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Two elims at Yonkers
May 23, 2007
A total of 14 three year olds  have been were entered for the 2007 edition of the Art Rooney Pace at Yonkers Raceway with a pair of $40,000, seven-horse elimination races Saturday night. The first four finishers in each qualifying heat will return for the June 2 final, with a purse of
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Have a ball at Harrington
May 23, 2007
Peter Tritton's Ball Gown A ($3, Ross Wolfenden) held off a host of challengers to the wire for a 1:53.2 win in the featured $16,500 Mares Open at Harrington Raceway Tuesday. The 6-year-old Presidential Ball mare improved to a perfect two for two in the States for owner-trainer Tritton. Wolfen
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An expensive final winner
May 23, 2007
Veteran Expensive Flight won Tuesday night's $53,600 final of the Empire City Non-Claiming Series at Yonkers Raceway. With Jim Meittinis driving for co-owner and trainer Dave Hrabovsky, the 10-year-old Expensive Scooter gelding found a seat coming the half, then zipped along the cones to win in a
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Stutzman drives a winner
May 23, 2007
Joe Stutzman has been training horses for 25 years and has more than 2,500 wins and $35 million in purse earnings, and now he can boast his first-ever driving victory after coming up a winner in a CKG Billings Amateur Driving Series leg Tuesday night at Kawartha Downs. Stutzman—the 2005 Canadian Tra
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Rent relief for Cal Expo
May 23, 2007
The California Exposition & State Fair Board voted on Tuesday to grant the Sacramento Harness Association's (SHA) request for reconsideration of rent relief for the 2007-08 racing seasons.   "Today’s vote certainly helped stabilize the industry, " said Ralph Scurfield, president of SHA.
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Elims drawn for NJ Classic
May 23, 2007
Artzina and Yankee Skyscaper are among the 15 colts that have been entered in Saturday’s eliminations for the $500,000 Anthony Abbatiello New Jersey Classic, the sport’s richest event for state-bred horses, at the Meadowlands.   The top five finishers in each $25,000 elimination advance to the
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