News Archive

Toscano's magical season nears completion
November 15, 2012
As trainer Linda Toscano gets her horses ready for the final full weekend of stakes action this season, she also is getting ready to see the final chapter written in what has been a career year.   Toscano trains three horses in the sport's Top 10 poll: No. 1-ranked Chapter Seven, who
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Jans Luck retired; Do Me Honor wins
November 15, 2012
Her shoes pulled in the winners' circle, millionaire Jans Luck officially retired from racing Wednesday at The Meadows while a newcomer to the track, Do Me Honor, honored the great lady by winning the Jans Luck Retirement Pace.   The 8-year-old Jans Luck, who will join the Hanover Sho
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Pet Rock out to smash rivals in Windy City
November 15, 2012
Friday's $215,000 Windy City Pace, the signature event on a big Friday night of stake action at Maywood Park, should be a hotly contested affair from start to finish as a very strong field of eight 3-year-old pacing colts square off in this prestigious event.   Frank Bellino's Pet Ro
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Big McDeal favored in Cinderella
November 15, 2012
Brad Grant's prize filly Big McDeal will look to show the world that she is the "real deal” when she takes on nine other 3-year-old pacing fillies in Friday's $83,000 Cinderella Stake at Maywood Park. Coming off a third-place finish in the Breeders Crown final at Woodbine, the daughter
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Stallion retirement restrictions in effect in 2013
November 15, 2012
A restriction in the conditions of stakes races serviced by the Meadowlands, Tioga and Vernon Downs and Woodbine Entertainment Group (WEG) tracks regarding the breeding of stallions under five years of age goes into effect for mares being bred in the 2013 season.   The restriction stat
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Somebeachsomewhere stud fee $20,000
November 15, 2012
Jim Simpson, the President of Hanover Shoe Farms and the syndicate manager of the stallion Somebeachsomewhere, announced on Thursday (Nov. 15) that the horse will stand the 2013 season at a stud fee of $20,000. His 2012 fee was $15,000.   The Beach's first crop are now two ye
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California Board approves exchange wagering
November 15, 2012
The California Horse Racing Board (CHRB) on Thursday unanimously approved exchange wagering at racetracks, including Cal Expo, the state's lone Standardbred site. Exchange wagering allows a betting platform in which individual bettors wager between themselves on possible outcomes in races. The Ca
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New Weekend Preview now available!
November 15, 2012
The new HarnessRacing Weekend Preview is now available, taking a look at stakes action that takes place at Maywood Park, Dover Downs and Western Fair. Also, all the news from the recent yearling and mixed sales in Harrisburg can be found in theWeekend Preview, with plenty of stats that includes
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Nova Artist repeats at Dover
November 15, 2012
Allan Davis drove Nova Artist to a 1:51 triumph in the $35,000 Preferred Open Handicap at Dover Downs on Thursday, the second straight week the 5-year-old son of Real Artist ground out a victory.   Owned by Eddie and Kathy Davis, and trained and driven by their sons, Martin and Allan, Nova
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