Meza-Clay faces Aiken on ESPN2 tomorrow Jan 31, 2008
" Of course, that means Meza-Clay must extend his winning streak while taking large strides upward in ring class. Meza-Clay spent significant chunks of his teenage and early adult years as a decorated amateur and a Mountaineer Race Track & Gaming Resort undercard feature for Aliquippa's Verquan Kimbrough. Breaking away on his own, Meza-Clay reached a point where, as Yankello said, "Now the nation can see him. Monty has the makings of a star, he really does. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA -- Sports)
Dale Baird, 72, top trainer of thoroughbred horses Dec 26, 2007
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Bill Hartack Dies At 74 Dec 15, 2007
Hartack began his career at age 19 at Waterford Park, West Virginia, now Mountaineer Race Track. more in suite. (Suite101.com)
Names in the games Nov 28, 2007
Hartack started his career at age 17 at Charles Town Races in the Eastern Panhandle and also competed at Waterford Park, which became Mountaineer Race Track in Chester. Hartack and Eddie Arcaro are the only two jockeys to win the Derby five times. (Charleston Gazette, WV -- Sports)
Let the games begin Oct 20, 2007
Mountaineer Race Track g Resort followed Wheelings lead Friday afternoon. The other Northern Panhandle track, owned by MTR Gaming Group and located in Chester, offers 37 tables and a high-stakes section in its River Poker Room. (Charleston Gazette, WV -- News)
Lighting up the hot spots Oct 7, 2007
And some of the tracks ads couldnt be described as restrained, he says, citing the well-known slogan, featured in broadcast ads and billboards, of Newells Mountaineer Race Track and Gaming Resort. Why should kids come home from school and listen to [Mountaineer President] Ted Arneault say, Well leave the slots on for you. (Charleston Gazette, WV -- Business)
Let’s not ante up for gaming war Sep 21, 2007
Both are close to the western Pennsylvania border Wheeling Island Racetrack and Mountaineer Race Track g Resort. Both of these destinations offer amenities far beyond slots and racing. (Carlisle Sentinel, PA)
Pa. slots drawing revenue from W.Va. tracks Sep 21, 2007
The losses at Wheeling Island Racetrack and Gaming Center and Mountaineer Race Track g Resort between June 17 and Sept. 9 also cost the state about $9. 6 million in lost tax revenue while local and county governments in Hancock and Ohio counties lost about $438,000. (Charleston Gazette, WV -- Business)
Patrick embrace of casinos creates a storm of lobbying Sep 21, 2007
Among those who were sent letters were John Stefanini, a lawyer working with Suffolk Downs; Edward Saunders, executive director of the Massachusetts Catholic Conference; Roberta Hurtig of the Samaritans of Greater Boston; Thomas Butters, a lawyer who represents a company looking to open a gambling ship; Edson Arneault of the Mountaineer Race Track and Gaming Resort in West Virginia; Barry Sternlicht, founder of the Starwood Capital Group; and Len Wolman, a developer who has teamed up with the... (Boston Globe -- Local)
Belmont winner Rags to Riches out of Distaff Sep 17, 2007
20 at Mountaineer Race Track and Gaming Resort on Saturday in preparation for his next start, the Jockey Club Gold Cup at Belmont on Sept. 30. ALSO ON THIS STORY. (MSNBC -- Sports)
Video lottery revenue slides as Pa. slots draw customers Aug 29, 2007
But Musgrave said he believes gamblers will return when Mountaineer Race Track & Gaming Resort in Chester and Wheeling Island Racetrack and Gaming Center begin offering table games. June's overall Lottery revenue fell by about $5. (NEPA News, PA)
MTR Gaming reports 2Q loss of $502,000 Aug 12, 2007
But the company's flagship property, Mountaineer Race Track & Gaming Resort, struggled in the second quarter. Revenues fell from $74 million in the second quarter of 2006 to $68 million in the same period this year. (San Diego Union-Tribune -- Business)
Weekend Hotlist Aug 9, 2007
Howie Mandel, the host of "Deal or No Deal," will perform a stand-up comedy routine tonight at 7:30 at the Mountaineer Race Track and Gaming Resort. Though he is now associated with the game show, he was the voice of Gizmo in "Gremlins," and Bobby in "Bobby's World," a cartoon show that ran for eight seasons on Fox. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
Bwana Bull just short in Grade 3 run Aug 5, 2007
Northern California's Bwana Bull ran a winning race in the Grade 3, $750,000 West Virginia Derby on Saturday at Mountaineer Race Track, but his final surge to the wire fell a nose short of victorious Zanjero. The two horses raced together for the entire 11/8 miles with Zanjero just inside, meaning that Bwana Bull had to run slightly farther while carrying 6 pounds more. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Sports)
West Virginia: Zanjero finally wins a big one Aug 5, 2007
Mountaineer Race Track & Gaming Resort, 8th Race - August 4, 2007. $750,000 West Virginia Derby (G3). (ESPN -- Horse Racing)
West Virginia Derby: Zanjero wins by nose Aug 5, 2007
Mountaineer Race TrackZanjero, rear, ridden by Shaun Bridgmohan, edges Bwana Bull to win the West Virginia Derby yesterday at Mountaineer Race Track in Chester, W.Va ... That wasn't the case yesterday as he held off a late, determined lunge by Bwana Bull to win by a nose in the Grade 3, $750,000 West Virginia Derby at Mountaineer Race Track. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA -- Sports)
Zanjero wins W.Va. Derby Aug 5, 2007
The two horses charged to a photo finish over the 11/8-mile dirt track at Mountaineer Race track and Gaming Resort. Zanjero, with third-place finishes this year in the Blue Grass Stakes, Louisiana Derby and Risen Star Stakes, was the morning-line favorite at 3-1. (Charleston Gazette, WV -- Sports)
Darley Test no sweat for Dream Rush at Saratoga Aug 5, 2007
Ridden by Shaun Bridgmohan, Zanjero covered the 1 1/8-mile course at Mountaineer Race track and Gaming Resort in 1:53. 04. (Boston Globe -- Sports)
Bwana Bull back on track Aug 4, 2007
Today at Mountaineer Race Track in Chester, W.Va. Bwana Bull makes his first start since the May 5 Run for the Roses when he goes in the Grade 3, $750,000 West Virginia Derby. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Sports)
Operation blossoms Aug 4, 2007
-- Ted Arneault, president and CEO of Mountaineer Race Track g Resort, is on a roll. This Saturday his track here in the northern panhandle of West Virginia will host the state's richest race, the $750,000 Grade 3 West Virginia Derby. (ESPN -- Horse Racing)
Lincoln: West Va. Derby draws high-caliber field Aug 3, 2007
-- A field of 10 is set for this Saturday's 38th running of the $750,000 West Virginia Derby at Mountaineer Race Track g Resort, including four graded stakes winners and four more placed 3-year-olds. The Grade 3 contest run at 1 1/8 miles will be televised live on ESPN at 5 p.m. ET.. (ESPN -- Horse Racing)
Ermine needs some time off Aug 2, 2007
Matz had been pointing Chelokee, a son of Cherokee Run, to Saturday's Grade 3 West Virginia Derby at Mountaineer Race Track. "I've worked him twice since his last start and just wasn't happy with the way he was going," Matz said Tuesday. (ESPN -- Horse Racing)
West Virginia Derby: Zanjero 3-1 pick to win Saturday Aug 2, 2007
That might change Saturday in the Grade 3, $750,000 West Virginia Derby at Mountaineer Race Track. Zanjero, the 3-1 morning-line favorite in the 10-horse field, will break from the No. 9 post position under jockey Shaun Bridgmohan. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA -- Sports)
Dealers must be trained, certified Jul 30, 2007
For Mountaineer Race Track g Resort in Chester, dealers will be trained at West Virginia Community College in Weirton. Skidmore said people taking the classes to become dealers at Mountaineer will pay between $350 and $600 tuition per course. (Charleston Gazette, WV -- News)
Is a new deal in their cards? Jul 13, 2007
The community college partnered with Wheeling Island Racetrack & Gaming Center to begin offering classes for dealers two weeks ago, and new courses will begin next week at Mountaineer Race Track & Gaming Resort for students closer to that facility, 40 miles north of Wheeling along the Ohio River in Chester. Mountaineer held a career fair in its hotel ballroom earlier this week to solicit hundreds of registrants, hoping to fill its future needs. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
Hancock approves table games Jul 1, 2007
CHESTER Voters approved a referendum allowing poker, blackjack and other table games at Mountaineer Race Track and Gaming Resort on Saturday. With all 28 precincts reporting, the measure passed 59 percent to 41 percent, according to Hancock County election officials. (Charleston Gazette, WV -- News)
Aristides: Fabulous Strike ready for prime time Jun 2, 2007
All three races came at Mountaineer Race Track, where horses typically earn considerably smaller Beyers. Nonetheless, Andrew Beyer himself said the figures for Fabulous Strike are "rock solid.". (ESPN -- Horse Racing)
Gaming donations up in legislative races, group says May 27, 2007
Mountaineer Race Track g Resort in Chester, owned by MTR Gaming Group Inc.; Wheeling Island Gaming, owned by Delaware North Cos. and Charles Town Races , owned by Penn National Gaming of Wyomissing, Pa. (Charleston Gazette, WV -- News)
We've got an identity crisis May 20, 2007
As noted last week, the tracks currently promote escapist themes ranging from Mardi Gras at Tri-State Racetrack in Nitro to a gangster theme at Mountaineer Race Track at Chester. Just what theme or themes the tracks would use to market the state remains to be seen. (Charleston Gazette, WV -- Business)
Delay or start over? May 17, 2007
Owners of the Mountaineer Race Track g Resort in Hancock County asked county officials to move the gaming referendum in Hancock County to June 30. Owners of Tri-State Racetrack g Center in Nitro want to have their election on the same day, but Carper said the election would have to be later than that if county officials decide they have to start over from scratch. (Charleston Gazette, WV -- News)
Table games challenged May 5, 2007
Tamara Cronin, a spokeswoman for Mountaineer Race Track and Gaming Resort in Hancock County, said she couldnt comment until she saw the lawsuit. Calls to the other tracks were not immediately returned Friday. (Charleston Gazette, WV -- News)
Erie slots parlor sprints out of the gate Mar 1, 2007
Many of the players were veterans of the Erie racetrack/casino's two closest competitors, the Seneca Allegany tribal casino in Salamanca, N.Y., and Mountaineer Race Track & Gaming Resort in Chester, W.Va. The new slots parlor, just off Interstate 90 south of Erie, lacks either the table games of the Seneca facility or the hotel and resort activities of Mountaineer, but still expects to gross more than $150 million annually from 2,000 machines. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
MTR Gaming Group to Open Presque Isle Downs & Casino Tomorrow, February 28th Feb 28, 2007
Additionally, MTR will be cross-marketing the facility with its Mountaineer Race Track & Gaming Resort in Chester, WV, which is approximately 150 miles from Presque Isle Downs ... MTR Gaming Group, Inc., through subsidiaries, owns and operates the Mountaineer Race Track & Gaming Resort in Chester, WV; Presque Isle Downs & Casino in Erie, PA; Scioto Downs in Columbus, OH; the Ramada Inn and Speedway Casino in North Las Vegas, NV; and Binion's Gambling Hall & Hotel in Las Vegas, NV. The Company... (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
Horse racing industry winning at the slots Feb 25, 2007
Ray and Elayne Vasvari never saw a single horse during their six hours at Mountaineer Race Track & Gaming Resort on Thursday, one of the three days a week the thoroughbreds don't even run in Chester, W.Va. Greg Wohlford, Erie Times-News Patrons wait for the doors to open on the first of two test dates at Presque Isle Downs o, yesterday, in Erie, Pa. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
Chuck Finder: Sideshow? Nope, it's just boxing Feb 25, 2007
So when the West Virginia Boxing Commission graciously permitted the chance to fight at Mountaineer Race Track & Gaming Resort to a Tommy Morrison, who tested positive for HIV in 1996, and a Joe Mesi, who had bleeding on the brain in 2004, there was no reason for hyenas to howl about Almost Heaven better resembling the Land of the Living Dead. Boxing historically has been all about ring returns. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA -- Sports)
Mesi wants to fight in Buffalo Feb 24, 2007
The once-prominent heavyweight from the Town of Tonawanda clearly was emboldened by Thursday night's first-round knockout of journeyman George Linberger at the Mountaineer Race Track & Gaming Resort. Mesi defiantly stated the next step in reconstructing his career would be to fight again in the Buffalo area. (Buffalo News -- Sports)
Boxing: Knockouts help start comebacks Feb 23, 2007
A couple of old-pro pugs on a long, dank trail they hope will take them back to heavyweight contention made pit stops last night at Mountaineer Race Track & Gaming Casino, and Tommy Morrison, 38, and Joe Mesi, 33, each required mere seconds to win. Morrison, the former World Boxing Organization and International Boxing Council heavyweight champion ("my career before") who last fought Nov. 3, 1996, as a result of testing positive for HIV, knocked out rent-a-body foe John Castle, 35, late in the... (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA -- Sports)
Mesi flattens Linberger Feb 23, 2007
The West Virginia State Athletic Commission could exhale because both heavyweights who created the controversy won their fights handily Thursday night at the Mountaineer Race Track g Resort in this hamlet along the Ohio River. Joe Mesi took another step in his search for lost glory. (Buffalo News -- Sports)
Boxing: W.Va. commission takes on big risks Feb 22, 2007
"All the power to Tommy. The important thing is, he's healthy and I'm healthy," said Joe Mesi, who joins Morrison on the card tonight at The Harv at Mountaineer Race Track & Gaming Resort. Mesi will be making his third American match since he spent years fighting -- outside a ring -- to stay in a sport that suspended him after a brain injury in a 2004 bout. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA -- Sports)
Mesi takes step up tonight Feb 22, 2007
It's a foregone conclusion Mesi will win again tonight, and he might maintain his round-by-round dominance against journeyman George Linberger in a bout scheduled for 10 rounds at the Mountaineer Race Track & Gaming Resort in Chester, W.Va. The difference this time is that Mesi's opponent isn't a flabby novice, and a thunderous performance on the 9 p.m. Versus telecast might actually reveal if the former No. 1 contender from the Town of Tonawanda has anything left. (Buffalo News -- Sports)
Morrison cleared to fight Feb 21, 2007
Tommy Morrison's last fight was in 1996 and he is scheduled to fight John Castle at Mountaineer Race Track on Thursday. BOXING UPDATE. (AZCentral -- Sports)
Former boxing champ Morrison to fight at Mountaineer Feb 21, 2007
Former heavyweight champion and "Rocky V" co-star Tommy Morrison, 38, has been approved to return to the ring Thursday in a televised card at Mountaineer Race Track g Resort, after being bounced out of boxing more than 10 years ago after testing positive for HIV.. Morrison believes it was a false positive and that he never really had the virus. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA -- Sports)
Morrison returns to boxing tomorrow Feb 21, 2007
Bill Wade, Post-Gazette photosTommy Morrison, left, with public relations agent Lisa Woodard, will fight tomorrow against John Castle (4-2) at Mountaineer Race Track g Resort ... -- Tommy Morrison has been in the grandest rings (two heavyweight championship belts), in prison ("14 months, eight days, six hours and 46 minutes" on drug and weapons charges), in the movies ("Rocky V") and in the clustered community of people living with HIV. Yesterday, he surfaced in West Virginia's northern... (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA -- Sports)
Sport briefs Feb 6, 2007
Mountaineer Race Track in Chester, W.Va. cancelled racing last night and tonight because of the weather. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA -- Sports)
Rahman in talks to fight Sam Jan 27, 2007
Citing undisclosed problems, Nelson also said Rahman is pulling out of a scheduled fight against Ray Mercer, which was to take place at the Mountaineer Race Track in Chester, W.V., on Feb. 22, and broadcast on cable network Versus. "It had nothing to do with money. It had to do with the fact that (Rahman) had some problems and we're not going to take the fight unless he's 100 percent," Nelson said. (Sunspot.net -- Sports)
Arneault's ex-wife sells MTR shares Jan 18, 2007
MTR, which owns Mountaineer Race Track & Gaming Resort in Chester, has led the push for table game legislation in West Virginia and has lobbied for slot-machine legislation in Ohio, so far without success on either front. The company's holdings include Binion's Gambling Hall & Hotel in Las Vegas, Speedway Casino in North Las Vegas, Nev. (NEPA News, PA)
