Freshman filly trotter Motivational’s success has been a happy quirk of fate for Kathleen and Donald LaMontagne.
Author: USTA News Archive
Trio of Hanover Stakes on Saturday at Balmoral
The last three “major” stakes of the 2004 Balmoral Park racing season will be contested on Saturday night as sophomore trotters and pacers are featured in a trio of Hanover Stakes.
Filly and Mare pacers top Freehold slate
A wide open field of nine will face the starter in the featured $15,000 Open handicap for Filly and Mare pacers at Freehold Raceway on Friday.
Two divisions of Big Game Hunters on Sunday
It seems that every year in mid-November when Big Game Hunting Season rolls around in the Catskill Mountains, many of the local sportsmen look forward to competing in Monticello Raceway’s Battle of the Hunting Clubs as much as they do searching for that big buck.
Someone’s winning streak will end at Pompano
Someone’s impressive winning streak will come to an end on Wednesday at Pompano Park as Amethyst squares off against Paper Exchange.
Glory Bound wins third straight at Northfield
The trip was different on Monday, but the result was the same as open trotter Glory Bound took his seventh Northfield Open Trot in his last nine starts.
Holborn Hanover smashes records in Dancer Memorial
Holborn Hanover, with George Brennan at the reins, blazed a 1:51.2 mile and won the 29th edition of the $258,190 James B. Dancer Memorial at Freehold Raceway on Saturday.
Draw for Fall Final Four on Tuesday
Eliminations for the Fall Final Four, a quartet of rich stakes finals for two-year-olds that is the highlight of the Meadowlands’ fall meet, will be drawn on Tuesday morning.
Jailhouse Joey an upset winner in the Matron Stakes
Ron Pierce drove 16-1 Jailhouse Joey to a 1:55.1 victory in Thursday’s $258,214 Matron Stakes Final for 3-year-old colt and gelding trotters at Dover Downs.
Rucker is back with ‘Muscle’
A horsemen’s strike in Chicago prompted trainer Ken Rucker’s initial foray to the Meadowlands in 2003.