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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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