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Mac Action to post parade
June 30, 2006
Mac Action, who won the 1997 edition of the Titan Cup, will lead the post parade for Saturday night’s $200,000 Titan Cup Final at the Meadowlands Now 16, Mac Action retired in 2003 with 46 wins, 32 seconds and 26 thirds from 180 starts with earnings of $489,470. He took his lifetime mark of 1:53 i
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Loyal Opposition beaten
June 30, 2006
Fox Valley Fussy pulled off a stunning upset in Thursday night’s $17,500 Ideal Angel Stakes at Maywood Park, where she won a four-horse blanket finish, in 1:53.4 and defeated Loyal Opposition. Having to leave from the outside post position in a field of eight proved to be too much to overcome for Lo
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2YOs in action at HoP
June 30, 2006
Although live racing concluded June 24, Hoosier Park played host to a final set of qualifiers Thursday, June 29 specifically for freshman. A total of 15 races were offered for two year olds with 29 trotters and 84 pacers going to post. Eden Burst recorded the fastest pacing mile of the morning wi
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Upset in Historic-Dickerson
June 30, 2006
Longshot Johnny Muscles nipped RC Royalty at the wire to win the $90,900 Historic-Dickerson Cup, the first race on Friday night at the Meadowlands, and marked himself as a contender for the $1.5 million Hambletonian on August 5. Johnny Muscles, sent off at odds of 50-1, returned $104.60. The 3-ye
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New mark for 11 year old
June 29, 2006
He found himself in a new stable, but retained his regular pilot, and the 11-year-old Claddagh N posted his 11th win of the year Wednesday night at Cal Expo, scoring in a lifetime best of 1:52.3 for the Summersby Stable, which claimed the horse on June 21. Claddagh N shook loose in time for the
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Rip finally wins PM race
June 29, 2006
Rip Rock And Roll finally won a pari-mutuel race after 98 career tries in four years of competition at Pompano Park Wednesday night. A 5-year-old Florida-bred gelding, bred, owned and trained by Ralph Collins, Rip Rock And Roll scored a 1 1/4-length victory in a $3,080 race for driver Justin Mahar.
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A snazzy DSBF victory
June 29, 2006
Nanticoke Racing's All This Snazz remained perfect with his fifth lifetime win in as many starts Wednesday in the second $15,000 leg of the Delaware Standardbred Breeders Fund (DSBF) stakes for 3-year-old colt trotters. The Les Givens-trained and driven Loge colt scored a 2:00.4 triumph over Happ
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Handle increase at Hoosier
June 29, 2006
Hoosier Park concluded its 13th season of Standardbred racing Saturday, June 24. The meet offered 60 days of live racing, beginning April 1. Total wagering reached $57,431,099 for the 60-day meet compared to $52,853,306 during the 61-day meet in 2005. Given the differences in race dates year over ye
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Dave Panlone set for Big M
June 29, 2006
Dave Panlone, who won his North America Cup elim and then finished fourth in the final, will make his next start in the Meadowlands Pace eliminations. The colt’s trainer, Jim Arledge Jr., says of his chances in the Meadowlands Pace, “He seems real good right now.” Dave Panlone raced two heats in
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No budget, no racing?
June 29, 2006
Despite a budget showdown between New Jersey Gov. John Corzine and the state legislature that theoretically could close the racetracks, the New Jersey Sports and Exposition Authority is planning for racing this weekend at the Meadowlands and Monmouth Park. If there is no state budget passed, stat
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Alastor skipping Big M Pace
June 29, 2006
Meadowlands Pace eligible Alastor Hanover will be skipping the race. Roger Hammer reports that Alastor Hanover will be staying in Canada to race. Alastor Hanover is by the Ontario sire Camluck, thus he is eligible to the rich Ontario-sired events. Alastor Hanover started his season by competing i
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Artstanding recovering
June 29, 2006
According to trainer Tom Fanning, as of Thursday, June 29, Artstanding was questionable for the Meadowlands Pace. “When he came back from Canada (where he competed in the North America Cup elims) he got sick; he just didn’t immediately show it,” said Fanning. “Right now I’m not sure about enterin
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PA track ruling appealed
June 29, 2006
Pennsylvania's executive branch has appealed to the Pennsylvania Supreme Court a lower court decision which ruled that the Pennsylvania State Harness Racing Commission should reconsider the Bedford Downs racetrack application. Earlier this month the Commonwealth Court ruled that the Harness Racin
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Medication council meets
June 29, 2006
During its meeting on Tuesday, June 27, at the Dallas/Fort Worth Airport, the Board of Directors of the Racing Medication and Testing Consortium (RMTC) finalized a two-part plan to establish model policies for withdrawal times for therapeutic medications in racehorses. In part one, the RMTC will
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Chocolatier tastes victory
June 29, 2006
Reigning divisional champion Chocolatier won his first race of his 3-year-old season Thursday night at the Meadowlands, overcoming a first-over journey from the halfway point on to cross the wire in a career-best 1:53.2. "He was perfect tonight; couldn’t have been better,” said D.R. Ackerman, the co
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Tioga closed until Monday
June 29, 2006
Impassable road conditions on West River Road, where standing water has measured up to six feet deep in some places, have forced Tioga Downs to cancel racing this Friday, Saturday, and Sunday. The Susquehanna River Trotting Series final has been moved to Tuesday, July 4. Post positions will remain t
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2YOs in action at Big M
June 29, 2006
Whats Up Now (1:5.2.1) and Artzina (1:53.2) captured $53,500 divisions of the Goshen Cup for 2-year-old pacing colts while Donato Hanover (1:57.2) and Peyton Way (1:59.3) won $55,675 divisions of the E.H. Harriman Cup for 2-year-old trotting colts at the Meadowlands Thursday night. Whats Up Now
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Driver is 53rd to 5,000
June 28, 2006
Driver Andy Miller won his 5,000th career race Tuesday night at Balmoral Park, scoring the milestone victory with Della Ware. Miller, 37, has been plitting time between New Jersey and Illinois for most of the 2006 season but the hectic travel schedule has not slowed him down one bit as he once again
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GE's Jen repeats at Harr.
June 28, 2006
Phillip Mitchell's GE's Jen won her second straight race on Tuesday, this one in 1:52.2, for trainer Kevin McDermott in a $15,000 Fillies and Mares Open pace over a "sloppy" track at Harrington Raceway. The 7-year-old JK Outlaw mare won her first start for McDermott on June 16 at the Meadowlands
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Jug pool odds corrected
June 28, 2006
The final odds first reported to Delaware County Fair officials for the first Little Brown Jug future wagering pool were incorrect. Western Shore, the fifth-place finisher in the Hoosier Cup, is an even stronger favorite at odds of 8-5. The "field" remained the second choice of the bettors at odds o
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Filly dies in Balmoral race
June 28, 2006
Three-year-old filly pacer Miss Cover Girl, trained by Paul Stafford of the Ken Rucker Stable, died at the finish line at the conclusion of the ninth race at Balmoral Park Tuesday night. The well-bred daughter of Blissfull Hall-Valadonna Hanover trailed the entire way for driver Todd Warren before c
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Progress for PA slots
June 28, 2006
The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette has reported that the Pennsylvania state Senate voted to make a major change in the 2004 law that legalized slot machines, eliminating a requirement for middleman companies called slots suppliers or distributors. The bill must now go to the House, where it could be passed
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Tioga Downs closed to Sat.
June 28, 2006
Mother Nature has proven she surely isn't a slots player as the planned Wednesday morning opening of the 750-machine slot parlor at Tioga Downs in New York has been postponed to Saturday morning due to extreme flooding in the area after days of prolonged rain. Also, Friday night's race card has been
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Savage still Hambo bound
June 28, 2006
Keystone Savage will try to break a 27-year jinx and become the first Peter Haughton Memorial winner to capture the $1.5 million Hambletonian, harness racing’s most coveted prize, on Aug. 5, at the Meadowlands. No colt has gone from winning the Peter Haughton, the Meadowlands’ signature event for tw
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Ace, Truth to Big M Pace
June 28, 2006
George Teague told harnessracing.com he plans on sending both Western Ace and Total Truth to the Meadowlands Pace elims, scheduled for July 8. Total Truth is coming off wins in the North America Cup and Hoosier Cup. Western Ace, who finished fifth in the North America Cup, is in-to-go Saturday in
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Expensive Scooter dies
June 28, 2006
Expensive Scooter p,3, 1:51 ($910,846) died Saturday morning, June 24, in his stall at Morrow Lands Farm in Mt. Gilead, Ohio, at age 15. According to Dean Redmond, who co-owned the stallion with Steven Stanek, Walter Brown and James Coffman, a veterinarian’s autopsy revealed that Expensive Scooter d
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Constance Hill wins qualifier
June 28, 2006
Walnut Hall Ltd.-bred Constance Hall, a half sister to 2003 Trotter of the Year Cantab Hall, won a qualifier at Windsor Raceway Wednesday morning in 2:04.1. The 2-year-old daughter of Striking Sahbra-Canland Hall failed to make her reserve bid last fall as a yearling and was retained by Walnut Hall
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3 winners for Gurfein
June 28, 2006
Things were going trainer Ron Gurfein’s way at the Meadowlands Wednesday night, just days before his induction in the Harness Racing Hall of Fame. He had winners with Possess The Magic in the Acorn and two other filly trotters in overnight action. Possess The Magic, a filly by Gurfein’s Hambleton
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Another winner for Teague
June 28, 2006
George Teague and Patrick Callahan’s luck has continued. The two owners of North America Cup and Hoosier Cup winner Total Truth enjoyed a first and a second-place finish in the Debutante Wednesday night at the Meadowlands. Isabella Blue Chip, a daughter of Bettor’s Delight, won her second straigh
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Double Flip wins final
June 27, 2006
Double Flip went wire to wire Monday night at Rosecroft Raceway and captured the $9,600 final of the Miss Henson Creek Series for 2-year-old filly pacers in 1:55.3. It was the first victory in the series for the Badlands Hanover filly after finishing fifth and fourth, respectively, in the two prelim
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More slots politics in PA
June 27, 2006
The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette has reported that Pennsylvania state Rep. Mike Veon is trying to change the state’s slots law in order to convert the seventh and final racetrack/casino license into a non-racetrack, free-standing casino. Veon is the second-ranking Democrat in the House. “I am explorin
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Tioga VLTs to open Wed.
June 27, 2006
The New York State Lottery Commission approved a license for Tioga Downs to open its 750 video lottery terminals, according to a story in Binghamton’s Press and Sun Bulletin. A ribbon cutting for the gaming operation is set for Wednesday at 10 a.m. The five-eighths mile harness track, located
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Saratoga to take signal
June 27, 2006
Saratoga Gaming and Raceway has come to an agreement with the New York Racing Association to simulcast the entire six week Saratoga Race Course meet beginning July 26. The harness track will be receiving the signal in exchange for the use of approximately 50 of its stalls. The agreement between
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Ohio horsemen lend support
June 27, 2006
The three major horsemen’s groups involved in racing in Ohio have all endorsed a proposed constitutional amendment to allow slots at the state’s seven tracks and two locations in downtown Cleveland. The boards of directors of the Ohio Harness Horsemen’s Association (OHHA), the Horsemen’s Benevolen
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Lew Barasch dies
June 27, 2006
Lew Barasch, the last of the major racetrack publicists from harness racing’s golden era, died Sunday night at a New York hospital at the age of 90. Unlike many of the flamboyant publicists of the mid-20th century, Barasch, was not flashy, but was one of the most efficient at his vocation. Af
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Andover Hall filly qualifies
June 27, 2006
Up Front Laura, an Andover Hall 2-year-old filly, qualified Tuesday morning at The Meadows for trainer Kelly O’Donnell in 2:05.4. Driven by Dave Palone over a track rated "sloppy", the filly led at every call in her second qualifying start. She finished fourth in 2:07 June 20. Up Front Laura was
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Meadowlands Pace next race
June 26, 2006
Attention, Little Brown Jug Fantasy players, you’ve got through Tuesday, July 4th, to tinker with your stable. For the next nine days you can make up to five changes in your stable roster. The deadline is 11:59 p.m. on July 3, the night before the box closes for the Meadowlands Pace eliminations.
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Amazing night at Big M
June 26, 2006
On the night the 2006 Meadowlands Pace champion is crowned, WCBS-TV will be casting for another amazing race, The Amazing Race, in Paddock Park. WCBS-TV’s popular reality show, The Amazing Race, will stage a casting call at the Meadowlands Racetrack on Saturday, July 15, the night of the $1 million
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Conny Nobell invited to US
June 26, 2006
Conny Nobell has been invited to the Breeders Crown Trot by virtue of being the winner of the 2006 Elitlopp. Just last week he became the winner of the Elitlopp when first-place finisher Jag de Bellouet and runner-up Let’s Go were disqualified for positive drug tests. Conny Nobell is by Pearsall
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New incentive in CA
June 26, 2006
A huge new horse incentive program for Cal-Expo harness racing, effective Aug. 2, has been announced. The program is a joint venture between Sacramento Harness Association (SHA), and the California Harness Horseman's Association (CHHA). Every new horse making its first start between Aug. 2, 2006, a
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Duo holds ranking
June 26, 2006
Artistic Fella ($175,000 New Jersey Sire Stakes final) and Total Truth ($500,000 Hoosier Cup) solidified their one-two position on the Road to the Meadowlands Pace with impressive victories on Saturday night. The time is growing short for the fine tuning of other contenders aiming for the July 8
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Trotters on Hambo road
June 26, 2006
A trio of Trond Smedshammer trainees--Mr. Pine Chip, Blue Mac Lad and Here Comes Herbie--moved into the top three spots on this week’s Road to the Hambletonian. The $1.5 million Hambletonian will be contested Aug. 5 at the Meadowlands. “All three trained great, and they won’t race until the Stanl
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Western Shore Jug favorite
June 26, 2006
Despite finishing fifth in both his elimination and final of Saturday’s Hoosier Cup, Western Shore is a heavy favorite in the first of four future wagering pools for the 2006 Little Brown Jug. Western Shore is 2-1 while Hoosier Park and North America Cup winner Total Truth is 10-1 following four day
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Fillys vie in Currier & Ives
June 25, 2006
Hidden Viggorish turned in her customary “my-way-or-the-highway” trip, languishing on the outside for the first three-eighths before securing the lead and drawing off to victory in a division of the $81,810 Currier & Ives for 3-year-old filly trotters Saturday night at The Meadows. The Currier & Ive
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Artistic Fella rolls in NJSS
June 25, 2006
Artistic Fella, ignoring rain and mud, extended his winning streak to seven with a victory in the $175,000 New Jersey Sire Stakes (NJSS) for 3-year-old pacing colts and geldings Saturday night at the Meadowlands. Artistic Fella paced the mile in a NJSS record and lifetime best of 1:49.1. The winner
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Dr. No sets Mohawk mark
June 25, 2006
Off a pocket trip, Dr. No and driver Randy Waples equaled Mohawk's pacing horse track record Saturday night in the $50,000(C) Open, as the Bill Elliott-trained son of No Nukes froze the timer in 1:49. Rair Earth and driver Phil Hudon had gone straight to the front and cut the fractions in :25.1, :53
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Total Truth wins at Hoosier
June 24, 2006
Total Truth became the sport's newest millionaire after capturing the Hoosier Cup at Hoosier Park Saturday night. With Yannick Gingras driving for trainer and co-owner George Teague, Total Truth scored a 1:50.1 victory in his $25,000 elimination and then came back to win the $450,000 final with a 1:
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Lis Mara wins CPD
June 24, 2006
Driver Brian Sears worked out a perfect pocket trip and Lis Mara excelled off it, as the 4-year-old son of Cambest captured the $933,000(C) Canadian Pacing Derby in 1:48.4 Saturday night at Mohawk. With the performance, the student of trainer Erv Miller tied Mohawk's all-age track record and also lo
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Roses Are Red elims held
June 24, 2006
Miss Galvinator A and Burning Point came up winners in the two $50,000(C) Roses Are Red eliminations for older mare pacers Saturday night at Mohawk Racetrack. Miss Galvinator A scored in 1:51, lighting up the tote board at odds of 81-1. Burning Point rewarded his faithful at odds of 6-5 with a 1:50.
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Peaceful Way takes elim
June 24, 2006
Bouncing back from a sub-par 2006 debut, Peaceful Way was dominant for driver Trevor Ritchie in the lone $50,000(C) Armbro Flight elimination Saturday evening at Mohawk, as the sensational mare stopped the clock in 1:52.2, just one-fifth of a second off her Mohawk and Canadian record time. The 5
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Filly sets NJSS record
June 23, 2006
Passionate Glide, the divisional champion at two, turned in a dominant performance to win the $175,000 New Jersey Sire Stakes Final for 3-year-old trotting fillies on Thursday night at the Meadowlands. Her mile in 1:52.4 was a stakes record, a personal best and only three-fifths of a second off the
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Blue Mac Lad wins final
June 23, 2006
Blue Mac Lad moved three wide on the turn for home and drew away to a 2 1/2-length victory in the $175,000 New Jersey Sire Stakes final for 3-year-old trotting colts Thursday night at the Meadowlands. Make You Mine closed strongly for second while DC’s Piggy Bank, who cut the fractions, was third.
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Darlin's Delight wins at 1-9
June 23, 2006
World champion Darlin’s Delight did just as expected at Saratoga Gaming and Raceway on Thursday night by scoring an easy win in her New York Sire Stakes division. Bet down to 1-9 odds, the crowd buzzed as the filly went to the gate and applauded her as she entered the winner’s circle after tripping
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New purses for KY frosh
June 23, 2006
The Kentucky Horse Racing Authority has announced its new purse structure for the 2006 Kentucky Sire Stakes for 2 year olds. Through the assistance of the newly established Kentucky Standardbred Breeders Incentive Fund, the 2006 Kentucky Sire Stakes for 2 year olds has been restructured and will off
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Rock N Roll Star debuts
June 23, 2006
Rock N Roll Star, winner of the Bluegrass and International Stallion Stakes at two, returned to the track Friday morning with a 3 ½-length win in a qualifier at Scioto Downs in 1:58.1. Driven by Kyle Ater, the 3-year-old son of The Panderosa posted fractions of :28.1, :59 and 1:28.4 in the wire-to-w
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3 straight for Mr. Pine Chip
June 23, 2006
Mr. Pine Chip appears solidly on his way to the Hambletonian at the Meadowlands the first Saturday in August as the 3-year-old son of SJ’s Caviar won his third straight in the third of four Pennsylvania Sire Stakes divisions at Mohegan Sun at Pocono Downs Friday afternoon. With trainer-driver Tro
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Windsor cancels Sunday
June 23, 2006
WIndsor Raceway has canceled its card for Sunday, June 25, due to insufficient entries. Windsor is scheduled to resume racing Wednesday night, June 28.
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Titan Cup elims contested
June 23, 2006
Sand Vic and Corleone Kosmos captured their respective $40,000 Titan Cup eliminations for older trotters Friday night at the Meadowlands, both sealing the outcome with a final quarter of :26.4. The 2-5 favored Sand Vic crossed the wire in 1:53 while the 9-2 Corleone Kosmos upset 1-5 choice Strong Ya
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Filly wins seventh of year
June 23, 2006
Despite being parked the entire mile, The Queen Of Trash won Friday night's $175,000 New Jersey Sire Stakes final for 3-year-old filly pacers with a 1:51.3 effort for driver John Campbell. Yannick Gingras found a seam in mid-stretch with Ideal Weather but the bid fell just short, with Pacific Philly
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Jag dq'd in Elitlopp
June 22, 2006
Jag de Bellouet and Lets Go, who finished first and second, respectively, in the 2006 Elitlopp final at Solvalla in late May, have tested positive and been disqualified. The sad and almost tragic development has resulted in a change of the result, which gives the 5-year-old Swedish-bred, trained and
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Striptease Hall breezes
June 22, 2006
In her pari-mutuel debut for the Mickey Burke barn, Striptease Hall breezed to a 1:55.3 victory in one of two $49,625 divisions of the New Jersey Sire Stakes for freshman pacing fillies Wednesday night at the Meadowlands. The 2-year-old daughter of Artiscape-St Anne Hall posted a 1 3/4-length victor
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Morrill returns for NYSS
June 22, 2006
Leading Buffalo Raceway driver Jim Morrill Jr., who was involved in a racing accident May 5, will return to the track for the 2006 Buffalo Raceway debut of New York Sire Stakes action on Friday, June 23. The evening will feature five divisions of 3-year-old trotting fillies racing for a combined $13
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It's Tweedle Dum--Again!
June 22, 2006
Tweedle Dum ($2.80) extended his winning streak to seven-straight victories on Wednesday at Pompano Park, with the 6-year-old gelding scoring a half-length triumph in the $10,000 Preferred Handicap Trot--his 12th victory of the year. Five Kids and driver Wally Hennessey shot out of the gate from
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WEG cuts purses 5 percent
June 22, 2006
Woodbine Entertainment Group (WEG) has announced effective Sunday, July 2, purses at its Standardbred tracks will be decreased five percent as a "result of reduced pari-mutuel wagering on standardbred racing at WEG tracks." According to a WEG release, in 2006, betting in the Greater Toronto Area
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P-Forty-Seven wins qua.
June 22, 2006
Trainer Kelly O’Donnell told harnessracing.com Thursday afternoon that Little Brown Jug winner P-Forty-Seven will make his first major stakes appearance as a 4 year old in the Breeders Crown late next month after the son of The Panderosa won a qualifier at the Meadowlands earlier that day. In a gate
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New track mark at Monti
June 22, 2006
Armbro Bannister, a 5-year-old Malabar Man stallion, with Ray Schnittker at the controls, established a new Monticello Raceway track record of 1:57:4 when they combined to win the $15,000 Preferred Trot on Wednesday, June 21. And in his prior start—at Pocono Downs on June 6—Armbro Barrister not only
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Class 4 Diclofenac explained
June 22, 2006
Jag de Bellouet’s Elitlopp disqualification for a positive test for Diclofenac is causing headlines across Europe, but here in the United States the anti-inflammatory drug is considered a Class 4 by Associations of Racing Commissioners International. Dr. Scot Waterman, executive director of the Raci
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Winbak Dimensions fastest
June 21, 2006
Legacy Racing Stables, a group of eight friends who play at the same golf course, haven’t owned horses for long, but they kicked off the New York Sire Stakes season with an outstanding two-win day on Tuesday, June 20, at Monticello Raceway. The afternoon card featured six Sire Stakes divisions for 3
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Irene moves to track mark
June 21, 2006
Rodney Wyatt's Ireneonthemove equaled the Harrington Raceway track record for 3-year-old pacing fillies Tuesday by winning her $15,000 division of the Delaware Standardbred Breeders Fund (DSBF) stakes in 1:53.3. Driven by Tony Morgan, the Powerful Toy filly left the gate hard from post seven and
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NA Cup champ Ind. bound
June 21, 2006
North America Cup winner Total Truth is now headed to Saturday’s $500,000 Hoosier Cup at Hoosier Park, as trainer and co-owner George Teague made a last-minute decision to enter the sophomore colt pacer. “There’s a three-week gap now until the Meadowlands Pace (elims) so I was either going to hav
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E3 final drawn in Sweden
June 21, 2006
The eliminations for the popular stake, the E3, were contested Tuesday night at the Eskilstuna-track in Sweden, which is about one hour’s drive from Stockholm. The dominating trainer-driver was Lutfi Kolgjini, who presented two of the most impressive winners: Going Kronos (Viking Kornos - Bell Power
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Croswell mark tied in Coon
June 21, 2006
The Charles Coon Memorial Futurity at the Croswell, Mich. fair, scheduled for Wednesday night at 6:30 p.m., has been postponed to 1:00 p.m. Thursday due to inclement weather, according to mhha-online.com. Four-year-old mare pacers and 4-year-old colt and gelding trotters were each scheduled to co
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Star drivers at Tioga Sunday
June 21, 2006
North America’s leading drivers will be at Tioga Downs Sunday, June 25th. Tony Morgan, who currently leads all of North America for wins with 521 as of today, will join leading reinsman Brian Sears, who is currently second in the money won category with over $4.6 million dollars, and only trails Ron
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Took Hanover reported fine
June 21, 2006
Although Took Hanover made a break behind the gate in the North America Cup consolation last Saturday night at Woodbine, trainer Brendan Johnson said it had absolutely nothing to do with the 3-year-old colt pacer being injured after being on a truck and trailer that was involved in an accident on th
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World champ to Blue Chip
June 21, 2006
World Champion American Ideal p,3,1:47.4 ($786,055) has been retired from racing and will begin his stud career in 2007 at Blue Chip Farms in New York, it was announced today. The announcement comes from his owners, Brittany Farms, Blue Chip Stallions, Mac Nichol and the American Ideal Stable. B
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New track mark at Rosecroft
June 20, 2006
Mandas Mistyclover trotted her way to victory over a sloppy track in a non-betting $3,000 division of the Maryland Sire Stakes for 3-year-old fillies at Rosecroft Raceway Monday night, earning her second win of the year from four starts. The daughter of Dedicated Yankee, owned and bred by Donnie
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Trotting mark tied at London
June 20, 2006
It wasn't in the program's top trotting event on Monday in London, but the 1:57.2 effort by Homestead Dreamer in the 3rd race $12,800 Preferred-2 gave him a share of the track's trotting record along with Will Sikes and Windsong Braveheart. Homestead Dreamer was given a perfect pocket trip until
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Love's Open win no secret
June 20, 2006
Ken and Betsy Wood and Henry King's Mark's Secret Love ($18.80) scored a 1:52.2 triumph in the featured $18,500 Open Handicap Monday night at Harrington Raceway. The 5-year-old Artsplace gelding and driver Ross Wolfenden were a perfectly-positioned second behind pacesetting Chewy Gross (Jim Moran
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Torcello named Chester super
June 20, 2006
Mike Torcello has been hired as the track superintendent at Harrah’s Chester Casino & Racetrack, it has been announced by Harrah’s officials. Torcello will oversee the daily maintenance of Harrah’s Chester’s new, five-eighths mile, stone dust oval, which will host live racing for the first time on S
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Mypanmar preps for CPD
June 20, 2006
Luck of the draw has meant little to Mypanmar. In fact, unluck of the draw is more like it, according to trainer Virgil Morgan Jr., who will be sending the 5 year old into Saturday’s C$933,000 Canadian Pacing Derby at Woodbine Racetrack in Toronto. Last year, Morgan saw Mypanmar draw post six in
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Great American Weekend at Goshen
June 20, 2006
How do you get to Goshen, New York? Take Exit 124 off Route 17 – and go back 150 years. The county seat of Orange County, Goshen is home to the annual Great American Weekend celebration on July 1 and July 2 (10 a.m. to 5 p.m.), including a craft show, exhibits, games, carnival food and are center
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Dead heat in Nfld Open
June 20, 2006
Former world champion Blastaway Sahbra shared the spoils in Monday night's $8,000 Open Trot at Northfield with former $3,000 claimer Lucca's Revenge, using a three-wide move around the final turn to match the fraction-setting leader at the wire in 2:00. Kurt Sugg trains and drives Blastaway Shabra,
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Decker wins Metamucil Mile
June 20, 2006
Monticello Raceway’s “Metamucil Mile” featured drivers, all members of AARP and all over the retirement age of 63 years. The seasoned senior citizens put on a delightful show and demonstrated that driving a harness horse is somewhat like riding a bicycle in that once you know how to do it you never
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Futter admits to injections
June 20, 2006
Horseman Larry Futter has been barred from participating at both Tioga Downs and Vernon Downs after he was observed illegally injecting drugs at a highway rest stop into the horse Civil Warrior Saturday, June 17. According to a release, Tioga Downs security officers observed Futter parking his ho
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Friskie favored in Jug future
June 20, 2006
North America Cup runner-up Feelin Friskie is the morning line favorite in the Little Brown Jug Future Wagering Pool, which will get underway at noon (EDT) on Thursday, June 22, at racetracks and on internet sites throughout North America and Europe. Feelin Friskie, 7-2 on the morning line, fini
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Kyle Bolon gets 1st win
June 20, 2006
Kyle Bolon, the son of the Meadows-based driver-trainer Rodney Bolon, picked up his first driving victory, in what was only his third qualifying drive, on Tuesday morning at The Meadows. The younger Bolon, who will turn 18 in six days, drove Spotty Too Hotty, a 4-year-old trotting mare co-owned by h
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An Elegant Bee Line
June 18, 2006
Betting favorite Buck I St. Pat broke stride at the start, and Bee Line was instead the winner of the $559,200 Elegantimage final, using an off-the-pace rally to score in 1:54.4 Saturday night at Woodbine. Bee Line, owned by Johanna Beaver, trained by Chris Beaver, and driven at Woodbine by Luc O
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1:52.4 mile by 2 year old
June 18, 2006
Funny Bones is way ahead of his freshman class as the 2-year-old colt by Grinfromeartoear won an Ontario Sire Stakes Gold elimination in 1:52.2 Saturday over the five-eighths mile Georgian Downs oval. Funny Bones is trained by George Teague, who later that night won the North America Cup with Tot
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Delightful Lynch winner
June 17, 2006
Darlin’s Delight captured the $139,692 James M. Lynch Memorial Pace for 3-year-old pacing fillies at Mohegan Sun at Pocono Downs on Saturday afternoon, setting a world record in the process with a 1:50:1 mile. That clocking erased the 1:50.3 standard set by Jus' Chillin Out two years ago. Darlin'
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Goodtimes to Majestic Son
June 17, 2006
Majestic Son overcame starting from post eight to capture the $280,600 Goodtimes final Saturday night at Woodbine, scoring over Glidemaster in 1:53.2. Three horses made early breaks, including post-time favorite Algiers Hall, who didn’t make the gate. Campbell Hall and then Majestic Hall were the
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Bobcat misses Derby cut
June 17, 2006
Leading X Ample ($4.70, $2.80, $2.50) was a wire-to-wire winner in the first of three C$55,000 Canadian Pacing Derby eliminations Saturday evening at Woodbine, and $85,000 supplement Primetime Bobcat failed to qualify, finishing last in the second elim, which was won by Mypanmar in 1:48.3. The third
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6 straight for Artistic Fella
June 17, 2006
Artistic Fella extended his winning streak to six when he won the $75,100 New Jersey Sire Stakes final Saturday night at the Meadowlands. A strong stretch rally that put him at the wire in 1:50.1, defeating Pownal Bay Matt. Green Sign, a 3-year-old Life Sign gelding, was the pacesetter until late
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Total Truth edges Friskie
June 17, 2006
Total Truth rallied four-wide through the long Woodbine stretch to win the $1.5 million Pepsi North America Cup in 1:49.1 Saturday night. The 4-5 betting choice Feelin Friskie finished second. Ron Pierce drove Total Truth, picking up his first NA Cup triumph. “It was absolutely perfect,” Pierce s
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Keystone Classics held
June 17, 2006
Bill Zendt cautiously guided the fractious Hidden Viggorish to the lead, then turned on the juice, and the filly powered home in 1:57 to capture the fastest division of the $53,399 Keystone Classic for 3-year-old filly trotters Saturday night at The Meadows. The stake was contested in three divis
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Closing night at Hawthorne
June 17, 2006
Hawthorne’s closing night features, the $105,000 Erwin F. Dygert Memorial and the $96,000 Robert F. Carey Memorial, were won by Dunkster and Cheyenne Hollywood, respectively. Dunkster dug in and refused to be passed by Dink Adoo while the Julie Miller-trained Cheyenne Hollywood wore down pacesetter
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My oh my O Rhye!
June 16, 2006
Rhiannon O Rhye lit up the Buffalo Raceway toteboard Thursday night as the 6-year-old mare captured a $7,000 pace at odds of 109-1, returning $221 for a $2 win ticket. Mark Gilmour was in the sulky as the daughter of Gypsy’s Hellion paced to a season-best 1:58 effort. "She got really good cover w
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Palone looks for NA Cup win
June 16, 2006
Dave Palone is undoubtedly one of the most talented reinsmen to ever sit behind a horse. The 44-year-old Pennsylvania native is closing in on his 11,000th career driving win, although he has yet to win an edition of the Pepsi North America, Canada's richest harness race. Prior to this year, his
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Roarin' Grand at Hawthorne
June 16, 2006
Roman Holiday rallied late with a :27.2 final quarter to catch Amazon Clipper and go on to a half-length victory in 1:56.2 in the $44,500 World Series for 3-year-old trotting colts at Hawthorne Thursday night. Also part of Grand Circuit action were a pair of $32,875 World Series divisions for 2-year
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Damien rolls in PASS action
June 16, 2006
Armbro Damien stretched his winning streak to six with a 1:50.3 victory in the second of four Pennsylvania Sire Stakes divisions for 3-year-old colt pacers at Mohegan Sun at Pocono Downs Friday afternoon. With Dave Palone driving, the overwhelming 1-9 favorite Armbro Damien defeated Sandro Hanover a
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Big win for Burning Point
June 16, 2006
It took 14 starts, but Burning Point [$6.20, $4.00, $3.20] made her first win of the season a big one on Friday night as she captured the $201,000 Lady Liberty for the second straight year at the Meadowlands with a scorching 1:50.2 effort. Driven by Ron Pierce, Burning Point claimed the lead from
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Strong Yankee scores
June 16, 2006
The renewed rivalry between last year’s Breeders Crown winner Strong Yankee and Hambletonian champ Vivid Photo didn’t exactly materialize Friday night at the Meadowlands as Strong Yankee won in 1:53, but Vivid Photo was fourth, a few lengths behind the winner. Strong Yankee, making his first star
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1:54.2 mile for Herbie
June 16, 2006
Here Comes Herbie set a national season’s mark of 1:54.2 in winning the $50,000 consolation for the Goodtimes Friday night at Woodbine, and Chocolatier—wearing a head pole for the first time—put in a strong effort to take second. Here Comes Herbie, a colt sired by Credit Winner, was parked throug
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Pure Ivory stays flat, wins
June 16, 2006
Pure Ivory got down to business finally in the $50,000 consolation of the Elegantimage, winning by 3 ½ lengths in 1:55. In her two previous starts this season the filly had broken stride. A daughter rof Striking Sahbra, Pure Ivory is trained by Brad Maxwell and owned by Jerry Vanboekel, Harry Rut
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Michael MacDonald hurt
June 15, 2006
Driver Michael MacDonald suffered undisclosed injuries as a result of a race accident at Rockingham Park Wednesday. MacDonald, 58, had won three races on the card, including the two previous contests before the accident occurred in the ninth race. MacDonald, who has won more than 2,200 races and
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Rich finals at Hawthorne
June 15, 2006
He Wants It All and Muscles Marinara are set to defend their respective titles in the $96,000 Robert F. Carey Memorial Pace and the $105,000 Erwin F. Dygert Memorial Trot Saturday night at Hawthorne Racecourse. Also on the docket is a pair of World Series Grand Circuit events, both for pacing co
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Balmoral to drop Mondays
June 15, 2006
Balmoral Park has announced it is dropping Monday nights from its schedule when the racetrack re-opens for live racing Sunday, June 18. Balmoral Park will now race Sundays, Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Saturdays, while Maywood Park will race Thursday and Fridays when it re-opens June 22. “It’s lack o
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Let the rivalry begin
June 15, 2006
The rivalry between 2005’s leading sophomore trotters Vivid Photo and Strong Yankee is about to continue as the two will meet for the first time in 2006 as 4 year olds at the Meadowlands Friday night, lining up behind the gate in the sixth race, a $35,000 Open Trot. “It’s going to be like a reven
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Pompano executive named
June 15, 2006
Isle of Capri Casinos Inc. officials announced today the appointment of Douglas Shipley as corporate vice president of racino operations based in Pompano Beach, Fla. Shipley's initial responsibilities will be the opening and operations of the Pompano Park racino. Shipley brings more than 26 year
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Team Youbet named
June 15, 2006
There is a new "Team Youbet" in town: drivers John Campbell, Cat Manzi and David Miller. The three have been signed as exclusive spokespersons for the online wagering service that also provides live audio/video and information. Campbell, Manzi and Miller will wear Youbet logos on their driving co
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Capetown Hall wins qualifier
June 15, 2006
Three-year-old colt trotter Capetown Hall won a qualifier at the Meadowlands Thursday morning in 1:56.2, one-fifth of a second off his career best set last year while capturing the $227,100 Matron final over the five-eighths mile track at Dover Downs. It was the second straight qualifying win for th
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NJSS for colt trotters
June 15, 2006
Tasty Max capitalized on a second-over trip and held off a late-surging Blue Mac Lad by a neck to win a New Jersey Sire Stakes division at the Meadowlands Thursday night in 1:56. Two other splits were won by Make You Mine (1:55.1) and DC's Piggy Bank (1:55.1) Tasty Max was driven by John Campbell
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Winners for Shady Character
June 15, 2006
The team of trainer Mickey Burke, Sandy and Cori Goldfarb, and the sire Shady Character had three 2-year-old winners in baby race action at The Meadows Thursday night. Their winners were Twin Character (1:57), Pam's Character (1:57.4) and Jayne's Character (1:56.3). Twin Character, a colt is out
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Currier & Ives on display
June 14, 2006
A collection of rare, original Currier & Ives lithographs will be on exhibition from Aug. 24 through Sept. 29 at the Richard M. Ross Art Museum on the Ohio Wesleyan University campus in historic downtown Delaware, OH. The exhibit is on loan from the Harness Racing Museum & Hall of Fame in Goshen,
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Hoosier Cup nominee wins
June 14, 2006
Hoosier Cup probable Western Shore continued to impress when he beat older horses with a comfortable 1 ½-length victory in 1:51.4 Tuesday night at Woodbine. The 3-year-old pacing colt was making just his fourth career start. Brittany Farms, which bred the colt, purchased an interest in the horse
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Mr. Pine Chip in 1:55
June 14, 2006
Sophomore colt trotter Mr. Pine Chip stepped off the stakes trail Tuesday afternoon at Mohegan Sun at Pocono Downs with a 1:55 victory in an $8,500 conditioned trot. Although the field was made up mostly of older horses, finishing second to the overwhelming 1-9 favorite was Frank The Hands, another
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Top colts in PASS
June 14, 2006
Armbro Damien, Sandro Hanover and True North Hanover will head up a field of talented 3-year-old colts and geldings in Friday afternoon’s four divisions of the Pennsylvania Sire Stakes. Dave Palone will be in the sulky with Armbro Damien, a winner of six of 12 starts this season with a second and
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Zweig moved to Tioga
June 14, 2006
Harness Horse Breeders of New York State have announced that the $300,000 Dr. Harry M. Zweig Memorial Trot for 3 year olds in 2006 has been relocated to Tioga Downs in Nichols, N.Y. The date of Saturday, Aug. 12, for the open and filly divisions remains the same and the event will be raced on the af
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Series finals at Hawthorne
June 14, 2006
In the $15,500 Forest View Pacing Series Final, Fluff O Macktic left no doubt with a stunning 11-length victory in 1:53.2. The Armbro Mackintosh filly was slipped into leg two last week by owners Bill and Agnes Mowen and trainer Nick Prather and they held their breath that their fine filly wouldn’t
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Gingras now 4th at Big M
June 14, 2006
With seven weeks left in the Meadowlands’ 2006 racing season, driver Yannick Gingras is having his best meet ever, and the 26 year old has now picked up Artstanding, a mount that could land him a spot in the $1 million Meadowlands Pace. Gingras will drive Artstanding in Saturday’s night $75,100 leg
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NJSS at Meadowlands
June 14, 2006
New Jersey Sire Stakes action at the Meadowlands Wednesday night featured two close finishes and one open-lengths score. Simple Task and Passionate Glide eked out victories in 1:55.2 and 1:54.4, respectively, for Brittany Farms while Queen Serene jogged home first in 1:55.1. In the first $25,500
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Artiscape 2YO winners
June 14, 2006
Two-year-old pacers lined up behind the starting gate just before the start of the pari-mutuel card at the Meadowlands Wednesday night and the victors were two offspring by Artiscape. The filly Artcotic scored in 1:56.1 while Wearable Art won in 1:57.2. Aartcotic is another bargain buy by trainer
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NJ court denies Rucker
June 13, 2006
The New Jersey State Supreme Court has denied trainer Ken Rucker's request for a stay pending appeal of the refusal of the Meadowlands Racetrack to accept his entries. The ruling, by State Supreme Court chief justice Deborah T. Poritz, was issued on June 9, and filed as of June 13, 2006. Rucker'
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Sire Stakes at Rosecroft
June 13, 2006
Mandas Mistyclover, a 3-year-old Dedicated Yankee filly owned by Donnie and Nancy Drewer, trotted wire to wire in a $3,000 division of the Maryland Sire Stakes Monday at Rosecroft Raceway. With Cliff Green in the sulky, the filly cut fractions of :29.3, 1:01.3 and 1:32.4 to draw away for the win wit
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Bad Boy wins Open
June 13, 2006
Gary Wolf's Casimir Bad Boy won his second straight race Monday and in dramatic fashion in the featured $18,500 Open at Harrington Raceway, stopping the clock in 1:52.4. The 7-year-old Make A Deal gelding and driver Eddie Davis Jr. wore down pacesetting Gold Rocket A, who set fractions of :26.2, :55
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A three-wide blast at Nfld
June 13, 2006
Former world champion Blastaway Sahbra took Monday's $7,500 Open Trot at Northfield, using a three-wide move going to the three-quarters to easily win in 1:57.1 Kurt Sugg trains and drives the son of Striking Sahbra, who has been limited to just 11 starts over the last two years. Trot Like Dad us
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Posts drawn for NA Cup
June 13, 2006
Post positions have been drawn for the $1.5 million (C) Pepsi North America Cup, which will be contested Saturday night at Woodbine in Toronto. Winter book favorite Jereme's Jet, who barely qualified, drew post 10. The complete field is as follows. At draw time driver Ron Pierce had yet to choose wh
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Lady Liberty field set
June 13, 2006
Loyal Opposition, a three-time divisional champion, and Burning Point, the 3-Year-Old Pacing Filly of the Year in 2003, will be among nine of the premier pacing mares in Friday night’s $201,000 Lady Liberty Final at the Meadowlands. Loyal Opposition, who won the 2004 edition of the Lady Liberty, dre
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Sears to drive Western Ace
June 13, 2006
When vying for the biggest purse in harness racing it’s not a bad thing to have the two drivers leading the money-winning standings in the sulky behind your horses, and that’s what trainer George Teague has done as he has named Ron Pierce to drive Total Truth and Brian Sears to direct Western Ace in
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American Ideal out of CPD
June 13, 2006
American Ideal, the powerful 4-year-old son of Western Ideal, has been scratched out of his Canadian Pacing Derby elimination this Saturday evening at Woodbine apparently due to lameness. The Casie Coleman-trained bay last raced on June 10 at Woodbine in a $50,000 Open, where he finished fourth to L
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Housethatruthbuilt in foal
June 12, 2006
Breeders Crown champion Housethatruthbuilt is in foal to Triple Crown champion Windsong's Legacy, according to Ted Gewertz, who shared ownership in both millionaire trotters. "If she wasn't able to compete with the best, we didn't want to bring her back," said Gewertz of Housethatruthbuilt, who reti
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Breedings for winners
June 12, 2006
This year The Red Mile will award a breeding choice to the owner, trainer and driver with the most wins in both the early Fall Meet and the Grand Circuit Meet. The top owner by wins during the Fall Meet will have their choice of a breeding to either Real Desire or Tom Ridge, the trainer the choic
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June 12, 2006
World champion 9-year-old pacer Primetime Bobcat has been supplemented at a cost of $85,000 into this year's Canadian Pacing Derby, which will have eliminations at Woodbine Saturday night, June 17, and an $831,000(C) final June 24. Trainer Tony Montini co-owns the Abercrombie gelding along with Basi
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OHSS at Northfield
June 11, 2006
The Battle of Lake Erie’s undercard at Northfield Park Saturday night included the second leg of Ohio Sire Stakes for 3-year-old colt and gelding trotters and pacers. There were four divisions of each gait. In the pace splits, Psiluvheartbreaker scored his fifth straight victory with a wire-to-wi
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Currier & Ives Divisions
June 11, 2006
Kerogen and Macdeen Star scored their first victories of the year and Santana Bluestone won his third race of the year in $44,588 divisions of the Currier & Ives Stakes at The Meadows Saturday. Santana Bluestone turned in the fastest performance, scoring in 1:58.4 for trainer-driver Ray Romanetti
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He Wants It All wins prep
June 11, 2006
He Wants It All went wire to wire in 1:50.2 and captured the $24,000 Robert Carey Memorial Preview at Hawthorne Saturday by one-half length over Cheyenne Hollywood. The $100,000 Carey is scheduled for Saturday, June 17, at the Chicago track. Dave Magee was in the bike as the 6-year-old stallion b
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ISS action at Hoosier
June 11, 2006
The $12,000 fourth leg of Indiana Sire Stakes for sophomore colt and gelding pacers attracted two splits Saturday, June 10 at Hoosier Park. Competitors looked to secure enough points to lock up a place in the $100,000 final June 24. Hat-ies RC and Intendto’s punched their tickets to the final with i
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INSS fillies at Hoosier
June 10, 2006
Electric Showcase, second in two previous legs of the Indiana Sire Stakes 3-year-old filly pace, rallied in deep stretch and captured the Sire Stakes fourth leg at Hoosier Park Friday night in 1:53.4, a career-best performance by two seconds. Joshua Sutton was in the bike as the Electric Yankee l
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Lis Mara in 1:48 open
June 10, 2006
Lis Mara and driver Brian Sears kicked off the Pepsi North America Cup elimination night at Woodbine Racetrack Saturday night with a lifetime best 1:48 win in the $50,000 ( C ) Open Pace. Sent off at odds of 6-1, Sears and the 4-year-old son of Cambest-Lisheen got away second and sat the pocket
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Surprises in Goodtimes
June 10, 2006
After an event-packed final quarter, long shot Kelso was declared the winner in the first of two $30,000 eliminations of The Goodtimes at Woodbine while Chocolatier, last year’s class champion, went off stride with the lead at the half and failed to qualify for next week’s final with a distanced nin
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Lynch elims at Pocono
June 10, 2006
Darlin’s Delight and Eternity’s Delight captured James M. Lynch Memorial Pace elimination races for 3-year-old pacing fillies Saturday afternoon at Mohegan Sun at Pocono Downs. Driven by Yanick Gingras, Darlin’s Delight left quickly from the eight hole but grabbing the early lead were Ron Pierce
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Feelin Friskie in 1:49.1
June 10, 2006
Feelin Friskie, Doonbeg and Dave Panlone captured $50,000 ( C ) eliminations of the Pepsi North America Cup at Woodbine Saturday night. The top three finishers in each elim, plus Jereme's Jet, who was drawn by lot from the three fourth-place finishers, will advance to the $1.5 million ( C ) final Sa
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Buckeye One wins Battle
June 10, 2006
Buckeye One took advantage of wicked early fractions and swooped into the lead on the final turn and went on to capture the $125,000 Battle Of Lake Erie in 1:51.2 at Northfield Park Saturday night. Ponder also rallied late to be second, just over a length behind the winner. Rebleman (Brett Miller
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Delaware to honor Waples
June 09, 2006
Ron Waples, a two-time Little Brown Jug winner, has been elected as the 22nd Little Brown Jug Wall of Fame honoree. The Toronto, Ontario.native was elected by a panel of national and international harness racing enthusiasts and is the sixth Canadian to be honored. Waples will be officially induct
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New York track to open
June 09, 2006
It took the help of the New York State Police, but Tioga Downs held its offical ribbon-cutting ceremony Friday morning before a crowd of more than 300, about eight hours before the track was scheduled to begin live racing for the first time. Track owner Jeff Gural was delayed when a car fire on the
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PASS with Viggorish
June 09, 2006
Hidden Viggorish, leaving from post position one, grabbed the early lead and didn’t let anyone take it away from her in a career-best 1:56.1 in the $29,595 third division of the Pennsylvania Sire Stakes for 3-year-old filly trotters at Pocono Downs Friday afternoon. Trainer Bill Zendt was in the
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Hawthorne series final set
June 09, 2006
Three divisions of leg two of the Stickney Pacing Series were contested at Hawthorne on Wednesday night, with Artie’s Quest, Get Real and TJ”s First scoring victories, setting the stage for next week’s final. Artie’s Quest, in hand to Brent Holland, moved from the back of the pack with live cover
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Devilfish not bluffing
June 09, 2006
Off of a pair of monstrous May qualifiers downstate, Devilfish debuted at Hawhthorne Thursday night with high expectations for trainer Erv Miller, and the 3-year-old son of Cam’s Card Shark certainly didn’t disappoint, romping to victory in 1:51.2 in his first lifetime start. Owned by Vandalay Ra
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Jereme's Jet fav in elim
June 09, 2006
Morning-line odds for Saturday’s three Pepsi Northa America Cup eliminations have been set by Woodbine. Jereme’s Jet, who will leave from post four in the first elimination with Paul MacDonell in the sulky, has been established as that split’s favorite at odds of 8 to 5. In the second division the n
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Racing at Tioga Downs
June 09, 2006
An enthusiastic, overflow crowd of 6,000 patrons filled Tioga Downs Friday night for the track’s opening harness racing card of 11 races. The night’s feature race, a $12,500 Open Trot, went to Speed Pilot and driver Stephane Bouchard in 1:57.4. The mile was a lifetime mark for the 5-year-old CR A
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Dube returns with victory
June 09, 2006
After sitting on the sidelines for two months due to injury, Dan Dube made his return to the races, a winning one, with Marnie Hall in the $40,000 mares open for Lady Liberty eligibles Friday night at the Meadowlands. Marnie Hall launched a first-over attack and emerged the winner of a fierce st
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Andy Miller OK after fall
June 09, 2006
Driver Andy Miller and 5-year-old pacing mare Whitesand Jewel both walked away from an accident in the seventh race at the Meadowlands Friday night with minor scrapes. Miller was catapulted out of his sulky around the first turn when driver George Brennan and Sweet Lady Lee collided into him. “Ge
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Elegantimage field set
June 09, 2006
Oaklea Omega, in rein to driver Paul MacDonell, proved to be a cut above the rest in Friday’s second $35,000 Elegantimage Stakes eliminations for 3-year-old trotting fillies at Woodbine Racetrack. The John Bax student, who was a 1:57.2 winner in her Casual Breeze Stakes division last Friday, romped
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Pompano record tied
June 09, 2006
Hyde Park Hussie N tied the track record for mares with a 3 1/2-length triumph in 1:51.4 at Pompano Park Harness Track Friday in the $10,000 Preferred-Handicap Mares Pace. Kadijah first set the record in 2003. The race also saw the end to Chip And Gale A’s five-race winning streak as she finished fo
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Filly trotters in NJSS
June 08, 2006
Belle Of The Ball scored her first win in three starts this year and Passionate Glide won the first start of her sophomore season in New Jersey Sire Stakes action at the Meadowlands Wednesday night. Rains turned the track sloppy, but Passionate Glide coasted home unchallenged in 1:56.2 and Belle Of
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Dube to return Friday
June 08, 2006
Daniel Dube will resume driving on Friday night at the Meadowlands after spending two months on the sidelines. Dube fractured his right clavicle and several ribs in a spill on March 29 at the Meadowlands. The 36-year-old Quebec native has 5,200 victories and nearly $39 million in purse earnings
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6 straight for Tweedle Dum
June 08, 2006
Tweedle Dum notched his sixth straight victory at Pompano Park Wednesday with a 1 1/2-length triumph in the $10,000 Preferred-Handicap Trot. It was the 6-year-old gelding's 11th win of the year. Tweedle Dum is now tied for second place among the winningest horses in North America this year. Ulti
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Dynamic set for Cup
June 08, 2006
He made his 2006 debut in the Burlington Stakes, and after a hard-closing fourth-place finish, Armbro Dynamic appears to be in relatively good form heading into his Pepsi North Cup elimination this Saturday evening at Woodbine. Trainer Bob McIntosh, who owns the son of Western Hanover along with
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Field set for Battle
June 08, 2006
World champion Spirit Of A Shark, the fastest veteran gelding pacer ever on a half-mile track, has drawn post two and has been named the 5-2 morning line favorite in Saturday’s $125,000 Battle of Lake Erie at Northfield Park, the harness track located between Cleveland and Akron, Ohio. Spirit Of
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Artstanding ready for Cup
June 08, 2006
Last July Artstanding quickly made a name for himself when he handed Western Ace his first-ever defeat when he upset that colt in the $175,000 New Jersey Sire Stakes final for 2-year-old colt pacers at the Meadowlands. In Saturday night’s eliminations for the $1.5 million North America Cup at Woodbi
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Lynch elims at Pocono
June 08, 2006
My Little Dragon, Xhilaration, Future Destiny and Darlin’s Delight head up a group of talented 3-year-old pacing fillies that will be racing at Mohegan Sun at Pocono Downs Saturday as two eliminations for the James M. Lynch Memorial Pace will be contested. The top four finishers from each division a
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Overstreet injured at farm
June 08, 2006
Dr. Luel Overstreet, known for the “Bluegrass” horses he breeds and races, was seriously injured in a farming accident Tuesday (June 6) at his farm in Henderson, Ky. Overstreet, a veterinarian, was hospitalized in the intensive care unit at Community Methodist Hospital in Henderson. According to
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Trotting colts at Big M
June 08, 2006
The 3-year-old trotting colts Make You Mine and Ira K won New Jersey Sire Stakes divisions at the Meadowlands Thursday night with miles of 1:56 and 1:56.4, respectively. Make You Mine, a Self Possessed sired colt who earned $206,720 as a 2 year old while winning six of 14 starts, scored for Mike
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Dave a Cup contender
June 08, 2006
He's named after one of the top drivers in harness racing, and now Dave Panlone will be looking to tackle the continent's best 3-year-old pacing colts in Saturday evening's $50,000 eliminations for the $1.5-million Pepsi North America Cup at Woodbine. With Dave Palone retained to be at his lines,
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New GM at Historic Track
June 07, 2006
Goshen native Stephen Hopkins has recently been named general manager of Goshen Historic Track. It was no surprise that Hopkins desired to be a part of the track and its’ colorful history since he grew up in Goshen. His family was connected to the track through their family owned business, Hopkins H
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18 LBJ eligibles in Cup
June 07, 2006
Twenty-three 3-year-old colts and geldings will compete in three eliminations of the $1.5 million North America Cup on Saturday, June 10, at Woodbine and 18 of the starters are eliglble to the Little Brown Jug. The top three finishers in each elimination, plus one drawn by lot of the fourth place
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1:53.1 trot mile at Pocono
June 07, 2006
Armbro Barrister, a 5-year-old stallion, trotted the fastest mile in the history of Mohegan Sun at Pocono Downs in Tuesday’s Open Handicap, a 1:53.1 mile that lowered the previous mark by a second and also set a North American record. Trained by Paul Doherty and driven by Ray Schnittker, the so
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Rucker Denied Stay
June 07, 2006
Trainer Ken Rucker's request for a stay of his suspension was denied Tuesday by the Superior Court of New Jersey's Appellate Division. Rucker was seeking a stay of the Meadowlands Racetrack's suspension of entries of horses trained by him. Appellate Judge Joseph Yannotti issued the denial. With t
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IRB to examine racing
June 07, 2006
Illinois Racing Board Chairman Lorna Propes has called for hearings to examine the state of Illinois’ horseracing industry. The hearings will be held July 18, 19 and 24 at the James R. Thompson Center in Chicago. “The Illinois Racing Board is charged with overseeing the industry, maximizing state
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World Cup quali at Big M
June 07, 2006
The $300,000 Nat Ray Invitational at the Meadowlands will become the first North American race to be included in the European-based World Cup Trot in 2006. The premier international series for older trotters consists of four preliminary qualifying events to be held at racetracks in Italy, Sweden,
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Top colts ready for NA Cup
June 07, 2006
Trainer George Teague Jr. laughed when asked about the post position draw for Saturday’s North America Cup eliminations, where his colts Total Truth and Western Ace drew the outside posts seven and eight in their respective heats. Total Truth never drew outside post four in seven starts last year an
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Good times for Campbell?
June 07, 2006
Trainer and co-owner Bob McIntosh says Campbell Hall has given an honest effort on the racetrack from day one, and the Hall of Fame conditioner says the well-bred sophomore colt is on the improve. A half brother to 2003 Trotter of the Year Cantab Hall, the first freshman to ever be so honored, Campb
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No Dygert elims needed
June 07, 2006
Only 10 trotters dropped into the box for the Erwin F. Dygert Trot on Friday, so elimination races will not be necessary. However, nine of those ten will slug it out in a $24,000 prep race for the Dygert Friday night at Hawthorne. Perhaps the most intriguing storyline leading into the Dygert is t
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Tweedle Dum Goes for sixth
June 07, 2006
Almost as predictable as the daily rain storms during the summer in south Florida, track record holder Tweedle Dum heads the Preferred-Handicap Trot at Pompano Park Harness Track tonight. The 6-year-old gelding goes for his sixth straight win from post six in the first-race feature for driver Wal
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Horsepower at Pocono
June 07, 2006
Horse power of a different kind will be on display Saturday afternoon (June 10) at Mohegan Sun at Pocono Downs as part of a Belmont Stakes party, and fans 21 years of age or older will get the opportunity of driving Robbie Gordon’s White No. 7 Jim Beam NASCAR simulator car. There is no charge. Mo
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ISOBA office burns down
June 07, 2006
According to reports, the Illinois Standardbred Owners and Breeders Association (ISOBA) office, located at the Illinois State Fairgrounds in Springfield, Ill., was totally destroyed by a fire Wednesday morning. The ISOBA office has been moved to the Illinois State Fair race office, which is locat
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Katie Terry to be honored
June 06, 2006
Katie Terry, a volunteer in the marketing and public relations department since 1998 at the Delaware County Fair, will be honored as the 2006 Lady Pace honoree. The $20,000-estimated Lady Pace will be raced for the sixth time Sunday afternoon, Sept. 17 , opening day of Delaware’s five afternoons of
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Vernon gets temp license
June 06, 2006
The New York State Racing and Wagering Board Monday gave Vernon Downs a temporary license to resume racing this year, according to a story in the Syracuse Post-Standard. While the owners of the racetrack, Nevada Gold and Jeff Gural, have set an opening date of Aug. 3, there are still a series of hur
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Next Flight wins Special
June 06, 2006
Next Flight (Ron Pierce) won the featured $16,500 Delaware Special Monday night at Harrington Raceway in 1:53.2. The Del Cote-trainee received a perfect two-hole trip behind pacesetting Ima Rustler Too. Pierce awaited room in the stretch when he surged by Ima Rustler Too late for a narrow win. It
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Battle champ to return
June 06, 2006
Trainer Mickey Burke still believes in older pacer Maltese Artist. So much so, in fact, that he and his wife, Sylvia, recently bought a quarter share of the gelding. "Last year after he lost a race at the end of the season, I told people that if anyone had said he’d win $200,000, we’d have signed
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Palone Ranger sidelined
June 06, 2006
Palone Ranger, considered one of the top contenders for the North America Cup and Meadowlands Pace, will be sidelined for the next two to three months with a heart ailment. “He has arterial premature contractions--an extra heartbeat,” said trainer Chris Ryder. “It's something he picked up throug
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Total Truth owners excited
June 06, 2006
A couple years ago, Delaware resident Patrick Callahan kept reading stories about the sensational filly Rainbow Blue, who won 20 of 21 races in 2004 and earned Horse of the Year honors. The horse’s connections – trainer/co-owner George Teague Jr. and brothers Ron and Kevin Fry – also were from Delaw
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Mr Feelgood aims for NA Cup
June 06, 2006
Mr Feelgood could make his connections feel great if he continues to win races over the next two weeks. Coming off an upset of last season’s 2-year-old champ, Jereme’s Jet, in a division of the Burlington on June 3, the Jimmy Takter-trained pacer now has his sights on the $1.5 million North America
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Equine careers spotlighted
June 06, 2006
High school-aged girls considering a career with horses are invited to meet two women who have made a successful career working with horses on July 6. Boys are also welcome to this free career exploration event, which will be held in central New Jersey. Trainer-driver Jacqueline Ingrassia and eq
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Ponder readies for Battle
June 06, 2006
Ponder tuned up for the Battle Of Lake Erie by qualifiying at Mohawk Tuesday morning in 1:54.1. Driven by Rick Zeron for trainer Bob McIntosh, Ponder made a break before the gate in an Open Pace at Woodbine on June 3. Per Canadian rules, all monies wagered on the favorite were refunded and he was fo
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Brittany buys Western Shore
June 06, 2006
Western Shore, a 3-year-old pacing colt making just his third career start, turned a few heads when he won at Woodbine in 1:51 Monday night with a :26.3 last quarter. Brittany Farms, which bred the colt, was so impressed they purchased an interest in the horse from owner Ron Michelon. “Brittany b
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23 in North America Cup
June 06, 2006
Three $50,000 ( C ) eliminations have been carded Saturday night, June 10, at Woodbine for the Pepsi North America Cup. With 23 three-year-old pacers entered, the eliminations have been divided into two fields of eight and one of seven, with the top three finishers in each split, plus one drawn by l
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Woodbine sets trot fields
June 06, 2006
World champion and 2005 Two-Year-Old Colt Trotter of the Year Chocolatier will make his season debut in the first of two $30,000 ( C ) eliminations for The Goodtimes at Woodbine Saturday night, June 10, on the same card that features the Pepsi North America Cup eliminations. Chocolatier has drawn
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Sutton wins six at HoP
June 05, 2006
Driver Josh Sutton guided 6-year-old Armbro Approach to victory in the feature Saturday, June 3, at Hoosier Park and tallied another five trips to the winner’s circle to take the lead in the driver standings. He now maintains a 62-58 advantage over Ricky Macomber Jr. Sutton started hot Saturday e
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Vivid Photo sets mark
June 05, 2006
Vivid Photo lowered the Rosecroft Raceway track record and set a world record for 4-year-old gelding trotters with a 1:54 open-lengths score Monday night in a $15,000 Invitational. With trainer Roger Hammer in the sulky, the 2005 Hambletonian champion raced in the two hole to the halfway mark in :56
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Mayflower's Song wins ISS
June 04, 2006
Mayflower’s Song and driver Mike Peterson found room on the inside and sped to the winner’s circle in the mares division of the Indiana Sire Stakes Saturday night. The pair was able to hold off a strong finishing surge by Townline Lily and driver Pat Berry and won leg three by a neck, in 1:533.
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Buck I St Pat trots on
June 03, 2006
Buck I St Pat recorded the fastest mile by a 3-year-old trotting filly this season and driver Paul MacDonell captured the other two splits with John Bax pupils, as three $75,000 divisions of the Casual Breeze Stakes highlighted the Saturday evening program of racing from Woodbine. In the third di
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Med Vac charges over slop
June 03, 2006
Med Vac [$40.80, $13.80, $3.00] charged down a rain-soaked stretch to win the featured $35,000 open trot, the sixth race, on Friday night at the Meadowlands in 1:54. Driven by David Miller, Med Vac bested Elegant Man [$7.20, $2.60] by a half-length, while it was a length back to 4-5 favorite Lhasa M
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Our lucky day in Molson
June 03, 2006
Our Lucky Killean (Jack Moiseyev) poured down the frontside and finished a sudsy head in front of Dr. No (Mark MacDonald) in the $250,000(C) Molson Pace at Western Fair Raceway in 1:53. Moiseyev sat chilly as Dr No set fractions of :27.2, :55.3 and 1:24, then led the cavalry charge around the fin
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Baby races at Mohawk
June 03, 2006
Nine baby races were sent to the post Saturday morning at Mohawk, with colt pacer Another Great Day turning in the fastest split with a 1:58.3 mile. Another Great Day is a $25,000 yearling by Grinfromeartoear out of Day After. He is owned by Robert Richardson, trained by Jason Libby and driven by
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Babies take to Big M
June 03, 2006
Twelve baby races were carded at the Meadowlands Saturday morning, highlighted by a 2:00.2 mile by Cam’s Card Shark colt B Fifty Two. The homebred is owned and trained by Bernie Ban and driven by Stephane Bouchard. In the second baby race, Matt’s Scooter colt Lazan Hanover, half-brother to Lit
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Bobcat wins Sweeps
June 03, 2006
World record holder Primetime Bobcat beat the best pacers in North America at Rockingham Park Saturday night with a 1:51.3 win in the $120,000 New Hampshire Sweepstakes. The 9-year-old Canadian-based son of Abercrombie, sent off as the 3-2 second choice in the field of eight, went right to the f
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Artistic Fella wins NJSS
June 03, 2006
Artistic Fella lowered his lifetime mark to 1:49.2 as he rolled to his fifth straight victory in a $72,700 New Jersey Sire Stakes division on Saturday night at the Meadowlands. Driven by Cat Manzi, Artistic Fella made the top past the opening quarter and easily repelled all challengers as he drew
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Damien, True North win
June 03, 2006
The Meadows contested three divisions of the Keystone Classics for 3-year-old pacing colt and geldings, Saturday night. Armbro Damien (1:51), Keystone Eli (1:54) and True North Hanover (1:51.1) all won their divisions. Armbro Damien, driven by Dave Palone, won the first division. The $90,000 yea
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Mr Feelgood wins Burlington
June 03, 2006
Mr Feelgood ($31.40, $5.80, $3.60) and driver Mark MacDonald toppled the mighty Jereme’s Jet ($2.40, $2.10) in the last of the $100,000 Burlington Stakes divisions Saturday evening at Woodbine, hauling down the millionaire in a time of 1:53.2 after working out a two-hole trip. Mr Feelgood, a son
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Joe To Go wins in debut
June 03, 2006
Western Ace was the prohibitive favorite for the second division of the Burlington Stakes Saturday evening from Woodbine, but with the son of Western Ideal scratched sick from the event, the winner’s share of the $100,000 purse was there for the taking. Cookerosa, in rein to driver George Brennan
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Vivid Photo to start at Rcr
June 02, 2006
2005 Hambletonian winner Vivid Photo drew post position two in the "Elliot in the Morning/DC 101" Invitational Trot worth $15,000 at Rosecroft Raceway on Monday, June 5, and will open on the board as the 8-5 early choice. Trained and driven by Roger Hammer, the 4-year-old gelded son of SJ's Photo
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Bono Bests back
June 02, 2006
Bono Bests enjoyed a well-deserved rest since competing in the Berry’s Creek at the Meadowlands May 6, and trainer Ivan Sugg has entered the bay to contest the first of three $100,000 divisions of the Burlington Stakes Saturday at Woodbine. “I wanted to give him a layoff before the North America
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Sinister Hall enters stakes
June 02, 2006
According to trainer Rene Laarman, Sinister Hall is in good form heading into the first of Saturday’s three $100,000 Burlington Stakes divisions after a forgettable race at Woodbine on May 23. “He’s shown improvement every start, but his last start is the type that you’d just wipe off the page; i
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Filly trotter wins at Meadows
June 02, 2006
World champion trotter Varenne sired his first North American winner Thursday night at The Meadows as Southwind Nova scored a 2:07.2 victory in a $300 baby race. The 2-year-old filly Southwind Nova is out of the Lindy Lane mare New York To Paris, who competed in Pennsylvania Sire Stakes contests at
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Ideal News to retire
June 02, 2006
Trainer Joe Holloway on Thursday said Ideal News has been retired and is on her way to Brittany Farms to become a broodmare. Ideal News swept last year’s Blossom Series and won the Miss New Jersey before coming down with pneumonia prior to the Fan Hanover final. Holloway said Ideal News nearly di
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Pick your Jug fantasy stable
June 02, 2006
The $50,000 North America Cup eliminations, set for Saturday, June 10, are the first scheduled races in the Little Brown Jug Fantasy Stable Contest. You must select five horses from your fantasy stable, plus two drivers and two trainers, by 11:59 p.m., Sunday, June 4. Just go to www.jugbarn.com to
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Artistic Fella in NJSS
June 02, 2006
Artistic Fella looks for his fifth straight win Saturday night as he continues on the path to the $1 million Meadowlands Pace for trainer Steve Elliott and owner Joseph Alborano. The multiple stakes winner is rated as the prohibitive 4-5 morning line favorite from post four in the evening's secon
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Peaceful Way qualifies
June 02, 2006
Peaceful Way successfully qualified in 1:53.4 at Mohawk Friday morning, coming home in :27.3 with Trevor Ritchie aboard. The 5-year-old mare by Angus Hall made a break in her first qualifier on May 23. Ritchie told Standardbred Canada it was due to dirt hitting her in the face. Peaceful Way has e
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Loyal Opposition: a Q&A
June 02, 2006
The undisputed queen of Illinois racing, the 6-year-old mare Loyal Opposition, is widely regarded as one of the top pacing females of her generation. Loyal Opposition’s illustrious career began at Hawthorne on June 27th, 2002, as the Erv Miller trainee won her first pari-mutuel start in leg one
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Napolitano handed 9 months
June 02, 2006
Pocono Downs’ leading horseman George Napolitano Jr. has received an aggregate suspension of 270 days and fined $4,500 for three positive tests in early April at that racetrack. Napolitano, who turned 40 on May 25, is the top driver at the track with 90 victories and his 46 wins as a trainer also le
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Pink Ribbons fifth
June 02, 2006
Pink Ribbons, winner of $143,410 at 2 and 3, finished fifth in her 4-year-old debut over a "sloppy" track Friday night at The Meadows in a mile timed in 1:58.1. The mare by Mr Vic sat fourth throughout the mile, then came first-over before the three quarters. She soon faded as pacesetter I'm Just
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45-1 shot wins at Pompano
June 01, 2006
U Toe The Bike ($93.80), the longest shot on the tote board at odds of 45-1, swept three-wide from sixth place on the final turn and closed with a burst of speed to nip Muscle Boss Vita at the wire to win the $8,250 Preferred II Handicap Trot by a nose at Pompano Park Harness Track Wednesday. Amazin
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Mare trots to Har mark
June 01, 2006
Racsan Jenny set a new track record and season's mark for older trotting mares on a half-mile racetrack with a 1:56.4 win Wednesday night at Harrington Raceway in a $13,500 winners over trot. The 6-year-old Program Speed mare set all the fractions and held pocket-sitting Orillia Bam Bam safe for
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Stellar NH Sweeps field
June 01, 2006
World champion Primetime Bobcat heads a spectacular field of eight top-class pacers headed to Rockingham Park on Saturday to contest the $120,000 New Hampshire Sweepstakes. In what will be one of the marquis pacing events on the North American harness racing schedule this year, the New Hampshire
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NJSS A Simple Task
June 01, 2006
Simple Task popped out of the pocket in the stretch and drew off to win the $23,100 first of four New Jersey Sire Stakes divisions for 3-year-old filly trotters Wednesday night at the Meadowlands. Driven and trained by Jimmy Takter, Simple Task bested Queen Serene by 1 3/4 lengths in 1:55.4. It
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Stonebridge Regal to return
June 01, 2006
North America Cup runner-up and Meadowlands Pace third-place finisher Stonebridge Regal is about two weeks away from qualifying, according to trainer Bob McIntosh. An 11-time winner in 21 starts last year at three after going unraced as a freshman, Stonebridge Regal began working his way back to the
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Hawthorne's big night set
June 01, 2006
The entries for Hawthorne’s second annual Night Of Champions have been released, and the 13-race program promises to provide memories that will last a lifetime. Early post time for the night’s festivities is 7 p.m. and Racing Secretary Billy Perkins gets the card rolling in grand style with the $
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An Andover Hall winner
June 01, 2006
World Trotting Derby winner Andover Hall had his first winner as a sire Wednesday as Adrian Chip, out of the stakes-placed mare My Favorite Chip, won a qualifier at Rosecroft in 2:05.1. With trainer Todd Schadel (half of the team behind Hambletonian winner Vivid Photo) in the sulky, Adrian Chip led
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Filly champs qualify
June 01, 2006
Reigning divisional champs My Little Dragon and Passionate Glide won their respective qualifiers Thursday morning at the Meadowlands, while Bob Heyden, the second highest-priced yearling trotter sold at auction in 2004 at a price of $290,000, also won a qualifier in his first appearance of 2006.
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Four Illinois casinos sue
June 01, 2006
Four Chicago-area casinos have sued to overturn a new state law signed by Gov. Rod Blagojevich that requires them to fork over tens of millions of dollars to the struggling horse-racing industry. The four riverboats--Empress Casino and Harrah's in Joliet, Hollywood Casino in Aurora and Grand Vict
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