News Archive

Sears hits 8,000-win mark at Yonkers
September 12, 2012
In a resume chock full of major wins and never-ending milestones, Brian Sears crossed another item off his "to-do" list Tuesday night. Sears drove his 8,000th career winner, the round number coming with Get Packin' ($3.40) in Yonkers Raceway's $14,500, 11th-race trot (1:57.2). Sears began his
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Win Missy B leads NYSS fillies at Yonkers
September 12, 2012
Brian Sears reached the plateau-in-waiting, getting win number 7,999 with the millionairess Win Missy B ($2.80) in the second division of the $340,268 New York Sire Stakes Joe Goldstein Trot (four divisions at $85,067 each) for 3-year-old fillies at Yonkers Raceway on Tuesday night. The run
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Mohawk backstretch to close due to uncertainty
September 12, 2012
Despite efforts to keep the Mohawk Racetrack backstretch open, it will be closed on Dec. 15. Mohawk management advised the Central Ontario Standardbred Association (COSA) so it could advise horsemen and give them 90 days notice and then announced the news Wednesday morning.   "I don't reall
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Changes made to Kentucky drug regulations
September 12, 2012
Although proposed changes to Kentucky's drug regulations by the state's Racing Commission were initially turned down by a legislative committee, an override by Gov. Steve Beshear on Sept. 4 allowed them to be enacted and are now currently in effect. The only permitted medication on race day i
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Check Me Out takes on older horses at Tioga
September 12, 2012
World champion Check Me Out will come to Tioga Downs on Friday night along with three divisions of the New York Sire Stakes for 2-year-old filly trotters.   Fresh off of her convincing 1:51.3 world record performance turned in at Pocono Downs in the Pennsylvania Sire Stakes champ
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Miller hopes My Man Can can in Wellwood
September 12, 2012
Julie Miller hopes that if anyone can win Saturday's $462,000 William Wellwood Memorial for 2-year-old trotters at Mohawk Racetrack, My Man Can.   My Man Can notched his first win last weekend by defeating Ergo Hanover by 2 3/4 lengths in 1:57.1 in his Wellwood elimination. My M
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Auction to benefit racehorse adoption at Jug
September 12, 2012
The annual charity auction to Benefit New Vocations Racehorse Adoption Program and the Delaware County Fair will be held Wednesday, Sept. 19, in conjunction with the Pre-Jug Party immediately following the Jugette. Evolution Racing, Spyder, and UFO have each donated a new race bike, NTRA Bene
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Tetrick aiming for third million-dollar win this year
September 12, 2012
If Tim Tetrick can drive Market Share to victory in Saturday's C$1 million Canadian Trotting Classic for 3-year-old trotters, he will feel like a million bucks. Again. Tetrick has already won two million-dollar races this season, the $1.5 million Hambletonian with Market Share and the $1.01 m
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Millers hoping their "Man" can win Wellwood
September 12, 2012
Julie Miller hopes that if anyone can win Saturday's C$462,000 William Wellwood Memorial for 2-year-old trotters at Mohawk Racetrack, My Man Can. My Man Can notched his first win last weekend by defeating Ergo Hanover by 2-3/4 lengths in 1:57.1 in his Wellwood elimination. My Man Can finished
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A "Fielding of dreams" in Canadian Trot Classic
September 12, 2012
John Fielding, one of the most prominent owners in harness racing, will be well represented in this Saturday's $1 million Canadian Trotting Classic at Mohawk. Fielding, a resident of Toronto, will send out three entries in the 37th edition of the classic. Little Brown Fox looks best of the trio af
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Catalogs for Hoosier Classic now available
September 12, 2012
Catalogs for the 2012 Hoosier Classic Select Sale are now available. The auction will be held Oct. 19 and 20 in the West Pavilion at the Indiana State Fairgrounds, Indianapolis IN.   According to auction manager Steve Cross, "With the implementation of the selection process this year, this
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Series action at Colonial Downs
September 12, 2012
Poker Champ and KJ Hannah, divisional runners-ups in last week's first leg of the Emergency Squads of Virginia Pacing Series, stepped up a notch and scored wins in Wednesday's second leg at Colonial Downs.   Mark Gray's Poker Champ came from almost three lengths back at the top of the
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World Cup favorite for Smith Trot for 3YOs
September 12, 2012
World Cup, for whom checks have been plentiful but wins scarce, will attempt to make a major score in the $80,000 Charles Smith Final on Friday, September 14, 2012 at Freehold Raceway.   The Smith is restricted to New Jersey-sired three-year-old trotters and is sponsored by the Standardbred
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Archangel smashes Batavia mark in NYSS
September 12, 2012
It was a homecoming for Archangel at Batavia Downs on Wednesday night in a $65,475 division of the New York Sires Stakes for 3-year-old colt and gelding trotters. And Archangel, the Yonkers Trot winner and the fourth-place finisher in the Hambletonian, didn't disappoint one bit.  
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Semper Fit wins Am-Nat 2CT elim
September 12, 2012
Freshman trotting colts grabbed the spotlight on Wednesday night at Balmoral Park as a field of 10 diagonally gaited 2 year olds battled in an American National Stake elimination. The top seven finishers in the race will join Powerful Poe, Super Classic and Show Ticket in next week's final which
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