When trainer Isidro Tamayo dropped a claim slip for Growth Engine earlier this month at the Sonoma County Fair meet in Santa Rosa, it was with one race in mind the $20,000 C.J. Hindley-Humboldt County Fair Marathon. And new owner Leon Scott will have a good chance to receive quick dividends on that claim […]
Hugo Herrera and Francisco Monroy have turned the battle for the belt buckle, symbolic of earning the Humboldt County Fair jockey title, into a match race heading into the second and final week of the 127th horse race meet. Six-time champion Herrera holds the lead midway on the backstretch of the meet on the basis […]
A 52-year-old training career sprinkled with many standout thoroughbreds and quarter horses, numerous training titles in Oregon and Washington, and a scrapbook full of memories have made Bill Hof one of the most respected horsemen in the Northwest. And Hof will celebrate his 80th birthday Sunday doing what he “loves” to do saddling and […]
Oregon imports Xtrafine Xtina and Bethel Ridge renew their racetrack brawl, joined by another Oregon hotshot, True Friend, in what promises to be a memorable $15,000 Dave Mogni Special on Saturday afternoon at the Humboldt County Fair. Named in honor of one of Ferndale High School and Humboldt County’s greatest prep athletes, who later served […]