News Archive

Another update: Yarrah Boko might be OK
January 14, 2013
Although Yarrah Boko won an invitation to the Prix d'Amerique when he captured the Prix de Belgique in Paris on Sunday (Jan. 13), early on Monday it was reported that he had injured a suspensory and thus wouldn't be racing in the big event. By Monday night the news had changed: th
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Panel topics announced for Racing Congress
January 14, 2013
The program and roster of speakers for the 2013 Harness Racing Congress, to be convened in Fort Lauderdale, Fla.,Feb. 28 through March 4, has been announced by the sponsoring organizations, Harness Horsemen International, Harness Track of America, the U.S. Trotting Association and U.S. Harness W
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Champions return for Dr. King Pace
January 14, 2013
When Monticello Raceway presents its 13th annual Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Pace, a race which features the talents of African-American drivers on Tuesday afternoon. Jan. 22, last year's champ, Bobby Williams Jr., will be back to defend his title.   The Dr. King Pace is not only Mont
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Freehold's Fuschini wins Davies Humanitarian Award
January 14, 2013
Freehold Raceway paddock judge Mike Fuschini is the winner of the 2012 January Davies Humanitarian of the Year Award, as selected by a blue-ribbon panel of members of the United States Harness Writers Association, for harness people involved in making outstanding contributions outside the harnes
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Delaware T-bred commissioner new RCI chairman
January 14, 2013
The Association of Racing Commissioners International (RCI) has announced that W. Duncan Patterson is the new Chairman of the association. Patterson, the chairman of the Delaware Thoroughbred Racing Commission, follows RCI Chairman John Sabini, who officially resigned his position with R
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Pete Lang, backstretch security expert, dies
January 14, 2013
Thoroughbred Racing Protective Bureau (TRPB) Supervisory Senior agent Peter J. Lang, 64, died at his home in New Jersey on Jan. 13, 2013.   Mr. Lang, a native of New Jersey, formerly worked as a police officer with the Sea Bright and Monmouth Beach, New Jersey Police Departments, prio
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Balmoral, Maywood load up Nov. with stakes
January 14, 2013
The 2013 stake schedules for both Balmoral and Maywood Parkhave been released by racing secretary Doc Narotsky. The action kicks off at Balmoral on March 30 with the Taurus Bomber Stake for Illinois conceived and foaled three-year-old pacing colts. Maywood's stake season gets underway on Friday,
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Pacing mares featured at The Meadows, Dover, Pompano
January 14, 2013
Looking like a beaten horse around the far turn, Do Me Honor found new life in the stretch and captured her second straight — and fourth in the last six — in Monday's $22,500 Filly & Mare Not Listed Preferred/Preferred Handicap Pace at The Meadows. At Pompano Park, Blissfull Romance, smartly
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