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Ohio driver joins elite
April 12, 2007
Brett Miller etched his name in Northfield Park's and harness racing's all-time record book with 10-winning drives on the 13-race program Wednesday night, with the 10-bagger tying the all-time record for driving victories on a single racing program at a commercial racetrack. The feat was accomplishe
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Muscles shown at Dover
April 12, 2007
Musclesextrodinair showed his class romping to a 1:54.3 victory in the $27,500 Open Handicap Trot on the final Wednesday card while Tim Tetrick won seven races and Tony Morgan three at Dover Downs. Sean Bier waited until the half to make his move and Musclesextrodinair, a 5-year-old son of Muscle
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Soph snuffs out 3rd win
April 12, 2007
The 3-year-old gelded pacer Medoland Snuffy visited the winner’s circle for the third straight time on Wednesday when taking the featured $4,800 third-race pace at Pompano Park in a lifetime-best 1:54.2. Driven from post one by Pompano Park’s leading driver Bruce Ranger, Medoland Snuffy was quick
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New racino in Maine?
April 12, 2007
The Passamaquoddy Indian Tribe earlier proposed building a new harness track in eastern Maine and it has now received approval of the Maine House of Representatives to install slot machines at the site. The House approved the measure by a vote of 82-60, with the bill now going to the Senate and at l
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Another positive for Burke
April 12, 2007
Trainer Mickey Burke has received his second positive test in the past four months for Lidocaine at the Meadowlands, the latest coming on his horse Smashingpringipisa following a March 22 victory. Burke, voted the U.S. Harness Writers Association 2006 Trainer of the Year, also received a Lidocaine p
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Rags to riches at Tioga
April 12, 2007
Tioga Downs will try a new concept in the series department this summer with the Rags to Riches, designed to mirror the single elimination format of the recently concluded NCAA basketball tourney. The idea for the format evolved from the fervor throughout the country for the “March Madness” that Tio
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**NEW**Wire To Wire
April 12, 2007
In this week's Wire To Wire column, Andrew Cohen praises the Matching Funds Grant program overseen by Jamie Rucker at the USTA, but on the other hand wonders why efforts like that aren't done on a wider scale across the industry. Cohen remembers the effort put forth by the old North American Harness
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