News Archive

Palone sweeps PASS splits
August 06, 2006
Three divisions of the Romola Hanover for sophomore filly pacers were carded Saturday, August 5 at The Meadows. When the dust settled driver Dave Palone finished three-for-three with his mounts, including a new stakes record performance. In the first $33,003 split Palone and Western Wisdom took c
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Stakes action at Scioto
August 06, 2006
Scioto Downs played host to Ohio State Fair Stakes competition Saturday night, offering three $27,800 divisions for freshman colt pacers and two $30,900 splits for sophomore pacing colts. Osborne’s Rabbit and Greg Grismore assumed the lead near the :58.2 opening half and hit the wire first in 1:5
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Sophomore trotters invade Tioga
August 06, 2006
NYSS State Fair divisions for sophomore trotters comprised 10 contests on Tioga Downs’ 13-race program Saturday evening, August 5. A total of six splits were offered for colts and geldings, while fillies filled four divisions. The winners were an intriguing mix of heavy favorites as well as trotter
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Meittinis 1,000th, then hurt
August 06, 2006
Driver Jim Meittinis, the leading driver at Tioga Downs this season, scored his 1,000th career victory on the afternoon card of Tioga Downs' Saturday doubleheader. But just four races after reaching his milestone, the 40-year-old Meittinis was involved in an accident in which he and driver Kerin War
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Bouchard wins 11 at TgD
August 06, 2006
Stephane Bouchard equaled his own record of 11 wins in one day during the New York State Fair double header at Tioga Downs on Saturday, Aug. 5. The driver scored in five races on the afternoon card, which featured New York-bred Late Closers for 2-year-old pacers, then returned with six more wins on
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