News Archive

NJ Ag names Toscano Horseperson of the Year
January 30, 2013
New Jersey Secretary of Agriculture Douglas Fisher awarded the 2012 Governor's Award for Horseperson of the Year to Linda Toscano, one of harness racing's most successful trainers, at the 56th annual Breeders' Luncheon in Eastampton on January 27. Toscano, who lives in Freehold, trained the 2
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Saratoga Harness Racing buys Colorado casino
January 30, 2013
Saratoga Harness Racing Inc. (SHRI), owner of Saratoga Casino and Raceway in Saratoga Springs, NY, has announced the official completion of its acquisition of Fitzgeralds Casino Black Hawk in Black Hawk, Colorado, on Tuesday (Jan. 29). SHRI began operating Fitzgeralds Casino Black Hawk
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Royal Dream: new record; no 5/8 mile track races
January 30, 2013
Royal Dream set a new race record in winning the Prix d'Amerique on Sunday in Paris. His mile rate time was 1:55.3, which erases the previous mark of 1:55.4 held by Offshore Dream and Ready Cash.   In other post-Prix d'Amerique news, trainer-driver Jean-Philippe Dubois said he wo
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Blooded Horse Sale still taking supplements
January 30, 2013
Supplemental entries for the Blooded Horse Winter Mixed Sale can be made through Saturday, February 2. This sale attracts buyers from across the United States and Canada and takes place in Delaware, Ohio February 11-12. Over 570 racehorses, broodmares, young prospects, yearlings, and stall
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Western Fair cancels Wednesday's live card
January 30, 2013
Unseasonably warm temperatures and heavy rains over the past two days have forced the cancelation of Wednesday's live program at The Raceway at The Western Fair District.   The track will remain open for afternoon and evening simulcasting and live racing is scheduled to resume this Fr
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Hanover Shoe Farms honored with HTA award
January 30, 2013
Hanover Shoe Farms of Hanover, Pennsylvania, one of harness racing's premier and storied breeding farms, has been named the 2013 winner of Harness Tracks of America's Stanley F. Bergstein Messenger Award, the highest honor bestowed by the association of major racing organizations in the United S
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USTA's Full circle program explained in video
January 30, 2013
The USTA's Full Circle program offers a free, no obligation means for anyone who'd like to know if a horse in their life, past or present, may need their help. There are nearly 5,000 horses enrolled in Full Circle, which mirrors similar programs offered by the American Quarter Horse Association,
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I'll Tell You What trots to 1:55 Pompano win
January 30, 2013
I’ll Tell You What, who had been knocking at the Open I winner’s circle door the last few starts, finally was able to gain entrance on Wednesday night at Pompano Park by scoring a convincing open lengths victory in 1:55 for Dave Ingraham. The hard-hitting 8-year-old son of Lockkeeper, away si
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More progress on Centaur taking over Indy Downs
January 30, 2013
Indianapolis-based Centaur Holdings, LLC has announced that the waiting period under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvement Act of 1976 review of the company’s pending acquisition of Indiana Grand Casino and Downs in Shelbyville, Ind. expired at 11:59 p.m. on Jan. 29 without the Federal Tra
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