News Archive

Yada Yada Yada wins Open
May 31, 2006
Yada Yada Yada A won the featured $15,000 Filly and Mare Open Tuesday night at Harrington Raceway in 1:53. Driven by Jim Morand for trainer Eric Ell, the 6-year-old Armbro Operative mare was on the engine early from post three, setting all the fractions of :28.1, :57.3, 1:25.4 before a :27.1 last
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Tioga to add race dates
May 31, 2006
Tioga Downs announced today the addition of 6 new dates to its racing calendar, raising the total to 49 dates in the 2006 racing season. “The work at Vernon is going to take a little longer than anticipated,” said Jeff Gural. “We’ve decided to move the starting date of Vernon back to August 3rd.
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Jet is top Burlington entrant
May 31, 2006
Twenty-nine of the continent’s top 3-year-old pacing colts and geldings will compete in three $100,000 divisions of the Burlington Stakes this Saturday evening at Woodbine. Jereme’s Jet and Western Ace will highlight the 43rd edition of the Burlington, which is Woodbine’s key prep for the $1.5-milli
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Pataki Backs Monti Casino
May 31, 2006
Empire Resorts, Inc. announced Tuesday, May 30, that on Thursday, May 25, Gregory J. Allen, the Senior Assistant Counsel to Governor George Pataki, sent a letter to George T. Skibine, Director of the BIA's Office of Indian Gaming Management, stating that the governor strongly supports the St. Regis
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Alexander, colt have fight
May 31, 2006
Travis Alexander won the fight of his life against leukemia nine years ago, and it is that same drive to win that he admires in Western Cyclone, his main contender for the $1 million Meadowlands Pace on July 15. The colt is currently ranked second behind 7-5 favorite Jereme's Jet on Bob Heyden's
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Manzi family matriarch dies
May 31, 2006
Caroline Delores Manzi, 86, died Tuesday at the Catskill Regional Medical Center in Harris N.Y. She was the mother of longtime Monticello Raceway publicist John Manzi and the aunt of Cat Manzi, Steve Manzi and Ed Lohmeyer. Mrs. Manzi was born in Brooklyn, N.Y., on Aug 27, 1919. She grew up in Bro
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