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Lolique, Charlie in Classics
July 28, 2006
Lolique minded his manners and won his $31,500 division of a Keystone Classic for 3-year-old colt trotters in 1:56.3 Thursday night at The Meadows. Driven to victory by Bill Fahy, Lolique used a quarter-pole move to his advantage to score the easy victory. “He’s gotten a little bit older and a
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Trotter now 18 for 18
July 28, 2006
Three-year-old colt trotter Maple Leaf Noble remained perfect in 18 career starts Thursday night as he captured one of two Atlantic Sire Stakes divisions at Truro Raceway in Nova Scotia. Amazingly, the unbeaten trotter has won all but one of his races by a margin of at least two lengths. The winn
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Graig still going strong
July 28, 2006
Eleven-year-old pacing gelding G TS Graig posted a 1:51 victory Thursday night at the Meadowlands, just three-fifths of a second off the world record for his age group. The win in the $20,000 claimer was his eighth of the year, just one shy of equaling his career-high nine wins in 2000. G TS Grai
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McMaster has positive
July 28, 2006
Trainer Kevin McMaster, currently fourth on the Woodbine Entertainment Group win list and the 2000 O’Brien Award winner as Canada’s Trainer of the Year, has received a $4,000 fine and 25-day suspension for a positive test earlier this month. McMaster, who has 41 wins and $864,515(C) in purse earn
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Bardis in an alliance
July 28, 2006
When Easton Alliance N, the pre-race favorite in Saturday’s Breeders Crown Mare Pace, won the Overbid Series final at the Meadowlands in March, she caught many people by surprise. Katherine Bardis, however, wasn’t one of them. Bardis, the mare’s 18-year-old owner, saw something she liked the pre
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Joe Lighthill dies
July 28, 2006
Longtime horseman Joe Lighthill died Tuesday, July 25, in Bakersfield, Calif. He was 78. Mr. Lighthill drove 2,272 winners in a career that began in the mid 1940s, with $6,980,116 in purse earnings. Based during his career in California, he seldom drove since the early 1990s, with his last mount
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Delaware rule controversy
July 28, 2006
A rule that has been in effect since last February in Delaware concerning vaccination papers precluded 11 horses from starting in the overnight events on the Governor’s Cup card at Harrington Raceway Thursday, July 27, leading to complaints by some horsemen because it didn’t affect horses entered in
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Showdown set for 3FP's
July 28, 2006
My Little Dragon and Bolero Toki each paced to career-best miles in winning their respective eliminations for the Mistletoe Shalee for 3-year-old filly pacers Friday night at the Meadowlands. My Little Dragon rushed past Darlin's Delight in the first $25,000 elim to score in 1:50.2, while Bolero Tok
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Wilder wins 4,000th
July 28, 2006
Mike Wilder, 34, won his 4,000th career race Friday night at The Meadows, reaching the milestone with Out Of The West. Wilder is also nearing the $18 million mark in career purse earnings. Out Of The West is a 4-year-old son of The Panderosa. The win was the second straight for the Kris Hite trai
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Big miles take Wilson elims
July 28, 2006
Artzina and Fox Valley Barzgar paced to 1:51.3 victories in their respective eliminations for the Woodrow Wilson for 2 year olds Friday night at the Meadowlands, the fastest miles posted by freshmen in 2006. Artzina won the first split after a hard-fought stretch battle with Mr. Apples that resul
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Allstar opener at Red Mile
July 28, 2006
Allstar Hall, a $270,000 Walnut Hall Ltd.-bred yearling purchase, won his career debut in impressive fashion Friday night at The Red Mile, capturing a Kentucky Fair Stakes contest by 15 1/2 lengths in 2:01.4. With Annette Lorentzon driving, the Like A Prayer half brother to standout performers Andov
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