News Archive

Rocknroll Hanover to shuttle to Australia
August 02, 2011
David James of Empire Stallions in the state of Victoria in Australia, and a source close to Perretti Farms have confirmed that the top pacing sire Rocknroll Hanover will be standing at stud in the Southern Hemisphere for the upcoming breeding season. At this time the agreement is verbal and ha
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Miss Millie leads ISS winners at Indy Downs
August 02, 2011
Indiana Downs played host to the first round of Indiana Sires Stakes action for freshman pacing fillies Monday, August 1, with seven $40,000 divisions carded. Favorites managed to win only three of the features, producing several first-time winners.   The Alvin Miller-trained Miss Millie turn
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Oaks favorite is Crys Dream from post 2
August 02, 2011
Hambletonian Oaks elimination winners Iron Lady and Crys Dream will leave from posts one and two, respectively, in Saturday afternoon's $750,000 Hambletonian Oaks for 3-year-old filly trotters at the Meadowlands. Crys Dream, undefeated in five starts this year and 12 of 13 lifetime, has been install
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NY's Winbak Farm hosts international guests
August 02, 2011
Winbak Farm of New York hosted two tours Monday for the World Trotting Conference and tourists from Denmark. The guests had a chance to tour the mare barn, stallion barn, and see the stallions.   Tourists had a chance to meet stallions that they had heard about and hadn’t necessarily eve
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Great Vintage fastest in NYSS at Yonkers
August 02, 2011
The Empire's glamor division came out to play Monday night, with Yonkers Raceway hosting the $236,092 New York Sire Stakes Bruce Hamilton Pace.With this event, the Raceway again honored the memory of the long-time Executive Secretary of the Harness Horse Breeders of New York...and one of the most we
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Gisela AS sweeps in Free final
August 02, 2011
After scoring a victory in her elimination last week, Gisela AS scored an off-the-pace win in tonight’s $50,000 In Free final at Mohawk. Driven by Jason Brewer and trained by Anette Lorentzon, the freshman filly stopped the clock in 1:58.2, one-fifth off the stakes record.In the early going, Idonett
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Manofmanymissions 9-5 Hambletonian favorite
August 02, 2011
Hambo elimination winner Manofmanymissions will start from post two in Saturday afternoon's $1.5 million nationally-televised final at the Meadowlands, while second-elim winner Broad Bahn will line up in post one. The connections of both 3-year-old trotters earned the right to choose their posts for
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Foreclosure N purchased by Richard Young
August 02, 2011
One of this year's top 3-year-old pacers was purchased by an owner who has always wanted a major player in the glamour boy division, and after seeing his own stable star shelved with an injury, he closed in on his coveted contender. Richard Young, the gregarious owner of sidelined pacing mare Put On
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This year's Hambletonian takes the cake!
August 02, 2011
At the Hambletonian press conference, drivers and trainers posed with a cake, not the Hambletonian trophy! Mauro Castano of the hit TLC reality show "Cake Boss" gave media a preview of the cake Carlo's Bakery of Hoboken, N.J. will create for the 30th anniversary of the Hambletonian at the Meadowland
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2YO trotting colt Broadway Zinger in 1:57
August 02, 2011
Broadway Zinger had little trouble overcoming post seven, bursting to the front and staying there in a stake record 1:57 in Tuesday’s $120,000 Pennsylvania Stallion Series event at The Meadows.The stake for 2-year-old colt and gelding trotters was conducted over six divisions, with Fashion Astral, H
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