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Lexington, Ky…March 13, 2024…As The Red Mile readies for its 2024 harness racing meet, Gabe Prewitt, Vice-President of Racing, has announced that Sunday night racing has been approved and will return to the iconic track. The Red Mile, celebrating its 150th season, will open on July 21 with a Sunday night 5:05 post time and […]
CORBIN, Ky. (Friday, Oct. 13, 2023) — It will be a new track for horsemen but a familiar voice calling the races when Cumberland Run’s harness racing meet begins Sunday. Gabe Prewitt, the announcer at The Red Mile along with serving as the Lexington track’s vice president of racing operation and sports wagering, will be […]
Lexington, Kentuck – Thursday, July 20, 2023 – Lexington Kentucky’s fabled Red Mile is set to open Sunday, July 23 with a “Better for the Bettor” agenda featuring the lowest takeout on Pick-4 and Pick-5 wagers in history along with a rich stakes program featuring many of harness racing’s top horses, drivers and trainers. Gabe […]
Goshen, NY – It’s been said that if one were to pick an unbeatable gift for Gabe Prewitt, the odds-on favorite would be a hat rack. Known for his sharp handicapping acumen and race calling skills, as well as his lengthy résumé, the 39-year-old harness racing aficionado has so many positions with so many different tracks that […]
Live harness racing started off with a bang for handicappers who tuned in to Eldorado Scioto Downs opening card on Thursday (May 12). The unique $1 Pick 8, guaranteed at $25,000 through a partnership between Scioto Downs and the Ohio Harness Horsemen’s Association (OHHA) paid $4,250 each to five winning tickets. In an unheard-of scenario, […]
Known as the “Winter Capital of Harness Racing,” Isle Casino® Racing Pompano Park had been the home of world-class standardbred horse racing since 1964. But as I studied the 2022 schedule for April, the sad reality came into focus: “Live racing on Sunday, Monday, and Tuesday, April 3, 4, 5, 10, 11, 12, 17 (final […]
Pompano Beach, FL, April 17, 2022 – Pompano Park rings down the curtain on 58 years of harness racing history on Sunday with its most lucrative single overnight purse distribution in history provided by a record 229 entries in the box vying for $230,000 in purses. The entry box was stuffed to such overcapacity that […]
Pompano Beach, FL, April 11, 2022 – Pompano Park Director of Racing Gabe Prewitt has been thinking of ways to thank its “Send It In Army” faithful for being part of the track’s 58 year harness racing history which ends Easter Sunday. Oddly, Machiatto, Everyone’s Talkin and King Corona helped Prewitt come up with an […]
Pompano Beach, FL, April 10, 2022 – The long-anticipated video “Farewell to Pompano” debuts on Sunday night, April 10, at the famed South Florida harness racing oval and will be shown between races prior to the Pick-4 sixth race. The 15-minute farewell, produced by “ShadesonRacing,” features interviews by many of the greatest horsemen to grace […]
Pompano Beach, FL, April 7, 2022 – With the match race between Pompano Park’s Gabe Prewitt and Gulfstream Park’s Pete Aiello now history, the final total raised for equine aftercare reached $39,490 as donations were received from many members of the Send It In Army, as well as matching donations from Horseshoe Indianapolis and Gulfstream […]
Pompano Beach, FL., April 3, 2022 – Two famed announcers in their respective equine arenas will fight it out for supremacy on Monday night at Pompano Park with the real winners being charities supporting the aftercare of retired racehorses. Gabe Prewitt of Pompano Park will line up next to Gulfstream Park’s Pete Aiello in a […]
Wally Hennessey’s career as a harness racing track announcer lasted only several minutes, but the experience will be a memory for a lifetime. Hennessey fulfilled a dream Wednesday night (March 2) when he called the sixth race at Pompano Park, where the affable 65-year-old Maritimes native has raced for decades and captured numerous driving titles. […]
Pompano Beach, FL, February 9 — Director of Racing Gabe Prewitt has announced that a mandatory payout on Pompano Park’s Super Hi-5 finale will take place on Wednesday, night at the famed South Florida harness racing oval. While making the announcement, Prewitt remarked, “With a carryover of $111,473 going in, we could be looking at […]
Pompano Beach, FL, February 8, 2022 – Guarantees, carryovers and mandatory payouts highlight the midweek action at Pompano Park on Tuesday and Wednesday night with the Pick-5, Pick-6 and Super Hi-5 action all in the mix. With a pair of long-shots spicing up the Monday Pick-5, there was nary a winning ticket to be cashed […]
