The first round of qualifiers were held at Harrah’s Hoosier Park Saturday, March 11 and several races dipped under the 1:56 time barrier. The quickest on the day was a gelding from the Mark P’Pool Stable named Shakertown, who won his race in 1:52.4. Guided by Brandon Bates, Shakertown went straight to the lead and […]
First qualifiers set at Harrah’s Hoosier Park
The first set of qualifiers has been set for the upcoming 30th season of Standardbred racing at Harrah’s Hoosier Park with 18 races on the docket. The event begins at 10 a.m. with 13 of the races set for pacers and the other five set for trotters. Several former champions are included in the first […]
Mark Herschberger gets first win in Goshen
Mark Herschberger just began his driving career this summer on the Indiana Sired Fair Circuit (ISFC) and now he has his first win. The 27-year-old earned his first win Saturday, Sept. 17 at the Elkhart County Fairgrounds in the second race of the day behind trotter You Do Know. Starting from post one, You Do […]
Breeders Crown returning to Indiana
Leading up to the Dan Patch at Harrah’s Hoosier Park Friday, Aug. 12, a teaser was moving around social media about a big announcement during the event. Following the 12th race on the night, the message was delivered by Rick Moore, vice president and general manager of racing, that the Breeders Crown would be returning […]
David Allan Whoa hits the right chord in Wattles Series
One of the best named two-year-olds this season is now a race winner. David Allan Whoa, driven by Joey Putnam, won his first race Thursday, Aug. 4 in a division of the $12,500 Johnny Wattles Series for two-year-old pacers at Harrah’s Hoosier Park in dramatic fashion. The freshman stopped the timer in 1:54.2 in only […]
New lifetime mark for Topville Alexander
Topville Alexander and Bradley Ferguson made their third start of 2022 an impressive performance, scoring an upset in the $16,000 Indiana Sires Stakes eligible pace for sophomore colts and geldings. The gelding earned the win in 1:50.3. Starting from post five, Topville Alexander got away near the back of the pack as Luckbewithalex and John […]
Rockin Paco breaks maiden in career debut
Rockin Paco made his racing debut an impressive showing, scoring the win in 1:53.3. The three-year-old Indiana sired gelding was unraced at two and now kicks off his racing career with a big debut. Starting from post six, Rockin Paco and Joey Putnam got away third as Incredible Man and Brandon Bates set the first […]
ISA Board holds February meeting
The Indiana Standardbred Association (ISA) held its monthly meeting Monday, Feb. 7, 2022 at the office in Greenfield, Ind. A full table of 15 directors were in attendance for the meeting and President Joe Putnam welcomed new executive director Tony Renz to his first meeting with the organization. Putnam kicked off the meeting with a […]
2021 Champions honored at Indiana banquet
The annual Indiana Standardbred Awards Banquet was held Saturday, Jan. 22 featuring the champions of 2021, both equine and human. The event was emceed by Kevin Mack for the first time at the Embassy Suites Conference Center in Noblesville, Ind. After missing a year of honoring the state’s top performers for 2020 due to COVID-19 […]
Little Rocket Man top horse of 2021 meet
Little Rocket Man was nothing less than spectacular from start to finish of the 2021 racing season at Harrah’s Hoosier Park. The five-year-old Rockin Image gelding won his first four races of the meet and won his last five races of the meet, completing his year Nov. 26. In all, Little Rocket Man won 15 […]
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