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Daniel Maier charged
January 15, 2007
More than seven months after the original incident, a second driver has been arrested in connection with possible race fixing at Cal Expo. Daniel R. Maier, 22, was taken into custody Jan. 12 at New York's Monticello Raceway, said Maggy Krell, California deputy state attorney general. State authoriti
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Moh/Flmd qualifiers canceled
January 15, 2007
With a major snowstorm zeroing in on the province of Ontario, qualifiers at both Mohawk Racetrack and Flamboro Downs on Monday have been canceled. Mohawk's next qualifiers are scheduled for Friday while Flamboro will hold its next morning events on Thursday.
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Simmonds win MLK Pace
January 15, 2007
Monticello Raceway’s sixth annual Dr Martin Luther King Jr Pace last Friday was won by Donald Simmonds, who could have lamented "if at first you don't suceed, try, try again," as he was finally able to find a spot in the sulky in race for African-American drivers. “For the past three years I have
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Dancer tribute earns award
January 15, 2007
A tribute to the late Hall of Famer Stanley Dancer, produced by the television department of the Meadowlands Racetrack, captured first prize in the 2006 John Hervey Awards for broadcast journalism. The U.S. Harness Writers Announced the winners of the Hervey Awards for broadcast journalism. The s
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$200,000 for Glass Pack
January 15, 2007
With nearly a half-million dollars in earnings, the 5-year-old trotting mare Ticket To Glide sold for $220,000 Monday afternoon at the Tattersalls January Select Mixed Sale. Other top prices included $200,000 bids for Glass Pack, Cactus Creek and Givemebackmybullets. A daughter of Yankee Glide, T
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