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Longshots prevail at Dover
March 19, 2007
A pair of longshots, 40-1 Yogi Bare and 23-1 Diamond Revenge, lit up the tote board in the $20,000 twin-feature races at Dover Downs on Sunday, while Tony Morgan drove four winners and Tim Tetrick had a triple. Tim Curtin drove Jeff Bartels' Yogi Bare from last to first in the stretch to win a $2
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Trotters ready for battle
March 19, 2007
Michael Polansky�s Battleshoe Victor, a 1 3/4-length winner in his last start, and Albert Lispi�s Sand Prince, who has prevailed in three straight outings, headline a field of eight that will assemble for the $10,000 Open Handicap Trot at Pompano Park Monday. With a career bankroll over $126,000,
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Plainridge opens Monday
March 19, 2007
Plainridge Racecourse ushers in the New England harness racing season on Monday, March 19, with a 13-race program. The call to post is 4 p.m. and features a $7,000 purse for pacers in the 10th race who are non-winners of $600 per start in 2006-07. Jason Bartlett, last year's driving champion, ret
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Spill kills horse at Lebanon
March 19, 2007
A race accident at Lebanon Raceway Friday night resulted in drivers Roy Wilson and Jeremy Smith being taken to the hospital and the death of the 6-year-old pacing mare Iza Can Can. Smith had gotten away third with Iza Can Can when she fell, resulting in a chain-reaction accident with the trailing
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1,000 wins for Josh Kash
March 19, 2007
On Jan. 14, 2006, Keith Kash Jr. received the Peter Haughton Memorial Award for the top up-and-coming driver in Ohio. On Saturday, March 17, 2007, he drove his 1,000th winner behind Shining Art for owner David Slyman of Richfield, Ohio, at Buffalo Raceway. Nicknamed �Josh�, this 27�year-old Ohioa
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License snafu grounds Jet
March 19, 2007
Trainer Tom Harmer and Pompano Park director of operations Steve Wolf confirmed Monday morning that a licensing snafu forced the scratch of Jereme�s Jet out of the $10,000 Open Pace Saturday night by the Pompano stewards. Harmer told harnessracing.com that Jereme�s Jet�s Illinois-based owner, Jol
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117 eligible to Jugette
March 19, 2007
The $332,000 (est.) Jugette has attracted 117 three-year-old filly pacers including the six richest juveniles of 2006 in Isabella Blue Chip, Luck Of Michelle, Appleoosa Hanover, Michelle�s Power, Little Miss Dragon and Calgary Hanover. They headline the large group of fillies eligible to the Sept.
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