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The Crawford County Fairgrounds hosted its 7th annual matinee this past Sunday (June 4th) and over 30 harness racing youngsters came out to strut their stuff for the very first time in front of a grandstand. Each contest was a “Time Bar” where the trotters and pacers were gauged for a certain time such as […]
The end of the undefeated year where Niatross, the magnificent son of Albatross, went 13-13 earning a then record $604,900 in purse earnings and the harness racing accolades included the two-year-old Pacing Colt of the Year award as well as Pacer of the Year and Harness Horse of the Year which, in my opinion, were […]
He was a strapping colt with a harness racing gait that stretched further than from here than to downtown Cincinnati. As he was always clad in coolers of his trainer’s colors of purple, Marie – his caretaker for his entire two year racing career – would call him “Nehi.” It was her play on that […]
A young upstart once said (to Joe O’Brien, no less) that his harness racing colt was “as smooth as warm water being emptied out of a bucket… we just don’t know how much water is in the bucket yet.” Gentleman Joe smiled and nodded knowingly. And Joe Wideman would agree you never know until you […]
The harness racing colt by Meadow Skipper out of Voo Doo Hanover had been brought to the races by Harry Harvey and was 1970’s Two-Year-Old Colt Pacer of the Year with a record of 21 wins out of 24 starts. His owner, used car dealer Bert James, had him syndicated (and didn’t include Harvey) for […]
The passing of Peter Wolfenden and the harness racing story of Cardigan Bay stirred up a few memories for me. First let me say that Cardigan Bay was way before my time although I do remember his appearance on the Ed Sullivan Show in 1968. As most teenagers did that night, I had tuned in […]
