BRINGING BACK OUR BONNIE ON WEDNESDAY I believe it was Hall of Fame trainer Woody Stephens who said, “Keep yourself in the best of company, and your horse in the worst.” That scenario will play itself out in the fourth race on Wednesday at Mahoning Valley as HMDC and Taste of Victory’s FortheloveofBonnie makes her first foray into the claiming ranks. Now a 4-year-old, the Mapleton-bred hasn’t seen the winner’s circle since her debut. Throughout her career she has faced stakes

Two of our young athletes will swing for the fences on Wednesday. It’s that time of the year when the babies get to stretch their legs and we have two of them going to post on Wednesday at Thistledown. Carrying the banner of HMDC, Taste of Victory and TBC Racing will be 2-year-old gelded sons of the late state champion sire Dominus. With 2-year-olds now ready to run the races were overfilled and they will run in separate races for the boys – both maiden races at 6 furlongs fo

Top rider Gerardo Corrales (on rail) aboard a stakes winner for Mike Rone.He makes a return to Thistledown and will ride Fortheloveofbonnie. As the creation of the HMDC partnerships continue to grow – so does the action. We have two starters in the week ahead and both have legitimate claims to add to our growing bankroll. First up is Fortheloveofbonnie who has two very positive things going for her in the second race on Tuesday. In search of her second win, the HMDC and Taste

A new generation of HMDC and partners runners have been readied steadily for their career debuts and a gelding named Slingshot will be the first to break from the gate. He’ll face a bulky field of ten 2-year-olds in the first race (12:50 pm), a 5 1⁄2 furlong dash for Accredited-breds that carries a purse of $33,900. Trainer Justin Radosevich has been bringing him along steadily and Victor Fernandez has been assigned the ride. Slingshot is the first of a extended partnership w