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A shady Colonial record
November 01, 2006
Joann Perry’s Shady Matilda set a new track record for 4-year-old pacing mares with a powerful win in 1:50.3 Tuesday night at Colonial Downs. Shady Matilda was a bit slow off the gate and was toward the back of the pack in fourth after an opening quarter in :27. Driver Frank Milby was content wit
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Fancy winner in ISOBA
November 01, 2006
Sportsfancy won the $27,000 ISOBA Super Sales Stakes for 2-year-old filly pacers at Balmoral Park Tuesday night. With Colette finishing second, the "chalk” players in the crowd were rewarded as both are owned by Joy and Bonnie Hutchinson. Taking advantage of post position two driver Ryan Anderson
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Riddle answered at Dover
November 01, 2006
Riddlemethat, overlooked at 9-1, went right to the front and never looked back to score a 1:53.3 victory to win the $25,000 Mares Open pace at Dover Downs on Tuesday. Tony Morgan and Tim Tetrick had driving triples while Jim Morand and Eddie Davis Jr. tallied doubles. Driver Morand put the Ball A
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Pocono record smashed
November 01, 2006
Smashingpringipisa won the Tiger-Phil final, sweeping the late-closer series and breaking a track record at Mohegan Sun at Pocono Downs Tuesday afternoon with a 1:51.4 win. Yannick Gingras drove the 5-year-old mare trained by Mickey Burke to the win, breaking the previous mark for older pacing mares
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Ponder retired to stud
November 01, 2006
Ponder p,5, 1:48.1, a winner of $1,522,936, has been purchased by Diamond Creek Farm and retired from racing. He will stand at stud in 2007 at the Peninsula Farms location in York, Pa. His stud fee will be $6,000. Diamond Creek Farm will retain a 50 percent in the 5-year-old stallion and syndicat
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Foreman named Good Guy
November 01, 2006
George Foreman, former boxing champion now smitten with harness racing, has won the WR Haughton Memorial Good Guy Award, while Mary Lou Dondarski, a tireless worker in the offices of the Breeders Crown / Hambletonian Society and a skilled craftswoman of harness racing memorabilia, has won the LeeAnn
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Orsi Mangell elims complete
November 01, 2006
The Finnish-trained Express Merett and the dominant 3-year-old filly Giulia Grif have won the two eliminations for the Gran Premio Orsi Mangelli raced in Italy Wednesday. The $242,000 final is scheduled to take place about an hour and a half after the second elim. Giulia Grif (Viking Kronos) has
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CHHA Hall seeking names
November 01, 2006
The California Harness Horsemen’s Association (CHHA) is now accepting nominations for inductees for its class of 2006 Hall of Fame, with names accepted through Dec. 31. Nominations fall into one of two groups: people and horse. People that have contributed significantly to California harness raci
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Barzgar done for year
November 01, 2006
Trainer Tom Harmer had hoped to race 2-year-old colt pacer Fox Valley Barzgar in the upcoming American National at Balmoral Park, but instead he has decided to turn the son of Incredible Finale out for the rest of the year. The winner of the $410,000 Woodrow Wilson at the Meadowlands in early Aug
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Filly takes Orsi Mangelli
November 01, 2006
Giulia Grif won the $242,000 Gran Premio Orsi Mangelli Wednesday night in Italy, trotting the 1,600-meter distance in a mile rate of 1:55.3. The 3-year-old filly set a new European record for her division in her elimination when she won in 1:54.4. Marco Smorgon drove the daughter of Viking Kronos as
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Just five in Art Rooney
November 01, 2006
An intimate gathering of five 3 year olds were entered for the 2006 edition of the Art Rooney Pace, scheduled for Saturday night, Nov. 11, at Yonkers Raceway. The Rooney, with a purse of $440,904, goes as a “one-dash-for-the-cash” event. It is the intention that the race be contested at Yonkers, tho
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Progress Pace draws 13
November 01, 2006
Shark Gesture, fresh off his Breeders Crown victory, and North America Cup and Cane Pace winner Total Truth, have drawn into separate Progress Pace eliminations Sunday night at Dover Downs. Thirteen 3-year-old male pacers were entered, necessitating a pair of $35,000 elims. Drawing in against Sha
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