Rockin Nola has been the headliner this season for the Putnam Stable but a pair of pacing mares were doing their part to bring wins into the stable. Blues Queen and Rock the Look each had successful seasons and are both being retired to the brood mare ranks. Blues Queen, an eight-year-old daughter of United […]
Rockin Nola winningest horse of 2020
Rockin Nola, campaigned by the father-son team of Joe and Joey Putnam, won the most races of 2020 at Harrah’s Hoosier Park. The four-year-old daughter of Rockin Image had a stellar season that stretched the entire meet, winning nine races during the 111-night racing season. Rockin Nola won her first race of the season in […]
Rockin Nola back on the winning track
After just missing a check in the Breeders Crown for older pacing mares, Rockin Nola and Joey Putnam were back in the winner’s circle Saturday, Nov. 14 in the $18,000 Fillies and Mares Open Pace at Harrah’s Hoosier Park. The four-year-old mare has now won seven of her last 10 starts as Indiana pari-mutuel racing […]
Four in a row for Rockin Nola
Rockin Nola, the standout older pacing mare from the Joe Putnam Stable, scored her fourth straight win Saturday, Sept. 26 at Harrah’s Hoosier Park. The Rockin Image four-year-old picked up her latest win in the $32,000 Go on BB Fillies and Mares Invitational during a night that was a continuation of top talent in the […]
Thirteen and Supreme for Majestic Player A
The count moves to 13 wins on the year for Majestic Player A, the wonder from “down under” that continues his winning ways for his Indiana connections. Trained by Walter Haynes Jr., the six-year-old gelded son of Majestic Son earned his latest win Saturday, Sept. 19 in the $18,000 Open Trot at Harrah’s Hoosier Park. […]
Rockin Nola rocks Ohio’s Super Night
Rockin Nola, the talented older female pacer from the Joe Putnam barn, turned in an impressive performance during Ohio’s Super Night at Scioto Downs, winning the $40,000 Fillies and Mares Open. Driven by Joey Putnam, the Rockin Image mare stopped the timer in 1:51.0. Starting from post seven on the five-eighths mile oval at Scioto, […]
ISFC Wraps up at Shelbyville
The Indiana Sired Fair Circuit (ISFC) made its last stop Friday, Sept. 4 at the Shelby County Fairgrounds to determine the finalists for the Governor’s Cup Series 2020 at the Indiana State Fairgrounds. The races are slated for Thursday, Sept. 10 beginning at 11 a.m. The big winner on the day was the team of […]
Brookview Bullet stays undefeated in Indiana
Brookview Bullet has shot to the top of most racing fans’ list for two-year-olds to watch in Indiana this season. The son of Always a Virgin came out in his first career start and won by eight lengths in 1:52.2, a final panel in :26.2. From there, he returned in the Hoosier Stake at the […]
Grace Rocks scores in Sires Stakes action
Grace Rocks made a perfectly timed move to earn a surprise win in the fourth leg of Indiana Sires Stakes action for three-year-old pacing fillies Saturday, Aug. 22 at Harrah’s Hoosier Park. The filly won the second division of the night with the first division going to Somebodyslilly. Starting from the center of the track, […]
Competition heats up at Shelby County Fairgrounds
The weather may have dampened the atmosphere Wednesday, July 22 but the competition was fierce during the first of two days of Indiana Sired Fair Circuit (ISFC) at the Shelby County Fairgrounds. Two-year-olds kicked off the action with five horses across the track in the first division of two-year-old filly pacers. Tellitlikeafra and Clifton Bell […]