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All American start at Harr
April 16, 2007
Robert Collins' All American Padre started Harrington Raceway's 61st year of live racing with a bang with a wire-to-wire win in 1:57.2 Sunday evening over a "sloppy" track. Heavy downpours drenched the Mid-Atlantic area Sunday, but the Harrington half-mile still managed a 15-race card in the slop
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Corleone debuts Monday
April 16, 2007
Corleone Kosmos, a winner of $217,293 in 2006 with third-place performances in the $800,000 Breeders Crown Open Trot and the $200,000 Titan Cup, makes his 5-year-old debut in the $10,000 Isle Mile I Trot at Pompano Park on Monday. Owned by Arthur Rudolph, Rudolph Stables Inc. and Bernard Owen, Co
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Levy's 3rd round contested
April 16, 2007
Yonkers Raceway's enhanced purse structure has caught the attention of horses and horsemen alike. In Saturday night's third leg of the George Morton Levy Memorial Pacing Series the three $50,000 divisions were won by two drivers--one of whom, Greg Grismore, has relocated here permanently, while the
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Upsets in Tie Silk Series
April 16, 2007
Upsets were the order of the night in Sunday night's second leg of the Tie Silk Trotting Series at Woodbine Racetrack. In the first of two $18,000(C) divisions in race one, it was Grogan who used a ground-saving trip to prevail narrowly in 1:58.3. Trainer Lorne House guided the 3-year-old son of
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Kovanen takes Moscow title
April 16, 2007
Finland's Ismo Kovanen won the 24th Moscow International Drivers Championship Saturday, while American representative Corey Braden finished 10th in the 10-driver field. Russian rep Vitaly Tanishin won the first of the two heats with Metropol, with Estonia's Vladimir Mumm second and Kovanen third.
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Scarborough cancels Mon.
April 16, 2007
In anticipation of the major northeaster that has taken aim on the East Coast states, Scarborough Downs has canceled Monday afternoon’s harness racing card that was scheduled to go to post at 3:45 p.m. (EDT). “The safety of our fans, horsemen and equine participants is our paramount concern,” sai
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Cleveland's fastest field
April 16, 2007
Director of racing Gregg Keidel has finalized the field for Saturday’s $125,000 Battle of Lake Erie at Northfield, and despite the comparatively early date, he has assembled the fastest field in the history of the race, with an average best win time of 1:49.4. The eight scheduled starters have combi
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New post for Joe Morris
April 16, 2007
Mark Simon, president of Thoroughbred Times Company, which publishes an array of widely-read periodicals for Thoroughbred racing and breeding professionals and enthusiasts, announced today that Joe Morris, who grew up on a Standardbred farm in Maine, has been named publisher of the Lexington-based c
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Palone to head home Tues.
April 16, 2007
Dave Palone was still in a Pittsburgh-area hospital Monday recovering from surgery to repair the multiple fractures of his upper right femur suffered in a race accident last week at The Meadows, but his wife Bethann said she expects her husband to go home on Tuesday. “He is getting a blood transf
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