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Lady Mattgalane wins NJSS
August 13, 2006
Two Matt's Scooter-sired colts (Outsource and Jimmy's Scooter) and two fillies by Artiscape (Lady Mattgalane and Artcotic) won four of the five New Jersey Sire Stakes (NJSS) Pari-Mutuel Division races for 2-year-old pacers, worth $128,500 in purses, Saturday at Freehold Raceway. Meanwhile, driver
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Algiers Hall romps in Zweig
August 13, 2006
Algiers Hall won his division of the 32nd Dr. Harry M. Zweig Memorial Trot at Tioga Downs on Saturday night and demolished the track record in the process. The New York-bred 3-year-old trotting colt scored in 1:55.2 in his $120,000 division. Trainer-driver John Stark Jr. steered the horse quickly
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Magical Man conjures fair stakes win
August 13, 2006
Magical Man and Stephane Bouchard took the lone New York State Fair Stakes division for colts and geldings Saturday afternoon at Tioga Downs, pacing in a lifetime best of 1:56.2. Magical Man, a 2-year old son of Magical Mike, sat in the pocket behind Brian Cross and Rocker Hall, then used a :27.
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Lucky in Kentucky for colt
August 13, 2006
Lucky Point Blank won the $71,600 Kentucky Summer Championship final Saturday night at The Red Mile in a blistering 1:50.3. Joe To Go and driver Ricky Macomber Jr. led the field of tem through a :54.4 half and 1:23 three quarters. At the top of the stretch, Marcus Johansson tipped Lucky Point Bl
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Lis Mara in 1:48.1 at BmlP
August 13, 2006
Lis Mara capped off an unbelievable day for trainer Erv Miller by winning Saturday night's $21,500 Free For All Pace in a Balmoral Park track record time of 1:48.1. This year's Breeders Crown winner was prepping for the American-National aged pace coming up here on August 26. In tow to driver
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World Record at Springfield
August 13, 2006
My Boy David blazed over the mile track at the Illinois State Fair in Springfield Saturday afternoon, capturing an elimination division of the Illinois State Fair Colt Stakes for 3-year-old colt and gelding pacers in 1:47.4. The time is a world record for geldings and equals the fastest mile on reco
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LOL Yearling Sale up
August 13, 2006
The annual Land of Lincoln Sale at Walker Standardbred Farm in Sherman, Ill., bounced back from last year’s decline in average with a 13.6 percent gain, selling 136 yearlings for $1,559,700 and an $11,468 average. “It’s encouraging considering all the adversities that we’re having in Illinois,” s
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Princess rules at Mohawk
August 13, 2006
The highly-regarded Pampered Princess delivered as expected and Maple Sugar posted a big upset in their respective C$116,500 divisions of the Robert Stewart Stakes for 2-year-old filly trotters on Sunday at Mohawk Racetrack. Pampered Princess, who is an Andover Hall sister to $552,299 winner Was
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Wolfenden fiver in Har opener
August 13, 2006
Driver Ross Wolfenden kicked off Harrington Raceway's opening night for the summer/fall meeting with a five-win night on the 14-race program on Sunday. Wolfenden, who finished the spring as the second leading driver behind Anthony Morgan, started the night with a win aboard heavy favorite Wynfie
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Rita J sets mark at Tioga
August 13, 2006
Rita J and Ron Pierce posted the fastest mile Sunday afternoon for 3-year-old filly pacers and lowered the track record for that class with a mile timed in 1:53.2 in New York Fair Stakes action at Tioga Downs. The 3-year-old daughter of Bettor’s Delight is owned by Kenneth Jacobs of Baldwinsvill
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Betsy Hall wins at 30-1
August 13, 2006
Betsy Hall paced around a breaking Yoko Hall in the stretch to post a 1:53.2 upset in the $59,400 Kentucky Summer Championship final for 3-year-old fillies Sunday night at The Red Mile. Meeting the gate at odds of 30-1, Betsy Hall and driver Rocky Loney tipped out behind Kentucky Fair final winne
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