It’s been well over a decade since the American Harness Drivers Club held an amateur race but the club is making a triumphant return to Freehold Raceway.
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USTA at Blooded Horse Sale
The USTA will be set up at the Blooded Horse Sale Tuesday (Feb. 11) at the Champions Center Expo in Springfield, Ohio.
New Jersey Racing Commission seeks associate steward/judge
The New Jersey Racing Commission is seeking an associate steward/judge for both Freehold Raceway and Monmouth Park.
Pandy’s Meadowlands selections for Feb. 8
Handicapper Bob Pandolfo offers his selections for the full card at The Meadowlands on Saturday night (Feb. 8).
Prix de France favorites represent new and old French bloodlines
The Prix de France, to be raced Sunday afternoon (Feb. 9) at Vincennes, will have Prix d’Amerique winner Face Time Bourbon and runner-up Davidson du Pont as the favorites. The two top trotters represent a new modern bloodline in French trotting as well as an old proven one.
A laughing matter
Janine McIlvain laughs when discussing the names of her family’s racehorses. That’s exactly what Janine’s daughter Leigh intended. Leigh was a teenager when she began naming the family’s horses some number of years ago. It was her love of horses as a young girl that had helped prompt Janine’s father, Bill Mears, and Janine’s husband, Bob, to invest in their own passion and start racing and breeding Standardbreds. One of their homebreds, an 8-year-old pacing stallion, races Saturday in the first round of a Leap Year Series division at The Meadowlands. His name belies the fact he’s hit the board in more than half of his 139 career starts and earned $240,862. He is Time Out I’m Tired.
Pandy’s Picks: Feb. 7 M
Bob Pandolfo offers his picks for the $50,000 Late Pick-4 at Meadowlands Racetrack on Feb. 7, part of the U.S. Trotting Association Strategic Wagering Program.
Backstreet Shadow, Proper One take Dover features
Backstreet Shadow impressed in the slop on Thursday night (Feb. 6) at Dover Downs, posting a 1:49.3 victory in the $32,500 Preferred Pace, while Proper One took the sub-featured Blue Hen Pace in 1:50.4.
Pandy’s Meadowlands selections for Feb. 7
Handicapper Bob Pandolfo offers his selections for the full card at The Meadowlands on Friday night (Feb. 7).
‘Old is New’ at Blooded Horse Sales’ Winter Speed Sale
To paraphrase horse owner Mark Weaver, everything old is new again. Weaver, part of the Weaver Bruscemi partnership that owns horses with trainer Ron Burke, is resurrecting the practice of offering two horses — at the same time — for sale at auction. On Tuesday (Feb. 11), 4-year-old female trotters Matterlei and Wildfire Seelster will be sold as hip numbers 120B and 120A, respectively, at the Blooded Horse Sales’ Winter Speed Sale. The winning bidder will have his or her choice of one of the horses. The unselected horse will return to the Burke Brigade.