Fort Silky

‘War Horse’ Not 100 Per Cent

September 11, 2015

“[He] has more guts than any other horse I’ve driven in the past. He’s the type that does the heavy lifting – he goes out week after week and grinds out the miles so other horses can sit in the pocket...

Fort Silky Smooth At Maywood

August 30, 2014

A very familiar group of older state-bred pacers renewed acquaintances on Friday, August 29th at Maywood Park as a classy field of five local stars knocked heads in the $25,000 Egyptian Stake, which w...

Party Hangover Streaks Into Stakes

August 17, 2014

After a two-week hiatus, live racing returned to Balmoral Park with a pair of state-bred stakes for older pacers sharing top billing on the 13-race program.

Leonard Eyes Another $25K Bonus

The 2014 Maywood Park Pacing Series kicked off on Friday, July 4 with the first of the three legs, the $30,000 Cook County Stake, attracting a field of seven ICF pacers. After taking this series last ...

‘Mufasa’ Named Illinois Horse Of The Year

January 22, 2014

The Mike Brink Stable’s King Mufasa, who dominated last season’s three-year-old ICF colt and gelding trotting division, was named the 2013 Illinois Horse of the Year at last Saturday’s USTA District 5...

Projected Illinois Award Winners

December 23, 2013

Illinois’ standardbred racing industry will be handing out awards to the top Illinois-conceived and foaled harness horses for 2013 in their respective divisions.

Word Power Takes Windy City

November 15, 2013

Word Power did all the talking in Friday’s Windy City Pace, coming up the inside lane to capture Maywood Park’s premiere event in 1:51.4 on Friday night.

Leonard Discusses Fort Silky

November 13, 2013

It’s not often that the ‘star’ of your team retires and the squad doesn’t miss a beat. But that’s the case for ‘Team Leonard,’ as Fort Silky is looking to post his 16th win of the season and lock up a...

Illinois Super Night Elims Underway

September 08, 2013

The countdown to Illinois' biggest night of racing action, Super Night 2013, began in earnest on Saturday, Sept. 7 at Balmoral Park as 12 eliminations battles were contested by some of Illinois top pa...

Veteran Pacers Star In Balmoral Stakes

August 18, 2013

A pair of state-bred stakes, each split into two divisions, along with two carryover pools and two big guaranteed pools highlighted a busy Saturday night of racing action at Balmoral Park.

Fort Silky Steals The Spotlight

While much of the pre-race buzz may have centered around another great Illinois bred from the barn of trainer Terry Leonard as the classy veteran Well To Do Guru made his return from a seven month lay...

Father-Son Duo Sweeps Cardinal Stakes

Friday’s Cardinal Stake at Maywood Park turned into the Terry and Casey Leonard show as the father-son duo teamed up to take a pair of $28,534 divisions of the Cardinal Stake for older state-bred pace...

Balmoral Stakes Season Kicks Off

The 2013 stakes season kicked off in a big way on Saturday night at Balmoral Park as a trio of state-bred stakes shared the headlines on the 13-race program.