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The storied career of one of harness racing’s ultimate warriors has come to an end with the recent announcement that Wiggle It Jiggleit has hung up his horseshoes. The charismatic campaigner, who was more than worthy of having his picture plastered on a box of Wheaties, manufactured a 39-12-6 record from 66 starts while banking just shy of $4.1 million for George Teague Jr Inc and Teague Racing Partnership. Wiggle It Jiggleit, a nine-year-old son of Mr Wiggles-Mozzi Hanover, kicked off his ca...

The fair's food parades last year have inspired a new way to start summer in Minnesota.

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Minnesota State Fair kicking off summer with Memorial Day weekend mini fair Announcement comes days after Gov. Tim Walz says normal Fair is possible in August.  May 4, 2021 — 11:40am Text size Copy shortlink: The Minnesota State Fair on Tuesday unveiled a Memorial Day weekend event that previews a possible return to normal at the fairgrounds later this summer. The Fair was canceled last year because of the c...

How You Can Register This event looks amazing with five days full of food, brews, live music, shopping, and of course a ton of family fun at the Minnesota State Fairgrounds. Now, if you want to get into the "Kickoff to Summer" event, you need to enter into a lottery system, that will randomly select people for an opportunity to purchase tickets. According to a press release from the Minnesota State Fair, the lottery registration is open now through 11:59 p.m. on Thursday, May 6th. So if you wan...

The 2021 stakes season at The Meadows kicks off with a bang Saturday (May 1), when the track hosts a $153,856 Pennsylvania Sire Stakes for sophomore pacing colts and geldings — featuring Southwind Gendry and Summa Cum Laude, a pair of the glamour division’s prospective superstars — as well as day-long activities to help fans celebrate the simulcast of the Kentucky Derby following the live card. In addition to the sire stakes, the card offers a $100,000 Pennsylvania Stallion Series event f...

The 2020 OBrien Award winner as Canadas Somebeachsomewhere Horse of the Year, Century Farroh made his much-anticipated return to the racetrack on Friday (April 16) against a familiar face but an unfamiliar foe. Qualifying for trainer Dr. Ian Moore at Southern Oaks Training Center, Century Farroh made his five-year-old debut in a virtual match race against OBrien Award winning stablemate Tattoo Artist -- already a 1:52.2 winner this year. Dale Spence picked up the driving assignment behind Centu...

The Hambletonian Society has issued a reminder for all those making stakes payments to the 2021 events as the April deadline approaches. Enclosed are links to payment forms and information for the 147 races administered by The Hambletonian Society. Payments for these races are due on April 15, and must be postmarked by midnight of Friday, April 16. The forms are always available on the Hambletonian Society website and by email or fax per request to the office. All the forms on the website are P...

The Minneapolis, Northfield and Southern Railway (MN&S) was a Minnesota short-line railroad that operated between the cities of Crystal and Northfield from 1918 until 1982. It was a profitable bridge line, routing traffic past the crowded freight yards of the Twin Cities onto connecting railroads at Northfield. The main route of the MN&S ran through the western and southern suburbs of Minneapolis. The southern terminus was at Northfield, with important connections leading from there to the Rock...

Change is the constant as Minnesotans found new pathways to deal with pandemic pressures.  March 7, 2021 — 6:42am Laura Triplett was exhausted. After a trying year of treating hospitalized COVID-19 patients, the toll of the losses — including five people who died in two days — was becoming too much. She cut back on the after-work wine, took up yoga, got the COVID-19 vaccine, and happily transferred back to cardiac care in search of a normalcy that all Minnesotans are craving afte...