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Invites highlight opener
April 04, 2007
The 14th season of Standardbred racing gets underway at Hoosier Park Friday with 14 races. Gates open at 5:30 p.m. with the first race heading to post at 6:45 p.m. A pair of $22,000 Invitationals will highlight the card. Female pacers grab the spotlight in the 10th race. Nells Bells, driven by Ri
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Dilinger gunning for SPC
April 04, 2007
John Dilinger’s win in last weekend’s second round of the Spring Pacing Championship at Woodbine Racetrack may have come as a surprise to many, but not to his conditioner Gaetan Hebert. In fact, the biggest surprise for Hebert came after he entered the 4-year-old son of DM Dilinger-Jens Beach Toy in
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Tough customer at MR
April 04, 2007
Tough Customer proved to be just that after driver Eric Goodell took advantage of a speedy first half to pace around the leaders and then rebuff all challenges en route to a stunning 1:54.2 triumph over a fast-closing Starfire (Greg Merton) to win Monticello Raceway's $14,300 Preferred Pace Tuesd
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More wagering choices
April 04, 2007
When the doors at Vernon Downs swing open for live racing Saturday, April 7, patrons will be greeted with a new wagering format. The additions to the wagering format will include dime superfectas, an additional pick three for a total of three pick three’s throughout the evening, along with an early,
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New Big M purse structure
April 04, 2007
The Meadowlands will offer two significant changes beginning with the draw for the Thursday, April 12, program: an across-the-board purse increase and a bonus program for New Jersey-sired horses. "We have been working with the Standardbred Breeders and Owners Association of New Jersey to entice t
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Hambo on NBC this year
April 04, 2007
The $1.7 million Hambletonian, the richest trotting race in North America, will be televised live on NBC this year, ending a 13-year run on CBS. The broadcast time for the Hambletonian and the filly companion event, the $850,000 Hambletonian Oaks, has been moved up in the afternoon broadcast schedul
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Times In Chicago
April 04, 2007
Timesareachanging edged The Quiet Mon in a qualifier at Balmoral Park Wednesday morning, scoring in 1:57.2. With the temperature hovering near the freezing mark, Timesareachanging cut fractions of :28.4, :58.3 and 1:30 before finishing his mile with a :27.1 final panel for driver Brent Holland. The
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Vernon suspends Thursdays
April 04, 2007
Vernon Downs will open on Saturday with a post time of 6:45 p.m. (EDT), but Vernon Downs will not race on Thursday, April 12, as previously scheduled and will conduct a double draw on Tuesday, April 10, for the Friday, April 13, and Saturday, April 14, race cards. Thursday racing will be suspended u
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