Ten years ago this month, Western Silk provided Tom Hill with one heck of a 60th birthday present. It may have been a few days belated, but the filly's victory in the 2010 Jugette proved to be the icing on the proverbial cake. Now, with Hill's 70th birthday just days away and his Party Girl Hill looking like a world beater, the English Standardbred owner may soon be in for a serious case of deja vu....read on
Western Silk Tops Final Harrisburg Session
November 10, 2012:
The 2012 Standardbred Horse Sales Company Annual Sale wrapped up on Saturday with its second and final mixed sale session at the PA Farm Show Complex in Harrisburg....read on
Western Silk Preps For Masters Series
July 2, 2012:
Ontario Sires Stakes graduate Western Silk was firing on all cylinders during this morning’s qualifiers at Mohawk Racetrack, and trainer Casie Coleman is hoping for more of the same on Saturday night...read on
Pocket-Sitters Take Casual Breeze Trophies
June 1, 2012:
Three-year-old trotting fillies All Ready Hanover and Smarty Pants benefitted off a pair of pocket trips to win the Casual Breeze Stakes on Friday night at Mohawk Racetrack...read on
Fillies Set New Marks In SBOA Elims
May 18, 2012:
The SBOA Stakes eliminations for three-year-old filly trotters and pacers were featured on Mohawk Racetrack's Friday evening program...read on
'Peelers' Triples In Matchmaker Series
April 6, 2012:
It's like a theme show, with another Yonkers Raceway Ladies Night Friday in the third round of the Blue Chip Matchmaker for Open pacing mares...read on
'Peelers' Shares Win In Season's Debut
March 23, 2012:
She was both the star attraction and the biggest question entering Yonkers Raceway's Blue Chip Matchmaker for Open pacing mares...read on
Western Silk Wins Yonkers Mares Open
October 7, 2011:
Odds-on Western Silk (George Brennan) rallied from second-over Friday night, winning Yonkers Raceway's co-featured, $52,000 Filly and Mare Open Handicap Pace...read on
'Cookie' Stays Solid In Soggy NYSS Action
September 23, 2011:
New York Sire Stakes offered up its final downstate preliminary leg Friday night, with a damp Yonkers Raceway hosting the $250,011 Ardsley Pace for two-year-old fillies...read on
O’Brien Winners Clean Up At Mohawk
June 3, 2011:
Canada’s leading ladies of 2010 were out in full force Friday night at Mohawk Racetrack with O’Brien Award winners Crys Dream capturing her Casual Breeze Stakes division, Idyllic winning her season’s debut and Dreamfair Eternal edging out Western Silk in the Fillies & Mares Open Pace...read on
Coleman’s Camp Keeping Busy
March 31, 2011:
After celebrating a career year in 2010 with $6,655,493 in purse earnings, trainer Casie Coleman is hoping to succeed that goal in 2011...read on
Dreamfair Eternal Canada’s 2010 Horse Of The Year
January 29, 2011:
On Saturday, January 29, Standardbred Canada hosted the 2010 O’Brien Awards to honour and recognize the horses and people that have made the greatest contribution to Canadian harness racing...read on
2010 O’Brien Award Finalists Announced
December 21, 2010:
Standardbred Canada today announced the finalists for the 2010 O’Brien Awards, which honour Canada’s best in harness racing over the past season...read on
Hill: "The Jugette Cost Us The Breeders Crown"
December 5, 2010:
"The filly wasn't over the two heats, we didn't have a long enough spell in between to recover. In the final she was better than she was in the elimination...had she an extra month between races, I think she'd have won the Breeders Crown."...read on
Western Silk Triples In Gold Action
November 5, 2010:
Three-year-old pacing filly Western Silk rallied off second over cover to earn her third Ontario Sires Stakes Gold trophy of the season for driver Mark MacDonald and trainer Casie Coleman on Friday night at Woodbine Racetrack...read on
Ten years ago this month, Western Silk provided Tom Hill with one heck of a 60th birthday present. It may have been a few days belated, but the filly's victory in the 2010 Jugette proved to be the icing on the proverbial cake. Now, with Hill's 70th birthday just days away and his Party Girl Hill looking like a world beater, the English Standardbred owner may soon be in for a serious case of deja vu....
"The filly wasn't over the two heats, we didn't have a long enough spell in between to recover. In the final she was better than she was in the elimination...had she an extra month between races, I think she'd have won the Breeders Crown."...
