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Gregory wins qualie debut
April 15, 2005
Driver Jeff Gregory, out of action since breaking his hip in a race accident at Freehold Jan. 14, made a successful return to the sulky Friday morning. Behind Give Me Credit in the first qualifier at the Meadowlands, Gregory directed the 3-year-old gelded son of Credit Winner to a wire-to-wire 2:00
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Shu Hanover wins Series leg
April 15, 2005
Driver David Miller was able to shoot Shu Hanover up the pylons in deep stretch and cleared in time to post his third straight win in the $19,000 second leg of the Fox Sports Net Series Thursday night at the Meadowlands. Shu Hanover crossed the wire in 1:50.2, finishing a length in front of Whodu
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Stein in British Poker Open
April 15, 2005
Northfield Park-based trainer Craig Stein will be leaving for London, England April 26, where he will play poker against the world's best players in the inaugural British Poker Open. Stein, who has spent most of the past three weeks at home recovering from injuries suffered when he was kicked by a h
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Slots plan at Bangor
April 15, 2005
According to a story in the Portland Press Herald, Penn National Gaming, which operates Bangor Raceway, plans to renovate a well-known restaurant adjacent to the track and install 475 slot machines there. Penn National bought Miller's Restaurant for $3.8 million and plans to open the parlor in Novem
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Cash Hall wins 1:55.2 qua.
April 15, 2005
Cash Hall, who finished third in the 2004 Hambletonian to Windsong's Legacy, made his first start of the year Friday morning in a qualifier at Mohawk Racetrack, winning by more than 10 lengths in 1:55.2. Jack Moiseyev drove for trainer Bob McIntosh, who shares ownership in the 4-year-old son of Self
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Big M detention for Daley
April 15, 2005
The Meadowlands has issued a statement that they have informed trainer Noel Daley that all horses under his care must race out of a detention barn for 180 days beginning April 21. The date coincides with a suspension Daley has received for an elevated TCO2 test on the horse Night Mystery following a
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Direct Scooter dies
April 15, 2005
Top racehorse and stallion Direct Scooter has died at the age of 29 at Walnridge Farm in New Jersey. Over his two years of racing in 1979-80, Direct Scooter won 36 of 60 races, including a mark of 1:54, and earning $800,451. Direct Scooter, a son of Sampson Direct, went on to a stellar stallion c
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