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Take All Comers might not always be a favorite on the tote board, but around trainer Jim Campbell’s stable and on the racetrack with his harness racing drivers, he certainly enjoys that status. An 8-year-old male trotter bred and owned by Scott Farber’s Runthetable Stables, Take All Comers has competed at the sport’s upper levels […]
Plainville, MA — To be successful in harness racing, a horse must be consistent throughout his career. One great example of that is Take All Comers (Creatine-Nantab), who will be competing in the $250,000 Spirit of Massachusetts Trot at Plainridge Park on Sunday (July 21) afternoon. Take All Comers is a 6-year-old gelding who in […]
After being slowed by two bouts with sickness, Cool Papa Bell (Chapter Seven) appears to be getting back up to speed in time for Saturday’s (July 15) $410,250 E.T. Gerry Jr. Hambletonian Maturity for 4-year-old harness racing trotters at The Meadowlands. Cool Papa Bell, who won the 2022 Hambletonian Stakes for 3-year-olds at the Big […]
GOSHEN, NY – The Hall of Fame Screening Committee of the United States Harness Writers Association (USHWA), after meeting with a select group of Harness Racing Museum Trustees, announces that Ed Lohmeyer has been elected to the Harness Racing Hall of Fame, through a Veterans designation, and that Jim Campbell, Joseph Faraldo, and David Mc […]
WASHINGTON, PA, June 2, 2023 — “Sophomore Slump” is a term used in many sports to describe a condition that causes rookie phenoms to tail off in their second years. Don’t bother telling that to Once In a Lifetime (Father Patrick). Pennsylvania’s harness racing champion freshman male trotter has launched his 3-year-old campaign with what […]
Take All Comers (Creatine-Nantab) will make his seasonal debut in Sunday’s (May 28) $100,000 Maxie Lee Memorial Invitational for older trotters at Harrah’s Philadelphia, and the 5-year-old harness racing gelding has already improved from last year in one regard. He will begin the race from a favorable starting point. Last season, Take All Comers drew […]
East Rutherford, NJ – The stars of the 2022 harness racing stakes season have begun to emerge from their winter hibernation and appear at The Meadowlands qualifiers. The Q’s got under way on a perfect day Saturday (April 15) with clear skies and a slight helping wind in the stretch temperatures were in the mid-70’s. […]
Hightstown, NJ — Harness racing trainer Jim Campbell always will be associated with last year’s Hambletonian Day, but what happened over the remaining days on the calendar ensured he also will be remembered for his stable’s season beyond that one afternoon. A month ago, Campbell was named the U.S. Harness Writers Association’s 2022 Trainer of […]
CHESTER, PA – Take All Comers (Creatine) went after favored pacesetter Eurobond in the $22,500 fast-class handicap harness racing trot on Friday afternoon (Nov. 25) at Harrah’s Philadelphia, then was able to work his way past the chalk to post a 1:53.3 victory. Take All Comers, driven by Tim Tetrick, was able to grab the […]
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — Cool Papa Bell was a legend in baseball’s Negro Leagues, the era when players of color were banned from Major League Baseball. Cool Papa Bell (Chapter Seven), the harness racing trotter named for the ballplayer, carved his own legend by pulling off the biggest upset in Hambletonian history on Saturday (Aug. 6) […]
