Monthly Archives: August 2009
Sunday stakes recap from Mount Pleasant Meadows
Paint Me a Bono pulls away in Michigan Paint Horse Futurity Paint Me a Bono (2B) shakes off I Do One Two Three (5) to win the GLQHA Michigan Paint Horse Futurity at Mount Pleasant Meadows. Paint Me a Bono … Continue reading
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Blacktype Bonanza at Mount Pleasant Meadows: Part Two
Fritz trio highlights ARC Midwest Maturity Distaff Stakes In last year’s Michigan Juvenile, the race’s top three finishers wore the colors of owner Tom Fritz and trainer Mario Fritz. The duo will try to accomplish the same feat with two … Continue reading
Filed under Mount Pleasant Meadows, Stakes Races
Blacktype Bonanza at Mount Pleasant Meadows: Part One
Four stakes races from different breeds highlight Sunday’s race card at Mount Pleasant Meadows. This post will focus on the two Paint and Quarter Horse races, while the next will preview the two Arabian stakes on the card. I Do … Continue reading
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Equality colt tops MTOBA Yearling Sale
Equality colt Noequal attracted the high bid of $12,000 in last Sunday’s Michigan Thoroughbred Owners and Breeders Association Yearling Sale at Michigan State University. The gray or roan Noequal, out of stakes-winner Rapid Reaction was the only horse of the … Continue reading
Filed under Commentary, Pictures, Pinnacle Race Course
Back to work
Well, hello there… This notice is to inform you that one or more of your horses has worked out. Mrs. Murphy Your Comment: Date: August 25, 2009 Track: PINNACLE RACE COURSE Distance: Four Furlongs Time: 54:00 Breezing Track Condition: Fast … Continue reading
Filed under Pinnacle Race Course, The Family Business
2009 MTOBA Yearling Sale Preview
Even the greatest champions of the turf started out as freaked out yearlings in a sale ring. The time has come again for the next crop of Michigan-bred yearlings to take one step closer to the racetrack in Sunday’s Michigan … Continue reading
Filed under Commentary, Pinnacle Race Course
The Alternative Scene: Part Two – ADW, Card Rooms, etc.
Though slot machines got the winner’s share of my recent poll, they are by no means the only method racetracks are trying to expand their product. Many tracks are taking their game online with advance deposit wagering, while others are … Continue reading
Filed under Commentary, Great Lakes Downs, Polls
The Scoop
Get me, I’m a news source! In an Aug. 12 story in the Flint Journal about newly-appointed Acting Racing Commissioner Patricia Lockwood, this blog is cited as having been the first to report the news. Just thought I would share. … Continue reading
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Meadow Vespers closes from way back to win Michigan Breeders’ Cup Handicap
Meadow Vespers executed his signature ground saving trip and screaming stretch drive to prevail in Saturday’s $20,000 Michigan Breeders’ Cup Handicap at Pinnacle Race Course by a half length. The seven-year-old Meadow Prayer gelding broke without urgency as All I … Continue reading
Filed under Pinnacle Race Course, Stakes Races
Positive signs?
Who knew all Michigan racing needed to get Lansing on its side with alternative wagering was a major economic collapse and a budget deficit the size of Montana? The Michigan HBPA website reports… PULL TABS AT RACE TRACKS: As the … Continue reading →
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