News Archive

Mare wins 2nd series final
March 08, 2007
Up Front Jan-E-Lu added another winter series final to her laurels with a career-best 1:52 effort in the $55,000 Night Styles on Wednesday night at the Meadowlands. Up Front Jan-E-Lu saved ground early, before tipping to the outside on the final turn and charging home to a 1 3/4-length tally over
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A true blue longshot at PPK
March 08, 2007
True Blue Lindy scored the biggest upset at Pompano Park in over a year when taking the second race trot on Wednesday at odds of 103-1 for driver-trainer Rolf Ebener, returning $209 on a $2 win bet. Driven from post eight, True Blue Lindy cleared the field off the gate and trotted right to the le
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Van goes to winner's circle
March 08, 2007
JM Vangogh, one of Tony Morgan's five wins, was at the top of his game winning the $27,500 Open Trot in 1:58.1 on a cold and snowy Wednesday at Dover Downs. Morgan also drove RC Destiny to victory in the $17,500 trot. Ross Wolfenden had a driving triple. JM Vangogh took the lead from the starting
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Devil of a night for Morrill
March 08, 2007
In the featured $7,500 Fillies and Mares pace at Buffalo Raceway Wednesday night, driver Jim Morrill Jr. made it to the winner's circle for the fourth time among his five wins as he steered Devils Delight to her first victory of the season for owners Viola, Venniro and Graham in 1:58.4 over a "good"
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Wallace speaks on positive
March 08, 2007
Ben Wallace, who a few days ago became the eighth Ontario-based trainer to have one of his horses test positive for the Class 1 drug aminorex, has been quoted as saying he had given Tramisol, a sheep wormer, on that filly, the drug Dr David Goodrow has been saying he believes is being picked up by t
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Substances in Robinson van
March 08, 2007
According to reports, Ontario Racing Commission executive director John Blakney has said that a vial containing a substance, some powder and five syringes that contained substances were confiscated from the truck bringing two Bill Robinson-trained horses to Western Fair to race Monday night but was
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**NEW**Wire To Wire
March 08, 2007
In his latest Wire To Wire column, Andrew Cohen questions why a horse that received a black-box positive was allowed to race at two other racetracks, which subsequently resulted in the trainer being fined and suspended. Cohen looks at the rules governing such an occurrence and how this incident happ
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