CHAMPIONS CROWNED ON FESTIVAL DAY
Fireman Oscar BY JIM WELLS Sunny skies, cool breezes and a surprise or two provided the perfect conditions for the annual Minnesota Festival of Champions, a card designed exclusively for Minnesota-bred horses Sunday. The card included a bit of everything, including what might not have been a race for the ages, but […]
STARS SHINE UNDER SATURDAY NIGHT LIGHTS
BY JIM WELLS They might start referring to this August experiment as Saturday Night Lights, and thereby turn it into something permanent for future meets. Then again, the jury is still out with most of the month still ahead. Nonetheless, Saturday night’s mix of stake races and enticing repasts from a variety of concessionaires who […]
