Another Record Year For Burke? October 10, 2014 Ron Burke brings 16 horses to Balmoral Park for Saturday’s (Oct. 11) American National Stakes card and could leave with the most single-year purse earnings of any harness racing trainer in history.
Meadows Feature To Continual Velocity October 06, 2014 Continual Velocity fired through the Lightning Lane to capture her 11th victory this year in Monday’s $20,000 Filly & Mare Not Listed Preferred/Preferred Handicap Pace at The Meadows.
Burke Dispels Retirement Talk September 25, 2014 “Every time he gets beat, people are saying we should retire him. Then we should retire everybody he beats, too, and there would be about three horses a year left.”
Visible Gold One Of Six For Palone September 19, 2014 Visible Gold strolled through a leisurely front half on the lead, then blitzed the back half in :54.2 to capture Friday’s $18,000 Preferred Handicap Pace at The Meadows.
Limelight Beach Wins Jug September 18, 2014 Three-year-old pacing gelding Limelight Beach won the 2014 Little Brown Jug in straight heats at Ohio’s Delaware County Fair on Thursday, September 18, giving North America’s leading trainer, Ron Burk...
Classicality Upsets Again September 10, 2014 Trailing by six and a half lengths at the half, Classicality went widest in the stretch to pull off a 16-1 shocker in Wednesday’s $18,000 Preferred Handicap Trot at The Meadows. It was the second cons...
Burke's Filly On A Mission September 09, 2014 “She’s probably the most talented horse we’ve ever had.” In Ron Burke’s stable, a statement like that is not made lightly.
Pennsylvania Champions Crowned September 07, 2014 The best Pennsylvania-sired two-year-olds gathered at Mohegan Sun at Pocono Downs on Saturday night for their $1,240,000 Pennsylvania Sire Stakes Championships Night.
Cowgirl Hall Rolling; Palone Wins Seven September 04, 2014 Cowgirl Hall collected her fifth victory in the last eight starts when she shot the Lightning Lane to capture Thursday’s $18,000 Filly & Mare Preferred Handicap Trot at The Meadows.
Burke Loaded For Bear In ‘Derby’ August 29, 2014 Only once during his current 10-race win streak has Sweet Lou trailed other horses at the halfway point, but trainer Ron Burke wouldn’t mind seeing it happen again in Saturday’s $634,000 Canadian Paci...
'Sassa' Smashes Track Record August 27, 2014 There was a lot of action on Wednesday night (Aug. 27) at Batavia Downs and as the New York Sire Stakes headlined the racing -- both man and beast were in top form.
Burke Wary Of Streaking Foe August 06, 2014 “I think [Sweet] Lou is running into another horse that is racing as good as anyone in the country. I’m actually nervous. I think that horse is super sharp, career sharp, too."