News Archive

Action Jackson right choice for Widger
April 21, 2011
No one had more confidence in the ability of Action Jackson than driver Sam Widger. After winning both divisions of the Landess series Wednesday, April 13, Widger had to choose which horse to drive in the final.“I drove this horse (Action Jackson) a little last year and he has the ability,” said W
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Won The West tops Pocono qualifiers
April 21, 2011
Won The West, the 2010 Dan Patch winner as older pacing horse, won a qualifier at Mohegan Sun Pocono Downs on Thursday, April 21. Trainer Ron Burke was in the bike as the 7-year-old son of Western Hanover was an easy 5 ½-length winner in 1:54. Owned by Country Club Acres, Strollin Stable and William
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Real Mean Art real tough in Hoosier Invite
April 21, 2011
Real Mean Art and driver Dave Magee made it a real exciting finish in the $24,000 Invitational Pace Wednesday, April 20 at Hoosier Park Racing & Casino. The duo rallied late to win their first start back after a two month layoff in a time of 1:53.0.Real Mean Art began his journey from post five
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Repeat winners in Meadows series
April 21, 2011
It was déjà vu all over again in Wednesday’s second leg of the Tom’s OK Lady Trot at The Meadows when the two opening-leg winners, Love U Overandover and Filly Bay, jogged to easy victories in $15,000 divisions. That puts them on a collision course for next Wednesday’s final in the series for 3-year
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Powerfulconnection wins again at Balmoral
April 21, 2011
Illinois conceived and foaled trotters were back in the spotlight on Wednesday night at Balmoral Park as a field of seven diagonally gaited sophomores squared off in the $9,000 Trotting Tilly Stake for three-year-old fillies.Picking up right where she left off in her sophomore debut Dixie Sue Grah
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Mary Ann Konesky, wife of horseman, dies
April 21, 2011
Mary Ann Konesky, 59, of Pemberville, Ohio, died April 19 at her residence.   Mrs. Konesky was born April 26, 1951, to Lawrence and Helen (Rothenbuhler) Kuhlman in Toledo, Ohio. She married John A. Konesky on June 15, 1968, in Gibsonburg, Ohio.   She was an office manager for Wood Coun
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Kentucky Instant Racing heading to Court of Appeals
April 21, 2011
The Kentucky Supreme Court on Thursday declined to hear a case on Instant Racing machines at the racetracks. The Kentucky Horse Racing Commission (KHRC) promulgated rules governing Instant Racing, which was upheld by a ruling by a Franklin County Circuit Court Judge. The Family Foundation then file
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Artimittateslife nearing $1 million, motherhood
April 21, 2011
Artimittateslife made her 92nd career start Thursday afternoon at Harrah’s Chester and in a perfect world for Robert Young, co-owner and breeder of the 6-year-old daughter of Art Major, she won’t make it to start 100. Young told harnessracing.com shortly before Artimittateslife went to post in the
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HTA supports RCI drug initiative
April 21, 2011
The Executive Committee of Harness Tracks of America (HTA) has voted to recommend to its Board of Directors that it support the recently announced call by the outgoing and incoming chairmen of the Association of Racing Commissioners International (RCI) for a “five-year phase-out” of equine medicatio
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Gural says he may move forward without union
April 21, 2011
Dave Little, an active member of the U.S. Harness Writers Association who works for the New York Daily News, reported on Thursday that a union leader said Jeff Gural didn't extend an early enough invitation to meet with them.   "They didn't have any plans of meeting with him," said Pat B
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Inter Dominion winner has test "irregularity"
April 21, 2011
Adam Hamilton, racing writer for the Melbourne Herald Sun and a special contributor for harnessracing.com, has reported that horseman Lance Justice is vehemently denying that his Inter Dominion champion Smoken Up was treated with DMSO before the race.   "I'm devastated," Justice said. "T
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Krivelin takes home the matzo at Monticello
April 21, 2011
In his first time competing in Monticello Raceway’s Passover Pace Bob Krivelin walked away a winner Thursday afternoon after he reined Whitaker Blue Chip to a 2:01.4 triumph in the "Race for the Matzos."   “I felt like Moses leading the Jews out of Egypt,” Krivelin joked. “This is the first p
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Meeting between tellers, NJ legislators
April 21, 2011
John Brennan, who has been covering the Meadowlands situation for New Jersey's Bergen Record newspaper, reported at 6 pm Thursday evening that a meeting took place earlier in the day between tellers, state Senator Richard Codey and Assemblyman Ralph Caputo.   Tom Luchento, president of the St
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