News Archive

Bling shines at Harrington
April 27, 2011
Driver Corey Callahan and trainer Josh Green capped off a big Tuesday evening at Harrington Raceway, winning the $18,600 Mares Open with Baron Racing and David Rovine’s Bling ($4.20) in 1:55.1. Callahan had four winners on the card, three of which were aboard Green-trained horses. Bling, a 5-ye
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Sky Mesa gets game win at The Meadows
April 27, 2011
Sky Mesa, who appeared to be heading for a place finish when his lead vanished in the stretch, reached down and found more at the last moment to hang on and capture Tuesday’s $27,800 championship of the Valentowner Pace for 3-year-old colts and geldings. Sky Mesa used a quarter-pole move to tak
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Ideal Newton rallies for win in Pocono's distaff open
April 27, 2011
Ideal Newton rallied from last to first to win the featured Open pace for fillies and mares on Tuesday night at Mohegan Sun at Pocono Downs. In the process, the mare captured the winner’s share of the biggest purse for an overnight race in Pocono history.The purse for the Open was $60,000, which was
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Cam Town Carrie upsets at Pompano
April 27, 2011
A field of six mares was assembled for the $14,000 purse top event on Tuesday evening, April 26 at The Isle Casino Racing Pompano Park. When the dust settled the longest shot in the field got the last laugh.Tom Sells made one of his patented patient drives with the unrespected Cam Town Carrie who wa
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Levy, Matchmaker finals drawn
April 27, 2011
Post positions have been drawn for Yonkers Raceway's pair of Saturday night stakes finals, the $495,000 George Morton Levy Memorial Pacing Series and $301,000 Blue Chip Matchmaker...the two richest North American harness races of the season to date.Post time for the 12-race card is 7:10 PM, with the
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Bare Necessity looks to extend streak
April 27, 2011
Bare Necessity will likely be the talk of the tote board in the $60,000 Ontario Spring Open Final on Friday night at Woodbine.The three-year-old homebred son of Apaches Fame remains undefeated in five career starts for trainer Eric Adams and owner Millar Farms of Newmarket.In his most recent start,
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Elmore named GM at Hoosier Park
April 27, 2011
Hoosier Park Racing & Casino has announced the appointment of Brian Elmore to the position of General Manager of Racing.  Elmore, who will assume the new position beginning May 1, replaces Jeff Smith who will continue in his position as Managing Director of Racing for Hoosier Park
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Tioga nominations available on website
April 27, 2011
Tioga Downs will offer the first qualifying races of the season on Friday, April 29, at 11 am. Entries will be taken by the Racing Office at (607) 699-7688 until the box is closed at 10 am on Thursday, April 28. The next opportunity to get qualified will be Tioga’s annual “Press Night” on Tuesday, M
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Visa issues could keep Arch Madness home
April 27, 2011
Trainer Trond Smedshammer told harnessracing.com Wednesday afternoon that a planned trip overseas for Arch Madness to race in next month’s Oslo Grand Prix in Norway and the Elitlopp in Sweden could be scrapped due to paperwork issues concerning the Norwegian’s visa. “It’s the American Embassy in Os
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Setback for Bigtime Ball
April 27, 2011
Racing fans will have to wait until the end of summer if they want to see Bigtime Ball in the entry box. The career winner of $1,321,330 suffered an injury to his sesamoid bone according to trainer-owner Gord Irwin.   "We had him trained down to 2:00 around the beginning of April," Irwin said
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