News Archive

Yonkers holds Fall Festival with under saddle race
October 09, 2011
Yonkers Raceway Saturday night played host to the $400,000 Fall Harvest Series. Eight, $50,000 events--2- and 3-year-olds of both sexes and gaits who were not eligible for last week's New York Night of Champions.   Among the winners was the 3-year-old pacing filly Alexachase (by Bettor's Deli
[read more]

Big Batavia win for Aracache Hanover and owners
October 09, 2011
Aracache Hanover, owned by western New Yorkers William Switala and James Martin, won the $40,000 ninth annual Robert J. Kane Memorial Pace in front of a packed house on a warm autumn night at Batavia Downs Casino on Saturday.   Trevor Henry piloted Aracache Hanover to an all-time track r
[read more]

American Jewel has successful surgery
October 09, 2011
Trainer Jimmy Takter told harnessracing.com early Sunday afternoon while at The Red Mile that American Jewel, who broke a P-1 bone in a sesamoid while competing in an International Stallion Stake division Friday night, successfully underwent surgery Sunday morning at Rood & Riddle Equine Clinic
[read more]

Chapter Seven, Big Rigs win Bluegrass splits
October 09, 2011
Chapter Seven, whose health issues this year have limited the 3-year-old trotter to just six starts, was an open-lengths winner in 1:52.4 in the first of two divisions of the $226,000 Bluegrass Sunday afternoon at The Red Mile. Finishing second was Hambletonian winner Broad Bahn, with Spectator K th
[read more]

Bold And Fresh, Seducedbychocolate win at Red Mile
October 09, 2011
Favorite Cedar Dove broke well before the start for driver Ron Pierce and was far out of contention in the second of two divisions of the $213,000 Bluegrass for 3-year-old filly trotters Sunday afternoon at The Red Mile. With the recent Kentucky Filly Futurity winner out of the picture, that left th
[read more]

Alsace Hanover, Hugadragon win Tattersalls splits
October 09, 2011
Alsace Hanover, despite drifting right down the stretch, managed to hold on to win the $243,000 first division of the Tattersalls 3-Year-Old Pace Sunday afternoon at The Red Mile. With Ron Pierce driving, Alsace Hanover reached the wire a diminishing nose over Westwardho Hanover to score in 1:50. Th
[read more]

I Wanna Go Fast 1:49.2 winner at Colonial
October 09, 2011
Aptly named I Wanna Go Fast lived up to his billing by collecting a wire-to-wire victory in a sizzling 1:49.2 in Sunday's featured race at Colonial Downs.   The 4-year-old Three Olives gelding, who had not raced since September 5, was coming off a pair of recent qualifying wins at Harrah's Ch
[read more]

FL horsemen wary of plans for PM barrel racing
October 09, 2011
The Florida Standardbred Breeders and Owners Association (FSBOA) has issued a statement in which it warns its members of an "an attempt to use a quarter horse permit/license application to replace the Florida statute required live quarter horse race days with a limited number of barrel racing rodeo
[read more]