Obrigado

Obrigado Takes Friday Freehold Feature

On Friday (April 2) at Freehold Raceway, Obrigado avenged last week's Preferred Handicap Trot defeat with an emphatic 4-3/4 length win, his third in the Freehold Preferred handicap this season.

Double Carryover Fri. At Freehold

Bettors were stumped by the Pick-5 at Freehold Raceway last Saturday (March 20), a sequence that included just one winning favourite. As a result, there will be a double carryover into the card this F...

Millionaires Meet Friday At Freehold

January 26, 2021

Obrigado has been perfect so far in 2021, with two wins in Freehold Raceway's Preferred Handicap Trot. He will try to make it three in a row on Friday (Jan. 29), and is once again likely to be a big f...

Obrigado Repeats, Fusco Series Begins

January 08, 2021

Even in a more advanced age, Obrigado's class continues to shine through. He won the $12,000 Preferred Handicap Trot at Freehold Raceway for the second week in a row on Friday (Jan. 8).

Fusco Series Begins, Obrigado Returns

January 05, 2021

Twenty-four New Jersey-owned, sired, or foaled pacing fillies and mares will take centre stage at Freehold Raceway on Friday (January 8), as the Vinny Fusco Jr. Memorial Pacing Series begins.

Obrigado, Alexa Skye Score At Freehold

January 02, 2021

Freehold Raceway rang in the new year on Friday (Jan. 1) with a pair of $12,000 Preferred Handicaps. One was won by an established veteran; the other by a possible rising star.

Winter Campaign For Returning Obrigado

December 07, 2019

“Mentally, that horse has never changed. That’s what’s remarkable about him. You see people sometimes; your attitudes go up and down throughout a racing season. You see that with horses; horses have l...

Award-Winning Veterans Return Friday

November 02, 2019

Horses that win major races and awards can rarely return to the races quietly, and a pair of millionaires were back in action in qualifiers on Friday afternoon -- one after a five-year hiatus from act...

Obrigado Retired

November 22, 2018

Trot Insider has learned that 2016 U.S. Older Trotter of the Year Obrigado has been retired.

Bioness Wins Trotting Club Final; Open To Obrigado

September 02, 2018

A second-tier Bioness (Brian Sears, $33.80) made one decisive move on Sunday afternoon (Sept. 2), winning the $120,000 final of Yonkers Raceway’s French-American Trotting Club Series.

Obrigado Wins Yonkers Open

August 19, 2018

Favoured Obrigado (Mark MacDonald, $4.20) pounced from the pocket Sunday afternoon (Aug. 19), winning Yonkers Raceway’s featured $44,000 off-going Open Handicap Trot.

Obrigado Romps In Tioga's Top Trot

Obrigado was clearly in prime form Saturday at Tioga Downs as he beat the best trotters that track had to offer in the $11,000 Open Handicap Trot.

Eugene Kurzrok Passes

Eugene Kurzrok, 81, managing partner of Our Horse Cents Stable and Stable 45, and an owner of several champions including Mission Brief, Southwind Frank, What The Hill, Obrigado and Golden Receiver, p...