Western Trademark Ties Balmoral Mark August 15, 2010 Diamond Creek Farm’s Western Trademark etched his name into the Balmoral Park record books on Saturday, August 14 as the five-year-old son of Western Hanover equaled the track standard for an aged pac...
Trotters Star In Balmoral Stakes August 05, 2010 A pair of state-bred trotting stakes for two-year-olds shared top billing on Wednesday’s Balmoral Park program and once again it trainer Robert Taylor’s My Miss Caroline who continued to dominate the ...
Balmoral Pick 4 A Success August 04, 2010 On the heels of a very successful Southland Festival of Racing, Balmoral Park recently released figures that show the popularity of its Pick 4 wager continues to grow. The Pick 4 takeout was reduced ...
Trotters Wrap Up Southland Racing Festival August 02, 2010 After a very big Saturday night of pacing action it was time for Illinois conceived and foaled trotters to take center stage as the $46,500 Kadabra Stake and the $44,000 Fox Valley Evita Stake shared ...
Southland Festival Kicks Off August 01, 2010 The state's top pacers were highlighted on Saturday night as Balmoral Park presented six stake finals as part of a fun-filled weekend known as the Southland Festival of Racing
'Caroline' Takes Balmoral Elim July 28, 2010 Making it look even easier than she did while taking her career debut by five lengths, La Bella Vita Stables, Robert Taylor & Kevin Dixon’s My Miss Caroline completely overwhelmed nine rivals as s...
Elims Galore At Balmoral July 26, 2010 After a busy Saturday night of elimination action for next weekend’s Southland Festival of Racing, the countdown to the big weekend continued yesterday at Balmoral Park, as three more eliminations for...
Cusack Takes Chicago Readers Inside Racing July 20, 2010 Southtown Star correspondent Dan Cusack recently spent a day working for fourth-generation horseman Roger Welch, and in today’s edition of the Chicago, Illinois paper, he introduces his readership to ...
Trotters Wrap Up Hanover Stakes July 19, 2010 A busy week of Hanover Stakes action came to a conclusion on Sunday, July 18 at Balmoral Park, as a total of 22 diagonally-gaited sophomore colts squared off in
Balmoral's Hanover Stakes In Full Swing July 18, 2010 Hanover Stakes action was in full swing on Saturday, July 17 at Balmoral Park as 10 of the 14 races on the program featured Hanover action for two and three-year-old pacers of both sexes
Hanover Stakes Get Underway July 15, 2010 The 2010 Hanover Stakes season started with a bang last night at Balmoral Park, as Paula Smith and James Runyan’s Fox Valley Click took advantage of breaks by the two favourites, Action Broadway (1-
More Stakes For 'Maebelle' July 07, 2010 Exhibiting the form that has kept her atop the Illinois conceived and foaled trotting ranks in each of her first two seasons on the track, Powers Farms' Southern Maebelle trotted to a three-quarter-le...