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Glowing Report in Matriarch
May 15, 2006
Glowing Report commanded the early lead and dug in gamely for a 1 ½-length victory over Valley Electric in the $100,000 Hanover Shoe Farms-brit stud.com Matriarch on Sunday afternoon at the Meadowlands. Driven by David Miller, Glowing Report equaled her lifetime mark of 1:50.1. It was another half-l
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HTA launches Internet show
May 15, 2006
Harness Tracks of America, the association of 43 major harness racing operations in the U.S. and Canada, is introducing a new weekly Internet harness racing talk show starting this week, featuring interviews with newsmakers in racing and gaming and commentary on racing and gaming worldwide by HTA ex
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Carry The Mar muscles in
May 15, 2006
Dale Hiteman guided Carry The Mar to a perfect journey and the result was a 1 ½-length victory in the $25,800 Muscles Marinara Trot Final at Hawthorne in the Sunday night featured event in 1:56.4. Starting from post two, Carry The Mar settled in third early on as the moderate action on the front-
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Boots Dunn injured
May 15, 2006
Walter "Boots" Dunn, an owner, breeder, trainer, driver and USTA director from Cochranton, Pennsylvania, sustained major, compound fractures to both legs in an accident at the Meadville Fairgrounds on the morning of May 15. Dunn, who owns a heavy construction company, was unloading a paving machine
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Belote dies of injuries
May 15, 2006
Harness racing's worst fear became a harsh reality on Monday when 51-year-old driver Harold “Hal” Belote was killed in a tragic racing accident in the first race at Harrington Raceway. Two more drivers, Brandon Givens and Steve Warrington, were also injured, but the full extent of their injuries was
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Yankeeland Farm to close
May 15, 2006
Yankeeland Farms has announced that it is ending its business as a commercial Standardbred breeder.The Maryland farm, started in 1955 by famed New York Yankee slugger Charlie Keller, released a statement today which reads: “The distinguished broodmare band, representing 50 years of breeding champion
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