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Archive for January, 2007


Trotters and Pacers Return to Saratoga Gaming and Raceway for 68th Season

Wednesday, January 31st, 2007

SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y., Jan. 30 /PRNewswire/ — Friday night, February 2, marks the start of the 68th season of harness racing over the half-mile oval at Saratoga Gaming and Raceway.The schedule for the 2007 live harness racing season features 170 programs during an eleven month campaign that runs through December 15. Winter [...]


Barbaro Euthanized. 2006 Kentucky Derby Winner is Dead.

Tuesday, January 30th, 2007

The battle for Barbaro’s life has been put to an end when the horse’s owners agreed to have the champion thoroughbred colt euthanized - thus putting an end to the modern day drama that has caught the country and horse racing world’s undivided attention. Here is a champiion 3-year old thoroughbred, winner of the 2006 [...]


Barbaro Suffers New Setback in Recovery

Monday, January 29th, 2007

(AFP) - Veterinarians made a risky move by inserting weight-bearing steel pins into Barbaro’s right hind leg but admitted the Kentucky Derby champion has suffered another major setback. Barbaro broke his right hind leg in the early moments of the Preakness Stakes last May while trying to capture the second jewel of US horse racing’s Triple Crown and has been treated here for life-threatening health woes for eight months.


Magna 5 Saturday Racing Begins at Laurel Park

Friday, January 26th, 2007

The popular $2 pick five wager on races at coast-to-coast tracks, Magna 5, for a $500,000 guaranteed pool, returns for its fourth season next Saturday, January 28 at Laurel Park. Along with generous payoffs, the fast-paced presentation of five races in about an hour has proven to be an attractive feature of the wager.


Saratoga Gaming And Raceway - Racino Expansion

Wednesday, January 24th, 2007

Note: Saratoga Gaming Adn Raceway is a racino (race track casino) - it is different from the Saratoga summer thoroughbred horse racing meet.
SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y., Jan. 23 /PRNewswire/ — Saratoga Gaming and Raceway unveiled more of its expansion plans Tuesday. New York State’s first video gaming facility announced celebration plans for its third [...]


Racing Fixing Busts at Cal Expo Harness Racetrack

Monday, January 22nd, 2007

Race fixing at harness racing races? What else is new? Oh, the perpetrators were actually charged? Ok, that is new.
SACRAMENTO (AP) - Four veteran harness racing drivers are charged with helping fix a race at the Cal Expo track in Sacramento in May.
The allegations are earning the track the derisive nickname “Cal Fix-O” among racing [...]


2007 Sunshine Millions on Jan. 6 at Santa Anita & Gulfstream Park

Monday, January 22nd, 2007

The 2007 Sunshine Millions Stakes races, the series of eight races worth $3.6 million that matches California and Florida-breds at Gulfstream Park and Santa Anita Park, is the sport???s richest day of state-bred racing. This year’s races run on Saturday, Jan. 6. Here are the Race Entries, Post Position & Jockeys for the 2007 Sunshine Millions: