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Jereme's Jet in 1:48.1
August 16, 2006
Jereme’s Jet moved into the lead off a :55.1 first half, then sprinted away from the field with a :53.1 final half and captured the $50,000 Review Stakes at the Illinois State Fair in a stakes and lifetime-best record of 1:48.1. Dave Magee was in the bike as the Western Hanover colt scored his thir
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Vernon holds qualifiers
August 16, 2006
Vernon Downs, preparing for a late-August opening pending approval by the New York State Racing and Wagering Board, conducted qualifying races for the first time in more than a year on Tuesday morning. Competing in bright sunshine and mid-70's temperatures over Vernon's seven-eighths mile oval,
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Morgan wins seven
August 16, 2006
Wendy Crissman and Ruthi Joseph's Crossfire N won her fifth race of the year in 1:55.1 in the featured $15,000 Filly and Mare Open Tuesday at Harrington Raceway. It was one of seven wins on the card for the continent's leading driver Tony Morgan. Morgan put the 7-year-old Sonofafella mare on the
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Minieri remembered at MR
August 16, 2006
He set training records at Monticello Raceway that may never be equaled, and on Thursday, Aug. 17, the fourth anniversary of his death, Joe Minieri will be remembered with a race named in his honor. The "Joe Minieri Memorial," will be the eighth race on the 13-race card. Four years ago, Minieri
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27 frosh fillies at Indy
August 16, 2006
Friday’s Kentuckiana Stallion Management Stakes at Indiana Downs attracted a group of 27 freshman filly trotters, resulting in three $88,500 divisions. The contests are slated as the sixth, seventh and ninth on the 13-race program. Acorn Stakes winner Maryanne K headlines the first group of nine.
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Emantee fave in Smith Mem.
August 16, 2006
Emantee, who finished second in the prestigious $750,000 Hambletonian Oaks, heads a field of eight New Jersey-sired 3-year-old fillies in the $85,000 final of the Helen Smith Memorial Trot on Aug. 18 at Freehold Raceway. The daughter of Banker Hall, who won her $10,000 elimination heat in 1:59.3
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Pierce scores at PEI
August 16, 2006
Ron Pierce won his 8,899th career race Tuesday night, the victory coming at Charlottetown Driving Park, a racetrack at which he has never competed. The Hall of Fame driver was in Prince Edward Island as a participant in the Driver's Showcase Challenge, and he won one of five starts. Other drivers
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NY track getting ready
August 16, 2006
Renovations continue at Yonkers Raceway, including work that began this week on the half-mile racetrack. Horses stabled on the grounds are continuing to train in the early morning, but then Charles E. Coon & Son take over as they prepare the track for the resumption of live racing in the coming week
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Batavia to remember Bret
August 16, 2006
On Aug. 26, 1966, Bret Hanover won the “Pace of the Century” over Cardigan Bay at Batavia Downs, and on Aug. 26, 2006, the New York track will celebrate the 40th anniversary of the historic night that attracted a crowd of more than 15,000. Driven by Frank Ervin, Bret Hanover defeated Cardigan Bay
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Year In Review takes NJSS
August 16, 2006
Year In Review trotted to a 2:00.3 victory in the fastest $26,000 New Jersey Sire Stakes (NJSS) split for 2-year-old colt trotters Wednesday afternoon at Freehold Raceway. Driven by Stephen Smith, the colt by Self Possessed sat second over and sped by pacesetter Sweet Daddy Siki and Manfinity, wh
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True North Cleveland choice
August 16, 2006
A pair of colts trained by the nation’s leading trainer, Mickey Burke, have earned morning line favoritism in Saturday’s $178,000 Rolling Rock Cleveland Classic at Northfield Park. The 17th annual Cleveland Classic is the richest race of the season at Northfield Park. True North Hanover, owned b
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New colts led by New Day
August 16, 2006
New Day was the fastest juvenile trotter at Wednesday’s qualifiers at The Red Mile, winning by 21 3/4 lengths in 2:00.1 for driver-trainer Jan Johnson. New Day, by Conway Hall, is a half sister to Hambletonian Oaks winner Must Be Victory. New Day was a $55,000 yearling buy for co-owners Adelaide
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Ill. imposes EPO rules
August 16, 2006
At its monthly meeting on Aug. 15, at the Illinois State Fairgrounds in Springfield, Ill., the Illinois Racing Board approved emergency rules authorizing the Board’s equine testing laboratory to test for EPO (Erythropoietin or Darbepoietin) antibodies. In the event of a positive test for EPO the
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Fox Valley Tribal scores
August 16, 2006
Fox Valley Tribal used his great gate speed to grab the early lead from post eight, then sat behind Thisbigdogwilfight from mid-backstretch until the home stretch, where he shook loose and scored a stakes record 1:49 victory over Thisbigdogwilfight by one-half length in the $50,000 final of the Illi
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