As of 3/5/2010
As of 3/5/2010
Golden Receiver, Alex Mattosie fire opening shots in Four Leaf Clover Series
03/06/2010
By: USTA
East Rutherford, NJ --- Golden Receiver prevailed by a neck over Lisagain after a lengthy battle in the $25,000 opening leg of the Four Leaf Clover Series Saturday night at Meadowlands Racetrack.
Shadow Play Book Full & Closed
03/05/2010
By: Leigh Nichol
Chesapeake City, Maryland—Winbak Farm of Canada and Blue Chip Farm would like to announce that Millionaire, World Champion Shadow Play’s book is full and closed.
Click Here To Read MoreWinbak Farm receives Breeder of the Year Award
03/02/2010
By: Leigh Nichol
Chesapeake City, MD --- This past Sunday at the 2009 Night of Champions Awards dinner, held at Yonkers Raceway, Winbak Farm was announced as the 2009 Breeder of the Year.
Click Here To Read MoreNandi to continue operations
03/02/2010
By: Linda Hurtgen
New Freedom, PA --- We at Nandi Veterinary Associates and Nandi Farm feel that the best way to honor Dr. John P. Hurtgen's legacy is to continue the business that he worked so hard to establish.
Click Here To Read MoreBlackler off to solid start in 2010 with Winbak Fox
03/02/2010
By: Ken Weingartner
Freehold, NJ --- Several years ago, trainer Scott Blackler followed his good friend Jason Bartlett from Maine to New York. Bartlett burst onto the scene by winning 1,376 races and back-to-back driving titles at Yonkers Raceway the past two seasons. Now it may be Blackler’s turn; he could make 2010 his best-ever campaign so far.
Click Here To Read MorePennsylvania Stallion Series expansion announced
02/25/2010
By: USTA
Harrisburg, PA --- All of Pennsylvania’s major horsemen’s associations, along with the state Racing Commissions, are proud to announce the continuation -- and expansion -- of the Pennsylvania Stallion Series, designed for horses just below the top level of Sire Stakes horses.
Click Here To Read MoreVivid Photo to make his 2010 debut today
02/24/2010
By: USTA
Vivid Photo, the 2005 Hambletonian winner and that year’s 3-Year-Old Trotting Colt of the Year, will make his 2010 debut this afternoon at The Meadows.
Click Here To Read MoreMcErlean: Pennsylvania is “the best of the worst”
02/24/2010
By: Standardbred Canada
The sixth annual two-day Pennsylvania Gaming Congress and Mid-Atlantic Racing Forum was held in King of Prussia, Pennsylvania earlier this week igniting discussions between racing officials about future plans for industry improvement.
Click Here To Read MoreDelmar rezones to allow casino
02/23/2010
By: Delawareonline.com
DELMAR -- Town leaders cleared the way Monday for a casino complex to set up shop in this quiet community, despite uncertainty over the future of expanded slots in Delaware.
Click Here To Read MoreDSBF Nominations Due March 1
02/17/2010
By: Standardbred Canada
Three late-closing events for Delaware Standardbred Breeders Fund-registered four and five-year-old horses are scheduled; one is for trotters, one for male pacers and the other for female pacers. Nominations close on Monday, March 1, 2010.
Click Here To Read MoreDover to host Late Closing Series for Delaware registered horses
02/17/2010
By: Marv Bachrad
Dover, DE --- Three late closing events for Delaware Standardbred Breeders Fund registered 4- and 5-year-old horses are scheduled at Dover Downs; one is for trotters, one for male pacers and the other for female pacers. Nominations close on Monday, March 1.
Click Here To Read MoreRosecroft Gets Extension
02/17/2010
By: Standardbred Canada
Rosecroft Raceway, working on finalization of Mark Vogel’s acquisition of the track, got three quarters of what it asked for yesterday.
Click Here To Read MoreDr. John Hurtgen Passes
02/17/2010
By: Standardbred Canada
Dr. John Hurtgen, a renowned specialist in embryo transfer work, died late last night at his farm in New Freedom, Pennsylvania while delivering a foal. Dr. Hurtgen fell ill and called for a colleague working nearby, but died. He was 63.
Click Here To Read MoreOSAS Stallion Auction Underway
02/16/2010
By: Standardbred Canada
The 2010 Ontario Standardbred Adoption Society Stallion Auction is now underway with 23 breedings up for grabs to some of the top stallions in harness racing today.
Click Here To Read MoreThe Economic Impact Of Horse Racing
02/14/2010
By: Standardbred Canada
Karyn Malinowski, director of the Equine Science Center of Rutgers Agricultural Experiment Station, was recently awarded New Jersey's Horseperson of the Year and she reinforced the economic benefits harness racing brings to the state at a time when its future is in question.
Click Here To Read MoreMatches Made In Heaven
02/14/2010
By: Standardbred Canada
Cupid must have used an extra special arrow when setting up these bloodline Valentines. Only two sets of full siblings in harness racing history have each attained millionaire status.
Winbak Farm Trudges Through the Snow
02/12/2010
By: Leigh Nichol for Winbak Farm
Chesapeake City, MD—All week the Mid-Atlantic has been blasted by two snow storms wreaking havoc across the region. Winbak’s main farm, located right in the heart of Mid-Atlantic, took on close to three feet of snow over the week and snowdrifts up to five feet in certain areas.
Click Here To Read MoreTerlingua steps to Junior Trendsetter win at Meadowlands
02/11/2010
By: USTA
East Rutherford, NJ --- The second round of the Junior Trendsetter Series was in the spotlight as harness racing resumed amid the snowdrifts on Thursday night (Feb. 11) at Meadowlands Racetrack.
Click Here To Read MoreCancellations continue on Thursday
02/10/2010
By: USTA
Mother Nature is continuing to wreak havoc with the harness racing schedule.
Click Here To Read MoreNew Semen Pick-Up, Drop-Off Location
02/09/2010
By: Standardbred Canada
Winbak Farms has announced that there is a new semen pick-up and drop-off location in Ontario for the 2010 breeding season.
Click Here To Read MoreSeveral tracks cancel Wednesday racing
02/09/2010
By: United States Trotting Association
Columbus, OH --- Freehold Raceway, The Meadows, Monticello Raceway, Meadowlands Racetrack and Dover Downs have canceled live racing scheduled for Wednesday, Feb. 10.
Click Here To Read MoreHandsome Harry Looks Debonair In Aquarius
02/08/2010
By: Standardbred Canada
With a name like Handsome Harry, he figured to be photogenic. Winner’s circle pictures seem to be his specialty.
Click Here To Read MoreBlissfull & Badlands Return to Ontario, Royal Soon to Follow
02/04/2010
By: Leigh Nichol
Caledon, Ontario—Badlands Hanover and Blissfull Hall returned to Winbak of Canada this morning after spending the latter part of 2009 Down Under for the Southern Hemisphere’s breeding season. Badlands Hanover stood in New Zealand at Nevele R Stud, and Blissfull Hall stood in Australia at Empire Stud.
Click Here To Read More6th Annual Winbak Select Yearling Sale
02/04/2010
By: Leigh Nichol
Chesapeake City, MD—Winbak Farm will be holding their 6th Annual Winbak Select Yearling Sale on Friday, September 17th, 2010 at the main farm in Chesapeake City, Maryland.
Click Here To Read MoreGov. Nixes Maryland Table Games
02/03/2010
By: Standardbred Canada
Governor Martin O’Malley of Maryland has indicated that he will not support table games or more slots facilities in the state.
Click Here To Read MoreSchell Getting Creative For Del Pointe
02/03/2010
By: Standardbred Canada
It has been reported that the developer of the proposed Del Pointe Resort and Racino in Delaware, Preston Schell, has said that he is considering erecting a 60,000-square-foot, well-insulated temporary tent to house slot machines and other amenities while the permanent facility is under construction.
Click Here To Read MoreHarrah's Offers Iowa $70 Million To Scrap Greyhound Racing
02/02/2010
By: Standardbred Canada
Citing a study that shows waning public interest and the expensive cost for casinos to "subsidize greyhound racing", reports indicate that casino giant Harrah's is willing to pay the state of Iowa $70 million to free them from an agreement that requires a set number of annual race dates.
Click Here To Read MoreIndiana Casinos Split
02/01/2010
By: Standardbred Canada
In a surprising development, the Casino Association of Indiana has said 'no, thanks' to legislative support to allow them to move inland.
Click Here To Read MoreAngus Hall Semen Downunder
02/01/2010
By: Harness Edge
While the southern hemisphere breeding season is over, downunder breeders will have a new option for next season.
Click Here To Read MoreMuscle Hill Is Canada's Horse Of The Year
01/30/2010
By: Harness Edge
Muscle Hill's undefeated three-year-old season was enough to get him not only the O'Brien Award in his division, but also the Horse of the Year crown on Saturday night.
Click Here To Read MoreTable games legal in Delaware; new revenue for racing
01/30/2010
By: USTA
Blackjack, roulette, craps and other such table games are now legal in Delaware after Gov. Jack Markell signed enabling legislation this past Thursday.
Click Here To Read MoreO'Brien Profiles - People Categories
01/30/2010
By: Standardbred Canada
The fourth of four O'Brien Award previews leading up to tonight's Awards gala, we spotlight the people nominated as breeders, trainers and drivers.
Click Here To Read MorePush For Del Pointe At Demonstration
01/27/2010
By: Standardbred Canada
According to a report on sussexcountian.com, Delaware house majority leader Pete Schwartzkopf threw his support behind the proposed Del Point racino expansion at a demonstration yesterday in which frustrated, out-of-work labourers threw their shoes.
Click Here To Read MoreImagine: Full-Blown 'Big M' Casino
01/27/2010
By: Standardbred Canada
How attractive would a full-blown casino at New Jersey's Meadowlands be? “The number is almost incalculable. This would be the most valuable parcel of real estate for the expansion of gaming, maybe not only in the U.S., but the world.”
Click Here To Read MoreThree Of Spades & Tetrick Star At Dover
01/25/2010
By: Harness Edge
Three Of Spades rolled three wide around the final turn to overtake the leaders on the way to a 1:51.2 triumph in the $26,000 Open pace on Monday at Dover Downs while Tim Tetrick grabbed five wins on the card.
Click Here To Read MoreHouse Approves Delaware Games
01/22/2010
By: Standardbred Canada
Table games for Delaware's two standardbred racetracks, Dover Downs and Harrington Raceway, are halfway home to state approval.
Click Here To Read MoreDel. Table Gaming Bills Move Forward
01/21/2010
By: Standardbred Canada
Legislation which could lead to the legalization of table gaming at Delaware Park, Dover Downs and the Harrington Raceway and Casino in the state of Delaware passed through two legislative committees on Wednesday, January 20.
Click Here To Read MoreLaughandbehappy Wins White Ruffles
01/21/2010
By: Standardbred Canada
Laughandbehappy was untouchable in the first and second legs of the White Ruffles Series at the Meadowlands, and it was more of the same for the improving pacer in Thursday night’s $53,000 final at the Meadowlands.
Click Here To Read MoreFoaling Season Begins At Winbak Farm
01/20/2010
By: Leigh Nichol
Winbak Farm has announced that its foaling season has starting in full swing, and that it has welcomed its first four babies in the past several days.
Table Gaming Coming To Delaware?
01/18/2010
By: Standardbred Canada
On Friday, January 15, legislation was introduced in Delaware which would allow tabling gaming at Delaware's three racinos, Dover Downs, Delaware Park and Harrington Raceway.
Click Here To Read MoreAssistant Trainer Keith Haynes Passes Away at 50
01/16/2010
By: Winbak Farm
Winbak Farm is mourning the loss of Assistant Trainer Keith Haynes, 50, a longtime Ohio horseman who died January 14, 2009 in Chesapeake City, Md.
Click Here To Read MoreKims Quests Steals Blizzard Final
01/15/2010
By: Standardbred Canada
Kims Quest pulled off a minor upset on Thursday evening at Woodbine Racetrack in the final of the Blizzard Pacing Series, and the connections of the mare have to give props to driver Luc Ouellette for a masterful drive.
More On Shadow Play Deal
01/12/2010
By: TROT Radio
Just days after the move that brought 2008 Hambletonian winner Deweycheatumnhowe to Ontario, the Ontario Sires Stakes program received another feather in its cap when 2008 Little Brown Jug winner Shadow Play moved from New York to Winbak's Ontario location.
Concerns For Gambling Expansion In Delaware
01/12/2010
By: Standardbred Canada
According to an article in today’s edition of the Delaware News, the State of Delaware's Sports and Video Lottery commission voted 5-4 to accept the gambling expansion study produced by TMG Consultants and release it to the General Assembly and the public, but did not endorse its findings.
Click Here To Read MoreMyer: Bill Could Kill Maryland Racing
01/12/2010
By: Standardbred Canada
According to a report, a bill introduced to the Maryland House of Delegates outlines a plan which would see funding for horse racing purses in the state reduced by half.
Click Here To Read MorePennsylvania Slots Hurting Atlantic City
01/11/2010
By: Standardbred Canada
The recent success of Pennsylvania’s slots played an obvious role in sharp drops in New Jersey gaming.
Click Here To Read MoreRendell Signs Table Gaming Legislation
01/11/2010
By: Standardbred Canada
Pennsylvania governor Ed Rendell has reluctantly signed legislation for the legalization of table games in the state, according to a report by Harness Tracks of America.
Click Here To Read MoreRacing, Wagering Push In Georgia
01/11/2010
By: Standardbred Canada
According to a report by The Augusta Chronicle, the 2010 Georgia legislative session is readying to get underway, and so are groups looking to get legalized wagering on horse racing in the state up and running.
Click Here To Read MoreTable Games Approved In Pennsylvania
01/06/2010
By: Standardbred Canada
Pennsylvania lawmakers approved legislation allowing table games at the state’s 14 licensed casinos on Wednesday.
Click Here To Read MoreKentucky State Law Permits Instant Racing
01/06/2010
By: Standardbred Canada
According to a report in the Courier-Journal, Attorney General Jack Conway’s office released a decision on Wednesday stating that Instant Racing is allowed by Kentucky state laws.
Click Here To Read MoreStudy Suggestions On Del. Casinos
01/06/2010
By: Standardbred Canada
Recommendations from a report sponsored by Delaware’s Sports and Video Lottery Commission suggest two new casinos would be profitable for the state, but would cut revenues of the three established casinos - Dover Downs, Delaware Park in Stanton and Harrington Raceway & Casino.
Click Here To Read MoreShadow Play To Ontario
12/31/2009
By: Standardbred Canada
Blue Chip Farms today announced that an agreement has been made with Winbak Farm to stand World Champion Shadow Play in Ontario for the 2010 season.
Click Here To Read MoreMuscle Hill Named NJ Horse Of The Year
12/22/2009
By: Standardbred Canada
Muscle Hill was an easy selection as New Jersey’s Standardbred Horse of the Year in 2009.
Click Here To Read MoreMaryland Standardbred Owners and Breeders support Cordish
12/17/2009
By: Sharon Roberts
Temple Hills, MD --- The governing Boards of the Maryland Standardbred Owners and the Maryland Standardbred Breeders Associations today announced their support of David Cordish’s efforts to secure zoning for his planned slots casino.
Click Here To Read MoreVogel Wants Poker Tables At Rosecroft
12/16/2009
By: Standardbred Canada
Incoming Rosecroft Raceway owner Mark Vogel has made it clear that he wants to bring table gaming to the Fort Washington, Maryland facility.
Click Here To Read MoreOntario To Sell Off Crown Assets?
12/16/2009
By: Standardbred Canada
With Ontario facing close to a $24.7 billion deficit this year, it has been reported that the provincial government is looking into the possible sale of a fraction, or all, of many of its 'crown corporations,' including the Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corp. (OLG) and the Liquor Control Board of Ontario (LCBO).
Click Here To Read MoreReport: No More Del. Gaming Expansion
12/16/2009
By: Standardbred Canada
According to a report, officials from Delaware's three racinos have said that a recent study indicates that the state's gaming market is saturated and likely to shrink.
Click Here To Read MorePenn. Table Games Pass Big Test
12/15/2009
By: Standardbred Canada
Table games for Pennsylvania track racinos passed a major test yesterday in the house, winning a narrow 97-95 vote of approval, mainly on straight party-line voting.
Click Here To Read MoreHurry Up And Wait In NJ
12/15/2009
By: Standardbred Canada
According to a report, Robert Bildner has said that a New Jersey government-appointed panel with the mandate of examining the future of the horse racing industry in the state is currently in waiting mode.
Click Here To Read MoreOcean Downs Renovation Behind Schedule
12/08/2009
By: Standardbred Canada
According to an item on the website of The Washington Post, a number of issues in regard to the renovation of Ocean Downs will delay the expected arrival of slot machines in 2010.
Click Here To Read MoreList Of Lebanon S-Breds Released; Relief Fund Set Up
12/08/2009
By: Standardbred Canada
The Ohio Harness Horsemen’s Association has released a list of the standardbreds which perished in the early morning blaze at Lebanon Raceway on Saturday, December 5. Also, OHHA has set up a disaster relief fund for trainers that lost horses and equipment in the Barn 16 fire.
Click Here To Read MoreDelmarvalous, Nitro Commando win $100,000 DSBF finals
12/07/2009
By: Marv Bachrad
Dover, DE --- There is no disputing that Delmarvalous and Nitro Commando are the standouts of the $100,000 Delaware Standardbred Breeders Fund colt and gelding finals after they posted impressive wins on Sunday, Dec. 6, at Dover Downs.
Model Legs, Punks Embrace win $100,000 DSBF Finals
12/06/2009
By: Marv Bachrad
Dover, DE --- Model Legs and Punks Embrace posted decisive victories in $100,000 Delaware Standardbred Breeders Fund Finals on a rainy, then snowy, Saturday (Dec. 5) at Dover Downs. Brad Hanners recorded his 4,000th win while Corey Callahan made the winner's circle four times.
Click Here To Read MoreUPDATED: Tragic Deaths In Ohio Barn Fire
12/05/2009
By: Standardbred Canada
Reports from Ohio state that at least 43 horses have died as a result of a barn fire at Lebanon Raceway, with two unidentified people dead.
DSBF Freshmen Filly Finals Saturday
12/04/2009
By: Standardbred Canada
After two preliminary legs, the top eight point-getters meet in the Delaware Standardbred Breeders Fund (DSBF) $100,000 finals for two-year-old filly pacers and filly trotters on Saturday, December 5 at Dover Downs. First post is 5:30 p.m. The $100,000 colt pace and colt trot are set for Sunday.
Click Here To Read MoreMcMurray Hanover looks to keep it rolling in DSBF final
12/04/2009
By: Charlene Polk
Dover, DE --- The connections of 2-year-old McMurray Hanover are hoping he gets their holiday season off to a merry start this weekend at Dover Downs.
Click Here To Read MoreGeorge Frick Passes
12/02/2009
By: Standardbred Canada
Delaware harness racing lost one of its biggest supporters today, as George Frick, a member of the Delaware Sports Hall of Fame, passed away at age 83.
Click Here To Read MoreSlots Proximity To Be Scrutinized?
12/02/2009
By: Standardbred Canada
An item on The Washington Post website states that Ron George, a republican member of the Maryland House of Delegates, has prepared a bill which would ban slot machines from being within 1,000 feet of a shopping centre, church, community centre, playground or school.
Click Here To Read MoreDover Wouldn't Have Invested As Much
12/02/2009
By: Standardbred Canada
Dover Downs' chief executive Ed Sutor has stated that the implementation of parlay sports wagering on National Football League games has helped the facility, but he wouldn't invest the same amount of capital toward the project if he had the opportunity to do things over again.
Click Here To Read MoreRepeat Winners In DSBF Prelims
11/29/2009
By: Standardbred Canada
Both Model Legs and Naughty Indeed picked up where they left off last week, as did Chocolate N Roses with Punks Embrace winning for the first time in $20,000 DSBF prelims on Saturday, November 28 at Dover Downs. Ron Pierce had a hot hand driving six winners.
Click Here To Read MoreYANKEE BLONDIE, MUST SEE USHWA PICKS AS BROODMARES OF THE YEAR
11/29/2009
By: Gerry Connors
HARRISBURG, PA – The trotting broodmare Yankee Blondie, dam of major Horse of the Year contender Muscle Hill, and Must See, dam of likely Pacer of the Year Well Said, have been elected Broodmares of the Year as unanimous choices of a blue-ribbon panel of the United States Harness Writers Association.
Click Here To Read MoreDates Announced For 2010 SC Sales
11/27/2009
By: Standardbred Canada
Standardbred Canada today announced the dates for its 2010 horse sales.
Click Here To Read MoreStakes action resumes this weekend at Dover
11/26/2009
By: Marv Bachrad
Dover, DE --- After a Holiday break from racing on Thanksgiving and Friday, live racing resumes at Dover Downs this weekend with Delaware Standardbred Breeders Fund 2-year-old second leg preliminaries and the major event on Sunday, the $259,486 Matron 3-year-old colt pace final.
Click Here To Read MoreMatron Elims Completed At Dover
11/22/2009
By: Standardbred Canada
The betting public got the best of both worlds by virtue of a 39-1 upsetter and a 7-5 favourite clicking to win Sunday’s $39,082 Matron Stake eliminations for three-year-old pacing colts and geldings at Dover Downs.
Click Here To Read MoreMatron Soph Elims, DBSF Prelims Sunday
11/21/2009
By: Dover Downs
Top three-year-olds return for the Matron Stakes elims while the Delaware Standardbred Breeders Fund (DSBF) kicks off the first of two weeks of preliminaries at Dover Downs on Sunday, November 22.
Click Here To Read MoreKeystone Horatio Captures WEG Open
11/20/2009
By: Standardbred Canada
Millionaire Keystone Horatio earned his first victory amongst Open company for driver Randy Waples and trainer John Kopas on Friday night at Woodbine Racetrack.
Tests for Performance-Associated Genes
11/20/2009
By: Standardbred Canada
According to a release, a new biotech company, Equinome, is developing genetic tests to optimize decision-making in the breeding and racing of thoroughbred horses.
Click Here To Read MoreMeadowlands Pace fees to decrease in 2010
11/20/2009
By: Meadowlands Publicity Department
East Rutherford, NJ --- Meadowlands Racetrack will unveil several changes to its harness stakes schedule in 2010, including a 30 percent decrease in nomination and sustaining fees for the $1 million Meadowlands Pace.
Click Here To Read MoreThe Fiery Ginga
11/17/2009
By: New Zealand
New Zealand-- A 3yo gelding, The Fiery Ginga has won nine of his 21 life-time starts and placed a further nine times for stakes earnings of $81,724.
Click Here To Read MoreFrosh Matron Finals Complete
11/14/2009
By: Standardbred Canada
Favourites came through in the Matron Stakes Trot finals won by Lucky Chucky and Costa Rica but 9-1 All Heart Gal came on to win the filly pace, on Saturday, November 14 at Dover Downs.
Click Here To Read MoreAll Heart Gal is full of fight
11/10/2009
By: Ken Weingartner, Harness Racing Communications
Freehold, NJ --- When Luis Porfilio started training All Heart Gal, he thought she might never race.
Georgetown Downs Discussed
11/03/2009
By: Standardbred Canada
Talks are continuing in regard to the proposed Georgetown Downs, which would be situated at the same location as the old facility off Route 9 in Delaware. The existing facility, Georgetown Raceway, has been abandoned for more than a decade.
Click Here To Read MoreThree Enter Matron, Purse Split
11/02/2009
By: Standardbred Canada
Something unusual happened on the way to the Matron Two-Year-Old Colt Pace, with 169 freshmen paying all their stakes fees to remain eligible, only three colts dropped in to race in the Saturday, November 7 feature.
Click Here To Read MoreMuscle Hill an easy winner in the Crown 3yo colt trot
10/24/2009
By: Karen Briggs, for the Woodbine Entertainment Group
Rexdale, ON ---The incomparable Muscle Hill made his dominance of the 3-year-old trotting colt division indisputable tonight, as he closed out his career with a 2-1/2 length victory in the $617,880 Breeders Crown Final tonight at Woodbine.
Click Here To Read MoreHollywood's Breeders Crown Stats
10/23/2009
By: Bob Heyden
If Muscle Hill wins on Saturday night, his career summary will be eerily reminiscent to that of another harness racing superstar.
"The Best I've Ever Seen"
10/23/2009
By: Standardbred Canada
As stated in a Globe & Mail article today, it has been commonplace over the past few years to regal the top performer in the three-year-old trotting colt and gelding division as the second coming. It is hard to argue against Muscle Hill's stats. It is also tough to go against the opinion of horseman Bill O'Donnell, who has been up behind his fair share of champions.
Click Here To Read MoreVirtual Horse Racing To Get Foothold?
10/22/2009
By: Standardbred Canada
According to a Tuesday, October 20 article by the Maryland Daily Record, the state's lottery director said his agency could work with the state's racing commission to promote its Racetrax lotto game as an alternative to live horse racing.
Click Here To Read MoreTeague Twosome Set For Saturday
10/22/2009
By: Standardbred Canada
Two horses, two drivers, both from Post 2. Trainer Brenda Teague is hoping her talented pacers Fancy Filly and Mr Wiggles are 'too' good for their competition on Saturday for the Breeders Crown finals at Woodbine Racetrack.
Click Here To Read MoreFor Muscle Hill and Sportswriter, It All Comes Down to the Breeders Crown
10/21/2009
By: Perry Lefko for Breeders Crown
In this year’s Breeders Crown, one magnificent horse will end his career, while another will end his first season of racing.
Click Here To Read MorePeck On Muscle Hill's Pending Retirement
10/21/2009
By: Standardbred Canada
"Ronnie (Waples), my trainer over here, he told me to savour every moment, because you can't buy these feelings," Beverly Ross, one of many fractional owners of the great Muscle Hill, has been quoted as saying in a Toronto Star article which previews Saturday's Breeders Crown Night at Woodbine Racetrack.
Deadlock In Pennsylvania
10/20/2009
By: Harness Tracks of America
In Pennsylvania, the legislature still is deadlocked in Harrisburg on the tax rate for table games at the state’s racinos and casinos, despite intervention by governor Ed Rendell, who told his legislators that the rate for blackjack, poker and dice needs to be at least 16%, and that setting it too high would “kill the golden goose.”
Click Here To Read MoreWorking On Pennsylvania Compromise
10/20/2009
By: Standardbred Canada
Legislators in Pennsylvania, working toward compromise on the table games at racinos and casinos issue, have solved half of the problem. They are in accord on a $15 million licensing fee, but still are at odds over the tax rate on gross revenues.
Click Here To Read MoreSears On Muscle Hill's Season
10/19/2009
By: Standardbred Canada
Brian Sears is having the time of his life with three-year-old trotting superstar Muscle Hill. The time, though, has almost passed too quickly.
Click Here To Read MoreMr Wiggles Wows in Breeders Crown
10/17/2009
By: Karen Briggs, WEG Media
Mr Wiggles didn’t just worm his way into next Saturday’s lucrative Breeders’ Crown final for three-year-old pacing colts. He did it decisively, converting off a pocket trip to score by two lengths in 1:50.2.
Click Here To Read More5TH Annual Select Winbak Yearling Sale Results
10/16/2009
By: Garrett Bell
The 5TH Annual Select Winbak Yearling Sale results are in! Click Here to view the results.
Click Here To Read MoreVivid Photo In To Go
10/14/2009
By: Standardbred Canada
Colonial Downs will host a $40,000 Invitational Trot this Sunday, October 18, where Vivid Photo and Buck I St Pat headline a field of five participants whose combined purse earnings exceed $5.7 million.
Click Here To Read MoreMuscle Hill Shoots For Perfect Season
10/13/2009
By: Standardbred Canada
Despite being king of the hill and top of heap in all of harness racing, Muscle Hill will face a field of nine other trotting hopefuls for a final time in the $600,000 (U.S.) Breeders Crown on October 24 at Woodbine Racetrack.
Click Here To Read MoreDSBF FROSH PRELIMS UNDERWAY AT HARRINGTON
10/13/2009
By: Marv Bachrad
The Delaware Standardbred Breeders Fund (DSBF) events have resumed at Harrington Raceway. Action focuses on
two-year-old $20,000 elimination rounds that resumed on Sunday, Nov. 11 with
a pair of Winbak Farm-bred fillies chalking up triumphs in first leg trots.
As has been customary, progeny of trotter CR Commando and dominant pacing
stallion Badlands Hanover were prominent. On Monday, the pacing divisions
moved into spotlight.
5TH ANNUAL SELECT WINBAK YEARLING SALE OCT. 16; STANDOUT DELAWARE AND MARYLAND BREDS
10/13/2009
By: Marv Bachrad
An outstanding contingent of 47 impeccably-bred Delaware-sired and Maryland-sired yearlings, the largest group will be sold at one time in 2009 will go under the auctioneer's hammer on Friday, Oct. 16
at the fifth annual Winbak Farm Select Yearling Sale at Winbak Farms' flagship location, Chesapeake City, Md.
Breeders Crown Next For Muscle Hill
10/05/2009
By: Ellen Harvey, Harness Racing Communications
“No chance.” That’s how trainer Greg Peck summed up the likelihood that Muscle Hill might race again at The Red Mile this weekend in an attempt to break the current all-age World Record of 1:50.1 for the trotting mile (on a mile oval). Muscle Hill co-owns the record with Lucky Jim, Donato Hanover and Giant Diablo.
Click Here To Read MoreMuscle Hill Wins Kentucky Futurity
10/03/2009
By: Standardbred Canada
Wins don’t come much easier than the ones that Muscle Hill turned in at The Red Mile on Saturday afternoon in the elimination and the final of the 117th edition of the Kentucky Futurity.
Click Here To Read MoreMuscle Hill wears Kentucky Futurity crown
10/03/2009
By: Paul Ramlow, USTA Internet News Manager
Lexington, KY --- Muscle Hill added another chapter to his great career as he romped to a straight heat victory in the $600,000 Kentucky Futurity for 3-year-old trotters on Saturday (Oct. 3) at The Red Mile. Jerry Silva, T L P Stable, Southwind Farm and Muscle Hill Racing own the champion trotter, while Greg Peck is his trainer.
Click Here To Read MoreSteroid Rule Proposed In New Jersey
09/29/2009
By: Standardbred Canada
New Jersey Racing Commission executive director Frank Zanzuccki recently authorized a proposed new rule which would see new rules implemented regarding a testing program for the presence of androgenic-anabolic steroids in standardbreds.
Click Here To Read MoreMuscle Hill Ready For Kentucky Futurity
09/28/2009
By: Standardbred Canada
Trainer Greg Peck says Muscle Hill is ready to go for his first two-heat effort in Saturday's $700,000 (est.) Kentucky Futurity at The Red Mile in Lexington, Kentucky.
Click Here To Read MoreGambling Revenues Down, Only Racinos Up
09/28/2009
By: Standardbred Canada
A report issued today by the Rockefeller Institute of Government shows that state and local government revenues from authorized gambling operations in the United States declined by 2.6 percent from fiscal year 2008 to 2009, marking the first time those revenues have declined in over three decades.
Click Here To Read MoreUS Army seeks black gelding for position of honor
09/25/2009
By: Ellen Harvey, Harness Racing Communications
Freehold, NJ --- The US Army’s Caisson Platoon, quartered at Fort Myer, Virginia, is seeking a donated Standardbred gelding to be trained for the position of Caparison Horse. The “Cap Horse” is also known as the riderless horse, and appears in the procession following the remains of a high ranking soldier to their grave in Arlington National Cemetery.
Click Here To Read MoreWINBAK WINNERS CONTINUE
09/23/2009
By: Marv Bachrad
WINBAK WINNERS CONTINUE Angus Hall, a premiere trotting stallion at Winbak of Canada, continues to rack up important victories in Ontario stakes in $24,000 events at Georgian Downs, Ont. Make A Promise, Driftwood and Panz Kafka recorded victories in Ontario Sire Stakes Grassroots Series events. All three are sons of Angus Hall.
Pennsylvania To Lose Portion Of Slot Revenue?
09/21/2009
By: The York Daily Record
The York Daily Record has reported that a proposal announced Friday, September 18 in Pennsylvania could see two per cent of slot machine revenue diverted from the Pennsylvania Horse Race Development Fund to non-horse-racing areas.
Click Here To Read MoreOhio Slot Effort Hits Another Snag
09/21/2009
By: Dayton Business Journal
According to a report by the Dayton Business Journal, the Ohio Supreme Court ruled 6-1 today that governor Ted Strickland’s controversial plan to approve 17,500 video lottery terminals at state racetracks is subject to a voter referendum.
Click Here To Read MoreMuscle Hill Reigns Supreme In Canadian Trotting Classic
09/19/2009
By: Standardbred Canada
Muscle Hill continued his supreme reign with an authoritative victory in the $1 million Canadian Trotting Classic for three-year-olds Saturday night at Mohawk Racetrack
Click Here To Read MoreDelaware To Appeal Fed. Court Decision
09/15/2009
By: Standardbred Canada
Delaware To Appeal Fed. Court Decision On Sports WageringOn Monday, September 14, the state of Delaware filed a 24-page petition to the 3rd Circuit Court of Appeals asking for the court to hear whether the state should be able to offer single-game sports wagering.
Click Here To Read MoreGroup seeks to revive racing at Delaware track
09/15/2009
By: John Pawlak, the U.S. Trotting Association
Columbus, OH --- A group of investors is reportedly seeking to revive racing at Georgetown Raceway in Delaware, and has sent a letter to the Delaware Racing Commission asking for conditional approval of a racing license.
Click Here To Read MoreMuscle Hill an easy winner in CTC elim
09/13/2009
By: Karen Briggs, for Woodbine Entertainment Group
Campbellville, ON -- All eyes were on the phenomenal Muscle Hill Saturday (Sept. 12) at Mohawk Racetrack, as the 3-year-old made his Canadian debut in one of two eliminations for next weekend’s $1 million Canadian Trotting Classic.
Click Here To Read MoreTug River Princess sets Tioga track mark in Artiscape win
09/13/2009
By: Dustin Ross, publicity director, Tioga Downs
Nichols, NY -- Tug River Princess and Eric Goodell captured the $127,000 fourth edition of the Artiscape Pace on Saturday night (Sept. 12) at Tioga Downs in 1:52.4.
Click Here To Read MoreBarn Art upsets, Well Said delivers in Simcoe
09/13/2009
By: Karen Briggs, for Woodbine Entertainment Group
Campbellville, ON -- Barn Art, at 25-1 with Sylvain Filion, scooted through on the rail to edge even-money choice Vertical Horizon in the first division of the C$134,153 Simcoe Stakes for 3-year-old pacers, Saturday (Sept. 12) at Mohawk Racetrack.
Click Here To Read MoreDelaware NFL Parlays To Begin
09/09/2009
By: Standardbred Canada
Harness Tracks of America has reported that despite severe court restrictions, Delaware sports betting gets underway this week at the state’s three tracks, with $3,000 state limits on National Football League parlays of three games or more.
Click Here To Read MoreWhy Muscle Hill Won't Race At 4
09/09/2009
By: Standardbred Canada
Trainer Greg Peck answers questions on why World Champion Muscle Hill is retiring at the end of this year, his $6 million value at the end of his freshman campaign, what he doesn't like about the track surface at Mohawk Racetrack and more in a not-to-miss episode of Trot Radio.
Click Here To Read MoreMargies Melody Passes At Age 33
08/26/2009
By: standardbredcanada.ca
Margies Melody, dam of World Champion multi-millionaire Nihilator, who is known as one of the greatest pacers the sport of harness racing has ever seen, passed away this morning at the age of 33.
Click Here To Read MoreWinbak Farm's Shotgun Scott Passes at age 14
08/26/2009
By: Leigh Nichol, for Winbak Farm
August 13, 2009—Winbak Stallion, Shotgun Scott, who stood in Delaware, passed away this morning at the age of 14 unexpectedly. The son of Western Hanover, out of a Barberry Spur mare, had victories in the Metro Stakes elimination and the elimination for the Provincial Cup taking a mark of 1:51 at three.
Click Here To Read MoreBig winners continue for Winbak Farm
08/25/2009
By: Marv Bachrad
In addition to breeding its second Hambletonian winner in four years, Muscle Hill, major harness racing winners continue to stockpile for Winbak Farm. The 2009 Hambletonian championship was the 13th wins in 14 lifetime starts for Muscle Hill a winner of more than $1.8 million in his career. Muscle Hill has not been defeated since finish second in his first lifetime start.
Click Here To Read MoreMets Inn aiming to pick up a second trophy
08/25/2009
By: Sandra Snyder
Grand River Raceway continues its exceptional line up of Ontario Sires Stakes harness racing on Friday evening with a pair of Gold Eliminations for the three-year-old trotting fillies.
Click Here To Read MoreDelaware's Single-Game Wagering Shot Down
08/25/2009
By: standardbredcanada.ca
On Monday, August, 24, a federal appeals court ruled that the state of Delaware's bid to legalize single-game sports wagering be blocked, citing a violation of a 1992 federal ban on sports wagering.
Click Here To Read MoreBlissfull Hall lass leads Miles charge
08/18/2009
By: Brad Bishop
A month ago Lisa Miles wouldn't have dared dream of Tabcorp Australasian Breeders Crown glory with Led Suitcase. The daughter of Blissfull Hall had run seventh and fifth at her first two starts for the Monegeetta trainer-driver, who acquired the two-year-old filly from Shepparton trainer Geoff Martin in June.
Click Here To Read MoreBay Girl Grabs Gold At Mohawk
08/16/2009
By: Standardbred Canada
The last second heroics of Bay Girl earned her an impressive victory in her OSS Gold Series elimination at Mohawk Racetrack on August 10, and she returned to the Campbellville oval on Sunday and used her closing weapons to post a sharp score in the $130,000 final.
Click Here To Read MoreThomson Assists Transylvania University
08/15/2009
By: Standardbred Canada
Joe Thomson, owner of Winbak Farm and the 2009 Little Brown Jug Wall of Fame honoree, has brought national glory to Transylvania University. Thomson is a graduate of Transylvania and a member of the Lexington, KY school’s board of directors
Click Here To Read MoreMuscle Hill dominates Hambletonian
08/08/2009
By: Ellen Harvey, Harness Racing Communications
East Rutherford, NJ --- It was a veritable walk in the park for Muscle Hill in the $1,520,333 Hambletonian on Saturday afternoon at the Meadowlands, taking the lead right off the gate and trotting six lengths ahead of the field, reaching the winner's circle without so much as a breath of warm air from a challenger at driver Brian Sears’ shoulder.
Click Here To Read MoreIt's A Musc-Hill-Tonian!
08/08/2009
By: Standardbred Canada
Muscle Hill led from gate to wire and trounced his nine rivals in a world record equaling 1:50.1 in the $1,520,333 Hambletonian No. 84 for three-year-old trotters on Saturday afternoon at the Meadowlands.
Click Here To Read MoreFree-Legged: Muscle Mania
08/05/2009
By: Dean A. Hoffman
Columbus, OH --- Yes, I think Muscle Hill win will the Hambletonian. Yes, I think if he goes to Du Quoin for the World Trotting Derby he’ll trot the first sub-1:50 mile in history over that sun-baked oval. (And, yes, I have been wrong before.)
Click Here To Read MoreMuscle Hill to start from rail in Hambletonian
08/04/2009
By: Ken Weingartner, Harness Racing Communications
East Rutherford, NJ --- Muscle Hill will start Saturday’s $1.5 million Hambletonian at the Meadowlands Racetrack from post No. 1 and was established as the 3-5 favorite to capture the most prestigious trophy in trotting.
Click Here To Read MoreBadlands Hanover, CR Commando Dominate $100,000 Del. Finals
07/30/2009
By: Marv Bachrad
Governor's Day at the Delaware State Fair is Harrington Raceway's biggest day of Summer racing and again progeny of Badlands Hanover and CR Commando dominated the lucrative $100,000 Delaware Standardbred Breeders Fund (DSBF) finals.
Click Here To Read MoreRookies Battle In Gold Elims
07/12/2009
By: standardbredcanada.ca
The Ontario Sires Stakes season got underway for this year’s crop of two-year-old pacing colts and geldings on Sunday evening at Mohawk Racetrack, with 23 youngsters on hand for a trio of $40,000 Gold Series eliminations.
Click Here To Read MoreAngus Halls Dominate At Rideau
07/12/2009
By: standardbredcanada.ca
Three-year-old trotting colts and geldings trekked to Rideau Carleton Raceway on Sunday evening for OSS Grassroots action, and it turned out to be a night dominated by sire Angus Hall.
Click Here To Read MoreMuscle Hill sparkles in 2009 debut
06/04/2009
By: the Meadowlands Publicity Department
East Rutherford, NJ --- Muscle Hill, the early favorite for the $1.5 million Hambletonian, won his 2009 debut under wraps on Thursday night (June 4) at the Meadowlands. The defending divisional champion trotted to a career best 1:53.1 in the first of two $54,900 New Jersey Sire Stakes divisions for 3-year-old colts.
Click Here To Read MoreMr Wiggles wins Hoosier Cup
05/30/2009
By: Tammy Knox, publicity director, Hoosier Park
Anderson, IN -- Driver Corey Callahan made his first trip to Indiana a memorable one, winning Indiana's richest harness race with Mr Wiggles in the $500,000 Hoosier Cup at Hoosier Park Racing and Casino Saturday (May 30) in 1:52.1.
Click Here To Read MoreAngus Hall's book is full and closed
05/08/2009
By: Leigh Nichol, for Winbak Farm
Chesapeake City, MD --- Angus Hall, the number one sire in the Ontario Sire Stakes program in 2008, is booked full and closed for the 2009 breeding season.
Click Here To Read MoreBadlands Hanover's book is full and closed
04/24/2009
By: Leigh Nichol, for Winbak Farm
Chesapeake City, MD --- Badlands Hanover, sire of millionaire World Champion Badlands Nitro, and 2008 3-year-old Pacing Filly of the Year Tug River Princess, will have his book close today for the 2009 season.
Click Here To Read MoreUpdates on Delaware House Bill 100
04/08/2009
By: Leigh Nichol, for Winbak Farm
April 8, 2009—On April 7, 2009 the Delaware House Gambling and Parimutuels Committee met and deliberated on House Bill 100. The committee had received House Substitute 1 for House Bill 100 the evening before which took away the prospect of three extra casinos and 10 sports betting parlors, only adding sports betting to the three existing racinos.
Click Here To Read MoreORC Announces $26.2 Million Program
03/26/2009
By: Leigh Nichol for Winbak Farm
Toronto, ON – At its meeting on March 25, 2009, the Governing Board of the Ontario Racing Commission (ORC) approved the $26.2 million budget for the 2009 Standardbred Horse Improvement Program.
Click Here To Read MoreBadlands Hanover, CR Commando Dominated DSBF Prelims
03/26/2009
By: Marv Bachrad
DOVER, Del--- The 2009 Delaware Standardbred Breeders Fund (DSBF) Three-Year-Old preliminaries got underway at Dover Downs with the pacing divisions dominated by Badlands Hanover sons and daughters as well as CR Commando trotting breds.
Click Here To Read MoreDelaware House Bill 100
03/26/2009
By: Leigh Nichol, for Winbak Farm
On March 26th, 2009 Delaware House Bill 100 was presented to the Delaware Gaming and Parimutuel Committee. On this date public hearing were organized for March 30th at the Christiana Fire Hall (6pm), April 1st at Legislative Hall in Dover (6pm) and Delaware Tech in Georgetown (6pm). These public hearings are for the public to voice their opinions on House Bill 100 which will legalize sports betting in 10 locations and to legalize three more sites for casinos to open.
Click Here To Read MoreBadlands Hanover, Three Olives Sophs Win DSBF 1st Leg Prelims
03/23/2009
By: Marv Bachrad
DOVER, Del--- Arguably the finest group of Delaware sired three-year-old male pacers led off the first of two $20,000 Delaware Standardbred Breeders Fund (DSBF) preliminary legs on Monday, March 23.
Click Here To Read MorePowerful Toy, Badlands Hanover Fillies Win $20,000 DSBF 3-Year-Old Filly Prelims
03/22/2009
By: Marv Bachrad
DOVER, Del--- The Delaware Standardbred Breeders Fund (DSBF) Three-Year-Old Fill Pace preliminaries got underway with daughters of Powerful Toy and Badlands Hanover - Tom's Toy and Little Bit Tricky - winning $20,000 divisions on Sunday, March 22 at Dover Downs.
Click Here To Read MoreWinbak Speed Named Horse of the Month
02/02/2009
By: John Pawlak, the U.S. Trotting Association
Columbus, OH --- Melvin "Wayne" Givens and Niel Gargiulo put up $30,000 to claim Winbak Speed from a race at Dover Downs one year ago. As it turned out, they bought themselves an accomplished pacer, who returned their investment many times over -- and swept the Presidential Pacing Series during January at the Meadowlands.
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