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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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