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Randy Manges dies at 72

By Chris Tully ·

Randy Delbert Manges, the longtime sales manager for the Kentucky Standardbred Horse Sales Company and later the Lexington Selected Yearling Sale, died Tuesday, Dec. 19, 2023. He was 72. Mr. Manges was born in Northville, MI, the son of Del Manges, who was racing his stable of horses at the time at Northville Downs. Mr. […]

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Racing Hill returns to racing after six years

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Gordon Waterstone of the USTA reports that after spending the past six years in the breeding shed at Hickory Lane Farm in Findlay, OH, Racing Hill (Roll With Joe) has returned to the harness racing track. On Thursday night (Dec. 16) at Hollywood Gaming at Dayton Raceway, the soon-to-turn-10-year-old pacer finished second in a qualifying […]

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Atlanta may return in 2022 after $175,000 TVG Trot

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Lexington, KY — Although she currently stands third on the seasonal earnings list for trotting mares with $398,949, with a victory in Saturday night’s (Nov. 20) $175,000 TVG Mares Trot at The Meadowlands, Atlanta would send her total to $486,449 and secure honors as the richest of her division for the fourth consecutive year. Her current […]

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Selfie Queen heads for big stakes events

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Lexington, KY — Gordon Waterstone for the USTA reports that the Nancy Takter-trained 2-year-old filly trotter Selfie Queen will be headed shortly to Woodbine Mohawk Park for the Sept. 25 Mohawk Million, but first she has a start on Sunday afternoon (Sept. 19) in the $250,000 Kentucky Sires Stakes Championship final at The Red Mile. […]

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"Courage" to be supplemented to Little Brown Jug for $45,000

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Lexington, KY — Harness racing trainer Travis Alexander has not been back to the fairgrounds in Delaware, Ohio, since capturing back-to-back Jugettes in 2005-06 with Just Wait Kate and Eternity’s Delight, but he will be at the half-mile oval on Thursday (Sept. 23) when he starts American Courage in the Little Brown Jug. Not eligible […]

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Rockyroad Hanover appears to be on the right path

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Lexington, KY — The 2021 campaign for Rockyroad Hanover has been a bit of a rocky road, but the 3-year-old harness racing colt pacer appears to be on the right path now following a career-best 1:48.1 victory in the $276,150 Cane Pace on Aug. 7 at The Meadowlands. The Tony Alagna trainee will now attempt […]

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Gordon Waterstone's Big M Notebook

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This weekend at The Meadowlands, harness racing trainer Ray Schnittker aims for a spot in the Peter Haughton Memorial final with King Of The North while Jim Campbell looks to advance to the Hambletonian final with Take All Comers and Erv Miller eyes the Hambletonian Oaks final with Swift Swanda. Schnittker hasn’t had a Peter […]

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Dancer Memorial loaded with Hambo horses

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Lexington, KY — Thirteen 3-year-old male harness racing trotters have been divided into a pair of divisions in Saturday night’s (July 17) $273,500 Stanley Dancer Memorial Trot at The Meadowlands, with a dozen eligible to the upcoming Hambletonian, which has eliminations on Aug. 1 and the $1 million final on Aug. 8. The Dancer is […]

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