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Post by the believer on Nov 15, 2006 22:25:06 GMT -5
Paper Branch Tops In North America By Wins
November 15, 2006
With just a month and a half to go in the 2006 season, veteran Paper Branch remains as the winningest standardbred in North America this season with 20 trips to the winner's circle from 31 trips postward.
The 10-year-old Armbro Cadet gelding is currently racing under the care of Anthony Peregrin and has been hovering between the $3,000 and $5,000 claiming level at Northfield Park in Ohio. The iron horse is a 73-time career winner with more than $280,000 banked.
Canadian-based Missys Fame is tied for second with 19 wins this year in 36 starts. The six-year-old Apaches Fame mare races from the Mark Winacott stable and has been mixing it up between Georgian Downs, Kawartha Downs and Rideau Carleton Raceway.
Also with 19 appearances in the charmed circle this season is the 14-year-old Air Albert. The Mark Mayes trainee, who races primarily at Raceway Park in Ohio, is making the most of his final season at the races and now sits with an amazing 88 wins lifetime.
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