News Archive

Sam's Illusion scores
May 12, 2006
Sam’s Illusion slipped up the pylons and captured the featured $16,000 condition pace at the Meadowlands Thursday night for his first win of the year. The 4-year-old gelding paced the mile in a lifetime best 1:52.4, finishing 1 3/4 lengths ahead of Beautiful Stranger, with The Bartender, third by
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Future Destiny upset
May 12, 2006
Nineteen-year-old Brandon Givens won his first-ever race at the Meadowlands and became the first teenager to score at the Big M since Mark Lewis won twice at the age of 19 in February 2001 when he directed The Queen Of Trash to an upset victory over odds-on choice Future Destiny in the first of two
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Stormaway brings out broom
May 12, 2006
Stormaway stretch his winning streak to five as he completed an Ontario Sires Spring Series sweep at Woodbine Racetrack Friday night with a 1:51.4 effort in the $62,500(C) final. Driven by Mark Megens, Stormaway led at every point of call to easily defeat Extra Effort (Randy Waples) by 3 1/4 lengths
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Feathers ruffled at Woodbine
May 12, 2006
Feathers were flying during the first race at Woodbine Racetrack Friday night--literally--as a gaggle of Canadian geese made their way onto the racetrack as the night's opening field headed toward the three-quarter pole. The stewards determined that two of the horses were bothered by the ruckus and
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Historic Track schedule set
May 12, 2006
Goshen Historic Track, where it all started and where it is today, is gearing up for it 169th season of exciting harness racing and 2006 marks the 96th year of Grand Circuit Racing at “the Cradle of the Trotter”. On tap this season will be three matinee programs in June and five days of Grand Cir
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Cutler elims contested
May 12, 2006
Trotting a last half somewhere in the vicinity of :55 flat, Vivid Photo rallied from the back of the seven-horse field in the second of two $40,000 eliminations of the Arthur Cutler Memorial Friday night at the Meadowlands to edge pacesetter Hellava Hush by a nose in 1:52.3. The first elim went to H
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Diplomat field set
May 12, 2006
Pepsi North America Cup-eligible Toucam Sam will lock horns with Dodgeball and Armbro Damien this Saturday evening at Woodbine in the $76,000 final of the Diplomat Pacing Series for 3 year olds. The colt’s trainer, Garth Gordon, has said that even though a win in the Diplomat would be great for T
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Robert Corey Sr. dies
May 12, 2006
Robert D. Corey Sr., 71, of Columbiana, Ohio, passed away at 8:20 p.m. on Wednesday, May 10, 2006 at the Cleveland Clinic from complications of heart and lung ailments. Mr. Corey was born on June 27, 1934 in Cortland, Ohio, the son of Preston Robert and Bertha B. Nicklin Corey. He moved to the l
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Rucker horse EPO positive
May 12, 2006
The 10-year-old pacer Highland Pride A, who was winless in 23 starts in 2005 but has won nine of 17 starts this year, has tested positive for EPO following a career-best 1:52.2 victory at the Meadowlands Sunday, May 7, and has been placed on the stewards’ list. New Jersey Racing Commission executive
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Two Billings events this wkd.
May 12, 2006
Action in the C.K.G Billings Amateur Trotting Series, often referred to as the “Grand Circuit of Amateur Racing”, continues this weekend with two eastern region divisions slated at Saratoga Raceway on Saturday, May 13 and two midwest region splits set for Sunday, May 14 at Hoosier Park. At Sarato
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Welch vs Welch in Chicago
May 12, 2006
Sunday night’s Muscles Marinara final features the winners of the two Muscles Marinara eliminations, that were held last Sunday, but the race itself contains so much more. For starters, the two elimination winners are both trained by Roger Welch. Robert Rietveld and Paul Gibson’s Victor’s Pursuit
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Canaco Nukes spoils party
May 12, 2006
Thursday night’s featured $7,000 condition pace was billed as a battle between Illinois Bred sophomore star Pujols and recent free-for-aller Falcatraz. Canaco Nukes failed to read the billboard and romped home by 8 lengths for his second consecutive victory, both registered on a sloppy track. Puj
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Cal Expo race investigated
May 12, 2006
Drivers Todd Ratchford, Ray Burt, Jason Maier and Danny Maier have all agreed not to race at Cal Expo following a questionable trifecta payoff in the first race at that racetrack Friday night, May 5. The investigation by the California Horse Racing Board was triggered after horses at odds of 6-1, 6-
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Stars qualify at Mohawk
May 12, 2006
World record holder American Ideal and three-time WEG Award winner Invitro both won their respective qualifying races Friday morning at Mohawk. In rein to pilot Mark MacDonald during the morning’s third dash, American Ideal left from post two and sat fourth through fractions of :28.3 and :58.2 be
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Sears streaking at Big M
May 12, 2006
Through Thursday night, leading driver Brian Sears has won at least one race for 43 consecutive programs at the Meadowlands. The last time Sears was shut out was on March 2. From 523 drives during this streak, Sears has had 130 victories for a 24.7 win percentage and earnings of $1,949,217. He is
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Baby races at Big M June 3
May 12, 2006
A sure sign of spring is the scheduling of schooling and baby races for 2-year-olds at the Meadowlands. Schooling will be offered from 11 a.m. to noon on Monday, May 22, Tuesday, May 23 and Wednesday, May 24. Baby races will start on Saturday, June 3, with post time of 10:30 a.m. Wednesdays will b
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Miller winning with trotters
May 12, 2006
Wildfire Julie won a conditioned trot at the Meadowlands Thursday night, giving trainer Misty Miller and her two-horse stable five wins in their last seven starts. Miller, wife of New Jersey driving standout David Miller, now sports seven wins, one second and one third-place finish from 19 starts
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Favorites win at Freehold
May 12, 2006
Post time favorites Heathers Dream and KD Girl captured their respective divisions of the Lady Suffolk Stakes for 3-year-old trotting fillies at Freehold Raceway Friday afternoon. Heathers Dream and David Miller nearly went wire to wire in 2:00.1 while KD Girl and Jeff Gregory rallied off the final
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