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Tioga Downs maze
July 20, 2006
Stoughton Farm in Newark Valley, N.Y., which is located about 10 minutes from Tioga Downs, has an annual corn maze, and this year the farm's maze has been done in conjunction with a promotion for Tioga Downs. As can be seen in the photo, the maze includes a harness horse and driver and the spelling
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Tweedle Dum wins 14th
July 20, 2006
Tweedle Dum is now tied as the winningest horse in North America this year, scoring his 14th win of the season with a two-length triumph in the Preferred-Handicap Trot at Pompano Park Wednesday. Walter Ross Jr. drove him to victory. A 6-year-old gelded son of Star Challenge, owned by Diane Norris
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ISS at Indiana Downs
July 20, 2006
Freshman filly trotters and pacers took center stage at Indiana Downs Wednesday, July 19. Two divisions of trotters and five pacing splits competed in the second round of Indiana Sire Stakes competition at the Shelbyville oval, with each race carrying an $8,000 purse. Several first leg winners dupli
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Vandervort in 1:52.1
July 20, 2006
Leah Vandervort, 27, who was the fourth fastest female driver in history by virtue of a 1:53.4 win at Harrington Raceway in 2004, moved up to second place on the all-woman list Wednesday afternoon at Mohegan Sun at Pocono Downs with a 1:52.4 victory with her 3-year-old filly pacer Miss Tally Ho.
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Big M OK'd for 2 more dates
July 20, 2006
The New Jersey Racing Commission has approved the Meadowlands’ request to add two dates in August--the 11th and 12th, the Friday and Saturday nights after the Hambletonian--to make up some of missed racing opportunities lost earlier this month when the state government shutdown caused the cancellati
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Q win for Darlin's Delight
July 20, 2006
The 3-year-old pacers Artstanding (1:53) and Darlin’s Delight (1:53.1) won qualifiers at the Meadowlands Thursday morning. Artstanding, who was sidelined by illness after the North America Cup elims, tuned up for the Oliver Wendell Holmes with his three-quarter length score over Mr. Thirty Two. A
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Croghan has 5 Crown hopes
July 20, 2006
Veteran trainer Ross Croghan is planning a massive assault on the upcoming Breeders Crown events for older horses at the Meadowlands, with five starters in three of the four events. Coming into this season, Croghan, who turned 53 on July 3, was fourth in all-time wins and fifth in earnings at the Me
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Burns, 91, to drive at home
July 20, 2006
Leo Burns, the 91-year-old harness driver and trainer, will compete in front of his hometown crowd Tuesday, July 25. Burns will guide his 2-year-old trotting filly Winsome Wyoming in the Egyptian Colt Stakes. A native of Marshalltown, Iowa, Burns has been a resident of Albion, Ill. since 1970. N
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