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Two Levy splits at Yonkers
April 26, 2007
Maltese Artist, fresh off his world-record performance in last Saturday night’s $125,000 Battle of Lake Erie, returns to the big city Saturday night for the ongoing saga that is Yonkers Raceway’s George Morton Levy Memorial Pacing Series.   Post time for the 10-race card is 7:40 PM, with the
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EHV prompts scratches
April 26, 2007
An outbreak of equine herpes (EHV-1) at a Balmoral Park barn has prompted some horsemen to scratch their horses from competition, with 13 scratched from Wednesday night’s card, 12 scratched on Tuesday night, and another 25 taken out of qualifiers on Wednesday morning.   Balmoral Park took ext
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Artist passes HoP for Levy
April 26, 2007
Although trainer Ronnie Burke of the Mickey Burke Stable had considered sending Battle of Lake Erie winner Maltese Artist to Hoosier Park for Saturday’s Dan Patch, he decided it best to send the new world champion back to Yonkers for the fifth leg of the George Morton Levy Series that same night. &
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Have another Bud Ross
April 26, 2007
Patrick Tortorello's Bud Ross was a repeat winner in the featured $14,000 Junior Open Trot Wednesday at Harrington Raceway in 1:57. The 7-year-old First Action gelding had seen very limited action on a half-mile track until his last two tries on Delaware's half-mile oval, both wins.   Dr
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Anti-slaughter bill passes
April 26, 2007
The Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee of the US Senate Wednesday held a mark-up for S. 311, the American Horse Slaughter Prevention Act (AHSPA), voting 15-7 in favor of sending the bill to be considered before the full US Senate.   Dispelling arguments from AHSPA oppone
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A bit of Pompano mo jo
April 26, 2007
Fox Valley Mo Jo, the lone mare amongst a field of eight trotters, enjoyed a perfect pocket trip before navigating her way through an opening on the pylons to win the $6,000 featured trot at Pompano Park on Wednesday in 1:59.3.   Starting from post one with driver Daryl Bier at the contro
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Billings opens Sat. at PPk
April 26, 2007
The 26th season of the CKG Billings Amateur Driving Classic, often referred to as the “Grand Circuit of Amateur Racing,” commences Saturday night, April 28, at Pompano Park. On tap is a 10-horse field and the event, which will be presented as a non-wagering affair before the first rac
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NE Hall of Fame adds four
April 26, 2007
David McDuffee, Robert Temple and the late Octave Black and Dunbar Bostwick have been named to the New England Harness Writers Hall of Fame.   Temple, who is first vice president and secretary-treasurer of the New England Chapter of the United States Harness Writers Association (USH
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April 26, 2007
In this week’s edition of Wire To Wire, Andrew Cohen applauds the new penalties in California, which would fine owners, not just trainers, when their horse had a positive drug test, and adds that if one of his horses ever tested positive, he would be “embarrassed and mortified.” His new column also
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