When Dear Abbey won the 12th race at Batavia Downs on Wednesday (Nov. 4), it gave trainer Angelo Nappo the 1,000th win of his career.
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Jessica Okusko scores 1,000th training win
When Manador won the $165,000 Massachusetts Breeders Stakes for 3-year-old male pacers at Plainridge Park on Thursday (Oct. 29), Jessica Okusko registered the 1,000th training win of her career.
Bickmore bags 2,000th training win
When Leave It To Luther (1:53.1, $4.20) won the fourth race at Plainridge Park on Tuesday (Oct. 20), it vaulted longtime New England horseman Randy Bickmore to the 2,000th training win of his career.
Gretchen Athearn scores 1,000th training win
When Acushla Machree N won the featured $25,000 Open Handicap for pacing fillies and mares at Plainridge Park on Tuesday (Sept. 8), she gave Gretchen Athearn the 1,000th training win of her career.
Bythemissal gives Burke 17,000th win with G2 Haughton upset
Torrid fractions poised double millionaire Bythemissal for a furious bid from last down the center of the track to score his first stakes win as a 7-year-old with a 1:47 upset at 55-1 in the first of two $135,700 divisions of the Grade 2 William Haughton Memorial on Saturday night (July 11) at the Meadowlands.
Bender scores 1,000th win
Driver Atlee Bender scored the 1,000th win of his career on Friday (June 26) when he steered 2-year-old pacing filly Aww Suki Suki Na to a 2:01.2 win for owner-trainer Joey Ayotte in the first of 18 Kentucky Proud events at the Lebanon, Ky., fairgrounds.
‘Giggling’ gets last laugh in Philly distaff; DiDomenico scores 3,000th win
Five-wide almost to the midpoint of the first turn; four-wide almost to the quarter; three-wide until heading towards the three-eighths; then two-wide until gaining the lead and the inside going into the second turn. And then having the second choice coming right at you up the inside late, getting nearly even in deep stretch.
It takes a special horse to dig down and find more to give after a horror-show trip like that. But that’s just what the Papi Rob Hanover mare Gigglingonthebeach did in Friday’s (June 12) $14,000 fast-class distaff pacing feature at Harrah’s Philadelphia, edging Wise Professor by the smallest possible margin in 1:52.1.
Engblom sweeps exacta in Philly feature; Ryder reaches 2,000 wins
“Trottin’ Thuirsday” (June 11) was as usual in full effect at Harrah’s Philadelphia, as both fast-class and developing horses had feature races during the first card of the local racing week.
Wrenn reaches 9,000-win plateau
Ronnie Wrenn Jr. reached a milestone at Hollywood Casino at The Meadows on Thursday afternoon (Feb. 5), making it to the winners circle for the 9,000th time in his driving career.
Jeremy Smith registers 4,000th career win
Driver Jeremy Smith picked up his 4,000th career win on Tuesday (Jan. 20) at Miami Valley Raceway when he drove long shot Cruisinoverfire to a 1:55 win in a $15,000 conditioned pace.