Joey Putnam, one of the state’s newest drivers, scored a double on the Tuesday, April 30 racing program at Harrah’s Hoosier Park. Putnam, who is beginning his third year as a driver, earned back to back wins in the eighth and ninth races. A graduate of Pendleton Heights High School, Joey scored both wins behind […]
Archives for April 2019
Swansea ranked second among trotters in 2019
Indiana sired horses are winning all across North America and one of the most successful this season is on the East Coast. Swansea, a four-year-old gelded son of Swan For All, has already scored seven wins this year in 13 starts and garnered more than $100,000 in purse earnings during the first four months of […]
“Pete” is back
Freaky Feet Pete, the beloved pacer from the Rheinheimer Stable, is back. The now seven-year-old horse by Indiana sire Rockin Image qualified in 1:55.0 Saturday, April 28, churning out a final panel in 26 seconds for the win in the first qualifier of the day under the direction of driver Trace Tetrick. Owned by Mary […]
Natural Herbie wins 2019 debut
Verlin Yoder’s millionaire trotting sensation Natural Herbie may be nine years old but he doesn’t show it. The Here Comes Herbie gelding rallied home a winner in his 2019 racing debut Saturday, April 27 at Harrah’s Hoosier Park. Natural Herbie came into the race off one qualifier 20 days earlier, which proved to prep the […]
Rideouts featured in Winchester News Gazette
Doug and Julie Rideout were the subjects of a feature in the Winchester News Gazette Thursday, April 25. The Rideouts, who have lived in Randolph County near Winchester since 2002, have their own farm complete with a training track that has produced numerous Indiana champions over the past 15 years. Doug is a native of […]
Bridge to Jesse’s wins Open Trot
Bridge to Jesse’s, driven by John DeLong, got the edge over Fiftydallarbill and Trace Tetrick in the $20,000 Open Trot at Harrah’s Hoosier Park Wednesday, April 24. The six-year-old son of Jailhouse Jesse trotted home in :27.1 to earn the victory by one and one-quarter lengths in 1:53.2. In a star-studded cast of Indiana sired […]
Indiana bred could be headed to Hambo
Dan Graber of Shipshewana, Ind. was the subject of a feature Tuesday, April 23 from US Trotting Association media relations manager Ken Weingarter. Graber has hopes of taking his homebred three-year-old trotter, DG’s Caviar, all the way to the Hambletonian, and so far in 2019, he’s right on track. DG’s Caviar is currently three for […]
Red Rose Swan wins again
Red Rose Swan, the $7,000 yearling purchase and $70,000 seller at the Midwest Mixed Sale last fall, turned in another victory for trainer-driver LeWayne Miller Monday, April 22 at Miami Valley Raceway. The four-year-old daughter of Swan for All led gate to wire, stopping the timer in 1:53.4 against conditioned trotters as the favorite of […]
Churita dominant in O’Mara Memorial
Multiple Sires Stakes champion, track record holder and Indiana trotting sensation Churita left little to doubt as she rolled to a seven and one-quarter victory in the $20,000 Frank O’Mara Memorial Final at Harrah’s Hoosier Park Saturday, April 20. The shortened program, which began early to lead into the Rick Springfield concert, put the spotlight […]
Big win for Little Rocket Man
Little Rocket Man shot to the front and never looked back, crossing the wire for the win in a division of the Jerry Landess series at Harrah’s Hoosier Park Friday, April 19. The three-year-old Rockin Image colt, driven by Trace Tetrick, is now three for three in his brief career. T etrick moved Little Rocket […]