Pictures from AMATEURS WORLD CUP 2008

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Friday, 5/16/08 - World Cup 2008 - Maywood-Park/CHICAGO

David Siegel, USA
of Palo Alto, California has put the United States in position to capture its first ever World Cup of Amateur Racing Championship when he brought home both winning horses in the first leg of the prestigious series hosted at Maywood Park.

Saturday, 5/17/08  World Cup 2008 Balmoral Racetrack

Bjorn Steinseth, Norway
emerged victorious with the Dee Cozzi conditioned Wake Up Mike in 1:54.1, prevailing by a neck over Germany’s Hans Jorgen Von Holdt.

In the second race,
New Zealand’s Gavin Cook
steered Western Jet to a 1:54.2 victory for trainer Kimberly Roth

Monday, May 19th  World Cup 2008  Monticello Racetrack

Tuesday, May 20th  World Cup 2008  Yonkers Racetrack

The German amateur
Hans Jürgen von Holdt won both divisions of Tuesday night's (May 20) World Cup of Amateur Racing event at Yonkers Raceway, with the trotters Colonial Mansion (2:02.2) and Paradise Quikie (2:03.3).

Wednesday, May 21st.  World Cup 2008   Freehold Racetrack

In the second World Cup race, Christian Mayr of Austria won with Mr Troy in 2:05. Loman was second with Van Joe

Wednesday, May 21st.  World Cup 2008  Meadowlands

Gavin Cook of New Zealand
is the winner of the 2008 World Cup of Amateur Racing after capturing the final $25,000 trotting (it was the grand finale of a six-day, six-track competition that brought together the top amateur drivers from 12 countries.) event of the competition on Wednesday night at the Meadowlands.