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True North in Cleveland
August 20, 2006
George Leon’s True North Hanover won the $178,000 Rolling Rock Cleveland Classic for 3-year-old pacing colts in gate-to-wire fashion Saturday night, jogging home by open lengths in 1:53.1 over a Northfield Park oval rated good after a day of rain. Dave Palone drove True North Hanover, a son of Th
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Am Nat elims at Balmoral
August 20, 2006
The American National Pace elimination proved to be a showcase for the sport's fastest ever performer as Holborn Hanover annihilated the track standard for an older gelding pacer with a one-length victory in 1:48.1. The previous record of 1:49.1 had been held by three others. Med Vac won the Am-Nat
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Dancer, Darlin in Fan elims
August 20, 2006
Armbro Dancer proved that her impressive win in the Mistletoe Shalee was no fluke as she took one of two Fan Hanover eliminations Saturday night at Mohawk. The other split went to Darlin's Delight.. Armbro Dancer, a daughter of Blissfull Hall, overcame both the dreaded nine hole and 2005 Dan Pat
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2YO fillies in Mohawk stakes
August 20, 2006
Three $105,000(C) divisions of the Eternal Camnation for 2-year-old pacing fillies were contested over a rain-soaked track at Mohawk Saturday night and the winners were Luck Of Michelle (1:53.4), Lady Mattgalane (1:53.3) and Al's Girl (1:54.4.). In the opening division, a first-over move before t
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Banner Yankee wins Gold Cup
August 20, 2006
Banner Yankee, an early achiever as a 2 year old, became a star as an older performer when he won the Sobey's Gold Cup & Saucer at the historic half-mile Charlottetown Driving Park on Prince Edward Island late Saturday night. Starting from post tjhree, Banner Yankee left the gate quickly for trai
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Booze Cruzin in 1:54
August 20, 2006
Trainer Joe Seekman and driver Tim Tetrick teamed up once again to win a $37,250 division of the Fox Stake for two-year-old pacers with Booze Cruzin in 1:54. The Art's Conquest gelding wired the field on the way to breaking his maiden in his seventh effort. Wildridge Sam and Steve Waller collected t
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Mark set in Confed. Cup
August 20, 2006
Armbro Deuce set a new Canadian and Flamboro Downs track record and equaled the world mark with a 1:50.2 win in the $500,000(C) Confederation Cup Sunday afternoon. Driven by George Brennan, the 3-year-old son of Western ideal won his elimination and then led at every call in the final to defeat West
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Jug contest open for changes
August 20, 2006
Little Brown Jug Fantasy players will have three days to make changes in their stable beginning now through Wednesday, Aug. 23. The next event in the Jug Fantasy contest is the Cane Pace eliminations to be raced Saturday, Aug. 26, at Freehold Raceway. Players may make up to five changes in their
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