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Big M issues press release
December 08, 2006
It's official! The Meadowlands has issued a press release announcing that Christopher M. McErlean has resigned as vice president of racing operations, concluding a 14-year tenure with the New Jersey Sports & Exposition Authority. In Jan. 2007, McErlean, 39, will be joining Penn National Gaming Inc.
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Takter trainee scores
December 08, 2006
Solveig, the only distaffer in the field, and driver Marcus Johansson capitalized on a smart early move to capture the $48,000 final of the Sheps Pride late-closer trot at Harrah’s Chester Casino & Racetrack on Thursday afternoon. Third after a quarter-mile in :29.2, Johansson moved Solveig outsi
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UK grad wins at Dover
December 08, 2006
Iron Legend, overlooked at 12-1, scored a 1:53.2 wire-to-wire victory in the $40,000 claiming pace feature at Dover Downs on a chilly Thursday. Track leading driver Tim Tetrick won four races, while George Dennis had a double. The 28-year-old rookie driver Corey Callahan has stepped up for his fa
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It's no lie: A Cal Expo story
December 08, 2006
She drew well in a field where it appeared she fit like a glove, and since the glove fit, Goaheadandlietome didn't quit. Conditioned and claiming “ladies,” racing for a $5,300 purse, were co-featured on Thursday night, on which Goaheadandlietome led from start to finish. In advance of starting f
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Big M now on TVG
December 08, 2006
Television Games Network (TVG) will begin broadcasting the races from the Meadowlands on Saturday night. The sport's flagship harness track is now listed on the California-based network's schedule. Gary Seibel, most well known as a former long-time announcer at Pompano Park and current host of CBS's
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Snow Angel round winners
December 08, 2006
Enhance The Wind, who extended her winning streak to three, and longshot Fionavar Hanover each won a $15,000 division of the second round of the Snow Angel Series for 3-year-old pacing fillies on Thursday night at the Meadowlands. The top 10 money earners will return for a $47,300 final for the Sno
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Widger sweep at Maywood
December 08, 2006
Buster B Skipalong and I Believe Its True both were convincing winners, with driver Sam Widger at their lines, in the first-round divisions of the Incredible Finale Series for 3-year-old pacing colts and geldings on Thursday night at Maywood Park. The series is for second season state-bred pacers
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14 year old wins at MR
December 08, 2006
Could it be that equine senior citizen, 14-year-old Back O Benachie N, is tuning up for Monticello Raceway’s Au Revoir Pace on Dec. 28 after scoring his 14th victory of the season at Monticello on Thursday? Owned and driven by Bobby Sumner, the New Zealand-bred pacer turned back a field of seven en
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Top pacing mare to be bred
December 08, 2006
Three-time divisional champion Loyal Opposition, the second richest pacing mare of all time, has been retired after being purchased for an undisclosed price by Diamond Creek Farm in Kentucky. The 6-year-old daughter of Cole Muffler retires with 56 wins in 98 starts and $2,861,294 in earnings. “My
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Nova Awards presented
December 08, 2006
Harness Tracks of America announced its 2006 Nova Award winners Friday, with Yankee Glide progeny Glidemaster and Passionate Glide being named top 3-year-old colt trotter and 3-year-old filly trotter, respectively. Glidemaster, who won the Hambletonian, Kentucky Futurity and Yonkers Trot on his w
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David Miller celebrates 42nd
December 08, 2006
When David Miller celebrates his 42nd birthday on Sunday, it will include doing what he enjoys the most -- driving horses. There will be time for a dinner celebration afterwards, but work is what drives Miller, and driving horses is what Miller has done since he was 17. The Ohioan arrived in New Jer
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New mark for sophomore
December 08, 2006
Four Star Tommy, a 3-year-old gelding by Jate Lobell, lowered his lifetime mark to 1:52.4 Friday night in his first career start at the Meadowlands, which also happened to be his first start out of the Mickey Burke Stable. Brian Sears picked up one of his four victories on the night with Four Star T
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