News Archive

Tetrick continues to roll
February 13, 2007
Sharky Osborne pulls a surprise in the $37,5000 feature, Thin Blue Line takes the $35,0000 Delaware Special and Ross The Boss N wins $27,500 Open pace on Monday at Dover Downs, a card that also featured five wins by the sport's leading driver Tim Tetrick, who has won five races for the second straig
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Freep restores results
February 13, 2007
Detroit Free Press handicapper Bill "Raylebird" Rayle has reported "the power of the people" is apparent as the Michigan newspaper has restored carrying race results from the metro-Detroit area racetracks only days after announcing it was eliminating them. "They had so many calls from people that
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Luck wins first at 13
February 13, 2007
After finishing second in his most recent start, the ageless veteran trotter Source Of Luck notched the first victory of his 13-year-old season on Monday when taking the $7,000 trotting co-feature at Pompano Park. Starting from post five, Source of Luck (Bruce Ranger) appeared content to trot in
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Tarver wins RcR open
February 13, 2007
Tarver Hanover, the 3-5 choice by post time in the $8,200 Open Pace at Rosecroft Raceway on Monday, won by less than a length as regular contender Dixie Pride closed on him with a :28 final quarter. The classy 6-year-old Ball And Chain horse owned by The Wiz Kids Stable LLC of Delaware, left the
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Meadows cancels Tuesday
February 13, 2007
The Meadows has cancelled live racing Tuesday due to heavy snow in Western Pennsylvania. Although live racing is cancelled, The Meadows and its Off-Track Betting locations will remain open for simulcasting. Live racing at the Meadows will resume on Thursday with a 6 p.m. post time.
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Big M closes early Tuesday
February 13, 2007
With heavy snow in the forecast for the area, the Meadowlands will close at 6 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 13. Simulcasting will cease at 6 p.m. A determination about Wednesday's simulcast and live racing schedules will be made tomorrow morning. Also, beginning this week, the draw for the Meadowlands' Sunday
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Monticello cancels Wed.
February 13, 2007
Due to the impending heavy snowstorm, Monticello Raceway has canceled Wednesday's race card but the track expects to resume its normal race schedule this Thursday. With the cancelation of the track's Valentine's Day race card, the fifth annual Lady Godiva Pace, featuring a full field of women driver
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Nansemond's victory tops
February 13, 2007
Although it occurred over 35 years ago, Nansemond’s three-heat epic battle with Albatross remains in the minds of many and was voted as the greatest upset in Little Brown Jug history, according to a poll of harness racing officials, media and fans. Fake Left’s upset of Western Hanover in 1992 was p
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Record dh at Monticello
February 13, 2007
When Let’s Roll Joe and Special Report crossed the finish line simultaneously in a time of 1:55.1 in Monticello Raceway’s $15,000 Preferred Pace on Tuesday, they established a new track record for a dead-heat victory. With Special Report and driver Larry Stalbaum on the front end, Let’s Roll Jo
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