Prairie Meadows Racetrack News

New Meadowlands: Higher And Higher is peaking
It may be early in the 2012 season but Higher And Higher, the likely favorite in Friday\'s $63,750 Cape & Cutter final (race 4), is already at the top of her game. Undefeated on the season she seeks a sweep as the New Meadowlands offers two consecutive nights of stakes finals this weekend.

Horse Racing: Video game gets a trial in Omaha
Fans at Horsemen's Park might have noticed a new addition to the simulcast facility — the installation of 32 Bank Shot machines. Bank Shot, a video jackpot game that is located primarily in bars across the state, was ruled...

Tapizar goes into Strub a heavy favorite
Game On Dude was less than sixteenth of a mile from winning the Breeders' Cup Classic at Churchill Downs last November when jockey Chantal Sutherland sensed victory.

Fair Grounds: Avie’s Sense hoping for a washout
Without cooperation from Mother Nature – and she does not appear to be feeling helpful this weekend – the most exciting horse entered on an appealing Sunday racing program at Fair Grounds will stay in the barn.

Giro di Burnaby to return to Heights
Wide open: Burnaby Barracuda water polo teams won four of five age group titles at the B.C. summer swimming aquatic championships in 2010.

Santa Anita: Tapizar tough to catch in Strub Stakes
ARCADIA, Calif. – January has been Tapizar’s month at Santa Anita the last two years, with eye-catching wins in the Grade 3 Sham Stakes in 2011 and the Grade 2 San Fernando Stakes last month.

Oaklawn: Howard not eager to jump back in ring
Count trainer Tom Howard among those not eager to jump back into the ring with the leading fillies at Oaklawn this winter with Frank Fletcher's Rocket Twentyone unless the playing field changes ahead of the Feb. 11 Martha Washington.

Entertainment events in St. Charles County
COMEDY NIGHT will take place Feb. 8 at Baha Rock Club, 305 N. Main St., St. Charles. For more information, call 636-949-0466.