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Dramatic Ending to Fair

“Two jockeys were injured in separate incidents. Two horses were euthanized in different races. And a horse good enough to run in the Preakness last year finished next-to-last in the closing-day stakes yesterday at Timonium. It was a bizarre conclusion to the eight days of thoroughbred racing at the state fair.” (Baltimore Sun)

Posted in Track Notes on September 8, 2004

Rock. Turf Races Draw Crowd

Rockingham’s experiment in running three Thoroughbred turf races this afternoon appears to have been successful. “General Manager Ed Callahan estimated the crowd at ‘20% larger than a normal Sunday.’ Others observers thought the crowd was considerably larger. Some vendors ran out of track programs, there were lines at concession stands, and seating areas often empty on earlier racing days were bustling….” (Thoroughbred Times)
More: “Rockingham rides again” (The Union Leader)

Posted in Track Notes on September 5, 2004

No Shortage of Racing This Weekend

There’s no shortage of Thoroughbred racing in New England this weekend. The Northampton Three County Fair opens Friday, Rockingham runs three turf races Sunday, and Suffolk Downs offers three stakes races on its Saturday and Monday cards. (Daily Racing Form)
Related: “Sharing is part of program” (Boston Globe) and “Now 0-for-98, Zippy Chippy to try again” (Blood-Horse)
From Equibase: Northampton’s Friday entries and Rockingham’s Sunday entries

Posted in Track Notes on September 2, 2004

Northampton Fair Opens

The Northampton Three County Fair opens this Friday, September 3, with racing scheduled for September 3-6, 10-12, and 17-19. Post time is 1:30. Zippy Chippy, a horse famous for losing 98 races in a row, may run at the fair on opening day: “He’s been training hard at Finger Lakes … Maybe this will be the year,” says fair Racing Director Sandy Staniszewski. (The Republican)

Posted in Track Notes on August 29, 2004