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Legends at Hazel Park
August 01, 2006
The first-ever Michigan Legends Driving Competition will be held Tuesday night at Hazel Park Raceway. Nine of the Wolverine State’s all-time leading drivers—with a combined 34,448 wins and more than $140 million in purse earnings—will be in a three-race contest. Scheduled to compete in the contes
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Delaware gets makeover
August 01, 2006
The Delaware, Ohio county fair oval, the world’s fastest half-mile track, has just undergone a mighty facelift. “We scarified the clay to a depth of four to six inches,” said track consultant Greg Coon. “This busts up the clay like broken cement. We then cut up the clay into fine pieces and gra
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Loyal Opposition at fair
August 01, 2006
Three-time Dan Patch award-winning mare Loyal Opposition was supposed to lead the post parade in Thursday’s Taser Gun Pace at the Brown County Fair in Illinois, but now she will be behind the gate as one of eight entrants in the $18,000 race. Trainer Ervin Miller had been toying with the idea of
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Trotter not Hambo eligible
August 01, 2006
All of the sport’s top sophomore colt trotters will go postward for a $1.5 million purse in Saturday’s Hambletonian at the Meadowlands—all except one. Canadian standout Majestic Son was not eligible, although trainer Mark Steacy said the son of Angus Hall will likely meet up with his stellar peers d
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Zweig now at night
August 01, 2006
The Zweig Trot for 3-year-old colts, already moved to Tioga Downs from the Syracuse fairgrounds, has been moved from an afternoon card to a nighttime post on Saturday, Aug. 12. The $300,000 Zweig Trot will go on the 6:50 p.m. program on a day of doubleheader racing, so as not to conflict with the Ad
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2007 Ill. dates requested
August 01, 2006
Hawthorne Racecourse has requested 77 nights of racing in 2007, in applications filed with the Illinois Racing Board on Monday. The request is about double of Hawthorne’s 2006 race schedule. Balmoral Park and Maywood Park both requested year-round racing dates, with the latter racing two nights a we
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Smedshammer lands 2-4-6
August 01, 2006
Mr. Pine Chip is the 7-5 favorite in this year’s $1.5 million Hambletonian Saturday afternoon at the Meadowlands, and will leave from post six—the most successful post since the trotting classic began an open draw for the final in 1997. Ten heavyweights of this year’s sophomore trotting class wil
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Passionate Glide Oaks fave
August 01, 2006
Despite having a hamstring injury that concerns trainer Jimmy Takter, 3-year-old filly trotter Passionate Glide was installed the 4-5 favorite from post six for Saturday’s $750,000 Hambletonian Oaks at the Meadowlands. “She only has to be 50 percent (to win the race), the way I feel about her,”
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Berry named PPK PR Dir
August 01, 2006
John Berry, who had been with Pompano Park Racing in a consulting capacity over the past two years, has been named public relations manager for racing. In making the announcement, senior director of racing operations Steve Wolf noted that “John has played just about every instrument in the orchestra
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