There are several two-year-olds starting to emerge on the Indiana circuit with top speed and one of those was a winner on the Sunday, Sept. 12 racing program at Harrah’s Hoosier Park. Guided by John DeLong, Rockin Rebellion scored a closing effort for the win in 1:53.4 for the Trent Stohler Stable. Starting from post […]
Thunder Country rolls to maiden breaking victory
Thunder Country and Trevor Smith turned in a gate to wire performance during the Sunday, Aug. 29 racing card at Harrah’s Hoosier Park to score their maiden breaking win. The freshman gelding won the $10,500 event in 1:54.0. Thunder Country went straight to the lead when the gate folded, popping off fractions of :27.4, :58.2 […]
Rockin Nola equals track record
Rockin Nola and Joey Putnam soared under the wire in the $22,000 Fillies and Mares Open Saturday, Aug. 21 at Harrah’s Hoosier Park. In doing so, they not only took a new career best mark but equaled the track record for older pacing mares set by Kissin in the Sand and Dexter Dunn in the […]
Rockin Nola keeps on rockin at Harrah’s Hoosier Park
Rockin Nola has nearly been perfect all season in 2021 and she added another win to her resume Saturday, June 5 at Harrah’s Hoosier Park. Driven by Joey Putnam, the pacing mare scored the win in the evening’s featured $20,000 Fillies and Mares Open with Rockin Nola handicapped to the outside post nine. Rockin Nola […]
Letme Fly Low wins season opener at Scioto Downs
Letem Fly Low, the Indiana sired daughter of Rockin Image, kicked off the 2021 racing season at Scioto Downs, Harrah’s Hoosier Park’s sister track, with a win Tuesday, May 4. The mare won the $6,000 conditioned event in a time of 1:54.0 to set the tone for the year in Ohio. Starting from post five, […]
Royal Rocks wins, gives Stewart double
Royal Rocks, the four-year-old Indiana sired gelding owned and trained by Charlie Stewart, was one of two wins on the card for Stewart. A native of Anderson, Ind., Stewart also scored a win with Venom on the Saturday, Feb. 6 racing program at Miami Valley Raceway. A son of Rockin Image, Royal Rocks was able […]
Victory Hill Farm among top breeders again in 2020
Victory Hill Farm, located in LaGrange, Ind., continues to lead the way among all breeders in Indiana, but their impact is felt on a national level as well. The farm is currently ranked 13th on the list of top breeders in North America as 2020 comes to a close. Of 99 starters on the year, […]
Pair of Putnam pacing mares retire
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 […]
Wrenn Stable purchases pair of yearlings at Standardbred Horse Sale
Fresh off the Breeders Crown weekend at Harrah’s Hoosier Park, Peter and Melanie Wrenn were back at work, this time, inspecting yearlings at the Standardbred Horse Sale, which began Monday, Nov. 2. The sale, normally held at Harrisburg, Pa., was moved to Timonium, Md. to the Maryland State Fairgrounds. This year and buyers were out […]
Triple O a triple threat in Millstein
Triple O was a triple threat in the $250,000 Carl Milstein Memorial for three-year-old pacers Saturday, Aug. 15 at Northfield Park. Odds on Osiris ventured out of Indiana for the first time and wore down the field for the win in 1:50.1, a new career best time. Odds on Osiris and Peter Wrenn used enough […]