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| Date | Race | Purse | Age/Sex | Dist | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2024 | |||||
| Elite Sprint Cup S. | $31,000a | 3&up | 6.5f | Details | |
| Bosselman Pump and Pantry/Gus Fonner S. (BT) | $81,000a | 3&up | 8.5f | Details | |
Nebraska Aiming for Expanded Racing, Breeding Programs
Dollars & Sense with Frank Angst
- By Frank Angst
- June 25, 2024
Accident Takes Three Horses' Lives at Fonner Park
An accident during the final race March 3 at Fonner Park took the lives of two racehorses and an outrider's pony. Three jockeys and the outrider were hospitalized. One rider broke an arm, another fractured a finger, a third was treated and released.
- By Eric Mitchell
- March 4, 2024
Former Trainer Scherer Shot to Death at Fonner Park
Former trainer Todd Scherer was shot in a tack room at one of the barns at Fonner Park the morning of March 10, according to KLIN News. Scherer, 62, was found dead from gunshot wounds.
- By Molly Rollins
- March 11, 2023
Opposing HISA, Fonner Park Cancels Interstate Wagering
Citing complications and uncertainties with oversight under the HISA, Fonner Park announced Feb. 10 it would cancel offering its simulcast signal and wagering to other states. Fonner Park's meet began Friday and continues through May 6.
- By Byron King
- February 10, 2023
Longtime Fonner Park Announcer Anderson Dies at 69
Veteran Fonner Park track announcer Steve Anderson died Monday, May 16 at the age of 69.
- By BloodHorse Staff
- May 18, 2022
Prairie Meadows Exercises Caution with Fonner Ship-Ins
With the barn area opening April 15 for race horses and out of an abundance of caution certain health requirements for all horses shipping from Fonner Park to Prairie Meadows must be met starting April 15 and continuing until May 2.
- By BloodHorse Staff
- April 11, 2022
NHBPA Assists Nebraska Horsem*n Impacted by EHV-1
The National HBPA Foundation is coming to the assistance of Nebraska horsem*n whose horses have been quarantined since March 10 following an outbreak of Equine Herpesvirus-1.
- March 31, 2022
Fonner Park Barn Under EHV-1 Quarantine
Equine herpesvirus has been confirmed at Fonner Park, where a barn was placed under a precautionary quarantine March 9.
- By Byron King
- March 11, 2022
Conquest Big E Retired to Remember Me Rescue
Grade 2 winner Conquest Big E has found a soft landing with Remember Me Rescue in Burleson, Texas, and has been retired from racing.
- By Claire Crosby
- April 23, 2021
Jockey Martinez Scores 2,000th Winning Ride
Jockey Armando Martinez accomplished his 2,000th Thoroughbred win April 3 as he piloted trainer/ownerMark Hibdon's Upperclassman to victory in the fifth race at Fonner Park.
- By BloodHorse Staff
- April 4, 2021
Midwest/Canada Regional: Building on Momentum
Fonner Park CEO Chris Kotulak spent the days leading up to the meet that began Feb. 19 spraying yellow paint on the snow covering the track's parking lot in an effort to create some semblance of organization to guide returning fans.
- By Amanda Duckworth
- March 8, 2021
Fonner Park Back to Reality After Cinderella Season
Racing commentary from Jay Hovdey
- By Jay Hovdey
- February 12, 2021
Nebraska Owner-Breeder Baxter Dies at 82
Nebraska-based owner-breeder Tom Baxter, who campaigned homebred grade 1 winners Cindy's Hero and Fourty Niners Son, died Jan. 12 in Grand Island. He was 82.
- By Frank Angst
- January 19, 2021
Thoroughbred Racing Adjusted to COVID-19 Challenges
News Story of the Year: COVID-19 Challenges for Industry
- By Frank Angst
- December 27, 2020
Nebraska Voters Approve Casinos at Racetracks
Nebraska voters on Nov. 4 passed by nearly a 2-to-1 margin a series of constitutional amendmentsthat will allow casino gambling at horse racing tracks in the state. The move is expected to provide an economic boon to the state's racing industry.
- By BloodHorse Staff
- November 4, 2020
Mountaineer Jockey Serrano Suspended After Drug Test
Jockey Keivan Serrano, summarily suspended by Mountaineer Park stewards pending a hearing Aug. 5 regarding a drug violation, posted on Facebook July 28 he plans to "walk away" from his riding career.
- By Byron King
- July 28, 2020
Fonner Park Concludes Extended 2020 Thoroughbred Meet
Fonner Park in Grand Island, Neb., has concluded an extended and unprecedented season of racing after adapting a standard 11-week racing season into a 15-week season that totaled 40 days of racing with total pari-mutuel handle of $107,189,273.
- By BloodHorse Staff
- May 28, 2020
Fonner Park Cuts One Day From Race Meet
Fonner Park, the small track in Grand Isle, Neb., that has seen unprecedented mutuel handle as a result of racing a Monday through Wednesday schedule during the COVID-19 pandemic, has cut one day from its remaining schedule.
- By Ron Mitchell
- May 13, 2020
Does the ADW Business Model Need a Rehaul?
As advance-deposit wagering gains traction—perhaps the beginning or acceleration of a long-term change—some tracks and horsem*n question a business model that provides great reward to what amounts to a distributor.
- By Frank Angst
- May 9, 2020
Sleepy Eyes Todd Draws Away to Win Gus Fonner Stakes
Thumbs Up Racing's Sleepy Eyes Todd burst from the starting gate in the $54,500 Bosselman Pump and Pantry/Gus Fonner Stakes April 29 and was never threatened by his eight rivals at Fonner Park.
- By Christine Oser
- April 29, 2020
O'Neill's Fight On to Take On Nine in Fonner Stakes
With the future of racing still in limbo at many tracks across the continental United States, business at Nebraska's Fonner Park continues to boom.
- By Meredith Daugherty
- April 26, 2020
Fonner Park to Continue Racing Through May
Fonner Park and the Hall County Livestock Improvement Association announcedthe Nebraska State Racing Commission approved an additional 12 days of racing in May at Fonner Park.
- By BloodHorse Staff
- April 22, 2020
Second Season of Racing a Possibility for Fonner Park
Fonner Park and the Hall County Livestock Improvement Association are seekingto conduct a second season of racing that would commence May 4 and extend until May 31.
- By BloodHorse Staff
- April 19, 2020
What's Going On Here: Big Show
TVG network powers on amid COVID-19 crisis.
- By Evan Hammonds
- April 8, 2020
On Racing: Fonner Park Soldiers On
Racing Commentary by Jay Hovdey
- By Jay Hovdey
- April 4, 2020
