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Ky's Gallagher resigns
July 27, 2006
Kentucky Horse Racing Authority executive director Jim Gallagher has announced his resignation effective Oct. 1. Gallagher was the authority’s first executive director, appointed to the position in September 2004 by Gov. Ernie Fletcher. "As you well know, I left my wife, family and elderly parent
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Meadows changes hands
July 27, 2006
Cannery Casino Resorts, a Las Vegas-based casino company, has completed its purchase of The Meadows from Magna Entertainment for $200 million, $25 million less than was called for in the original acquisition deal. The new owner of The Meadows is officially PA Meadows LLC. Last November PA Meadows
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Stga handles $52G on Stga
July 27, 2006
Bettors at Saratoga Gaming and Raceway were able to wager on the Thoroughbred races at nearby Saratoga Race Course for the very first time when that track opened Wednesday for the 2006 season, and they pushed $52,608 through the windows. Reports say about 500 people went to the harness track, avoidi
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3 year olds invade Buffalo
July 27, 2006
Buffalo Raceway will host a weekend of New York Sire Stakes, worth $271,367, when 3-year-old pacers invade the Hamburg oval on Friday and Saturday, July 28 and 29. The highlight will be the two divisions of colts and geldings on Saturday in which winners of earlier New York Sire Stakes legs will fac
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Holmes prep in Big M qualie?
July 27, 2006
Western Guy won a qualifier in 1:51.2 at the Meadowlands Thursday morning with Brian Sears in the bike for trainer Jake Huff. Along with Western Guy, the next four finishers: Feelin Friskie, Western Cyclone, Mr. Thirty Two and Four Starz Stores are all eligible to the $275,000 Oliver Wendell Holmes,
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Busy times for Twins Kelly
July 27, 2006
Although he retired as manager of the Minnesota Twins following the 2001 season, Tom Kelly is keeping busy with his scouting duties. Although he’s occupied with trying to help the team make this year’s playoffs, he is also busy watching his small stable of Standardbreds race, usually doing so via co
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Joe Lighthill dies
July 27, 2006
Harnessracing.com has learned Joe Lighthill has died in California at the age of 78. Mr. Lighthill, who has not been active in the sport since the mid 1990s, drove 2,272 winners over his career and had $6,980,116 in purse earnings. A native of Ohio, Mr. Lighthill began driving at age 15, the you
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Ledford 5 hearing held
July 27, 2006
An administrative law hearing was held Wednesday in New Jersey with respect to the suspensions of driver Eric Ledford, trainer Seldon Ledford, stable assistants Ryan and Ardena Dailey and veterinarian Dr. John Witmer, and attorneys for the five have publicly stated they expect the penalties to be th
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Cal driver still recovering
July 27, 2006
After one of the worst accidents in recent memory at Cal Expo, driver/trainer Ken Usherson, 51, has been in intensive care at University of California-Davis Medical Center for seven days. Usherson, 51, suffered four broken bones in his left shoulder, a collapsed lung and several broken ribs after
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NY quartet in Hambletonian
July 27, 2006
Four of the 13 horses entered in the Hambletonian eliminations on Saturday, July 29, at the Meadowlands were bred in New York, making it the largest entry of New York-breds since 2000. Three of the four entrants are by Credit Winner, who stands at Blue Chip Farms in Wallkill, N.Y.: Here Comes Herbie
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Gov's day at Harrington
July 27, 2006
Rodney Wyatt's Ireneonthemove (Anthony Morgan, 1:52.3) broke her own track record for 3-year-old pacing fillies in one of four $100,000 Delaware Standardbred Breeders Fund (DSBF) finals on the Governor's Day program during the Delaware State Fair Thursday at Harrington Raceway. The Powerful Toy f
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Make your Jugbarn changes
July 27, 2006
Attention, Little Brown Jug Fantasy players, you may make changes in your stable through Monday night, with the next race being the $275,000 Oliver Wendell Holmes on Saturday, Aug. 5 at the Meadowlands. Feelin Friskie, who won the New Jersey Classic and was second in the North America Cup, was inad
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3 Merrie Annabelle splits
July 27, 2006
The Merrie Annabelle eliminations got underway with plenty of drama as 1-9 betting favorite Possess The Magic broke stride in the first turn, but then rallied to miss winning by a nose Thursday night. The winners were Michelle’s Angel (1:57.4), Gerri’s Joy (1:58.2) and Chez Lucie (1:58). In the f
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Favorites win in Sweetheart
July 27, 2006
The favorites won the two Sweetheart 2-year-old filly pace elims Thursday night at the Meadowlands as Me And My Baby stretched her winning streak to four with her 1:53.1 score and Isabella Blue Chip took the second elim in 1:53.2. The first five finishers in each elim advanced to the final. Me An
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