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Whotookwhat wins big
May 30, 2005
Whotookwhat, a 3-year-old trotting filly by Inquirer who won the Ohio Sire Stakes championship last year, captured an OSS division by an 11 3/4 length margin in 1:57.4 on Memorial Day at Scioto Downs. Ohio Sire Stakes were featured on the Memorial Day card at Scioto. The other winners of the 3
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Red Bow Tie dies
May 30, 2005
Red Bow Tie, a Florida-sired gelding who became one of the sport's top pacers, was humanely deestroyed at the Ontario farm of top driver Luc Ouellette. The magnificent dark bay gelding had been diagnosed with the debilitating disease EPM, and despite all efforts to save the horse, his condition
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Art Attack euthanized
May 30, 2005
Art Attack p,7, 1:50.1 ($656,735), a royally-bred son of Artsplace-Seven O'Clock who turned in his best efforts as an older horse, was euthanized Saturday afternoon at Freehold Raceway after taking a bad step and shattering a bone just after the start. He was 11 years old. Art Attack raced with
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Steinlager takes Elitlopp
May 29, 2005
The Norwegian representative Steinlager, a 7-year-old stallion by Keystone Jazzy out of the Mac Breton-sired mare Good As Gold, won the Elitlopp final in 1:52.3, equaling the race record. The winner is owned, trained and driven by Norwegians, and it was the first time in more than 19 years that a No
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Up Front Jerry wins Hempt
May 29, 2005
Up Front Jerry took the lead from post one and was never headed in capturing the $169,940 Max C. Hempt Memorial in 1:53.1 over a sloppy track at Pocono Downs Saturday night. George Napolitano Jr. was in the bike as the 3-year-old Western Hanover gelding set fractions of :27.4, :55.4 and 1:23.3 in
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Vivid Photo in 1:56.4 PASS
May 29, 2005
Vivid Photo grabbed the lead from the start and gradually extended his margin over the field and captured the fastest division of the Pennsylvania Sire Stakes for 3-year-old colt trotters at The Meadows Saturday night by 4 1/2 lengths in 1:56.4. Race favorite Lindy Five Hundred, the Dexter Cup winne
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Armbro Animate upsets
May 28, 2005
Armbro Animate, going off at odds of 37-1 with George Brennan in the bike, split horses in deep stretch and captured the $42,500 Open Pace at the Meadowlands Saturday night in 1:51.3 over a sloppy track. The 5-year-old Artsplace gelding paid $77.40 in winning his third race of the year in 11 starts.
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Ideal News rebounds
May 28, 2005
Ideal News tipped off her cover at the head of the stretch, overtook the leading Freezer Cash and held on for a 1:53.3 victory in the $200,000 SBOA Miss New Jersey at the Meadowlands Saturday night. Freezer Cash and Cat Manzi stayed game to wire, finishing a neck back in second while Savannah Sky an
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Rocknroll Hanover in 1:51
May 28, 2005
Rocknroll Hanover left no doubt who is at the top of the sophomore colt pacing class right now as the son of Western Ideal rocked out from his second-over position at the top of the stretch and rolled to a 1:51 victory in the $500,000 SBOA New Jersey Classic at the Meadowlands Saturday night. He was
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Cardinal to Team Hutch
May 28, 2005
Team Hutch won a three-horse photo finish and captured the $63,000 Cardinal Stakes for 3-year old ICF colt and gelding pacers in 1:52.4 at Balmoral Park Saturday night. Chevie Cash, who finished second in the mile, was placed fourth for racing inside a pylon in the first turn, moving Perdition up to
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Marnie Hall in 1:51.4
May 27, 2005
Marnie Hall, one of 43 fillies still eligible to the Mistletoe Shalee, started from post nine and rallied from the back of the field to win a $15,000 condition pace in 1:51.4 Thursday night at the Meadowlands. Marnie Hall finished a half-length ahead of Ambootia. Driven by Daniel Dube and trai
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Dime supers at Red Mile
May 27, 2005
Ten-cent betting will be coming to The Red Mile. The Red Mile will open its 2005 race meet July 29, and the 10-cent superfecta wager, which is quickly becoming popular at racetracks across the country, will be available. A superfecta bet consists of a bettor correctly selecting the top-four finis
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Laura Kohr dies
May 27, 2005
Laura B. Kohr, who operated Lauxmont Farms with her late husband, Ron, died May 20 at age 69. The Kohrs bred and raised many champion Standardbreds at Lauxmont in the 1980s, including the great pacing mare Anniecrombie. They also bred the dam of Red Bow Tie, Cheers Lauxmont. Mrs. Kohr and her l
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Regal 8-5 in Prov. Cup
May 27, 2005
Stonebridge Regal has been installed the 8-5 morning-line choice for Sunday night's $260,000(C) Provincial Cup final at Windsor Raceway. Driven by Jack Moiseyev for trainer Bob McIntosh and partners Robert Kauffman, Angie Stiller and Skip and Wendy Springs' W. Springtime Stable, the sophomore son of
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Ken Warkentin starts
May 27, 2005
Ken Warkentin, last year's Breeders Crown 2-Year-Old Trotting Colt champion and a leading contender for the Hambletonian, finished fourth in a 1:56 qualifier at the Meadowlands Friday morning. It was his first start on the track this season. Ken Warkentin finished 9 1/2 lengths behind the race wi
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Ruthie a big winner
May 27, 2005
Housethatruthbuilt, last year's Dan Patch 3-Year-Old Filly Trotter award winner, qualified at the Meadowlands Friday morning in 1:53.3 by 14 1/4 lengths. Trainer Trond Smedshammer was up behind the now 4-year-old mare. A trio of fillies aspiring to her 3-year-old title also qualified. Magenta Hal
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Rainbow Blue breezes
May 27, 2005
Rainbow Blue made a qualifier race look every bit as good as a purse win when she scored at the Meadowlands Friday morning in 1:51 by 5 1/2 lengths, thanks to a :26.3 last quarter. Rainbow Blue wired the field with Feathery Fame the runner-up. Trainer George Teague Jr. entered Rainbow Blue in
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It's Kisses at Woodbine
May 27, 2005
Stonebridge Kisses turned in one her typical off-the-pace rallies to capture the $45,000 Open for mares at Woodbine Friday night. She scored by 1 1/4 lengths in 1:51.4, defeating Burning Point and Glowing Report. Stonebridge Kisses, a 4-year-old mare by Artiscape, posted her eighth victory in 15
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Gambling talk in Ill.
May 26, 2005
Discussion about slots at Illinois racetracks is expected to come up soon now that one portion of an expected enormous gambling expansion in Illinois easily leaped a Senate Executive Committee hurdle Tuesday afternoon. Legislators voted to allow three riverboats to move inland up to five miles from
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Pari-mutuels file jointly
May 25, 2005
The fight over slot machines in Broward County will soon move to the courtroom. The county's four pari-mutuel operators--including Pompano Park--filed suit Tuesday, asking a Broward circuit judge to rule they have the legal right to start installing slot machines immediately. The lawsuit by the B
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Chucaro Ahijuna lone NA rep
May 25, 2005
Wally Hennessey is headed to Sweden Thursday where he will compete in the prestigious Elitlopp Sunday night behind Chucaro Ahijuna, the first time the 48-year-old driver will be at the Solvalla track since finishing second in the 1999 race with Moni Maker, which came one year after the standout mare
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Harness racing teams up
May 25, 2005
The U. S. Trotting Association and Harness Tracks of America will become partners in NTRA Purchasing, officials announced May 25. The program, offered by the National Thoroughbred Racing Association, provides cost savings on products and services from Dodge, John Deere, FedEx, Lexmark, NetJets, Pres
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Rainbow Blue to qualify
May 24, 2005
It was the luck of the draw, or really the bad luck of not knowing the draw, that is keeping reigning Horse of the Year Rainbow Blue on the sidelines this weekend. Trainer and co-owner George Teague Jr. told The Horseman Tuesday morning that he believed the Woodbine draw for Friday night's card was
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Not Demott sets world mark
May 24, 2005
Not Demott set a world record for a seven-eighths mile race Monday night at Woodbine, pacing the distance in 1:39.1, two seconds quicker than the previous mark. Steve Condren drove the 7-year-old son of Beach Towel to the come-from-behind victory, overcoming first quarter and half fractions of :27.1
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Post 9 for Rocknroll
May 24, 2005
Rocknroll Hanover, winner of two straight and five of 10 lifetime starts, has been installed as the 9-5 morning line favorite, leaving from post nine, in the $500,000 SBOA/ New Jersey Classic on Saturday night at the Meadowlands. The SBOA/New Jersey Classic will be carded as the seventh race.
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1:58.2 freshman at Scioto
May 24, 2005
AB's Beach Boy became the fastest 2-year-old pacer in North America by virtue of his 1:58.2 victory over the five-eighths mile oval at Scioto Downs in a qualifier Tuesday morning. A son of Jenna's Beach Boy-AB's Dasher, AB's Beach Boy was more than 16 lengths behind at the :57.1 half but used a f
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Six positives at Indy Downs
May 23, 2005
A total of six horses stabled in Indiana Downs' receiving barn have returned positive or suspect positive test results for strangles, forcing the Shelbyville track to keep the barn under quarantine through the end of the Thoroughbred meet. Harness racing is scheduled to begin there July 1. Two ho
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Katie finishes second
May 23, 2005
Kikikatie made her first pari-mutuel start of the season Sunday night at Balmoral Park and finished second, beaten by just a head, by Madura in 1:52. Madura, a 6-year-old mare by Ball And Chain, cut the pace while Kikikatie enjoyed a two-hole trip. Both mares paced home in :26 and change. Kikikat
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Provincial Cup elims
May 23, 2005
American Ideal, Stonebridge Regal and Leading X Ample won the eliminations for the Provincial Cup Sunday night at Windsor Raceway while Berry's Creek Pace champ Four Starz Sisco broke stride in his elim and failed to advance. In the first elim, Stonebridge Regal, the betting favorite, jogged home
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Bob Hackett dies
May 23, 2005
Bob Hackett, the editor of The Horseman And Fair World magazine during the 1960s to 1980, died Saturday, May 21, in Hilton Head, S.C. He was 80. Hackett traveled the country covering harness racing for The Horseman. He became involved in harness racing by first working at Walnut Hall Stud. and th
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Strangles case at Big M
May 23, 2005
The New Jersey Racing Commission has confirmed that one Standardbred horse stabled at the Meadowlands has strangles. No outbreak is feared at this time, and as per direction from the New Jersey Department of Agriculture, the afflicted horse has been isolated from other horses. Horses which were i
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Hempt elims at Pocono
May 22, 2005
Up Front Jerry went wire to wire in 1:51.4 and Allamerican Inca followed cover before pulling away in the stretch for a 1:52.1 victory in eliminations for the Max C. Hempt Memorial at Pocono Downs Saturday night. Up Front Jerry, a 3-year-old Western Hanover gelding driven by Dave Palone, paced fr
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Ray Gun trots in 1:53.2
May 22, 2005
Ray Gun fired in the stretch and coasted to a 2-length victory in the $49,255 Hiram Woodruff final Sunday afternoon at the Meadowlands. Ray Gun trotted the mile in a lifetime best 1:53.2, equaling the stakes record set by Muscles Marinara in 2004. In both instances, Brian Sears was in the sulky.
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He Wants It All wins
May 21, 2005
Isle Of Capri Pace winner He Wants It All posted a 1:52.1 victory in a $20,750 Free-For-All Handicap at Maywood Park. Driven by Tony Morgan, the clocking was a national season's mark for a 5-year-old pacing gelding and is just a fifth of a second off the older pacing mark at the half-mile oval. A
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Open to Carolina Sunshine
May 21, 2005
Carolina Sunshine scored a 1:49.2 victory in a $45,000(C) Open Pace for mares at Woodbine, with favored Glowing Report finishing fourth after being parked first-over through brutal fractions. Burning Point and driver Luc Ouellette set fractions of :26.4, :54.1 and 1:21.1, with Richard Silverman p
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Artbitration wins at Hoosier
May 21, 2005
With Don Irvine Jr. driving for the first time, Artbitration led at every call en route to a 1:52 victory in a $24,200 Invitational Pace for mares at Hoosier Park Friday night. The 4-year-old daughter of Artiscape, trained and co-owned by Norm Parker in partnership with Thomas Klosky Jr., easily
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Great win in Cutler final
May 21, 2005
Mr. Muscleman, eighth at the half, came five wide at the top of the lane, and with a tremendous rally, got up in the final strides and captured the $180,000 Arthur J. Cutler Memorial Final in 1:54.3 over a sloppy track at the Meadowlands Saturday night. The victory put the 5-year-old gelded son of M
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Rocknroll tops Jolt
May 21, 2005
Rocknroll Hanover rolled past Village Jolt in the lane and captured the $25,000 second elimination for the SBOA New Jersey Classic at the Meadowlands in 1:52.3 Saturday night. In the first elim Load The Dice rallied from of the pace and scored his first victory of the season in 1:51. Rocknroll Ha
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Life Source game graduate
May 21, 2005
Life Source, under intense pressure both to his inside and on the outside, was dead game down the lane and held on to capture the $225,000 Graduate final in 1:50.4 at the Meadowlands Saturday night. George Brennan had the lines as the 8-year-old Life Sign gelding moved out of the pocket at the :
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Filly Trotters in PASS
May 21, 2005
Traci Spur scored her second victory in as many starts this year, winning the fourth division of the Pennsylvanian Sire Stakes for 3-year-old filly trotters at The Meadows Saturday in 1:58.1. Richard Stillings drove the daughter of S J's Photo to the victory. In the three other divisions, also wo
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Magee wins 10,000th
May 21, 2005
Dave Magee scored his 10,000th career driving victory, steering Up Front Northern to a 1:52.1 triumph in the eighth race claiming pace at Balmoral Park Saturday night. The victory came six races after Magee scored his 9,999th win with Meadowlands Pace eligible Team Hutch in the first of three Cardin
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Dr. Jack Wilkes dies
May 20, 2005
Dr. Jack E. Wilkes, DVM, died after a lengthy illness, Thursday, May 12. He was 77. Dr. Wilkes was born July 2, 1927, in Batavia, N.Y., son of the late Gurdon and Alice Porschet Wilkes. He was a private first class in the U.S. Marine Corps during World War II. Dr. Wilkes then attended Cornell Uni
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Tinivizion takes Thompson
May 20, 2005
Sophomore sensation Tinivizion and driver Don Irvine Jr. handily captured the $16,000 Bill Thompson final Thursday, May 19, with a dominating 1:54 performance at Hoosier Park. The Izatiger filly sprinted home to claim her sixth win in seven seasonal starts by open lengths. Irvine was able to capi
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Strangles at Indy Downs
May 20, 2005
Two horses at Indiana Downs showing classic signs of strangles prompted the track to cancel live racing Thursday evening, May 19. Indiana Downs is presently holding its Thoroughbred meet. Its harness meet is scheduled to begin July 1. Both suspected horses, stabled in the receiving barn, were imm
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Brittingham gets 1 year
May 20, 2005
According to reports, Delaware-based trainer Bret Brittingham has had a three-year suspension handed to him by the state's Harness Racing Commission for a positive EPO test on one of his horses reduced to a one-year penalty. Brittingham will still have to pay the original $5,000 fine. The suspension
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7-furlong race at Woodbine
May 20, 2005
Woodbine Racetrack officials are expecting a current world record to fall Monday night as the Toronto track's fifth race is a $15,000 conditioned pace at a distance of seven-eighths of a mile. The current world record for the distance is 1:51.3, set in 1997 at Hoosier Park by Ima Noble Son and drive
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Ga. Pacific wins qualifier
May 20, 2005
Over a sloppy Meadows racetrack, last year's Matron winner Georgia Pacific defeated the 2004 Breeders Crown Mare Pace champion Always Cam in 1:55.3 in a qualifier Friday morning. Driven to victory by Tony Hall, Georgia Pacific took the early lead while Brian Zendt and Always Cam sat patiently beh
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Qualifiers at Big M
May 20, 2005
A few of last year's top 2 year olds, along with the 2004 Dan Patch 3-Year-Old Trotting Filly award winner, qualified at the Meadowlands Friday morning over a sloppy track. Those 2 year olds of interest include Self Professed (a winner by seven lengths in 1:57), Cabrini Hanover (a winner in 1:57.1),
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Big efforts in Miss NJ elims
May 20, 2005
Entrymates Copywriter and Ideal News finished one-two in the second of two $20,000 New Jersey Sire Stakes eliminations for 3-year-old filly pacers at the Meadowlands Friday night, while Freezer Cash posted a 12-1 shocker in the opening split. Freezer Cash, driven by Cat Manzi for trainer Michael
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Molson Pace elims held
May 20, 2005
Ponder and Buckeye One posted 1:53 victories Friday night in their respective Molson Pace eliminations at Western Fair Raceway, equaling the track record set by Four Starzzz Shark in last year's Molson Pace final in the process. Ponder, driven by Jack Moiseyev for trainer Bob McIntosh, recovered
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8 straight for True Force
May 20, 2005
Ken Rucker trainees and heavy favorites True Force and Mantrix romped to victories Friday afternoon at Freehold in a pair of $8,000 divisions of the second round of the Windshield Wiper Series for 3-year-old colt and gelding pacers. True Force led wire to wire for driver George Brennan to score i
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Don Pierce dies
May 19, 2005
Horseman Don Pierce of Turlock, Calif., the father of top driver Ron Pierce, died at his home May 15 after a long illness. He was 69. Pierce, a true California Horseman, was born in California on July 26, 1935. He started his career on the California fair circuit and became a top-catch driver at
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The Big M & VLTs
May 19, 2005
According to a report in New York's Newsday, a key lawmaker in New Jersey has said that better than estimated state revenues will kill any prospect of putting video lottery terminals (VLTs) at the Meadowlands. Acting Gov. Richard J. Codey has been proposing slots at the Meadowlands to help the state
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Proud to win the Tubby
May 19, 2005
Trainer Don Eash made the most of a tough trip and positioned Dream Work colt Proud Dreamer in front late in the mile to capture the $16,000 final of the Tubby Trimble series at Hoosier Park Wednesday, May 18. The lightly-raced sophomore paced a personal best 1:54.3 to collect his third win in six s
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Big Batavia VLT opener
May 19, 2005
Batavia Downs became the fourth harness track in New York State to operate a video lottery terminal (VLT) facility when the doors were opened on Wednesday, May 18. Approximately 5,000 people visited before the 2 a.m. closing. "I kept thinking, 'Where did all these people come from?'" said Batavia
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26 in Provincial Cup elims
May 19, 2005
Twenty-six 3-year-old colt pacers have been entered for this year's $450,000 est. (C) Provincial Cup at Windsor Raceway, forcing three eliminations to be held Sunday night, May 22. The final is scheduled for Sunday, May 29. Stonebridge Regal, who has won seven of nine this year, has drawn post tw
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Carol Cramer Del. honoree
May 19, 2005
Carol Cramer, editor of the USTA Stakes Guide and Grand Circuit Steward and Secretary, will be honored as the 2005 Lady Pace honoree at the Delaware, Ohio County Fair. The $20,000-estimated Lady Pace will be raced Sunday afternoon, Sept. 18, opening day of Delaware's five afternoons of Grand Circ
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Magna Gets Mich. License
May 18, 2005
Acting Michigan Racing Commissioner Christine C. White announced Tuesday morning that Magna Entertainment has been awarded a license to build a racetrack in Romulus, directly across from Detroit Metropolitan Airport. The proposed track--to be called Michigan Downs--is expected to cost $100 millio
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NY bill for Internet bets
May 18, 2005
Published reports state New York State Senator Bill Larkin, chairman of the Senate Racing, Gaming and Wagering Committee, plans to introduce legislation Wednesday that will allow Internet wagering in the state. "Other states are doing it, and we're going to lose out," Larkin was quoted as saying
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Batavia opens VLTs
May 18, 2005
Batavia Downs, forced to close last year for financial reasons, opened its reported $2 million video lottery terminal parlor that includes 586 machines Wednesday morning. Demoninations for the machines run from a penny to five dollars. In a press release issued by Batavia Downs, it stated revenue
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2004 HOY misses a week
May 18, 2005
Rainbow Blue sat on the sidelines last weekend when the Open Pace at the Meadowlands didn't fill, and this week she will once again sit out after coming up slightly sick, according to trainer and co-owner George Teague Jr. "We scoped her and she came up a little bit dirty; she had a little bit of
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No mare open at Big M
May 17, 2005
For the second week in a row there is no open pace for mares at the Meadowlands, and as a result top pacing mares eligible to the Classic Series are prepping at Woodbine and Hoosier Park. The next leg of the Classic Series is June 4 at Woodbine. Glowing Report, Stonebridge Kisses, Burning Point a
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Niatross Made 1980 Debut
May 17, 2005
It was 25 years ago this week that the great Niatross embarked on his 3-year-old racing campaign with a 1:56.1 victory in the $55,000 Hanover and Hempt Stakes at Vernon Downs. After finishing his freshman season with 13 victories in as many starts, $604,900 in earnings and Horse of the Year honor
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Jolt, Rocknroll to square off
May 17, 2005
Village Jolt and Rocknroll Hanover have drawn in the same elimination for the New Jersey Classic. Thirteen horses were entered in the race, requiring two elims Saturday night at the Meadowlands. Village Jolt drew post two in the second elim while Rocknroll Hanover will start from post five in the sa
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Graduate final set
May 17, 2005
The Saturday card at the Meadowlands will feature elims for the New Jersey Classic along with the $225,000 Graduate final and $180,000 Cutler Memorial final. Graduate final 1--Life Source 2--Boulder Creek 3--Holborn Hanover 4--Articulator 5--Mini Me 6--Mypanmar 7--Metropolitan 8--Casimir
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Mr. Eero wins debut
May 16, 2005
Mr. Eero, who won a heat of the 2003 Kentucky Futurity and finished second behind Mr. Muscleman in the Breeders Crown 3-Year-Old Colt Championship that year, won his European debut in Sweden Monday night. He defeated world champion Victory Tilly in a mile rate of 1:56.4. Mr. Eero, who was driven
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Lindy Five Hundred wins
May 14, 2005
Lindy Five Hundred, benefitting from a carefully rated drive by George Brennan, held off a determined final surge by Great George Two to win the $184,425 Dexter Cup final in 1:59.1 Saturday at Freehold Raceway. Brennan drove Lindy Five Hundred quickly from post two at the start and got his colt
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Two Helen Dancer splits
May 14, 2005
A pair of $66,035 divisions of the Helen Dancer Memorial for 3-year-old pacing fillies were contested Saturday at Freehold and the winners were Digga Digga (1:55.3) and Vegas Style (1:56.3). In the first division, David Miller guided White Birch Farm's Vegas Style to victory by a nose over Marnie
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Rocknroll in 1:50.4
May 14, 2005
Rocknroll Hanover eked out a nose win over Jo Pa's Shark in 1:50.4 in a New Jersey Sire Stakes division at the Meadowlands Saturday night while a second division was won by Village Jolt in 1:51.2. Both Rocknoll Hanover and Village Jolt--the top two rated colts in pre-season polls--were making the
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A delightful 3 year old?
May 14, 2005
You may not know Mr. Delite, a 3-year-old by The Panderosa, but he's making a name for himself at Woodbine, where he's now won two of three starts, with the latest a 1:51.4 effort Saturday night. He defeated American Ideal by a handy two lengths. Mr. Delite is trained by Bob McIntosh and was driv
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Two wins for Ford
May 14, 2005
Trainer Mark Ford won the a $45,000 Open Pace for fillies and mares with Stonebridge Kisses and a $35,000 conditioned pace with Brandon's Cowboy Saturday at Woodbine. Showing her favorite style, Stonebridge Kisses rallied from off the pace and posted her seventh victory in 13 starts this season,
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Graduate elims held
May 14, 2005
Life Source was a 1:49 winner of his Graduate elim while Holborn Hanover took the second in 1:49.2. Life Source won over Articulator while Holborn Hanover edged Driven To Win by a neck. Life Source now has five wins in 15 starts this year for trainer Richard Banca. Holborn Hanover, last year's Me
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Top mare aims for Classic
May 13, 2005
Kikikatie, who handed eventual Horse of the Year Rainbow Blue her only defeat in 2004 when she won the Mistletoe Shalee at the Meadowlands, is ready and raring to go, according to trainer Joe Seekman. Seekman told The Horseman Friday morning from his farm in western Michigan that after two qualifier
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Cutler elims held
May 13, 2005
Mr. Muscleman and Hurri Kane Billy G were the winners of the two eliminations for the Arthur J. Cutler Memorial Friday night at the Meadowlands. Mr. Muscleman held off Hez Striking in 1:54.2 while Hurri Kane Billy G popped out a two-hole trip to score in 1:53. In the elim won by Hurri Kane Billy
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Height suspended 5 years
May 13, 2005
Trainer Chris Height has been suspended five years and fined $5,000 by the Delaware Racing Commission for presenting the horse Ruthy Ruthless N for a quarantine stay in which she had a metabolic alkalosis measurement of base excess level of 25.1, more than twice the level that triggers a violation.
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Upset City at Harrington
May 13, 2005
It was "Upset City" at Harrington Raceway Thursday night as Cheyenne Legend scored a 19-1 surprising victory in the $32,500 Magician Trot final and Ellen's Beach Babe won the $38,000 Miss Harrington final at odds of 8-1. Cheyenne Legend, owned by Andrew Stafford, was driven by Eddie Davis. Jr. Da
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Self Professed in 1:57.3
May 13, 2005
Self Professed made his second qualifying start of the year Friday morning at the Meadowlands, winning by three-quarters of a length over Cadillac Hall in 1:57.3 for driver Ron Pierce. Self Professed, a 3-year-old son of Self Possessed, was lightly raced last year, capturing a division of the Bluegr
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Always Cam wins qualifier
May 13, 2005
Always Cam, who pulled off a huge upset victory in last year's Breeders Crown Mare Pace, made her first start of the 2005 season with a 1:56 qualifying win at The Meadows Friday morning. With Brian Zendt aboard, the 6-old daughter of Western Hanover won by five lengths with a :28.4 last quarter.
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Ideal News wins fifth
May 13, 2005
Ideal News posted her fifth victory in six starts this season with a handy 3 1/2-length triumph in 1:52.2 in a New Jersey Sire Stakes division Friday night at the Meadowlands. The second division went to I'm All In, who wired the field in 1:53.1. Ideal News, a filly from the first crop by Wester
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Lady Suffolk at Freehold
May 13, 2005
Margarita Nights and Laughing Louder won the two divisions of the Lady Suffolk Trot at Freehold Raceway Friday afternoon. Margrita Nights, a filly by Yankee Glide, scored in 1:58.4 for driver Steve Smith after enjoying a two-hole trip behind Motivational. Laughing Louder, who won by a neck in
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6,000 wins for Ranger
May 12, 2005
Bruce Ranger, the winningest driver in the history of Pompano Park, scored his 6,000th career win Wednesday night, guiding the unbeaten 3-year-old gelding Elvis Cole to victory in the seventh race. Ranger, 45, is now ranked 30th in the history of harness racing for dashes won. Last year Ranger wa
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Canadian Hall of Fame
May 12, 2005
Woodbine Entertainment Group chairman David Willmot, trainer Stew Firlotte and stallion Garland Lobell have been elected for induction into the Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame. Also elected were outstanding performers Glorys Comet and Armbro Omaha. Willmot was elected in the Builders' category
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Tough drug rules for Ky.
May 12, 2005
The Kentucky Equine Drug Research Council voted unanimously at a Thursday afternoon meeting to present a comprehensive list of penalties for medication violations to the Kentucky Horse Racing Authority for its approval at its meeting Monday afternoon, May 16. The Drug Council, with the Standardb
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Action possible in Fla.
May 11, 2005
According to a report in the South Florida Sun-Sentinel newspaper, Broward County commissioners are considering taking whatever action they can to get slots up and running at the county's pari-mutuel facilities, which includes Pompano Park. Last week the Florida legislature failed to pass legisla
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Progress for Tioga Downs
May 11, 2005
Tioga County lawmakers introduced a bill Tuesday that would permit video lottery terminals (VLTs) at Tioga Downs. County lawmakers must approve VLTs, but will first hold a public hearing on June 10. According to the Binghamton (NY) Press & Sun, a final vote is expected June 14. Tioga Downs is own
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Kikikatie wins qualifier
May 11, 2005
Kikikatie, the 2003 Two-Year-Old Filly Pacer of the Year, won a qualifier Wednesday at Balmoral Park in 1:57. With Dale Hiteman driving for trainer Joe Seekman, Kikikatie finished 9/2 lengths ahead of the closest of her four rivals. A 4-year-old daughter of Real Artist, Kikikatie is owned by Lee
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Top colts vie in NJSS
May 10, 2005
Top sophomore pacing prospects Village Jolt and Rocknroll Hanover will make their 2005 pari-mutuel debuts in divisions of the opening round of New Jersey Sire Stakes at the Meadowlands Saturday night. Village Jolt, named the Dan Patch Award winner as the best of his division last year, has drawn
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Top performer and sire
May 09, 2005
No Nukes, who turned heads with his speed as a young colt and then went on to sire the top stallions Western Hanover and Jate Lobell, died Monday morning at Hanover Shoe Farm's New Jersey division. He was 26. A son of Oil Burner-Gidget Lobell, No Nukes won four of six starts as a 2 year old and p
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A filly for Pizza Dolce
May 09, 2005
Pizza Dolce, one of the sport's few trotting fillies to cover the mile in under 1:53, has given birth to her first foal. Pizza Dolce delivered a filly by Kadabra at Peninsula Farm in Kentucky on Friday (May 6). Pizza Dolce, a daughter of Conway Hall, sports a career mark of 1:52.4 and earnings of
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Noble wins 4,000th
May 07, 2005
Driver Sam "Chip" Noble III won his 4,000th career race Friday night, reaching the milestone in the second race of the opening night card at Scioto Downs. Noble drove Lucyanna to a wire-to-wire 1:57.1 victory.
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Sisco A Berry's Creek Star
May 07, 2005
Four Starz Sisco bounced back from a poor finish a week ago to win the $225,450 Berry's Creek final at the Meadowlands on Saturday night, May 7, in strong fashion. The victory was the first in the event for Four Starzzzz Stable, whose other two starters--Four Starzzz King in 2004 and Four Starzzz Sh
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Manzi passes Case
May 07, 2005
Cat Manzi scored the 11,028th driving victory of his career with The Intimidator in the tenth race Saturday, May 7, at the Meadowlands. With this trip to the winner's circle he became the second leading driver by wins of all time. Earlier on the card Manzi, 54, scored win number 11,027 to equal W
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Ideal News Rallies
May 06, 2005
Ideal News, who swept the Blossom Series last month, extended her winning streak to four in a $15,000 condition pace Thursday night at the Meadowlands. Ideal News rallied from off the pace and drew off to a 1 3/4-length victory over Figure The Odds. Freezer Cash was third. John Campbell guided
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Daley gets extension
May 06, 2005
Trainer Noel Daley has received another extension of his pre-trial hearing on medication violations. According to Harness Tracks of America's Executive Newsletter, Daley received the extension Thursday, May 5, when the prosecution asked for a postponement because a laboratory has not completed its a
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Lawsuit in Florida?
May 06, 2005
With only today left in the Florida legislative session, the chances of passing a slots bill for Broward County are very slim. And if a bill is not passed, one of the pari-mutuel entities that would benefit from slots legislation could take the Legislature to court. "They're going to end up with
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Village Jolt in 1:52.2
May 06, 2005
Last year's 2-Year-Old Colt Pacer of the Year Village Jolt won his third consecutive qualifier Friday morning, May 6, at the Meadowlands, this time in 1:52.2 by 2 ½ lengths. With Ron Pierce driving, Village Jolt paced a final quarter of :27.4 to defeat last year's New Jersey Sire Stakes final winne
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Rainbow Blue wins by head
May 06, 2005
Rainbow Blue won the Open Mares Pace at the Meadowlands on Friday night, May 6, as expected, but Glowing Report was successful in closing the gap between herself and the reigning Horse of the Year. Directed by Ron Pierce, Rainbow Blue cut the mile with comfortable fractions, but had to sprint a :
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Copywriter in 1:53.2
May 05, 2005
Copywriter, a 3-year-old Artsplace filly bred and owned by Brittany Farms, won her first start of the season at the Meadowlands Wednesday night, scoring in 1:53.2 by 1 1/2 lengths. Last season Copywriter won one of her seven starts, taking her mark of 1:53 in the Hayes Memorial at Du Quoin.
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Lotteria field set
May 04, 2005
The 56th edition of the Gran Premio Lotteria will be raced at the Agnano track in Naples, Italy, Sunday May 8. It has three divisions/eliminations with eight trotters in each and is raced with a final and a consolation for a total purse of about $800,000. The purse for the final will be $600,000.
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Solveig's big brother wins
May 04, 2005
Down The Middle, a 4-year-old full brother to last year's top stakes-winning 2-year-old filly Solveig, won a qualifier at The Red Mile Tuesday morning by 18 lengths in 1:58.1. But while Down The Middle is older than Solveig, the filly is slightly more experienced. Down The Middle has only made ni
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Frightening P has filly
May 04, 2005
Frightening P, the co-fastest race mare of all-time, gave birth to a filly by Real Artist just before 11 a.m. Wednesday. The filly is "all legs, maybe the biggest foal I've ever seen," said trainer and co-owner Kelvin Harrison. "She looks identical to her mother. She's already up and walking aroun
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Rainbow Blue in Friday
May 03, 2005
Rainbow Blue, the 2004 Horse of the Year, will compete in a $42,500 event for open mares Friday night at the Meadowlands. The six-horse field will include Glowing Report and Artbitration, who finished second and third, respectively, in the first Classic Series leg last month at Dover. This will b
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Berry's Creek field
May 03, 2005
The $225,480 Berry's Creek on Saturday night at the Meadowlands has turned into a wide-open affair with the absence of Jenna's Choice due to an injury. Four Starz Sisco, who drew post eight in the field of 10 three-year-old pacers, is the 5-2 morning line favorite in the 17th edition of the Berry's
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Colt suffers fracture
May 03, 2005
The news that changed the complexion of the Berry's Creek final race was a pastern injury to Jenna's Choice, which will sideline him for the remainder of the year according to Tammy Silva, who works in partnership with her husband, trainer Mark Silva. "Jenna's Choice is out of the Berry's Creek F
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Durgin Hanover in 1:53.4
May 01, 2005
Durgin Hanover, a 4-year-old gelding by Lindy Lane, captured the Father Foley Final at the Meadowlands Sunday afternoon with a controlling 1:53.4 effort. Dink Adoo finished second but broke stride before the wire and was placed third, behind Hurri Kane Billy G. Chucaro Ahijuna broke stride and finis
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