Stanley W. Miller, 77, of Etna Green, Ind., died Feb. 1, 2024, at his residence.
Author: from the USTA Communications Department
California Sires Stakes stallion registration information for 2024
Stallion registrations for the breeding season of 2024 are now being accepted for the California Standardbred Sires Stakes program.
‘Chip’ remains mighty at Monticello
Gary Messenger describes Chip Chip Conway as “one tough little horse,” and it is easy to understand why. After being sidelined five months because of emergency intestinal surgery in 2022, the then 6-year-old male trotter returned to action in mid-October of that year at Monticello Raceway and won the Open. But that was just a warmup for 2023. Last year, Chip Chip Conway posted 14 victories to finish tied for the most wins among all older trotters in North America.
Gold strike in Hawthorne trot
Double A Goldrush, capably handled by Casey Leonard, came up with a no-doubt victory in Hawthorne’s Open Trot to end Bluebird Deacon’s recent domination of the regular Monday $11,100 feature.
MGM Northfield Park returns to live racing
MGM Northfield Park management is glad to announce a return to live racing on Tuesday (Feb. 6) beginning at 6 p.m.
Graceful Touch, 24, dies
Graceful Touch, a stakes-winning filly who made a mark in trotting bloodlines, has died at the age of 24 at Hunterton Farm in Paris, Ky.
Hall of Fame trainer Jerry Silverman, 88, dies
Hall of Fame trainer Jerry Silverman, who at the age of 31 won the 1966 Pacing Triple Crown with Romeo Hanover and remained a success on the Grand Circuit for five decades, has died. Mr. Silverman’s son Richie announced the news Monday evening on his Facebook page. Mr. Silverman was 88.
New Vocations stallion auction in progress
New Vocations’ 26th annual stallion auction is in progress via onGait.com.
Meadowlands standards for stakes participation
Per its Nov. 3, 2023 press release containing the New Meadowlands Racetrack ”exclusion list” and as a result of its pending internal investigation on performance enhancing substances, NMR announces that any persons, entities, owner(s) and/or trainers identified on the previously announced “exclusion list,” who have paid into the Meadowlands stakes and whose eligibility and exclusion has not been resolved to the satisfaction of NMR management by May 1, 2024 may result in horse(s) owned or trained by those on the “exclusion list” being denied eligibility to those stakes and being denied any refund of previous payment(s) without recourse for liability to NMR.
Meadows Monday Memo
Here is this week’s Meadows Monday Memo.