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Racing & tennis mix
March 10, 2005
Reigning Wimbledon champ Maria Sharapova is being exposed to racing this week as she is just one of several tennis stars also staying at the Hyatt Grand Champions Resort and Spa in Indian Wells, Calif., the scene of the HTA/TRA annual meeting set to get underway Thursday morning. Sitting alongsid
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Wilma Hall wins final
March 10, 2005
Wilma Hall rallied from mid-pack and got up in the final strides to win the $60,000 Night Styles Series Final for pacing mares Wednesday night at the Meadowlands. Wilma Hall, a 4-year-old daughter of Blissfull Hall, paced the mile in 1:53.2, picking up her second win with four seconds and a third
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Clint Warrington Sr. passes
March 10, 2005
Longtime harness trainer and driver Clint Warrington Sr. passed away Monday, March 7, at his home in Allentown, N.J. He was 67. Born in Milton, Del., Warrington relocated to New Jersey in the late 1950s to drive horses at Freehold Raceway and other area racetracks. Warrington later went to work
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Pa. Court hears complaint
March 10, 2005
Opponents of Pennsylvania's gambling law that would allow 61,000 slot machines at seven racetracks in the state argued before the Pennsylvania Supreme Court Wednesday that the law is "constitutionally suspect." According to a story in the Philadelphia Inquirer, the lawyers for Pennsylvanians Agai
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Slots dead in Indiana
March 10, 2005
Any chance of a slots bill passing in Indiana has apparently died as a result of the revelation that an Indiana state senator has connections to Centaur, a part owner of Hoosier Park. The Indianapolis Star made the revelation in a story last week, reporting that Sen. Jeff Drozda, R-Westfield, was
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Integrity discussed again
March 10, 2005
The 2005 Harness Tracks of America/Thoroughbred Racing Associations joint annual meeting began Thursday morning in Indian Wells, Calif., and after welcoming remarks made by TRA president Joe Harper and HTA president Jeff Smith, four women with high-ranking positions in the racing industry told the g
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