Can the industry benefit from coordinating post times? story by James Witherite On the evening of Dec. 26, 2017, management from Northfield Park, Pompano Park and Cal Expo agreed to coordinate post…
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On the Rise
Buckeye horseman makes great strides in his budding career story by Jay Wolf Competing against the likes of Aaron Merriman, Ronnie Wrenn Jr., and Kurt Sugg every night makes it tough to…
Spotlight On: Jeff Zidek
The Meadows’ jack of all trades assumes yet another role as announcer story by Evan Pattak If you could use only one word to describe Jeff Zidek, it would be “multitasker.” He’s…
Hoof Beats April 2020
Features Lady Is a Champ Shartin N rewrites the history book as Horse of the Year by Melissa Keith Sneak Preview A comprehensive look at some of this year’s 3-year-olds by Ken…
Lady Is a Champ
Shartin N rewrites the history book as Horse of the Year story by Melissa Keith Shartin N was the overwhelming choice as the 2019 Dan Patch Older Pacing Mare of the Year,…
Prince Charming
Tall Dark Stranger provides a fairytale season for his connections story by Rich Fisher Judy Chaffee happily refers to Tall Dark Stranger’s rookie season, which culminated with the Dan Patch 2-Year-Old Colt…
Rambling Man
Drew Monti makes the most of every opportunity story by Tim Bojarski Drew Monti has been a very popular catch driver in upstate New York since he first began competing there full…
Hoof Beats March 2020
Features World Class Dan Patch Award winner Obrigado beats suspensory injury to return to racing by Hope Ellis-Ashburn Head of the Class The 2019 Dan Patch Award winners represent the best in…
First Class
Real Cool Sam is the real deal story by Rich Fisher Soap opera producers would never get rich off Real Cool Sam, who is much too boring to cast in their crisis-per-minute…
World Class
Dan Patch Award winner Obrigado beats suspensory injury to return to racing Story by Hope Ellis-Ashburn It means “obliged” or “thank you” in Portuguese and could be considered an unusual name, but…