Windsor Raceway Promo [09:18]
Windsor Raceway is a standardbred harness racing track located in Windsor, Ontario. The track is 5/8 of a mile in length. The inaugural race took place on October 22, 1965, with Castle Direct driven by Fred Roloson, the first horse to ever cross the line with a time of 2:10. Opening day attendance - 5136 persons. The track served both the thoroughbred and standardbred interests until the late seventies when the track was upgraded from a relatively flat tartan surface to the banked corner, spiral graded limestone surface still in use today
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2001 Turfway Spiral Stakes [01:50]
to $420190. The Spiral was his first graded stakes appearance. Previously, Balto Star won a maiden special weight race at Aqueduct on New Year's Day by 11 lengths and an allowance race at the same track on February 18 by 12 ¼ lengths. After the race, Pletcher said he might send the son of Glitterman out of the Devil's Bag mare Miss Livi to Aqueduct for the Wood Memorial Stakes (G2) on April 14. Donated by Jeff Mende.. ... tufway park horse racing mike battaglia todd plecther mark guidry ...
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2000 Turfway Spiral Stakes [01:52]
the $600000 Spiral Stakes (G2) at Turfway Park on Saturday. The chestnut colt by Summer Squall out of the Fit to Fight mare Sugar Hill Chick, left the gate on the rail and quickly sprinted to the lead. Archer City Slew, the favorite at 2-to-1, was in quick pursuit, pressing the fractions of :22.91 and :45.83. Elite Mercedes moved into contention coming out of the turn, as Archer City Slew pressed a head in front. When Globalize, owned by the partnership of Todaro, Litt, and Hollendorfer, ...
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