'Sweet' Homebreds Lead Burke Hopefuls In Kentucky September 13, 2024 Ron Burke and the Burke Brigade have always believed in Sweet Lou as a stallion, and Sweet Lou continues to repay their faith in him.
T C I Set For Wellwood Test August 17, 2023 Ron Burke does not often enter horses in the William Wellwood Memorial for two-year-old trotters, but the trainer has enjoyed success in his limited trips to the event, winning in 2014 with Habitat an...
Lousain Bolt Hopes To Sprint To Sires Stakes Win August 18, 2022 Jamaica’s Usain Bolt was one of the most decorated sprinters of all time, sweeping the 100- and 200-meter dashes in three straight Olympiads (2008, 2012, 2016) — an unprecedented feat. High drama also...
Lous Pearlman Seeks One More Hurrah November 22, 2021 Lous Pearlman already has provided his owners with great memories this season, and the colt will look to add one more to the list Wednesday when he competes in the $310,000 Progress Pace for three-yea...
Whiskey Blu Seeks Eighth Straight March 30, 2021 "I hope he continues to race well — particularly for purses with maybe an extra zero or two on the end of them. There’s no reason to think he won’t be a really top trotter, but it takes a little imagi...
‘Ron’ Is Ready To Rock February 19, 2020 “He’s coming back great. Ronnie trained him about a month ago and said he’s as good as he’s ever been. We’re hoping he’ll be a top, top overnight horse for us this year.”
R J P On A Roll September 12, 2019 In 2017 when Mark Weaver of Weaver Bruscemi LLC was scouting prospects for Team Burke for the Delvin Miller Adios Pace for the Orchids, he came across a handsome Somebeachsomewhere-Vysoke Tatry geldin...
Can This Is The Plan Break Through? August 16, 2019 Wins have been hard to come by, but that hasn’t diminished This Is The Plan’s performances in the eyes of his owners.
Foiled Again Wins Proximity Award December 26, 2018 Foiled Again, the highest-earning Standardbred racehorse of all-time with $7,634,938 in his bankroll, has been selected for the Stan Bergstein / Proximity Award, the highest award in the sport voted o...
Ageless Pacer Impresses His Owners June 01, 2018 “The way he carries himself, the way he looks on the track, you can tell he’s a classy animal. I feel fortunate that we get to own him, even late in his career. He’s becoming one of my favourites in a...
Rockin Ron Ready For Final Push April 14, 2017 “To be fair we’ve had to space out who gets to race, which really hurts your chances to get into the final. I wish we could have raced him because it pretty much would have assured him being in the fi...
Stakes Payments Paying Off May 18, 2016 “We usually try to take it easy with the four-year-olds. Midway through the spring we didn’t have him staked at all. I don’t think he was even on our staking list. After one of the races earlier this ...
Fire Fund Surpasses $710,000 April 20, 2016 After receiving 1,950 donations totaling over $710,000 (Cdn) to aid those impacted by the January 4 barn fire at Classy Lane Stables in Puslinch, Ont., the Central Ontario Standardbred Association has...
