Vernon, NY — When hip number 410, a Conway Hall filly out of the mare Classic Yankee, walked into the sales ring at last week’s Lexington Selected Yearling Sale, the expected sets of eyes watched with anticipation as the bidding began. Breeder Crawford Farms was hoping for a profitable sales price and interested buyers watched as …
Lexington, KY — Trainer Kelvin Harrison’s In The Arsenal won the fastest of the two splits for the $185,000 Bluegrass 3-year-old colt pace, winning in 1:52.3 on Saturday night (Oct. 3) at The Red Mile. Nigel Soult photo In The Arsenal was a narrow winner in his Bluegrass division. Sitting off a hot pace …
Lexington, KY — Not to be outdone by their female counterparts, Crazy Wow and Muscle Diamond deserve their share of accolades for capturing their respective divisions of the Bluegrass Stake for 3-year-old male trotters on Saturday (Oct. 3) at The Red Mile. Crazy Wow was a 1:55.4 winner with Tim Tetrick up. Crazy Wow …
Latham, NY — Sixty-two well-bred yearlings, including 58 eligible to the lucrative New York Sire Stakes, went up for auction Sunday (Sept. 20) at the annual Morrisville College Yearling Sale at the Nancy Sears Stowell Equine Arena located on the college campus. A large and enthusiastic crowd gathered well in advance of the 1 p.m. …
Ken Weingartner Freehold, NJ —Tony Alagna says Lock Down Lindy’s performance in her Hambletonian Oaks elimination last weekend was “a chance to show everybody she’s the filly I thought she was last year.” The trainer hopes she shows off again in Saturday’s $500,000 Hambletonian Oaks final for 3-year-old female trotters at Meadowlands Racetrack. Lock Down …
East Rutherford, NJ — Lock Down Lindy and Spirit To Win captured their respective $35,000 Hambletonian Oaks eliminations, the filly counterpart to the Hambletonian, for 3-year-old filly trotters on Saturday night (Aug. 1) at Meadowlands Racetrack. Both the Hambletonian and Hambletonian Oaks will be shown live on CBS Sports Network next Saturday …
Washington, PA — Sistas blew away the field in Monday’s (July 20) $60,000 Pennsylvania Stallion Series for 3-year-old trotting fillies at The Meadows, capturing her fourth consecutive win and third straight in the series. The event was contested over three divisions, with I’m So Fancy and Scented Roses taking the other splits. …
In 2011, Nancy Takter was the caretaker of Metro Pace Champion Simply Business, while still working for her father, Jimmy. A few days before Christmas, 2023, Kimberly Ann Hale of New Start Standardbreds discovered that the very same horse, now 15 and in a killpen, needed help if he was going to survive. Michelle Crawford, …
