News Archive

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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