Long Dan and Brad Ferguson rallied home with a long stride to score the win in the $6,500 conditioned trot Friday, Sept. 8 at Harrah’s Hoosier Park. The duo covered the mile event in 1:55.0, a new lifetime mark for the Indiana sired trotter. Long Dan started from post three and worked out a two-hole […]
Land of Freedom rings loud in Open Trot
Land of Freedom and Ricky Macomber Jr. rallied past rivals late in the stretch to score the win in the $16,000 Open 3 Trot Saturday, Aug. 26 at Harrah’s Hoosier Park. The gelding was a winner as one of the longshots of the nine-horse field that included some star power. Land of Freedom began his […]
Dashing Danny dazzling in two-year-old trot
While Indiana Sires Stakes were going on for three-year-old pacing fillies, there was a two-year-old trotting colt making his own mark Saturday, July 22 at Harrah’s Hoosier Park. Dashing Danny and Logan Loney rallied home to an impressive win in 1:56.4 in the $17,500 Indiana Sires Stakes Eligible event. Dashing Danny started from post six […]
Land of Freedom covers ground for win
Land of Freedom and Brad Ferguson used a late rally to score a win over similar opponents in the $18,000 Four-Year-Old Trot. The duo covered the one-mile event in 1:52.2. Land of Freedom and Ferguson started from post three and got away in mid pack as Famous Father and Rick Plano let the way from […]
Big performance from trio of Dover Dans
A field of six included five Dover Dan sophomores and the top three spots were taken down by them led by Late Nite Hawk and Kyle Wilfong. The race was for Indiana Sires Stakes eligible three-year-olds with a purse of $17,500 under the call of Rick Moore, Vice President and General Manager of Racing, who […]
Black Creek Farm preps for Northern Indiana Yearling Speed Sale
Several farms have advertised in the upcoming issue of the Indiana Standardbred Magazine, including Black Creek Farm. The consignment includes four selling at the second annual Northern Indiana Yearling Speed Sale Saturday, Sept. 10 at the Topeka Auction House. Black Creek Farm, based out of Grabill, Ind., has three trotting yearlings ready for the first […]
Here Comes Dover breaks maiden
Action kicked off the week of Tuesday, Aug. 23 with an exciting finish in the first race of the night. A plethora of trotters rallied home in closing fashion with Here Comes Dover and Bradley Ferguson getting the victory in 1:56.4. Two-year-old trotters lined up behind the gate and Chamba and James Yoder were the […]
Topville Swift Dan a winner in mini series action
A pair of Dover Dan two-year-olds kicked off the Saturday racing card at Harrah’s Hoosier Park with wins. Every Day Dan and Robert Taylor won the first division while Topville Swift Dan and John DeLong took top honors in the second division of the $12,500 Indiana Sired mini Series for freshman trotting colts and geldings. […]
Hand Dover Dan draws rail for Governor’s Cup Championships
Hand Dover Dan, last year’s champion two-year-old trotting gelding and winner of the Governor’s Cup Championship for two-year-old trotting colts and geldings, is back to try and add the three-year-old trotting title to his credentials. The sophomore son of Dover Dan has drawn post one in the $25,000 Championship slated as Race 7 on the […]
Land of Freedom covers major ground in win
Land of Freedom and driver Dale Hiteman covered some major ground en route to victory Wednesday, Aug. 3 at Harrah’s Hoosier Park. The duo timed their final move just right for the win by a neck in 1:56.0. Starting from post one, Land of Freedom would have used some early speed but several of his […]