Ron Burke

Brue Hanover winning at The Meadows

'Brue' Equals Keystone Classic Stakes Record

September 29, 2023

Brue Hanover made up 1-1/2 lengths in the Lightning Lane and scored in 1:49.1, matching the stakes record in Friday’s $69,100 Keystone Classic at Hollywood Casino at The Meadows. Muskateer Hanover als...

T C I winning at Woodbine Mohawk Park

T C I Makes Miraculous Recovery To Win Mohawk Million

September 23, 2023

A break at the start of the Mohawk Million put T C I, in rein to David Miller, behind the eight-ball. But that was only the beginning of what would be a drama-filled fourth edition of the unique two-y...

Think Of Galaxies winning at The Meadows

Think Of Galaxies Fends Off Challenge For Open Repeat

August 31, 2023

Think Of Galaxies led every step but had to withstand a late challenge by the pocket-sitting Blue Ivy to secure the victory -- her second straight -- in Thursday’s $19,200 Filly & Mare Open Handicap P...

Bythemissal

Burke Paces Himself For Saturday Stakes At Mohawk

August 31, 2023

U.S. Hall of Fame trainer Ron Burke holds a strong hand in the finals of the $615,000 Canadian Pacing Derby and $530,000 Maple Leaf Trot, which headline the Saturday night (Sept. 2) stakes card at Woo...

Bronx Seelster

Burke Sweeps Northfield Opens Sunday

August 28, 2023

MGM Northfield Park returned to racing action on Saturday, Aug. 26 following a track resurfacing project. On Sunday (August 27), the sport's leading trainer, Ron Burke, conditioned two of racing's fin...

Lyons Legend winning at The Meadows

Undefeated Lyons Legend Sets Meadows Record

August 24, 2023

In a victory rich with milestones, Lyons Legend blazed home in a track record 1:50.3 in Thursday’s $162,460 Pennsylvania Sires Stakes (PASS) event at Hollywood Casino at The Meadows, extended her care...

Think Of Galaxies winning at The Meadows

Think Of Galaxies Wins Mares Open; Six More For Palone

August 23, 2023

Think Of Galaxies pushed Coastal to an ambitious 1:21.4 three-quarters, then blew by her in the final turn to score in a career-best 1:50.1 in Wednesday’s $21,200 Filly & Mare Open Handicap Pace at Ho...

T C I winning at The Meadows

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...

Sweet Amira

Sweet Amira, Roy Make First Meadows Start A PASS Win

August 12, 2023

Sweet Amira refused to relinquish the early lead, endured the ensuing :26.1 opening panel and still had enough to score in Saturday’s (Aug. 12) $144,064 Pennsylvania Sire Stakes at Hollywood Casino at...

Bythemissal

Burke Stars Lead Milstein Undercard Contenders

August 10, 2023

Former Ohio Sires Stakes champions Bythemissal and Its Academic will headline the Myron Charna President's Pace and Tom Aldrich President's Trot, respectively, on a stacked undercard leading up to the...

Hambletonian trophy

Fields Drawn For Hambletonian, Oaks

August 01, 2023

Elimination winner Celebrity Bambino drew post one for Saturday’s $1 million Hambletonian Stakes at The Meadowlands and was established as the 2-1 morning line favourite as he seeks to give trainer Ro...

Celebrity Bambino

Burke, Gingras Sweep 2023 Hambletonian Elims

Just six years ago, Ron Burke nearly had his first Hambletonian victory before What The Hill suffered the only disqualification of a first-place finisher in the race’s history. He and Yannick Gingras,...

Noblesville

Burke, Wrenn Sweep Hoosier Stakes Thursday

The Hoosier state’s top two-year-old pacing colts were in action at Harrah’s Hoosier Park Racing & Casino on Thursday, July 27 with two divisions of Indiana Sires Stakes action highlighting the evenin...