News Archive

Black Book 2 now available online
October 07, 2011
The 2011 edition of The Black Book 2 can now be found on Standardbred Horse Sales Company's website theblackbook.com. Hard copy volumes of the catalog are expected to be available on Oct. 12.   The mixed portion of the Harrisburg sale begins on Friday, Nov. 11, and ends on Saturday, Nov. 12.
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Miss Paris, Circles lead Ontario Gold elim winners
October 07, 2011
There were few surprises at Woodbine Racetrack on Thursday evening, as the favorites in both two-year-old trotting filly Gold Eliminations sailed home to effortless victories.   The first $40,000 elimination saw Miss Paris and driver Scott Zeron sit briefly on the rail in third before making
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Florida judges say more casinos OK
October 07, 2011
A three-judge panel in Florida has ruled that destination casino resorts are legal in the state without first putting the issue before voters, according to reports.   Meanwhile, lawmakers are put the finishing touches on legislation that could bring Vegas-style casinos to Flori
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Backstretch With Gordon: Moves Like Jagger
October 07, 2011
“It was wild and crazy last night,” starter and trackman Greg Coon told me first thing this sunny Friday morning when I arrived at The Red Mile. Despite the late-night celebration of the Tigers victory over the Yankees, which led to me making moves like Jagger, I arrived bright-eyed bright and early
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EL Rock, Market Share win at Freehold
October 07, 2011
EL Rock, who already won the $75,000 Charles I. Smith last month, added the $40,000 New Jersey Futurity for 3-year-old trotters to his stakes credits on Friday at Freehold Raceway.   The gelded son of Yankee Glide, driven by George Brennan, held on for a neck victory over the hard-char
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Lexington sale finishes with average up 9.7%
October 07, 2011
The Lexington Selected Yearling Sale finished its 2011 auction on Friday afternoon in the heart of the Bluegrass and the results showed that while harness racing is embattled on several fronts, the purse money that’s out there is still keeping people in the sport.  The 745 yearlings that were
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Freshman colt trotters in ISS action at Red Mile
October 07, 2011
Four divisions of the $303,000 International Stallion Stake (ISS) for 2-year-old colt trotters were on top Friday night at The Red Mile, with the first $75,750 split going to Big Chocolate in 1:54.3. The second division went to Possess The Will in 1:54, a national season's mark for first-year trotte
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Big McDeal nips American Jewel in 1:50.2
October 07, 2011
The 2-year-old filly pacers Big McDeal (outside) and American Jewel wowed The Red Mile crowd on Friday night with a spirited stretch duel before finishing on the wire noses apart in a world-record equaling time of 1:50.2. Big McDeal, a filly by McArdle, got the nod at the wire in the
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Surgery sidelines Foreclosure N
October 07, 2011
Trainer Chris Ryder told harnessracing.com Friday night at The Red Mile that Foreclosure N, who finished fifth in a Bluegrass division last Sunday at the track and was the 7-2 third choice on the morning line in the second of two divisions of the $486,000 Bluegrass, has been scratched
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The Game Plan wins at Woodbine in 1:55.4
October 07, 2011
The Game Plan extended his win streak to four after scoring in one of two $40,000 Ontario Sires Stakes Gold eliminations for freshman trotting colts and geldings Friday night at Woodbine Racetrack. The John Kopas pupil, who also won the William Wellwood Memorial Trot at Mohawk Racetrack on September
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Hammer's Apogee Hanover takes Gold elim
October 07, 2011
Eleven two-year-old pacing fillies contested a lone $40,000 Ontario Sires Stakes Gold elimination Friday evening at Woodbine Racetrack with Apogee Hanover finding the winner’s circle in a stakes-equalling performance. The Erv Miller trainee stopped the teletimer in 1:52, matching the all-time OSS re
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Western Silk captures Yonkers mare feature
October 07, 2011
Odds-on Western Silk (George Brennan) rallied from second-over Friday night, winning Yonkers Raceway's co-featured, $52,000 Filly and Mare Open Handicap Pace.   Assigned outside of her seven rivals, the razor-sharp Western Silk was beating just one of them early. Meanwhile, Breakheart Pass (J
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