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Driven to win at Dover
November 14, 2006
Driven To Win closed strongly to score a 1:50.4 victory in the $32,500 Preferred Handicap Pace Monday at Dover Downs. Black Cat Bone used similar strategy to take the $30,000 Delaware Special. Driver Ross Wolfenden drove four winners, Ron Pierce three wins, while Joe Hundertpfund had a training trip
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Jim Campbell to return
November 14, 2006
Trainer-turned-restaurateur Jim Campbell is returning to harness racing. Campbell is in the process of selling his New Jersey-shore pizza cafe, Jimmy C’s, and restocking his stable at White Birch Farm. Campbell, 44, did most of the cooking at the restaurant. "After being away from racing for a wh
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Pocono first to have slots
November 14, 2006
With two successful test runs under its belt, the video lottery parlor at Mohegan Sun at Pocono Downs will open on Tuesday, with the Friday and Sunday sessions—by invitation only—reportedly bringing in a total of $95,049, of which $32,317 (34 percent) went to property-tax relief as required by law.
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Palone Ranger now with Peck
November 14, 2006
Palone Ranger's sophomore season was derailed following the New Jersey Classic earlier this year after being diagnosed with a heart murmur caused by a virus, and the future of one of 2005's leading 2 year olds is still up in the air. Palone Ranger returned to the races in early September, and has ha
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Partial lift of NJ quarantine
November 14, 2006
A quarantine of horses at Monmouth Park for cases of Equine Herpes Virus (EHV) was partially lifted Monday after tests on two horses showing possible signs of the disease last weekend came back negative. With those two horses testing negative for the virus, the quarantine was lifted on horses in
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Big purses for Final Four
November 14, 2006
The purses for this year’s Fall Final Four, the focus of a $2 million stakes schedule for the 21-date holiday harness meet at the Meadowlands, are expected to surpass their estimates. Director of Racing and Racing Secretary Tad Stockman reports that the finals of the quartet of 2-year-old stakes on
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Supplement to Yonkers Trot
November 14, 2006
Glidemaster will get his chance to become trotting’s seventh Triple Crown champion as his connections have decided to supplement the 3-year-old colt to the Yonkers Trot. If eliminations are needed they will be raced Saturday night, Nov. 18, at Yonkers Raceway, with the $750,000 (est.) final schedule
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Meadows sale completed
November 14, 2006
Magna Entertainment Corp. (MEC) announced Tuesday that it had completed the sale of The Meadows to PA Meadows LLC, a company owned by Cannery Casino Resorts LLC. PA Meadows LLC made a payment of $175 million in cash and delivered a $25 million holdback agreement, in full satisfaction of the notes is
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