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East Side Elementary Enjoys Trip to Hoosier Park
Students from Eastside Elementary School watch shoer Ron Wrobbel prepare a shoe.
Hoosier Park played host to 104 students from East Side Elementary School Thursday, May 15. The students enjoyed a final stop at the racetrack barn area as part of an all-day tour around Anderson. Prior stops on the trip included visits to the Mayor’s office, Good’s Candy, and Meijers.
Armbro Barrister, Benear Win Soggy Friday 30K Cc-Features At Yonkers
YONKERS, NY, Friday, May 16, 2008 -- Prior to Friday night, the last time co-owner and trainer Ray Schnittker drove the veteran Armbro Barrister was late March, when the pair aired in a hish-conditioned event.
The duo staged a rainy reunion at Yonkers Raceway and came away with a 13-1 upset in the co-featured, $30,000 Open Handicap Trot.
After track record-holder (and slight 9-5 race favorite) Victor's Vicky (Jordan Stratton) jumped it off at the outset, second choice No More Gold N (Greg Grismore) made the lead from his assigned eight-hole.
Worthy Flier Sets Mark In $18K Trot At The Meadows
MEADOW LANDS, PA, May 13, 2008 - Worthy Flier made it three wins in a row Tuesday at The Meadows, launching a determined uncovered bid that carried her to victory in the $18,000 Filly & Mare Open Trot.
Worthy Flier was only 3-1/2 lengths back when she made her move, but she was trying to overhaul Whotookwhat, arguably the queen of trotters at The Meadows, who had enjoyed a comfortable 58.2 half on the lead. Trainer/driver Charlie Norris kept the daughter of Pegasus Spur alive on the outside, and she prevailed by 3/4-lengths in 1:56.4, a career best.
Whotookwhat saved place over a fast-closing Winnie The Who. Leonard Buckner owns Worthy Flier.
World Cup Trot Series Visits Yonkers Tuesday
YONKERS, NY, Friday, May 16, 2008 -- The World Cup of Amateur Racing stops at Yonkers Raceway Tuesday nigbt (May 20), with a dozen drivers from a dozen countries compeiting in a pair of trotting events.
Post time for the 11-race card is 7:40 PM, with the pair of World Cup events--worth $6,000 and $7,000, respectively--going as races 2 and 3.
The World Cup, staged every couple of years, returns to the United States for the first time since 1988.
With the Maxie Lee Memorial trot just around the corner, trotters have been heating up throughout the week at Harrah's Chester Casino and Racetrack, flashing some quick miles on the heels of Wildfire Julie'strack-record 1:53.1 performance last week.
The Wednesday (May 14) co-featured conditioned trot saw Woody Woodrow ($8.80) turn in a wire-to-wire performance, holding late comers at baythrough a 1:54 mile. George Napolitano, Jr. handled the drivingduties for trainer Alan Sacco. In the Thursday (May 15) feature,Kaline ($3.80) made his local debut a successful one, scoring thewinning run in a lifetime best 1:54.1. Cat Manzi was at the lines fortrainer Anouk Busch.
OH! MAY 16 IS PICK THREE-TRIFECTA NIGHT- Friday, May 16, Northfield Park, in conjunction with the Ohio Lottery, presents Pick Three Trifecta Night. On that night, the first 2,000 patrons in attendance receive a free pre-printed Ohio Lottery Pick Three ticket good for the Saturday, May 17 evening drawing. Better yet, if the three numbers on that ticket match the official order of finish in any of Friday’s trifecta races (races 1-12), the ticket holder wins $50! Any unclaimed $50 prizes go into a Lucky 13th drawing held prior to the evening’s last race. That prize, guaranteed at $500, has regularly exceeded $3,000 in the past. Hey, you don’t have to work the next day, so stick around all night and cash big. There is no limit to the number of times you can win!
