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New mark for 4 year olds
May 22, 2007
Lloyd Arnold's Redford Hall ($4) set a new track record for 4-year-old pacers Monday at Harrington Raceway in 1:51.3 in the featured $19,200 Delaware Special. The 4-year-old Cambest gelding was sent to the front from post five with driver Tony Morgan aboard, where he set fractions of :27,
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Possible to be supreme
May 22, 2007
The Florida-bred gelding Railee Possible once again asserted his supremacy over the older trotting division at Pompano Park when scoring his second consecutive victory in Monday’s $15,500 Richard Gaucher Memorial Open I Trot.   Driven from post four by Dan Clements, Railee Possible settled i
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News on new PA sale
May 22, 2007
Standardbred Horse Sales Company has posted a special preview of yearling consignments on its new website for its inaugural “PA Preferred” Yearling Sale at www.standardbredpasale.com. The Sale will be held on Aug. 27at noon in the air-conditioned Pennsylvania Farm Show Complex in Harrisburg.  
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NY meetings to be online
May 22, 2007
The New York State Racing and Wagering Board is ahead of the July 1, 2007 deadline issued by Governor Spitzer’s Executive Order #3 requiring all state agency’s and public authorities to broadcast public meetings via the internet.  All future Board Meetings, starting on May 24, will be stre
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$3K claimer wins Nfld Open
May 22, 2007
A former $3,000 claimer, Lucca's Revenge ($3.20), again showed why trainer Kevin Ehrhardt is such an astute horseman, when Brett Miller steered the 5-year-old Corelone gelding to an easy, 1:58 victory in the $8,000 Open trot on Monday night at Northfield Park. Parked past the :28.1 quarter, M
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Bouchard wins Victoria Pace
May 22, 2007
The memory of the late Don Karkos, “the Monticello Miracle,” was resurrected Monday at Monticello Raceway when his family and friends joined in a ceremony and dedication in the winners circle after the feature race on the Monday afternoon card. That contest, the weekly $14,300 Mares Preferr
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Ontario horsemen picket
May 22, 2007
Members of the Ontario Harness Horse Association (OHHA) picketed Dresden Raceway Monday as a contract dispute at that track and Woodstock kept both sites from opening its 2007 racing seasons over the past weekend.  The OHHA members reportedly carried signs stating “No racing, no slots.” The di
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Canadian HOF electees
May 22, 2007
Little Brown Jug winner Bettor’s Delight has been elected into the Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame. Also elected was Cathedra, the champion pacing filly and stakes-producing broodmare, and Jack McNiven of Killean Acres.   Bettor’s Delight, owned by John Grant of Hornby, Ont., earned more t
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