 divisions (races 8,9,11 & 12) Friday night.   Standout statebred On the Glass
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Campbell driving Lisagain in Spring Championship
March 30, 2011
Trainer Jeff Gillis will be looking for a big night from his pupils as he sends out a trio of starters in the $125,000 Spring Pacing Championship this Saturday at Woodbine. Lisagain, Ideal Race and Twin B Warrior will all line up behind the starting gate for Gillis.   Lisagain, a recent add
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Plantagenet back racing, has 2 wins at age 9
March 30, 2011
The 2008 Elitlopp starter Plantagenet (Donerail-Cold Toes, by American Winner) is back racing. After a 20-win career in the U.S., he started his Scandinavian career with the Stig H. Johansson Stable in Sweden and looked like he would be a top contender when he was invited to the Eli
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Darlin's Delight delivers Rocknroll Hanover colt
March 30, 2011
Multiple stakes winner and double millionairess pacer Darlin's Delight delivered her first foal, a Rocknroll Hanover colt, at 3:30 a.m. on March 30 (3/30) at the home of her owners, White Birch farm, in Allentown, N.J. A 2006 O'Brien Award winner, the 8-year-old daughter of Bettor's Delight out of
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NY purse surcharge proposal appears dead
March 30, 2011
New York lawmakers are expected to leave out a surcharge on purses in a budget expected to be approved by April 1.   Assemblyman Gary Pretlow, a Democrat who chairs the Asssembly racing committee, said he learned Tuesday evening, March 29, that the plan for a 2.75 percent surcharge on purses
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Kelley bringing handicapping to Hoosier Park
March 30, 2011
“Trottin’ Tom” Kelley has provided Chicagoland with insight into the sport of harness racing for the past 25 years through handicapping, journalism, and other essential racing tools. With the start of the 2011 Standardbred season, he will expand his expertise to Hoosier Park Racing & Casino, pro
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SRF Horses to be named for fallen officers
March 30, 2011
The Philadelphia Police Department plans to name five adopted horses from the Standardbred Retirement Foundation (SRF) to honor officers who have died in the line of duty. The horses, Amazing Art, Broadway Kevin, Atlantic Yankee, Seelster Sam, and You’reapisawork will be named after Sgt. Stephen Lic
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St. Elmo Hero returns Saturday at Woodbine
March 30, 2011
St. Elmo Hero, who is undefeated in 24 career starts, has been entered into Saturday's $28,000 Preferred 2 pace at Woodbine Racetrack. St. Elmo Hero has not raced since Feb. 26 at Balmoral Park and will come into Saturay's contest off a 35-day layoff. He had been entered in the Cam Fella Series at
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