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Illinois sets 2007 dates
September 20, 2006
The Illinois Racing Board announced 2007 racing dates at its monthly meeting on Tuesday, Sept. 19. Balmoral and Maywood Parks were granted essentially similar dates to 2006 with 277 live harness programs handed out to the sister tracks. Hawthorne was granted 39 live harness dates, running from June
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Purple Haze wins big trot
September 20, 2006
Purple Haze, a daughter of Muscles Yankee, trotted to a 2:00.1 victory in the $90,650 Harold R. Dancer Filly Memorial Tuesday at Freehold Raceway. With David Miller driving, the filly made a strong move on the backstretch to gain the lead by the three-quarter-mile mark and held on to win by a nec
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Delaware doings on Wed.
September 20, 2006
Although summer isn't scheduled to end for another day or so, fall-like temperatures encompassed the Delaware (Ohio) County Fairgrounds on Jugette Day. Although it was cool, driver Dave Palone was still "hot" as he boasted about winning a mini-golf match on Tuesday at Jack Nicklaus's Muirfield Villa
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Barzgar comes up sick
September 20, 2006
Fox Valley Barzgar has developed a virus and will miss the upcoming Grand Circuit action at The Red Mile. Joe Frasure, assistant to Tom Harmer, told harnessracing.com Wednesday morning the the 2-year-old colt came up sick after his third-place finish last Saturday night in the $285,000 Orange & Blue
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Yada, Yada, Yada
September 20, 2006
William Dittmar Jr., S. Iaquinta, Ken Wood and Henry King's Yada Yada Yada A set the pace and earned her sixth win of the year and first since the spring meet with a 1:54.2 triumph in the featured $16,500 Filly and Mare Open Tuesday at Harrington Raceway. Driven by Ross Wolfenden for trainer Eri
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Jet Fueled fastest in OBC
September 20, 2006
John Campbell sent Jet Fueled on his afterburners down the Delaware backstretch and circled three wide to go on to a 1:55 victory in the fastest of three $27,433 Ohio Breeders Championship divisions for 2-year-old colt and gelding pacers. Jet Fueled came up alongside 1-5 favorite Noble Falcon at
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Big winners in Buckettes
September 20, 2006
Love On The Rocks led wire to wire to win the first of two $50,000 Buckette divisions for 3-year-old filly trotters at the Delaware (Ohio) County Fairgrounds Wednesday afternoon. The second split went to Bee Line, who drew clear down the stretch to win for the fifth time this year. Driven by John
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TCO2 positives at Delaware
September 20, 2006
Seven horses have been scratched during Little Brown Jug week at the Delaware (Ohio) County Fairgrounds--including two on Jugette day Wednesday--for pre-race elevated blood-gas tests. All seven horses tested over the Ohio limit of 38 in the tests taken in the Delaware paddock. The two horses scra
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A Ms. Versatility shocker
September 20, 2006
Lavec Dream trotted to a world-record 1:55.2 victory while springing a 48-1 upset in the $100,000 Ms. Versatility final for older mare trotters. George Brennan was in the sulky as she lowered the previous mark for the division on a half-mile track by one full second. Mystical Sunshine and driver
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A bomb of a birthday
September 20, 2006
Speed Bomb gave trainer and owner Tom Davis a nice 55th birthday present when the 3-year-old colt won the second of two $29,224 Ohio Breeders Championship events for 3-year-old colt and gelding trotters at the Delaware (Ohio) County Fairgrounds Wednesday. The first division went to This Sands Hot fo
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Eternity just a delight
September 20, 2006
Eternity's Delight won the $252,000 Jugette for 3-year-old filly pacers Wednesday afternoon at the Delaware (Ohio) County Fairgrounds in straight heats, scoring a 1:52.4 decision in the first split and coming back to win the second in 1:53.2. The win with Eternity's Delight gave Ohio native driver D
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Cash Hall to time trial
September 20, 2006
Five-year-old trotter Cash Hall, a winner of $554,298 and a mark of 1:52.4, will time trial Thursday afternoon at the Delaware (Ohio) County Fairgrounds in an attempt to beat Pine Chip's 1:54 world record set over the same half-mile racetrack in 1994. Trainer Bob McIntosh is bringing the 2004 Ham
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