Roger Hammer, in a traffic accident Wednesday and released from the hospital Thursday afternoon, added on six winners during the 3-year-old action at the Great Stoneboro Fair Saturday to the triple he posted Friday, leaving him and his neck/body brace to drive back home to Bedford with nine wins during the two-day meet.
Category: Fair News
Hammer wins three a day after hospital stay
Less than 24 hours after a brief hospital stay which resulted from a Wednesday morning traffic accident, Roger Hammer was parading back to the Great Stoneboro Fair winner’s circle with the fastest 2-year-old in the history of the northwest Pennsylvania oval.
Ruddy Rusty comes close to all-time Wattsburg track trot mark
Pennsylvania fair action for 3-year-olds was scheduled for both Indiana and Wattsburg on Wednesday (Aug. 28), but with hard rain rendering the Indiana oval unusable, the spotlight shifted to Wattsburg where a 25-year-old ghost had quite a few anxious moments.
Dream day for Boots Dunn in Meadville
It was a dream day for Walter “Boots” Dunn on Wednesday at the Crawford County Fair, when Pennsylvania Fair Sire Stakes sophomore diamondgaiters were featured.
Field set for $20,000 Gene Riegle Memorial Pace at Darke County Fair
The 157th edition of the Great Darke County Fair in Greenville, Ohio, is going out with a bang Friday night (Aug. 23) with the second edition of the Gene Riegle Memorial Pace.
Turning back the clock, and turning over the record book, at Meadville
Tuesday, August 20, 2002 was a good day to set a track record at the Crawford County (PA) Fair. So too was Tuesday, August 20, 2013.
Arizona Dawn sets track record at Hicksville, Ohio
Arizona Dawn established a new overall pacing track record at the Defiance County Fair in Hicksville, Ohio, on Tuesday night.
Glide By Shooting sets track record at Meadville
Walter “Boots” Dunn saw his filly Glide By Shooting rewrite the Crawford County Fair standard for 2-year-old trotting misses when she won a division of the Fair Sire Stakes during the first of four days of action on Monday.
Freshmen open fair meet in Dayton
Two-year-olds were in the spotlight during the opening day of the two-day racing stand at the Dayton (PA) Fair on Wednesday (Aug. 14) and the trotters, especially the fillies, drew the most attention.
Racing concludes at Henry County Fair in Napoleon, Ohio
The harness racing program at the Henry County Fair in Napoleon, Ohio, concluded Wednesday night (Aug. 14) with a nine-race card. Four colt and filly stakes along with five overnight races provided the evening’s entertainment.