October 8, 2009:

Last Saturday, Muscle Hill, shoe-in for Trotter of the Year, took centre stage at the Red Mile during Grand Circuit week. This Saturday, the top ranked pacer in the world, Well Said, will headline a stakes-packed card in...read on

September 15, 2009:

Just like the rest of the field, trainer Jimmy Takter knows that Judge Joe is an underdog heading into Saturday's $1 million Canadian Trotting Classic...read on

August 30, 2009:

The driver never moved, the trainer was home sick and his newest horse was just plain sick. Judge Joe, with Hall of Famer Ron Pierce doing the honours, made a mockery of Saturday night's 55th Yonkers Trot and its $670,774 purse...read on

August 26, 2009:

Judge Joe, which will be making its first start for new connections, outdrew seven rivals and has been installed as the 7-5 morning line favourite for the $670,774 final of the Yonkers Trot...read on

August 22, 2009:

The Judge went from a familiar home to a new one Saturday night. Judge Joe, the standout New York-bred, won Saturday night's first $40,000 elimination race for Yonkers Trot No. 55...read on

August 19, 2009:

Staffan Lind thinks filly trotter Celebrity Athena can get around a half-mile track as well as any horse he has trained. On Saturday, he will find out...read on

August 19, 2009:

Judge Joe and The Chancellor have been established as the morning line favourites for the pair of $40,000 Yonkers Trot elimination races which will take place Saturday...read on

August 7, 2009:

For the third time in six years, the Ackerman family will send a horse into the $1.5 million Hambletonian at the Meadowlands Racetrack. For the third time, their trotter will start from the most disadvantageous position -- post No. 10...read on

July 30, 2009:

Three years ago, D.R. Ackerman steered defending two-year-old champion Chocolatier to a runner-up finish behind Glidemaster in the Hambletonian...read on

July 10, 2009:

Judge Joe and DR Ackerman captured the $151,670 first division of the Dr. Harry M. Zweig Memorial on Friday night at Tioga Downs...read on

June 2, 2009:

The build-up concerning Tuesday’s confrontation between Russell Hill and Donttellmywife in New York Sires Stakes action at Monticello Raceway was everything one could ask for, that is, unless if you were in the latter’s camp...read on

May 29, 2009:

The best sophomore trotting colts bred in the state of New York will lock horns at Monticello Raceway when the Catskill Mountians oval kicks off the New York Sire Stakes program on Tuesday afternoon, June 2...read on

November 2, 2008:

The final two Hanover Stakes of the 2008 racing season were contested on Sunday night at Balmoral Park with two-year-old trotters taking center stage....read on

October 18, 2008:

Woodbine Racetrack hosted a second set of Fall Four Stake eliminations for two-year-olds on Saturday night with a trio of splits in the Governor's Cup for colt pacers and two eliminations for the Valley Victory for colt trotters....read on

September 25, 2008:

Freshmen trotting colts and geldings took centre stage at the Red Mile on Thursday afternoon in five divisions of the Bluegrass Stakes, with each division offering a purse in excess of $97,000....read on