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Lucan Hanover poised for Windy City Pace
Lucan Hanover appears poised to capture the $176,000 Windy City Pace at Maywood Park on Friday night. The gutsy son of Western Ideal battled outside the winning Captaintreacherous all the way through...
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Fort Silky wins Lester McKeever Stake
Fort Silky and driver Casey Leonard went wire-to-wire to capture the $30,000 Lester McKeever Stake in 1:53.3 on Nov. 15 at Maywood Park. The 7-year-old son of Ft. Apache Hanover is trained...
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Archetto Hanover captures Abe Lincoln Stake
Archetto Hanover captured the $87,000 Abe Lincoln Stake in 1:55.2 after a brutal stretch duel that necessitated a photo to decide the winner in the one mile test for freshman pacing colts and...
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Rossini captured the $110,000 Galt Stake at Maywood Park
Rossini and driver Peter Wrenn cruised to a 1:55.3 victory in the $110,000 Galt Stake for 3-year-old trotting colts and geldings on Friday night, Nov. 15 at Maywood Park.The son of Classic...
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Pertty Music wins Cinderella Stake
Pertty Music used a three-wide move around Maywood’s final turn to win the $73,000 Cinderella Stake for freshman pacing fillies in 1:53.2.John DeLong piloted the Tom Harmer trained, owned and bred...
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Word Power does all the talking in Windy City Pace
Word Power did all the talking in the Windy City Pace, coming up the inside lane to capture Maywood Park’s premiere event in 1:51.4 on Friday night.Scott Zeron steered the 3-year-old son of...
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Keeping horses comfy in the cold
This winter has been brutally cold and the hardship is not only on humans, but on our four-legged friends as well. Here are a few tips for seeing that horses remain healthy despite Chicago’s unusually...
View Article2014 Harness Racing Season still in jeopardy
The start of the 2014 Illinois harness racing season continues to remain in jeopardy.After six hours of contract negotiations between the Illinois Harness Horsemen’s Association (IHHA) and Balmoral...
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Chicago Horseman & Racetracks Stalled
The 2014 Chicago harness racing season still has not begun.Last week, Illinois legislatures pushed a bill through both the Senate and House that was then signed by Governor Pat Quinn, which gave the...
View ArticleBill of Sale rule to be addressed at Equine Law Conference
The US Hunter Jumper Association’s (USHJA) equine Bill of Sale proposal is one of the topics to be discussed at the 29th Annual National Conference on Equine Law on April 30 and May 1, 2014. The...
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Tickets for World Equestrian Games available
For those Chicago-based equestrians eager to see the 2014 World Equestrian Games in Normandy, France up close and personal – good news – tickets are now on sale.The majority of tickets are for single...
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Foal Cam provides unique view of broodmare & baby
My Special Girl gave birth to a colt at 9:22 pm on , March 29, 2014, at Penn Vet’s New Bolton Center. While foals are born every day, what makes this birth unique is that people were...
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Horse Racing loses a champion
Bull Inthe Heather, who captured the 1993 Florida Derby, passed away April 5 at Old Friends Thoroughbred Retirement Center in Kentucky. He was 24 and had been suffering from a combination of health...
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Internet radio channel caters to western horsemen
A new Internet radio channel has emerged for western horse enthusiasts.The Flying SL Ranch Radio Channel features cowboy-themed music, interviews and other types of equine and western living...
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Tour Hall notches Cardinal Stake
Tour Hall captured the $47,100 Cardinal Stake on May 28 at Balmoral Park, in rein to Chicago’s top reinsman, Dave Magee in a seasonal best mark of 1:56.1.The Cardinal is the first of many...
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Uncle Ugly captures Maywood Pace
Uncle Ugly was anything but unattractive as he strolled to a commanding victory in the $92,000 Maywood Pace on Friday night, June 20. The bay son of Yankee Skyscraper was clocked in 1:53.3 for driver...
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The Indefatigable Fort Silky
The Illinois-bred pacer Fort Silky, who captured the 2013 Maywood Park Pacing Series, appears well on track to capture that title again this season.The 8-year-old son of Ft Apache Hanover won the...
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Neighborhood boy makes good
Denny Pietranduono is a passionate man. And he’s most passionate about the neighborhood he grew up in, and about harness racing.To that end, he’s helped create one of the most unique opportunities for...
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Curtain gets career win 3,000
Harness driver Tim Curtain notched his 3,000th career victory on Saturday night, Dec. 27 at Balmoral Park, guiding the 6-year-old mare Wings to a 1:53 victory in near wire-to-wire fashion for trainer...
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Leonard wins Chicago driving titles
Casey Leonard wrapped up 2014 in his typical fashion, by winning his final drive of the year at Balmoral Park.The 37-year-old reinsman, who resides and hails from Harvard, Illinois posted his winning...
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