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Hennessey adds to Hall of Fame resume
June 30, 2007
Making her first pari-mutuel start since a third-place performance at Pompano Park on May 11, and driven by the to-be-inducted-Sunday-into-the-Hall of Fame Wally Hennessey, Velvet Eileen returned from the sidelines to capture Friday’s featured $18,000 Fillies and Mares winners over handica
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Take the wild ride to seven straight
June 30, 2007
Wild Ride Hanover improved to a perfect seven-for-seven on the season with an impressive 1:52.4 win in the third leg of the McNamara’s Pacing Series on Friday night at Tioga Downs.   The sophomore Western Ideal filly powered by pacesetter Parlay Hanover down the str
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Giant Diablo wins in North American debut
June 30, 2007
Somewhat overshadowed in the “Donato debut domination” Friday at the Meadowlands was an excellent effort by Swedish superstar Giant Diablo who won her North American debut by a nose in 1:53.2 for David Miller with a last ditch, never-day-die rally in a $42,000 winners over trot.   The 7-year-
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Yankee Skyscaper wins Jersey Cup
June 30, 2007
Meadowlands Pace-eligible Yankee Skyscaper used a final quarter of :26 flat to secure a three-quarter length decision in 1:52.2 over TJ's Ideal in the $62,800 Jersey Cup for 3-year-old colt pacers Saturday night at the Meadowlands. With just four horses entered the race went off shortly before 7 p.m
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Armbro Flight win a dream for Lavec Dream
June 30, 2007
Peaceful Way appeared headed for her third straight Armbro Flight triumph but with about 50 yards to the finish line her two-length lead suddenly evaporated when she made a break, providing the opening for Lavec Dream to rush past and to the 1:52.3 victory in the $354,000(C) contest Saturday night a
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Lis Mara impressive in Haughton elim
June 30, 2007
Lis Mara was an impressive 1:47.4 winner in the first of two $50,000 William Haughton Memorial Pace eliminations at the Meadowlands Saturday night, while Artistic Fella scored a 1:49.2 decision in the second.   Brian Sears worked Lis Mara into second-over position around the final turn and th
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Winner survives inquiry, Mr Muscleman scratched
June 30, 2007
Trainer, driver and co-owner Roger Hammer likely breathed a sigh of relief with the late scratch of Mr Muscleman in the $240,000 Titan Cup at the Meadowlands Saturday, and then he had to hold his breath after he and Vivid Photo had to withstand an inquiry before being declared the off
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Moving Pictures gets picture taken in Roses Are Red
June 30, 2007
Mark MacDonald was parked to the quarter with Moving Pictures, yielded the lead to Darlin's Delight, and then rallied his charge in the stretch to win the $379,000 Roses Are Red final at Mohawk Racetrack Saturday night in 1:50.1.   Although it took MacDonald to nearly the first-quarter timer
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Artriverderci says 'arrivederci' in Hoosier Cup
June 30, 2007
Closing in on 7,000 career wins and having a standout year with more than 300 victories already to rank him fourth in North America, Peter Wrenn picked up another major stakes victory when he directed Artriverderci to a $500,000 Hoosier Cup score at Hoosier Park Saturday night.   Wrenn g
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Tetrick reaches 600 by July 1
June 30, 2007
Tim Tetrick became the first driver in history to win 600 races in a single year before the first of July when he directed Dealing Magic to a victory in the 10th race at the Meadowlands Saturday night. The win was the third of the card for the 25-year-old Tetrick.   Tetrick is coming off a ca
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Wild Wind fastest in PASS
June 29, 2007
Wild Wind breezed through the Lightning Lane to capture the fastest division of a Pennsylvania Sire Stakes for 3-year-old colt trotters on Thursday night at The Meadows, posting a 1:55.4 clocking, and Monkey Bones (1:56.3) and Fraternity Party (1:58.1) took other splits.   The $89,081 stakes,
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Freshman pair win Historics at Meadowlands
June 29, 2007
Ray Schnittker scored a driving and training double with a pair of talented 2 year olds on Thursday night at the Meadowlands, capturing a division of the Goshen Cup with Riggins in 1:54.3 and a split of the E.H. Harriman Cup with Deweycheatumnhow in 1:59.   Schnittker fired Riggins to a five
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Enough Talk sets Vernon trot mark
June 29, 2007
Enough Talk let his actions tell the story en route to a 1:53.3 all-time, all-age track record trotting performance, set by Personal Banner in the 1996 Breeders Crown, in the $10,000 eighth event on Thursday night (June 28) at Vernon Downs.   Brian Mattison did the teaming for trainer Pa
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Vivid Photo ready for Titan Cup
June 29, 2007
After battling an infection in his foot earlier this year, Vivid Photo is back on track and ready to pounce in the $240,000 Titan Cup on Saturday night at the Meadowlands. The 2005 Hambletonian winner drew post three in the Titan Cup.   Driver, trainer and co-owner Roger Hammer will be in the
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Trainers dish on Haughton starters
June 29, 2007
In addition to the Titan Cup, the Saturday card at the Meadowlands also features a pair of $50,000 eliminations for the $700,000 (est.) William R. Haughton Memorial. The top five finishers in the elims, races five and six, advance to the William R. Haughton Memorial Final on Saturday, July 7. Severa
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Rained-out Debutante purse divided
June 29, 2007
Harnessracing.com has learned from the Meadowlands' director of racing Tad Stockman that the $38,000 purse from the rained-out division of the Debutante for 2-year-old filly pacers Wednesday night will be divided equally among those eligible for that split. The first two divisions were held before a
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Hennessey on the slow road to Goshen
June 29, 2007
Wally Hennessey may have just 48 hours left before he leaves the ranks of harness racing regulars and is formally inducted into the Living Hall of Fame, but his trip to Goshen won’t happen until he completes his seven drives on Friday night at Pompano Park.   “All of my family isn’t coming in
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The show goes on at Lake Odessa
June 29, 2007
“The Show Must Go On!” was never more evident this week at the Lake Odessa Fair in Lake Odessa, Mich., as fair officials first had to work through the reneging of a carnival contract and then a Thursday rain delay that forced 29 harness races to be contested Friday.   Fair officials reportedl
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Hawthorne: Fan's c'mon down, the strike is over!
June 29, 2007
Hawthorne Race Course has settled its contract dispute with the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers that represents its mutuel clerks and will be open to the betting public beginning Saturday. Hawthorne had conducted its first six nights of its six-week summer harness meeting without any
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Dan Patch champ returns as a champ
June 29, 2007
Donato Hanover, last year’s 2-year-old colt trotting champion, did not disappoint in his long-awaited 2007 debut, rolling to a 1:54.1 victory in the $85,000 Historic Dickerson Cup on Friday night at the Meadowlands. Co-owner David Scharf, in an interview on TVG after, believes Donato's best asset is
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Mr. Aviator flies in fastest DSBF split
June 28, 2007
Four $20,000 divisions of the Delaware Standardbred Breeders Fund (DSBF) stakes for 3 year olds were contested Wednesday at Harrington Raceway. Trevor Warwick and Peter George's Mr. Aviator ($6.20, Kevin Sizer) was the fastest of two splits for sophomore pacing colts. The Warwick trainee sat behi
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Big M card canceled after fourth
June 28, 2007
John Campbell drove a trio of fillies to victory in their Historic Series stakes on Wednesday night at the Meadowlands, achieving the hat trick before persistent lightning and heavy rains prompted the card to be canceled after the fourth race. Campbell's winners were Snow White (1:56) and Bether Alw
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Takeshigemichi heads Hoosier Cup
June 28, 2007
Eleven 3-year-old colt and gelding pacers have been entered for the $500,000 Hoosier Cup Saturday, June 30. The race will be contested as the 11th on the 17-race card with an estimated post time of 10:10 p.m. EDT. Although raced with eliminations on the same night when necessary, with just 11 horses
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Phipps, Gill to be honored at Goshen
June 28, 2007
At the upcoming Harness Hall of Fame dinner at the Harness Racing Museum in Goshen, New York on Sunday, two of racing's esteemed citizens will be recognized for their example and achievements in amateur driving.  Orrin Phipps of Yarmouth, Maine, and Dr. Howard “Doc” Gill of Pine Bush, N.
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Frosh filly struts her stuff at Pompano
June 28, 2007
A pair of $1,000 non-wagering events for Florida-bred 2-year-old trotters was held prior to the start of the Wednesday program at Pompano Park, marking the first appearance of the season for juvenile performers at the racetrack.   In the evening’s first non-wagering trot, the filly Strut cros
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Saratoga horsemen plead guilty to cobra venom
June 28, 2007
Father and son William and Keith Barrack reportedly pleaded guilty on Wednesday on felony charges of interference with a domestic animal, admitting they attempted to fix a harness race at Saratoga Gaming and Raceway last October by injecting a horse with cobra venom.   In a story that appeare
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New Wire To Wire
June 28, 2007
In this week's Wire To Wire, Andrew Cohen writes about the new SHOP organization, which Ontario Standardbred owners have formed to try to encourage honesty in racing, particularly by eliminating the use of drugs in racing in their home province. Cohen says it's time for horse owners to "ow
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Randy Kerr dies
June 28, 2007
Longtime Canadian horseman Randy Kerr died Wednesday night at the age of 51 as a result of lung cancer. Kerr, the younger brother of horseman Terry Kerr, drove 3,671 winners over his career and earned more than $14.7 million in purses. Mr. Kerr was diagnosed with lung cancer just over a year ago an
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Amadeus Hall composes amazing comeback
June 28, 2007
Amadeus Hall has beaten the odds in a recent incident that would have ended most horse’s careers. The 5-year-old Royal Troubador gelding recently returned to the track, winning his qualifier in 2:03.1 for owner-trainer-driver Dan Taneyhill. The effort was amazing following an injury sustained in mid
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Lavec Dream ready for rich rivals
June 28, 2007
This year’s group of older trotting mares is by all accounts the deepest in many years, so when 6-year-old Lavec Dream surged past her millionaire rivals, Peaceful Way, Mystical Sunshine, and Pure Ivory, to win last Saturday’s single Ambro Flight elimination at the wire, she made quite a
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Eligibles up for Winbak Pace at Delaware
June 28, 2007
A total of 38 horses, including A “Who’s Who” of older pacers, comprise the list of eligibles to the 2007 Winbak Farm Pace, to be raced Jug Day afternoon, Thursday, Sept. 20, at the Delaware, OH County Fair.   This is the second year that Winbak Farm has sponsored the Winbak Farm Pace. Owned
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Trainer says Mr Muscleman ready
June 28, 2007
A month after facing Europe’s best in the Elitlopp, Mr Muscleman will tangle with the United States’ fiercest free-for-all trotters in the $240,000 Titan Cup on Saturday night at the Meadowlands. Mr Muscleman is rated the 2-1 morning line favorite from post seven in the Titan Cup on Saturday ni
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Double flip winner at Harrington
June 27, 2007
Winbak Farm, John Wagner and Earl Wagner's Double Flip ($3.20, Tony Morgan) was the fastest of five Delaware Standardbred Breeders Fund (DSBF) winners Tuesday at Harrington Raceway. Among the $20,000 eliminations, two were for pacing fillies and three for trotting fillies. The Manley Brown-traine
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Goshen ready to move into motion
June 27, 2007
The little town of Goshen, N.Y., will come alive with multiple delights for harness racing fans starting this Saturday. Events center around the adjacent Historic Track and Harness Racing Museum and Hall of Fame.   Grand Circuit racing at Historic Track begins Saturday and run
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Meadows hosts 3 Classic 3CP splits
June 27, 2007
It was called the Keystone Classic, but the $72,995 stake Tuesday night at The Meadows could just as easily have been titled “The Ben Stafford Show.” Trainer Ben Stafford and his son, driver Ben Stafford Jr., scored doubles in the event with their horses Big Business and Hennessy Hanover.   P
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Western Tsunami wins gate to wire at Vernon
June 27, 2007
Western Tsunami, recently purchased by trainer Dennis Whittemore, produced a quick return on the investment with a 1:53.1 victory in the $3,400 ninth race at Vernon Downs on Tuesday night.   With son Jimmy Whittemore doing the teaming, Western Tsunami made every station a winning one en r
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Weller holding on to Hoosier training title
June 27, 2007
Working in a factory for 16 years, Mike Weller knew there had to be a more enjoyable way to earn a living. While punching the time clock each day, he began working with colts and found a passion. Years later, Weller is the leading trainer at Hoosier Park with one week remaining in the 2007 season.
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Astronomical sets free-legged world record
June 27, 2007
Astronomical became the fastest free-legged pacer in history with a 1:50 victory Tuesday night at Georgian Downs, an effort that also established a new all-age track record at the Ontario five-eighths mile oval. The former world mark for free-legged pacers was 1:50.1, set by Luvm N Leavem at Hawthor
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Laddie wins, San Pail ties Canadian mark
June 27, 2007
After finishing fourth in his Goodtimes elimination and consolation in his first two starts of the year, the 2006 William Wellwood Memorial winner Laddie notched his first victory of 2007 with a career-best 1:55.4 effort in one of three Ontario Sire Stakes Gold elims for 3-year-old colt trotters at
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Tattersalls taking supplements
June 27, 2007
Supplemental entries for the upcoming Tattersalls July Mixed Sale close July 6. The sale will be held at the Meadowlands on Sunday, July 15—the weekend of the Meadowlands Pace and Stanley Dancer Memorial and Delvin Miller Memorial trots.   Tattersalls has already mailed the July sale catalog,
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Road to the Meadowlands Pace
June 27, 2007
Tell All is resting on his North America Cup laurels for now. The son of 2001 Meadowlands Pace winner Real Desire will either train or qualify at the Meadowlands. Blair Burgess will try to become the fourth trainer to win the North America Cup and the Meadowlands Pace with the same horse, and w
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Was trespasser involved in death of horse at Monticello?
June 27, 2007
A man has been charged with trespassing at Monticello Gaming and Raceway and authorities are investigating whether he let several horses out of their stalls that led to one being killed when struck by a car traveling on the nearby highway.   Published reports state Phillip Lobosco, 45, of Mon
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Tioga recognizes trainers on July 4th
June 27, 2007
The trials and tribulations of the race horse trainer will be rewarded at Tioga Downs on the Fourth of July when the track presents a $500 bonus check to the winning trainer of each race on the card. Horsemen will also be treated to a Bar B Q during the fireworks display after the races.   “T
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Omen Hanover sets Monticello track record
June 27, 2007
Southwind Tempo, fresh off her world-record performance in the Lynch final, posted her sixth straight win in the the third of three Lady Catskill eliminations at Monticello Raceway Wednesday afternoon, while Omen Hanover set a new local standard for 3-year-old filly pacers in the first split. Those
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Ontario Racing Commission expands testing
June 27, 2007
The Ontario Racing Commission (ORC) has issued a directive stating it is expanding its medication control program to include off-site drug testing. Any horse racing in the province must now be available to be tested at any time or place and without notice.   The following is the general direc
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Saftic reaches 4,000 wins
June 26, 2007
A 1:53.3 victory by Armbro Chronicle in Monday night's $36,000(C) Preferred Trot at Mohawk gave harness driver Mike Saftic the 4,000th victory of his career. Saftic engineered a second-over trip with the 5-year-old Self Possessed gelding who got up late to score his second straight win at the
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What would you do for a Klondike win?
June 26, 2007
Fred Hertrich III, Brooks Stable and Green Racing's new acquisition Klondike Kid ($4.20, Tim Tetrick) made a successful Delaware debut Monday at Harrington Raceway with a 1:52.4 triumph in the $20,300 Open Handicap. The 5-year-old Admirals Galley stud had won three straight races prior at Hazel P
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Dali romps at Mohawk in 1:51.3
June 26, 2007
Dali, a son of Real Artist racing in the first freshman race of the season at Mohawk Racetrack Monday night, scorched the seven furlong oval in 1:51.3, just four-fifths of a second off the track mark for 2-year-old colt pacers.   With Luc Ouellette in the bike, Dali sat fourth through fractio
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Chesapeake yearling sale set for Oct. 8
June 26, 2007
The Maryland Standardbred Breeders Association has set Monday, Oct. 8, as the date for this year’s sale. As in the past the sale will be held at Rosecroft Raceway; the big change in format is that the sale will be on a Monday.   The Chesapeake Yearling Sale has one of the best fee structures
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Hoosier Cup next adventure for Evers
June 26, 2007
Trainer Jack Franklin has shipped two sophomore colts to Hoosier Park with hopes of entering them in the $500,000 (est.) Hoosier Cup Saturday night, but it now appears only one name—Next Adventure—will go into the entry box for Indiana’s richest harness race. Next Adventure, a Real Artist colt who w
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Hall of Fame drivers set
June 26, 2007
Eight of the world's finest harness horsemen will compete in the ninth annual $10,000 Mr. and Mrs. Elbridge Gerry Memorial Trot at Historic Track in Goshen, N.Y., on Sunday. After the race, drivers will participate in a "Meet and Greet" session with the public and sign photographs at the south
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Robinson fined, former employee suspended
June 26, 2007
Trainer Bill Robinson has received a $1,000 fine from the Ontario Racing Commission for failing to ensure the integrity of an employee, Patrick Fletcher, who has received a two-month suspension from July 1 through Aug. 28 for an incident last March at Western Fair Raceway. A trailer bringing two Ro
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Chia'sso pays $1,624.60--almost!
June 26, 2007
Hazel Park Raceway already holds the distinction of being the site of the sport’s all-time record for any $2 wager with a $1,243,053 Twin-Super payout in 1988, and the track nearly added the all-time $2 win payoff to its resume when 811-1 Chia’sso finished a close third in Monday night’s first race.
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Meadowlands Pace draw to be on TVG
June 26, 2007
The Meadowlands Pace, presented by TVG, will have its press conference-draw carried live by TVG (Television Games Network) beginning at noon Tuesday, July 10.   Gary Seibel and Dave Weaver, who host TVG's night-time "Drive Time" harness racing-dedicated show, will be at the Meadowlands o
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Donato to make 2007 debut Friday
June 26, 2007
Donato Hanover's much-anticipated 2007 debut and an exciting match-up between Mr Muscleman and Vivid Photo headline the Historic Week stakes action June 27-30 at the Meadowlands.   Donato Hanover, the 2006 Two-Year-Old Trotter of the Year, makes his first pari-mutuel start of the year in t
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New Big M titles for Dadoyan, McKee
June 26, 2007
The Meadowlands has named two members of its management team to new positions as Alex Dadoyan has been appointed vice president/off-track wagering and Sam McKee as director of simulcasting/announcer. Dadoyan will coordinate and oversee the construction and implementation of the New Jersey Spor
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Jules Siegel Delaware Hall of Famer
June 25, 2007
The 23rd Little Brown Jug Wall of Fame honoree is breeder-owner Jules Siegel. Siegel, who breeds and owns Standardbreds with wife Arlene, was elected by a panel of harness racing experts. Siegel will be officially inducted and presented a commemorative gold ring at the Little Brown Jug breakf
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Joanne Nickells dies in Indiana
June 25, 2007
Joanne Nickells, the wife of horseman Bruce Nickells and mother of trainer-driver Brooke Nickells, died Sunday afternoon in Indianapolis at the age of 73. Mrs. Nickells had been in poor health for many months, but until three weeks ago had been going to the barn in the mornings and the races in the
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Green Day Wins Nevele Pride Final
June 25, 2007
Green Day went wire to wire in a Monticello Raceway track record of 1:57.1 and captured the $338,000 Nevele Pride final for 3-year-old trotting colts and geldings  Monday afternoon. The purse is the richest in Monticello history.   With Cat Manzi in the bike, Green Day shot out from post
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Go On BB takes Genesis final
June 24, 2007
A sloppy track proved no match for sophomore pacer Go On BB. The Frank Baldachino-owned filly captured the $40,000 Genesis Series final Saturday evening in a stakes record 1:53 victory. The win marked the ninth in 10 seasonal starts. “She’s such a tough filly,” said Mickey Burke Jr. “She showed her
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Kenneth J scores at Vernon in NYSS
June 24, 2007
The top rated sophomore colt pacer Kenneth J gave his many backers a few anxious moments before coming through with a head victory over The Best in 1:50.4 in New York Sire Stakes action Saturday night (June 23) at Vernon Downs.   A heavy favorite in the $30,894 eighth event, K
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Cabana Fever tops Sportsfancy
June 24, 2007
The $61,000 Lady Chicago featured two of the finest sophomore filly pacers in Chicagoland as Sportsfancy, a winner of six straight, and Cabana Fever, a seven-time winnor last year and a strong third in the Breeders Crown, squared off at Hawthorne Saturday night.   Despite a 10- hors
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Dolezal injured in Calif. crash
June 23, 2007
  David Dolezal, the editor of the defunct harness publications Hub Rail, The Harness Horse and times: in harness, is recovering following a serious recent vehicle collision in central California.   Dolezal, a companion, and Dolezal's dog, were seated in the front seat of his
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Always A Virgin wins
June 23, 2007
Driver Brian Sears won his second New Jersey Sire Stakes final of the weekend at the Meadowlands Saturday night, scoring with Always A Virgin, a colt by Western Ideal, by open lengths in 1:50.2.   On Friday night Sears drove Lady Mattgalane to a triumph in the NJSS for 3-year-old filly pacers
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Mare elims held at Mohawk
June 23, 2007
Four Starzz Meliss and Moving Pictures, two pacing mares who were toiling in lower classes until this year, captured the two eliminations for the Roses Are Red Saturday night at Mohawk, while on the same card Lavec Dream topped millionaires Peaceful Way in the elimination to determine the final fi
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Two Cleveland Classic splits
June 23, 2007
Won The West and Takeshigemichi captured the two divisions of the Cleveland Classic Saturday night at Northfield Park. Won The West, a 3-year-old gelded son of Western Hanover, enjoyed a pocket trip before sweeping to the front just before the three-quarter mark and eventually scoring in 1:53 while
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Michelle's Angel sets stakes mark
June 23, 2007
The 3-year-old trotting filly Michelle's Angel rebounded from breaking stride in her Elegantimage two weeks earlier by setting a stakes record of 1:55 in Pennsylvania Sire Stakes action at The Meadows Saturday night.   Michelle's Angel, a daughter of Andover Hall-Almost An Angel, won 5 of 14
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No fans allowed in but Hawthorne to open
June 22, 2007
Although its mutuel clerks have gone on strike and fans will not be allowed in, Hawthorne Race Course will open for live racing Friday night. The races will be simulcast to other outlets and Illinois bettors will have to go to either Balmoral or Maywood or an OTB parlor to place their wagers. &nb
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NJSS contests at the Big M
June 22, 2007
Primary AS and Biz Hub made it a Trond Smedshammer-trained exacta in the $175,000 New Jersey Sire Stakes final for 3-year-old colt trotters on Thursday night at the Meadowlands.  Primary AS rolled off cover in the stretch and drew off to and 2 3/4-length victory over his stablemate Biz Hub in 1
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Pompano cancels Mondays in July
June 22, 2007
The Florida State Pari-Mutuel Division has granted approval for Pompano Park to cancel its five live Monday race dates during the month of July. As a result, there will be no live harness racing conducted at Pompano on July 2, 9, 16, 23 or 30.   Divisions of the Sunshine State Stakes for Flo
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Still no answers for Vernon Downs
June 22, 2007
Although Vernon Downs’ owner Jeff Gural has said he would likely close the track if a bill did not pass in the state legislature by a Thursday deadline that would allow racetracks to keep a higher percentage of slot revenues, legislators will be back in session on Friday to discuss pending bills. &
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Freshman pacer killed in first start
June 22, 2007
Two-year-old colt pacer JNC Diamond, making his first pari-mutuel start, was killed Thursday night as a result of a race accident at Hiawatha Horse Park that also left driver Gord McKnight with a reported broken pelvis.   The first-race accident occured when the McKnight-driver Clever Coquett
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Tivoli Hanover recovering at Pocono
June 22, 2007
Tivoli Hanover, the 2007 Max C. Hempt winner at Mohegan Sun at Pocono Downs, is on the mend on the backstretch of Mohegan Sun at Pocono Downs following a life-threatening operation at the University of Pennsylvania’s New Bolton Center. The 3-year-old pacer recently was rushed to the New Bolton Cente
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Sweden's V75, V64 now at Meadowlands
June 22, 2007
Multi-million dollar pools and huge potential payoffs are the selling points of two new exotic wagers from Sweden the Meadowlands will add to its lineup on June 27. The V75 and V64 are bankroll-friendly exotic wagers on Swedish trotting races that require bettors to pick the winners of multiple race
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Susies Magic looking to take flight
June 22, 2007
When 20-1 longshot Susies Magic accelerated past her high-profile rivals, Passionate Glide and Pure Ivory, to win the $569,250 Breeders Crown 3-Year-Old Filly Trot by a neck in 1:55.4 last year, she not only provided a profitable payoff for her supporters, but she gave rookie trainer Tony Osulliva
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'Coleman Trio' on tap for Roses Are Red
June 22, 2007
Multiple O'Brien Award-winning trainer Casie Coleman will send out an impressive three-pronged attack in this Saturday night's pair of $50,000(C) eliminations for The Roses Are Red Stakes for pacing mares at Mohawk Racetrack. Coleman, who is once again on top of the WEG trainer standings this sea
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P'Pool Receives Six-Year Suspension
June 22, 2007
The Indiana Horse Racing Commission issued a suspension of six years and imposed a monetary fine of $30,000 to standardbred trainer Mark P’Pool (Crown Point, IN) for accumulating eleven positive tests for dexamethasone in 2006.  The decision was made at the Commission’s public meeting on Friday
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Dancer treasures highlight HTA auction
June 22, 2007
Harness Tracks of America’s 30th annual harness racing art auction, to be held in the Tattersalls Sales Arena in Lexington on Kentucky Futurity morning, Saturday, Oct. 6, will feature a collection of art treasures owned by harness racing immortal Stanley Dancer. The collection includes some of the
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NJSS final for 3YO pacing fillies
June 22, 2007
Lady Mattgalane rallied after a second-over trip behind Arts A Flutter and edged that rival by a neck to win the $175,000 New Jersey Sire Stakes final for 3-year-old pacing fillies in 1:51 Friday night at the Meadowlands.   Lady Mattgalane, a filly by Artiscape, went off at odds of
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NYSS 3YO filly pace action at Yonkers
June 22, 2007
Yonkers Raceway president Tim Rooney won the first race at Yonkers Friday night, winning with his homebred filly Lislea Phia, who captured a $59,101 New York Sire Stakes division in an upset, paying $52.50.   Lislea Phia was leading at the top of the homestretch when she broke stride, but dri
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Muscleman holds off Vivid Photo
June 22, 2007
A prep for the Titan Cup Trot, raced before the betting card at the Meadowlands, turned into a stretch sprint for Mr Muscleman and Vivid Photo, with Mr. Muscleman putting his nose on the wire first in 1:55 after a :26.2 final quarter blitz.   Vivid Photo, who started from post one,
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Duneside Perch in 1:52.4
June 21, 2007
Trainer George Teague Jr. sent out a trio of winners in the New Jersey Sire Stakes (NJSS) for 2-year-old pacers on Wednesday night at the Meadowlands, winning with Duneside Perch, Cartniverous and Just Desserts.Teague’s Duneside Perch was the fastest of the freshman colts on the card.  Driven b
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Harr hosts DSBF splits
June 21, 2007
Two $20,000 divisions of the Delaware Standardbred Breeders Fund (DSBF) stakes were contested for 3-year-old pacing colts and geldings Wednesday at Harrington Raceway. Trevor Warwick and Peter George's Mr. Aviator ($2.80, Kevin Sizer) won the first division in 1:54.1, while Chang Racing Dynasty's
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A hot 1:55 win at Balmoral
June 21, 2007
The Illinois conceived and foaled 2-year-old filly pacing set was on display Wednesday night as Balmoral Park prepared to head into its six-week summer break. Trainer James Crebs has sent out his fair share of homebred stars and it looks like he may have another in 2007 as She’s So Hot made her pari
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Mo Jo silences sparrow
June 21, 2007
The mare Fox Valley Mo Jo halted the two-race winning streak of S Sparrow Express when defeating that rival to take the featured $8,000 seventh-race trot at Pompano Park on Wednesday, covering the mile in a lifetime best 1:57.   Driven from post four by Daryl Bier, Fox Valley Mo Jo dueled wi
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NJSS sophs in spotlight
June 21, 2007
This weekend at the Meadowlands 3-year-old pacers are in the spotlight in a pair of $175,000 New Jersey Sire Stakes finals. The fillies are carded on Friday night in the fifth race and the colts as Saturday night’s fifth race. The Joe Holloway-trained entry of Always A Virgin and Fresh Deck has bee
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14 hope to rock at Nfld
June 21, 2007
A field of 14 three-year-old pacing colts entered Northfield Park’s Heineken Premium Light Cleveland Classic, forcing two $87,600, seven-horse divisions for Saturday’s race.   Hot Rod Mindale has been given a slight edge in the first division, as director of racing Gregg Keidel made him
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Can granny get the win?
June 21, 2007
Granny Gui is one of five daughters of Dream Vacation hoping to pull off the upset in the $175,000 New Jersey Sire Stakes final for 3-year-old filly trotters on Thursday night at the Meadowlands.  Among the competition she will face are Possess The Magic, who led all 2-year-old trotters in earn
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$500 fireworks at Tioga
June 21, 2007
Tioga Downs has announced its extra July 4 racing program will have an added incentive for trainers as each conditioner who wins a race on the holiday card will receive a $500 bonus from the racetrack.   The New York track recently added the card to its live racing schedule, and will have a p
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Morrill to drive Kenneth J
June 21, 2007
Highlighting the Saturday night card at Vernon Downs will be five divisions of the New York Sire Stakes for 3-year-old colt and gelding pacers, with fifth-place finisher in the North America Cup and Vernon Downs hometown favorite Kenneth J making his return to the Empire State from post po
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JC scores with stars
June 21, 2007
John Campbell drove three prominent horses to victories in qualifiers at the Meadowlands Thursday morning, scoring with the 3 year olds Artzina and Little Miss Dragon and the 4 year old Jereme’s Jet.   Artzina, a pacing colt by Artiscape, enjoyed a second-over journey and won over Digital Z T
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Lederman goes Xtreme
June 21, 2007
Georgian Downs is pleased to confirm that announcer Larry Lederman will make a one-time trip to Canada to call its Xtreme Horsepower event on July 14.   “We’re programming a card of extreme racing, so we thought we better attract an extreme announcer,” said Chris Roberts, director of operatio
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$18,000 1st prize for Tioga driving tourney
June 21, 2007
Tioga Downs will play host to its first annual Driver’s Championship on Sunday, July 29, with the top seven money-winning drivers in North America along with the leading money-winning driver at Tioga Downs and one sponsors' exemption to be invited to participate.   The Driver’s Chal
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**NEW**Wire To Wire
June 21, 2007
In Andrew Cohen's newest installment of Wire To Wire he takes note of some of the promotions used by various racetracks, but he also wonders why the ideas don't seem to be shared much. Cohen has come up with an interesting idea on how racetracks can band together and share the things that work
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DSBF does a double flip
June 20, 2007
Roam'n at Cooly's Stables' Love And Truth ($2.40, Tim Tetrick) and Winbak Farm and John and Earl Wagner's Double Flip ($2.60, Tony Morgan) were decisive winners in the Delaware Standardbred Breeders Fund (DSBF) elimination stakes for 3-year-old pacing fillies Tuesday night at Harrington Raceway.
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2,000 wins for Taggart
June 20, 2007
Driver Jim Taggart Jr. picked up his 2,000th career victory when he drove Celestial Hanover to a win in the 12th and final race on Tuesday afternoon at Mohegan Sun at Pocono Downs.   Taggart came into the day needing two wins to hit the mark.  He won in race seven aboard Park Free, a
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Newberry wins at Vernon
June 20, 2007
Newberry Winner lived up to his name with a strong first-place finish in Tuesday night’s $3,570 featured pace at Vernon Downs as he was an impressive 1:56.1 winner.   Leaving from the inside post position in Tuesday’s sixth race, Newberry Winner darted into the lead and never looked
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Vernon OK'd through July
June 20, 2007
Vernon Downs was granted permission Tuesday by the New York State Racing and Wagering Board to continue racing through July 31. The track has been allowed to race one month at a time because of horse shortages and financial problems.   Track owner Jeff Gural has stated repeatedl
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Ky.'s Guilfoil retires
June 20, 2007
Longtime Kentucky Horse Racing Authority director of Standardbred racing Marc Guilfoil has told harnessracing.com he has retired from his position as of June 1. Guilfoil, who served as presiding steward at the harness racetracks across the Bluegrass State, was instrumental in the recent rewriting of
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Phones out at Vernon
June 20, 2007
Due to an outage of the phone system at Vernon Downs, entries for the Saturday night June 23, race program will be taken until 11 a.m. this morning (Wednesday, June 20). Calls should be directed to (607) 372-1693. (Vernon Downs)
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Harvey table up for bid
June 20, 2007
Harness Racing Hall of Fame trainer-driver Harry Harvey has crafted a walnut table that is being offered for open phone bid by the Harness Racing Museum. Bids are being accepted now by phone or in person at the museum until 5 p.m. on June 30.   The table, suitable for an end table, is made o
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Carlspur 2nd in return
June 20, 2007
Almost eight months ago the veteran pacer Carlspur flirted with death at the large animal hospital at New Bolton Center and on Tuesday the 11 year old flirted with victory in his first start back at Monticello Raceway as he finished second in the $11,300 winners-over pace.   The  $8
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Hawthorne set to open
June 20, 2007
Hawthorne Race Course launches its six weeks of harness racing Friday, June 22, and kicks off its stakes program on Saturday evening, when two $60,000 races for 3-year-old pacers, the Chicago for colts and the Lady Chicago for fillies.   The Chicago and Lady Chicago are new introduc
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Honour pays at Harrington
June 19, 2007
Carter Racing Stable's Fields Of Honour A ($4, Tim Tetrick) earned his third win in a row and fifth of the meet at Harrington Raceway Monday in the featured $18,100 Junior Open. The Bobby Myers trainee received a perfect trip behind pacesetting Next Flight and surged by in the stretch for his six
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Guy gets girl again at PPk
June 19, 2007
Guy Gets Girl made his second consecutive trip to the Pompano Park winner’s circle on Monday when scoring a front-end victory in the featured $18,000 winners over handicap trot, covering the mile in 1:56.2.   Starting from post seven with trainer Bruce Ranger at the controls, Guy Gets Girl r
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NJSS 3CT's on tap Thurs.
June 19, 2007
Three-year-old trotters take center stage in a pair of $175,000 New Jersey Sire Stakes (NJSS) finals Thursday night at the Meadowlands. The colts will go postward in the fifth race and the fillies in the seventh in the culmination of the spring series of races that began on May 28. Biz Hub and
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David Marshall dies
June 19, 2007
Sorrow fell heavily on Plainridge Racecourse on Monday as word spread of the Sunday night truck crash which killed veteran harness driver-trainer David Marshall, who was a regular among the Plainridge horsemen. Just 62, Mr. Marshall was en route Sunday night to Monticello, N.Y., whe
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Like A Prayer brother wins
June 19, 2007
Unraced at two, Too Salty demonstrated Monday night at The Meadows that he may be a force in the 3-year-old colt trotting division, capturing a division of the $61,200 Keystone Classic a shade shy of Pine Chip's stakes record. The stake for Pennsylvania-breds was contested over three division
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Maxwell named asst. coach
June 19, 2007
Ontario-based trainer Brad Maxwell, whose resume includes horses such as Elegantimage and Pure Ivory, has been named assistant coach for the Guelph Storm Hockey Club of the Ontario Hockey League. Maxwell, 49, played hockey briefly in the early 1970s before turning to training full time.   Acc
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Budget threatens Pa. slots
June 19, 2007
Reminiscent of the New Jersey budget impasse last year that shut the Meadowlands and Atlantic City casinos, the slots areas at Pennsylvania’s five racetracks could be forced to shut down as soon as July 7 if a 2007-08 budget agreement can’t be reached between Governor Ed Rendell and state legislator
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Monticello celebrates 50th
June 19, 2007
On June 27, 1958 a gray pacer named King Majesty, driven by Bart Wagner, won the first race to ever run at Monticello Raceway. Now Monticello Raceway begins its celebration of 50 years of racing. Monticello Raceway will kick off its anniversary celebration with the Nevele Pride Stakes on Monday,
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Go Get Lost sweep at RcR
June 19, 2007
Three divisions of the Maryland Sire Stakes for sophomore trotters were held as early, non-wagering events on Monday at Rosecroft Raceway, and each of the winners, sired by Go Get Lost, trotted wire to wire in their respective races.   In the first division, Dilly Dally Delia went down the hi
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DSBF trot splits held
June 18, 2007
Five $20,000 divisions of Delaware Standardbred Breeders Fund (DSBF) stakes events for 3-year-trotters went postward Sunday at Harrington Raceway with three events for fillies and two for colts in the first of two legs for the sophomore trotters. Fred Brunner and Layhoon Chan Brunner's Swiss
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Sun Sentinel wins at Blmp
June 18, 2007
After a big Saturday night at Balmoral Park which featured five Hanover Stakes the action continued on Sunday as a total of 20 sophomore trotting fillies were sent to battle in a pair of $27,050 splits, with Sun Sentinel and Society Hall coming up winners.   The $15,000 Mini Me Stake for fres
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Pavia out six weeks
June 18, 2007
Joe Pavia Jr., the leading driver at Mohegan Sun at Pocono Downs, will be idle for approximately six weeks following an accident at the Meadowlands Saturday night. Pavia sustained a fractured arm after being catapulted into the air during the ninth race while driving Nic Nac Hanover i
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Nevele Pride eliminations
June 18, 2007
Two track records fell at Monticello Raceway Monday afternoon in two $25,000 eliminations of Nevele Pride for 3-year-old colt and gelding trotters. First it was Green Day setting the mark for geldings in 1:58.1 then Mythical Lindy lowered the record for colts to 1:57.2.     In the first
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Hanovers starts at Balmoral
June 17, 2007
An eye-catching performance by Joe Seekman Racing & Hal Hewitt’s Beachy Girl in 1:54.4 highlighted the kickoff to the 2007 Hanover Stakes season at Balmoral Park Saturday night.   Confidently handled by Ryan Anderson, who notched his 2000th career win the night before, this 2-year-old dau
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Pavia injured at Big M
June 17, 2007
Driver Joe Pavia Jr. was rushed to Hackensack University Medical Center for treatment after an accident that also unseated two other drivers in the ninth race on Saturday night at Meadowlands.   The accident unfolded when Jim Meittinis' charge, Beware Of Darkness, stumbled and fell to the gr
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Bet To Win rolls
June 17, 2007
Bet To Win went wire to wire at Buffalo Raceway Saturday night and captured his second straight New York Sire Stakes with a three-quarter-length win in 2:01. The stakes  race was one of five divisions for 3-year-old colt and gelding trotters.   Bet To Win and Jim Morrill Jr. were never t
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Search Engine dominates
June 17, 2007
Search Engine continued his domination of Indiana Sire Stakes, romping to a four-length victory in the fourth leg for 3-year-old colt and gelding pacers in 1:51.3 at Hoosier Park Saturday night.   With Mark O’Mara in the bike for trainer Dave White, the son of Electrick Yankee grabbed the lea
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Quite Easy Goodtimes
June 16, 2007
Quite Easy made it look quite easy in the $334,600 ( C ) Goodtimes final Saturday night at Mohawk, brushing to the lead before the half and going on to a 1:56 victory over Monkey Bones and Xactly Hanover.   Monkey Bones and David Miller flashed into the lead from post 10 and took the field to
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Miller reaches milestone
June 16, 2007
David Miller became the seventh driver in harness racing history to surpass the $100 million plateau in career earnings on Friday night at the Meadowlands.     Miller's victory with Free in the $46,500 mares open was enough to push him past the milestone in the eighth race of the night
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Tilly Bomb wins consolation
June 16, 2007
Tilly Bomb lowered her lifetime mark by more than three full seconds in capturing Friday’s $50,000 Elegantimage Stakes Consolation for three-year-old filly trotters at Mohawk Racetrack.With Mario Baillargeon in the bike, the Ohio-bred daughter of Chip Chip Hooray was sent to the front early and led
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Arch Madness rebounds
June 16, 2007
Arch Madness used a huge final-quarter kick to capture tonight’s $50,000 Goodtimes Stakes Consolation at Mohawk in a lifetime best clocking of 1:53.4.The colt rebounded brilliantly after making a miscue at the start of his elimination last Saturday night. In that race, he recovered to finish a
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Favorites win NJSS
June 16, 2007
Favorites Arts A Flutter and Platinum Hanover, two fillies who did not race as freshmen, captured their respective division of the New Jersey Sire Stakes 3-year-old filly pace Friday night at the Meadowlands with miles in 1:51.1 and 1:51.4.   Arts A Flutter, with John Campbell up, raced in th
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Martha gets revenge
June 16, 2007
Martha’s Revenge finally got revenge, capturing the first of two non-wagering divisions of the Indiana Sire Stakes for 3-year-old filly pacers in 1:53. The second split went to Go On BB in 1:53.1.   Martha’s Revenge scored her first victory of the year in convincing fashion, drawing off over
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Oh Oh, she's 5 for 5
June 16, 2007
Oh Oh It’s Magic kept her record unblemished in five starts this year with a 2:00.1 victory in one of five divisions of the New York Sire Stakes 3-year-old filly trot at Buffalo Raceway Friday night.   With Jim Morrill Jr. in the bike for trainer Carl Gillespie and owner Carolyn Atherton, Oh
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Anderson reaches 2,000
June 16, 2007
Prince Vince got the worse of the trip, but he still got the best of his seven rivals in Friday night's $12,300 feature race at Maywood Park, pulling away with driver Ryan Anderson to a 1:51.4 mile. Seven races later Anderson gave himself an early birthday present when he brought home his 2,000th ca
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Red White Blues invasion
June 16, 2007
In a field filled with the top female pacers in Florida, it was Meadowlands invader Red White Blues that captured the featured $15,500 Fillies and Mares Winners Over Handicap Pace at Pompano Park on Friday, stopping the timer in 1:54.3.   Starting from post four with trainer/ driver Br
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Late scratch in NA Cup
June 16, 2007
Two Twentytwo, who was to have started from the rail in tonight's Pepsi North America Cup at Mohawk, has been scratched sick for the $1.5 million race. The son of Blissfull Hall was a 20-1 morning line starter. He finished fourth in the NA Cup elim won by Sutter Hanover and won the draw among the fo
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Southwind Tempo in 1:49.3
June 16, 2007
Southwind Tempo, driven by Tim Tetrick, established a world record of 1:49.3 for a three-year-old pacing filly on a five-eighths mile track in winning the $250,632 James M. Lynch Memorial Pace Saturday afternoon at Mohegan Sun at Pocono Downs. The mile also equaled the track's all-time pacing
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Distaff to Moving Pictures
June 16, 2007
Moving Pictures, locked in along the pylons half way down the stretch, found room late to the outside and overtook Vysoke Tatry just before the wire and captured the $265,350 ( C ) Classic Distaff in 2:37 over 1 3/8 miles at Mohawk Raceway Saturday night. To Helen Back was third.   Moving P
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Tell All romps in 1:50.3
June 16, 2007
Tell all that Tell All is the Pepsi North America Cup winner. The Real Desire 3-year-old colt swept past Yankee Skyscaper rounding the final turn and drew off to a convincing 1:50.3 victory in the $1,500,000 Pepsi North America Cup Saturday night at Mohawk Racetrack. Sutter Hanover was second and Wa
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Pampered Princess scores
June 16, 2007
Pampered Princess romped to a 1:55 victory in the $531,800 ( C ) Elegantimage final for 3-year-old filly trotters at Mohawk Raceway Saturday night, giving driver John Campbell a sweep of the two 3-year-old stakes for trotters. Godiva Hall won a stretch battle with Vulcanize to be a distant second.
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Favorites win MDSS
June 16, 2007
Betting favorites lived up to their promise in several $3,000 preliminary divisions of the Maryland Sire Stakes for three-year-old pacers on Saturday evening at Rosecroft Raceway. In the first race, Southern Myles [$2.10, $2.10, $2.10] stole the show with an easy win in 1:53.2. The three-year-old
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3CT's in Big M action
June 15, 2007
Operation Lindy rebounded from a miscue last week to win the first of two $34,050 New Jersey Sire Stakes divisions for 3-year-old trotting colts on Thursday night at the Meadowlands. Driven by Andy Miller, Operation Lindy catapulted off the cover of the leader, Biz Hub, and drew off to a 1 1/4-lengt
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Top mares meet at Ppk
June 15, 2007
Divisional supremacy will be on the line at Pompano Park on Friday, as seven female pacers will line up for the featured $15,500 Winners Over Handicap Pace, highlighted by a meeting between rivals Tintabella N and My Metallica.   Glenn Del Russo and Daryl Bier’s Tintabella N returns for the
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ORC ruling for Friedman
June 15, 2007
Horses owned by Aubrey Friedman that are entered in Ontario-sired events and meet the qualifying standards and conditions have been ordered to be accepted by all Ontario racetracks by the Ontario Racing Commission (ORC).   In a June 6 ruling, the ORC ruled the tracks must accept Friedm
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Fahy takes two 3FT Classics
June 15, 2007
Despite being parked out the first quarter mile, Gia found enough trot for a stretch drive that carried her to victory in a division of the $68,998 Keystone Classic for 3-year-old trotting fillies on Thursday night at The Meadows. The stake was contested over three divisions, with Decanter and Blu
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Moon marks the spot
June 15, 2007
Driver Josh Marks and the high-class trotter Scorpion Moon shared the limelight during Thursday night’s nine-race harness program at Vernon Downs.   Marks, the second leading race-winning teamster at Vernon’s 54th meeting, posted four wins for the second time at the Downs this season
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Barzgar qualifies in 1:56.2
June 15, 2007
The 2006 Woodrow Wilson winner Fox Valley Barzgar won a qualifier at Maywood Park Thursday, drawing clear to a 6 3/4-length victory for trainer-driver Tom Harmer in 1:56.2. It was the first appearance for the 3-year-old son of Incredible Finale since a pair of qualifying efforts at Pompano Park in A
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Turning Point ruled legal
June 15, 2007
The federal Department of the Interior has ruled that the 1993 gaming compact between the Oneida Indian Nation and then New York Governor Mario Cuomo is valid, thus allowing Turning Stone Resort Casino, located near Vernon Downs, to remain open.   A letter from associate deputy se
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Ouellette ready for Cup
June 15, 2007
It has been a slow start to this season for driver Luc Ouellette--at least by his standards--as with 94 wins and $1.7 million(C) earned to date, he finds himself sitting fifth in the WEG driver standings and well off his pace of a year ago. However, a trip back to the Pepsi North America Cup fina
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Bangor sets speed mark
June 15, 2007
Bangor Raceway officials reportedly believe last Sunday’s nine-race card set an all-time speed record at that track as every race was clocked in 2:00 or better. All nine races were paces, with the fastest being a 1:56 effort by Rupert Rupert and the slowest being a 1:59.4 score by Birdton Bernie. &
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Fever to debut in Hanover
June 15, 2007
 The stakes action will be fast and furious at Balmoral Park on the final weekend before the Crete plant takes a six-week hiatus from live racing as five Hanover Stakes will be contested on Saturday’s 14-race program with three of those events being split into two divisions.   Fresh
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Sing sparrow, sing
June 14, 2007
The 7-year-old gelding S Sparrow Express continued his winning ways at Pompano Park on Wednesday, teaming up with Wally Hennessey to capture the featured $8,000 eighth-race trot to give the gelding his second consecutive victory and Hennessey his fifth winner of the night.   Starti
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Harrington open sees red
June 14, 2007
M & M Harness Racing and Pat LaChance's Winbak Red ($10, Eddie Davis Jr.) became the first trotter at the 2007 Harrington meet to win six races, capturing the $20,300 Open Trot Wednesday in 1:58. The 4-year-old Muscles Yankee gelding assumed command near the quarter-mile from Racsan Jenn
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Two Nevele Pride elims
June 14, 2007
Two $25,000 elimination divisions for Monticello Raceway's Nevele Pride Stakes for 3-year-old trotting colts will go to post on Monday to determine the eight horses that will come back the following Monday to compete in the $338,000 final. Headlining the first $25,000 division is the De
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NA Cup: read all about it
June 14, 2007
There were plenty of things said at Tuesday's draw for the Pepsi North America Cup, and here are what a few of the connections had to say as they made their observations:   Co-owner Myron Bell, about favored Yankee Skyscaper (PP2, 2-1):“I wouldn’t say he’s (Yankee Skyscaper) a stone-cold clos
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Reserve Forces draws in
June 14, 2007
It came as something of a surprise when Carl Jamieson got the call on Tuesday that his horse, Reserve Forces, had drawn into the field for Saturday night’s Pepsi North America Cup at Mohawk Racetrack. After all, Reserve Forces, a son of Real Desire, had finished fourth in his elimination last S
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Wed on 7-7-7 at Yonkers?
June 14, 2007
Goin' to Empire City, and we’re gonna get married (with apologies to the Dixie Cups). Empire City at Yonkers Raceway is offering seven couples a complimentary wedding reception for seven on July 7, 2007.   The lush new gaming facility, which houses 5,500 video lottery terminals--including
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Donato qualifies in 1:53.3
June 14, 2007
Three-year-old colt trotter Donato Hanover set a national season’s mark of sorts Thursday morning when he won a qualifier at the Meadowlands in 1:53.3. Trainer Steve Elliott had to go the qualifying route for a third time this year with the defending Dan Patch Award winner after a 3-year-old open at
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Ready to hit on 2 fronts
June 14, 2007
Buffalo Raceway-based Hitwiththeladies will not just be competing in the second leg of the $128,350 New York Sire Stakes for 3-year-old trotting colts on Saturday evening at his home track, but the Giant Hit colt will be traveling to Monticello Raceway on Monday to start in one of two eliminations f
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June 14, 2007
In this week's edition of Wire to Wire, Andrew Cohen says harness racing needs more feel-good books, like recent ones about the Thoroughbred greats Secretariat and the filly Ruffian, and he's volunteering to write one. He just needs a little help. You can read Cohen's plea for a few book-w
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Cisco Hall making progress
June 14, 2007
Trainer Bill Gallagher and owner Joseph Chnapko have created a successful niche for themselves by purchasing older trotters that improve under patient handling, and their latest is Cisco Hall, who steps into the open ranks in the $46,500 fifth race trot on Friday night at the Meadowlands. &nbs
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Big price for Free paying off
June 14, 2007
Kelvin Harrison might have had a few reservations about arranging the purchase of Free for $200,000 one month ago, but they were quashed when she rolled to a 1:49.2 victory last week in the mares open at the Meadowlands, and she'll bid for a repeat in the $46,500 mares open on Friday night. &n
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New voices at Chst
June 14, 2007
Harrah’s Chester Casino & Racetrack has announced that James Witherite-Rieg will be its track announcer and Shannon DiAntonio will serve as the on-air racing analyst during the track’s upcoming 2007 season. Harrah’s Chester’s 95-day meeting will commence Monday, July 9. Witherite-Rieg, a 21-ye
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Monaco graces Balmoral
June 13, 2007
After four straight starts at Hazel Park Max Ernst’s Yankee Monaco returned to Balmoral Park with a bang as she became the fastest aged trotting mare in the track’s rich history by stopping the clock in 1:53.2.   The 6-year-old daughter of Mr. Vic showed blazing speed away from the gate, get
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Lets Thank Heaven 5 for 5
June 13, 2007
Enviro Stables' Lets Thank Heaven ($5.20, Tim Tetrick) improved to five-for-five at Harrington Raceway Tuesday with a 1:54.1 win over the track listed as "good" in the $15,500 Mares Junior Open. The Kevin Lare trainee has has now won two straight in the class and remains undefeated in Delaware. S
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Drug guidelines on web
June 13, 2007
The Racing Medication & Testing Consortium has completed a section of its website (www.rmtcnet.com) that enables licensed horsemen to look up guidelines for withdrawal times for approximately 75 therapeutic medications identified by the RMTC Veterinary Advisory Committee.   The guidelines
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Ill. trainer pleads guilty
June 13, 2007
Illinois-based trainer Deborah Allison reportedly pleaded guilty Tuesday on a charge of animal cruelty after one dead horse and three emaciated horses were discovered at her farm in Crete. Allison was ordered to pay $250 in court costs and undergo psychiatric evaluation and treatment as well as bein
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Big opening at Meadows
June 13, 2007
Opening-day numbers at the slots parlor at The Meadows have been announced by the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board and it shows that $8,637,964 was sent through the 1,738 machines during the 15-hour period it was open on Monday. The site was reportedly completely full from 3 p.m. until midnight. &
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Ohio Gov. will veto bill
June 13, 2007
Ohio Governor Ted Strickland announced at a press conference Tuesday that he would veto the bill that will allow Instant Racing machines at racetracks in the state if it reached his desk, and that he is asking the legislature to instead ban nearly all forms of gambling.   The bill to allow th
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Waterstone wins at Big M
June 13, 2007
Waterstone, the 2-year-old colt trotter named for The Horseman’s Gordon Waterstone, won his career debut Wednesday morning in a baby race at the Meadowlands, scoring in 2:03 for trainer-driver Jimmy Takter. Associate editor Waterstone had hoped he would have been able to write the headline "Watersto
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Nfld has home-team edge
June 13, 2007
Northfield Park hosts the first leg of the Cal Expo-Northfield Pro-Am Drivers Challenge Friday and Saturday, and at first glance, it appears the home team has a slight advantage.   The unique series, which pits two professional and two amateur drivers from each track against each other in two
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Tioga has foal naming promo
June 13, 2007
On Sunday, June 10, Tioga Downs continued its newest promotion, the “Name That Foal Contest,” for the second time, and the 10-day old foal by SJ's Photo and his mother, Keystone Starbrite, were at the track, live and in person.   Jeff Gural, chairman of American Racing and Entertain
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Barzgar qualifies Thursday
June 13, 2007
The 2006 Woodrow Wilson champion Fox Valley Barzgar has been entered Thursday morning in a qualifier at Maywood Park after a delay in starting his sophomore season due to a bacterial infection. Trainer Tom Harmer told harnessracing.com he plans on entering Fox Valley Barzgar in Hawtho
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Tioga, Vernon video back up
June 13, 2007
On Wednesday Tioga Downs and Vernon Downs received permission from the New York State Racing and Wagering Board to continue its video streaming on each respected website after the race has finished and has been declared official.   “We are happy to be able to provide this service on
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Bob Heyden in Finland
June 13, 2007
Bob Heyden has left the Meadowlands and won a race in Finland, and of course we're talking about Bob Heyden the trotter, not the Big M's TV commentator of the same name.   Bob Heyden--the trotter--was sold in January to Finns. He won Wednesday night in Helsinki, trotting to a mile rate v
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Possess The Magic wins
June 13, 2007
Possess The Magic, last year's Breeders Crown 2-Year-Old Filly Trot champion, sustained a first-over rally from the half until the head of the stretch and then stayed strong to win a $35,850 New Jersey Sire Stakes in 1:54.1 Wednesday night at the Meadowlands. Mike Lachance, who regularly drives P
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An open field blitz
June 12, 2007
Arty Foster Jr.'s Village Blitz ($5, Tim Tetrick) earned his fourth win of the meet Monday at Harrington Raceway by capturing the $20,300 Open Pace in 1:52.3. The 7-year-old Village Jiffy gelding sat behind pacesetting Redford Hall throughout the mile and fractions of :26.3, :55.4 and 1:24.3. Tetri
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3 of 4 for Pompano trotter
June 12, 2007
With one swift move off the gate, the fate of the Monday feature race at Pompano Park was sealed as Guy Gets Girl breezed to a front-end victory in the $18,000 winners-over handicap trot, stopping the clock in a seasonal-best 1:55.2.   Driven aggressively from post four by Pompano Park’s lea
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260-1 winner at Rosecroft
June 12, 2007
Although the toteboard could only flash 99-1 odds, it was 260-1 longshot Chef Tommy D ($523.60) who trotted to a new lifetime mark of 2:01.1 in a $3,000 preliminary division of the Maryland Sire Stakes for 3-year-old colts and geldings at Rosecroft Raceway on Monday.   The Go Get Lo
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Pierce CAN drive in NA Cup
June 12, 2007
Although Ron Pierce’s nine-day suspension for his driving actions behind Mr Muscleman in the Elitlopp in Sweden last month began June 10, and he could have driven Kenneth J in the North America Cup Saturday at Mohawk, Brian Sears has been named to drive that colt in the $1.5 million race.
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MR-Stga VGM's progressive
June 12, 2007
Monticello and Saratoga have announced they will introduce a progressive slot machine linking players at both sites beginning June 12, with the jackpot beginning at $50,000 and increasing “progressively” until it is won, which will then reset the jackpot at $50,000.   "This is a history-makin
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Adios doubleheader Aug. 11
June 12, 2007
The Meadows Racetrack & Casino has set the $450,000 Coors Delvin Miller Adios XLI for Saturday, Aug. 11, with the race serving as a continuation of the grand traditions started by Delvin Miller and as a departure into promising new territory. It will be the first edition of the Adios cond
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North America Cup draw held
June 12, 2007
There were two major announcements made at the Tuesday afternoon draw for Saturday's Pepsi North America Cup, the first being the change from driver Ron Pierce to Brian Sears behind Kenneth J and the second being the scratch of The Quiet Mon, which resulted in also-eligible Reserve Forces movin
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Blockbuster Classic finals
June 12, 2007
Mohawk Racetrack will play host to the four $250,000 (US) finals on Saturday night; part of a blockbuster card that will offer purses in excess of $3.5 million. All four of the Classic races will be contested at the route distance of a mile and three-eighths.   The Pacing Classic fields just
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Pierce can drive NJ stakes
June 12, 2007
Ron Pierce’s nine-day, Sweden-imposed suspension that currently runs through June 18 is reciprocal in New Jersey, although he will be able to drive in stakes events in that state during that period. New Jersey Racing Commission executive director Frank Zanzuccki told harnessracing.com Tuesday aftern
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Big numbers at Meadows
June 12, 2007
On the heels of two successful "charity nights" at the new slots area at The Meadows, the Pennsylvania racetrack opened to the public Monday morning and, according to track officials, approximately 1,000 persons were on hand for the opening and the daily expected average of 10,000 was reached in abo
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Toscano explains decision
June 12, 2007
Although Ron Pierce has been cleared to drive in stakes events at Mohawk Saturday night, a decision had been made by the connections of leading contender Kenneth J to switch to Brian Sears, and trainer Linda Toscano has revealed the process behind that decision. Pierce had been approved
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Seven-bagger for Tetrick
June 11, 2007
Driver Tim Tetrick won seven races on the Harrington Raceway program Sunday. The 25-year-old Tetrick, who sits atop the North American driver standings with 528 wins this year, enjoyed his most successful night yet in terms of most winners at Harrington, in his first year driving at the histori
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Artist wins in Edmonton
June 11, 2007
Trust The Artist won the $175,000 Western Canada Pacing Derby Saturday at Northlands Park in Edmonton, Alberta, by 2 3/4 lengths in 1:52.4. The 3-year-old son of Real Artist had finished second in his elim a week prior.   Trust The Artist led at every call for trainer-driver Kelly H
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New horse sale announced
June 11, 2007
The Garden State Horse Sales Company, a sister company of Hanover Shoe Farms and the Standardbred Horse Sales Company, has announced that it has secured the rights to conduct a mixed sale--to be known as the Harrisburg Super Sale--at the Pennsylvania State Farm Show Complex in Harrisburg on Mon
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Two Tioga track records
June 11, 2007
Two more track records fell Sunday at Tioga Downs and it was as early as the first race of the card when My True Delight and Howard Parker won in 1:53.1 to establish a new mark for 4-year-old pacing mares.   Parker sent the daughter of Bettor’s Delight first-over to attack thro
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Casino opens at Meadows
June 11, 2007
Fresh off two highly successful charity nights that attracted 10,000 visitors, The Meadows Racetrack & Casino became the first casino to open in the Greater Pittsburgh area on Monday morning, June 11, and it comes after two highly successful test nights that generated $2.9 million in w
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Make It Brief upsets
June 10, 2007
The top class of male and female pacers was on display Saturday night at Balmoral Park. A field of nine was sent postward in the weekly $21,500 Free For All while 10 of their female counterparts slugged it out in a $15,500 Open-Handicap.   The Free For All provided an upset as Odds On Breedi
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NYSS hat trick for Morrill
June 10, 2007
Jim Morrill Jr. scored a driving triple in the New York Sire Stakes for 3-year-old pacing colts Saturday night at Buffalo Raceway. Five divisions carried total purses of $129,225.   Morrill was on board Lucky Bettor when the Bettor’s Delight gelding scored a lifetime mark and the fastest div
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Dreaming of 3 wins
June 10, 2007
Dream Rocket, who operated under the radar during the George Morton Levy Memorial Pacing Series, hasn't been hard to find since. Just check the winner's circle. The 7-year-old Pacific Rocket gelding, beginning the season 0-for-16, won his third race in the past four tries Saturday night, taki
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A hearty winner at Pompano
June 10, 2007
The venerable Florida-bred gelding Hearty Fellow continued a career renaissance on Saturday when prevailing for the third time in his last four starts, taking the featured $15,500 Winners Over Handicap Pace at Pompano Park in 1:53.   Starting from post seven with Mickey McNichol at the line
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Three elims set the field
June 10, 2007
Yankee Skyscaper scored a convincing victory in the first of three eliminations for the Pepsi North America Cup after an impressive last-to-first move down the stretch in the first elimination Saturday night at Mohawk Racetrack, while Tell All and Sutter Hanover emerged victorious in
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Lis Mara upset in Classic
June 10, 2007
Lis Mara suffered a stunning defeat in the third leg of the Classic Series Saturday night at Mohawk as he had to settle for a fourth-place finish behind Artistic Fella, who rallied to a 1:48.4 victory in the $89,930(C) event.   Driver Brian Sears attempted to move Lis Mara to the lead approac
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Season best for Myth Lindy
June 10, 2007
Mythical Lindy, who hopes to challenge the best in his division this summer, took a step in that direction on Saturday night at The Meadows by capturing a division of the $118,320 Currier and Ives. The mile in 1:56.3 was the fastest this season by a 3-year-old colt trotter on a five-eighths mile tra
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Miller sweeps Big M opens
June 09, 2007
Free flew home to a personal best 1:49.2 in the $46,500 Mares Open on Friday night at the Meadowlands. Driver David Miller tipped Free to the outside at the half and let her steadily work her way up to the wheels of the pacesetter Kellytuck Sophie.  Free forged to the lead with an eighth o
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A picture for Percee
June 09, 2007
Percee Angus has to be a bit vain, because she just loves to get  her picture taken, and not even the eight hole could stop her from saying "cheese" Friday night at Yonkers Raceway, where she  two-moved her way to victory in the co-featured $35,000 Filly and Mare Open Handicap Pace.
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A symphony in NYSS 3FP
June 09, 2007
Just before Buffalo Raceway’s 13-race program on Friday night, which featured $130,800 in New York Sire Stakes for 3-year-old pacing fillies, brief but intense thunderstorms passed through the area causing torrential rain and funnel cloud sightings. But neither the weather nor the resulting sloppy r
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Moonlite shines at PPk
June 09, 2007
The 8-year-old mare Montana Moonlite A returned to the winner’s circle on Friday after prevailing in the featured $14,500 Fillies and Mares non-winners pace at Pompano Park, scoring in 1:53.3 over a track listed as "sloppy."   Montana Moonlite A, who was driven from post five by John Kakale
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Carlspur wins qualifier
June 09, 2007
It took over eight months but Carlspur has “made it through the rain.” He’s back and on Friday, trainer Tony Salerno vanned Carlspur to Freehold Raceway to attempt to qualify the $882,000 career earner and handed the lines to Steve Smith, and it paid off with a victory. The veteran pacer
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Pampered Princess cruises
June 09, 2007
Driver John Campbell had a big night on Friday at Mohawk, as he captured two of the three $35,000(C) Elegantimage eliminations for 3-year-old filly trotters. Campbell won with Pampered Princess and Vulcanize, while the other elimination went to Godiva Hall for driver Trevor Ritchie. Godiva Ha
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Sneaky upset at Maywood
June 09, 2007
It’s not often you'll see a overwhelming 1-9 favorite get beat in a $100,000 stakes, especially leaving from the rail on a half-mile track, but that's exactly what happened to Home Bed Advantage in Friday night's $100,000 Maywood Pace Final for state-bred 3-year-old colts and geldings as Sneaky B Sk
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Dog fights to Maywood mark
June 09, 2007
With Hall of Fame driver Dave Magee at his lines, Thisbigdogwilfight became the second-fastest horse in Maywood Park's long, 61-year history when he sped to a 1:50.3 clocking in the $40,000 Cook County Stakes for Illinois conceived and foaled pacers, age three and up, on Friday night. The winning
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Go On BB Cruises at HoP
June 09, 2007
Go On BB won in her return from New York, taking the last leg of the Genesis Series Friday, June 8. With Hoosier Park’s leading driver Ricky Macomber Jr. in the sulky, the duo went on their merry way en route to a two and three-quarter length victory. The time of the mile was 1:53.0, courtesy of a g
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Goodtimes final is set
June 09, 2007
Chelemark Porter, Standpoint, Xactly Hanover and Quite Easy won their respective $30,000(C) eliminations for the Goodtimes Saturday night at Mohawk.   Steve Condren drove the Balanced Image gelding Chelemark Porter to the three-quarters of length score over Cayenne Turbo in 1:55.2. Smarty Jim
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Alilability wins at Rock
June 09, 2007
Alilability proved he's got a lot of ability, not to mention quite a closing kick, when he bested eight other 3-year-old colts and geldings to take home the trophy in the $20,000 Mountain Skipper Series final at Rockingham Park on Saturday. The son of Noble Ability, driven by Kyle DiBenedetto for
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Tetrick sweeps Lynch elims
June 09, 2007
Southwind Tempo and Wild West Gal, both driven by North America’s leading driver, Tim Tetrick, won James M. Lynch Memorial Pace eliminations on Saturday at Mohegan Sun at Pocono Downs. Tetrick, who had four wins through the first seven races, came second-over down the backside with Southwind Tempo
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Yankee fastest in NJSS
June 09, 2007
Kinetic Yankee was the fastest of three New Jersey Sire Stakes (NJSS) winners in second-leg action for 3-year-old colt pacers at the Meadowlands Saturday night. Driven by Mike Lachance, Kinetic Yankee led wire to wire to win in 1:51.1, besting runner-up Art At Heart by 7 1/2 lengths, with Mr. Market
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Green Day fastest in NJSS
June 08, 2007
Green Day, the trotter not the band, stole the show in the first of three $25,000 New Jersey Sire Stakes divisions for 3-year-old trotting colts on Thursday night at the Meadowlands, posting a 1 3/4-length victory in 1:54.1.   Driven by Cat Manzi, Green Day surged past the tiring leader Alter
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Palone rolls a 7
June 08, 2007
Just nine days after his return to driving following a serious leg injury, Dave Palone drove seven winners on Thursday's 13-race card at The Meadows. In 10 assignments on the card, Palone also had one place finish along with two out-of-the-money efforts. Five of the victories were for trainer
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Line breaks for Moiseyev
June 08, 2007
John Campbell had it happen to him a couple of weeks ago at the Meadowlands and now Jack Moiseyev went through the same experience at Mohawk: a broken line that resulted in a runaway horse and the declaration by the stewards for the race to be “no contest.” The incident occurred in Thursday night’s
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Ginger is hot at Vernon
June 08, 2007
Ginger Girl made the most of an ideal journey to capture the $8,500 first race on Thursday night at Vernon Downs. With Claude Huckabone III doing the teaming in the week’s Open Handicap Trot, Ginger Girl followed the pacesetting favorite Splendid Les until the stretch drive and then accelerated
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Sweet honey in MSRF
June 08, 2007
Four exhilarating divisions of the Maryland Standardbred Race Fund for 3-year-old pacers were held during a special Thursday night card at Rosecroft Raceway, and both the weather and the pace were blazing. In race four, Honeyland ($22, $6.80, $4.20) set a sharp lifetime mark, winning a $16,10
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Masters nominees revealed
June 08, 2007
Georgian Downs has announced the list of nominees for the first leg of the Master Series, which begins Tuesday, June 26. The Masters Series is open to Ontario-sired trotters and pacers, 4 years old and upward.   The horse and gelding pacing division will be the first to hit the track wit
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NJ slots case stated
June 08, 2007
A majority of the New Jersey Sports and Exposition Authority (NJSEA) board have reportedly stated their cases for the addition of slot machines at the Meadowlands before what one supportive state senator said would put the track “out of the racing business very shortly.” Acording to published repor
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Northfield vs. Cal Expo
June 08, 2007
Northfield Park and Cal-Expo are proud to announce the inaugural Northfield vs. Cal-Expo Pro-Am Driver’s Challenge, a first-of-its-kind team competition featuring top professional and amateur drivers in the same races at both venues.Northfield will host the first leg of the series on Friday, Ju
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Filly trotters in NJSS action
June 07, 2007
Flash Lightning was the fastest of the three New Jersey Sire Stakes winners in the 3-year-old filly trot division Wednesday night at the Meadowlands, closing from eighth at the top of the stretch to win in 1:55 for driver Dan Dube and trainer Tony Mannino, while in another division Possess The
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Goodell owned YR Wed.
June 07, 2007
Driver Eric Goodell owned the oval Wednesday night at Yonkers Raceway, winning with six of his eight drives--four at double-digit prices--on the 10-race program. After sitting out the daily double, Goodell wasted no time getting his picture taken, winning the $4,000, third-race pace with 20-1 upse
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Sparrow sings again
June 07, 2007
The 7-year-old gelded trotter S Sparrow Express visited the winner’s circle for the second time in his last three starts when taking Wednesday’s featured $8,000 Trot at Pompano Park, covering the mile in 2:00.1 over a track listed as "good."   Starting from post five with Wally Hennessey at
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$23.80 for a NYSS cocktail
June 07, 2007
The locally-trained Amazing Grace scored in the $56,653 New York Sire Stakes for 3-year-old filly trotters Wednesday night at Saratoga Gaming and Raceway. A total of more than $340,000 was distributed in six divisions to New York-breds during the evening.  Owned by Michael Polansky of Loudonvil
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Sporty fastest at Balmoral
June 07, 2007
Racing fans got their first look at this year’s Illinois conceived and foaled 2-year-old filly pacing crop as a total of 13 youngsters met in a pair of $5,000 Egyptian Grande Stake divisions, with Dingy's Model and I'm All Sport came up victorious.   In the opener, James and Terri Black
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Morgan wins 5 at Harrington
June 07, 2007
M&M Harness Racing and Pat LaChance's Winbak Red ($4, Tony Morgan) broke his own track record for 4-year-old trotting geldings Wednesday with a 1:56.3 triumph at Harrington Raceway. The Muscles Yankee gelding grinded into the race first-over and cleared leader Go Nano Go late for his fifth wi
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Buffalo hosts NYSS
June 07, 2007
The New York Sire Stakes will make its first stop at Buffalo Raceway this Friday and Saturday evenings and feature $260,025 in total purses for the 3-year-old pacing colts and fillies. On Saturday night patrons who attend the racing will also receive a free New York Sire Stakes T-shirt while supplie
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Ciccone wins Big M amateur
June 07, 2007
Carmen Ciccone and Chips Treasure captured the $5,000 American Harness Drivers Club Spring Pacing Series final on Wednesday night at the Meadowlands.  The duo held off Neil Goldstein and Sand D’laney for the victory in 1:59.1. John Regina and Brookletshappyhour were a neck behind in third.
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NA Cup history for Teague?
June 07, 2007
The brother-sister combination of George and Brenda Teague will attempt to do something in this year’s Pepsi North America Cup that has only been done once before as they send out three starters in this Saturday night’s eliminations in hopes of defending the title they won last year with Total
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First a bye, now the pole
June 07, 2007
Trainer Dave McCaffrey entered Home Bed Advantage into the Maywood Pace hoping to earn a bye, and his gamble has been further rewarded when the 3-year-old colt drew the rail in Friday’s $100,000 contest at Maywood Park. Instead of competing in the Maywood Pace elim (won by Brother Vinny, who drew po
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Shamardal the pacer
June 07, 2007
When Shamardal, a contender for the Pepsi North America Cup, goes behind the gate at Mohawk Saturday night, he’ll be attempting to live up to the accomplishments of his famous namesake, the Thoroughbred European juvenile champion Shamardal, who in this case carries the same name because they were bo
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It's Jug Fantasy time!
June 07, 2007
Attention Little Brown Jug Fantasy players! Check out Saturday’s three eliminations of the North America Cup. You have until 10 am Saturday morning, June 9th, to make changes in your stable.You may make up to five changes in your active roster of horses for the North America Cup elimi
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**NEW**Wire To Wire
June 07, 2007
What's hot, what's not. What's hot, what's not. In the newest Wire To Wire Andrew Cohen talks about some of the hottest topics in the sport, and also reveals what isn't so hot and needs to be addressed. One of the "hot" tickets Cohen talks about is the attention given to the $1 million Rooney at Yon
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Jamieson picks off Dad's colt
June 07, 2007
Tuesday's post position draw for the Pepsi North America Cup eliminations was bittersweet for WEG's leading driver Jody Jamieson, who had to pick between a horse trained by his father and another in the second elimination. When the sheet came out Jody was listed on a pair of talented col
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Flamewalker a hot horse
June 07, 2007
Hot off a world record mile, Flamewalker headlines the $46,500 Open Trot on Friday night at the Meadowlands. The Michigan-bred son of Ciro Ambrosio has won six of his eight starts this spring at the Meadowlands for the Julie Miller Stable. In his last race, on May 25, he set a 1:51.3 world record fo
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Free Hall of Fame admission
June 07, 2007
Since the introduction of free admission to the Harness Racing Museum and Hall of Fame on May 1, attendance has increased 277 percent compared to May 2006.   Within those improved figures, the number of children visiting the museum was particularly strong–-up 295 percent. The atte
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Mighty M nears Nevele Pride
June 07, 2007
As part of Monticello Raceway’s 50th Anniversary Season the Catskill Mountains oval initiated seven new world-class stakes events which are referred to as the “Magnificent Seven,” and on Monday, June 25, the first of those events, the $378,000 Nevele Pride Stakes, will be contested and if
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JC Josie is the diva
June 06, 2007
The Illinois-bred sophomore trotting set were back in action on Tuesday night as a field of nine fillies lined up behind the gate for the $12,000 Fox Valley Diva Stake. Named in honor of one of the top trotting fillies ever bred here in the Prairie State this test featured a quartet of 2007 sta
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It's heaven at Harrington
June 06, 2007
Enviro Stable's Let's Thank Heaven ($2.80, Tim Tetrick) won the co-featured $14,700 Filly and Mares Open Tuesday at Harrington Raceway in 1:52.4, improving to four for four at Delaware's half-mile racetrack. The 6-year-old Presidential Ball mare was sent to the front where she set fractions
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TCS Leg 3 on Saturday
June 06, 2007
Leg number three of The Classic Series (TCS) will be raced this Saturday over the seven-eighths mile strip at Mohawk Racetrack. Each of the four divisions will showcase the finest older horses currently in action. The Classic Oaks (Race 5) fields 11 terrific trotting mares in one of the deepest eve
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Heavyweights in NA Cup
June 06, 2007
Twenty-three of the finest 3-year-old pacers on the continent are set to contest three eliminations Saturday at Mohawk Racetrack, to determine the field for the $1.5 million Pepsi North America Cup on June 16. The top three finishers in each $50,000(C) elimination, plus a fourth-place finisher dr
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Tioga adds July 4th
June 06, 2007
In a letter dated April 26, 2007, the New York State Racing and Wagering Board has approved Tioga Downs' request to add live racing on Wednesday, July 4, to its racing schedule. Post time for the special July 4 card will be at 6:50 p.m. (EDT) with a fireworks show after the races. Vernon Downs wil
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Meadows casino set to open
June 06, 2007
Meadows Racetrack & Casino have announced that the grand opening for the facility has tentatively been set for 8:30 a.m. Monday, June 11. The Meadows is owned by Las Vegas-based Cannery Casino Resorts.   Test dates, which will benefit local charities, will take place this week o
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Crawdad nears return
June 06, 2007
Bob Black of the Red Barn Stable, owners of Crawdad, reports their prized pacer is scheduled to return from a well-deserved breather and qualify on June 21 at the Meadowlands. "He loved being turned out and was quite full of himself," Black said, "but now that he's back training, he's got his gam
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Bet To Win romps by 20
June 06, 2007
John Lichtenberger’s, Bet To Win, romped in his division of the $332,000 New York Sire Stakes trots on Tuesday afternoon at Monticello Raceway. With Daniel Dube at the controls the son of Credit Winner cruised to a 20-length victory in a time of 1:58.3 which was the fastest of the five div
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NYSS kicks off Wednesday
June 05, 2007
The New York Sire Stakes season kicks off at Saratoga Gaming and Raceway on Wednesday evening with $340,917 in purses for the 3-year-old trotting filly set. A total of six divisions will head to post for the first of the six-leg summer-long series that travels across the state.   Owner-
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Soph pacer on a roll
June 05, 2007
Allan Pullman, Barry Glickstein and Eddie Davis' Sway Charles ($3.60) won his sixth straight race and continued his impressive 3-year-old campaign with a 1:53.1 win at Harrington Raceway Monday. Driven by Allan Davis, the 3-year-old Real Artist colt assumed command after the half mile and held of
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Blanket finish at Pompano
June 05, 2007
 A compact field of five trotters assembled for Monday’s feature race at Pompano Park, and the highly contentious $15,500 winners-over Trot resulted in a tight three-horse win photo with Railee Possible holding off Muscular and C Le Noir to score his third consecutive victory.   Driven
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June is Michigan's month
June 05, 2007
Michigan Gov. Jennifer M. Granholm has declared June as “Michigan Horse Racing Month” to honor Michigan’s 74 years of horse racing history.   Michigan has six licensed pari-mutuel racetracks, including four harness tracks (Hazel Park, Northville, Swartz Creek and Jackson), one Thoroughbred tr
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Amateur final at Big M
June 05, 2007
Their day jobs include university dean, IT operations, photographer and human resources manager, but on Wednesday night 10 members of the American Harness Drivers Club will don their driving colors to compete in their $5,000 Spring Pacing Series final at the Meadowlands. The one-mile pace will take
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23 vie for $1.5 mil final
June 05, 2007
Three $50,000 eliminations for the $1.5 million(C) Pepsi North America Cup have been drawn for Saturday night’s program at Mohawk Racetrack. The top three finishers in each elim plus one fourth-place finisher will return for the rich final Saturday, June 16.   Elim 1 PP - Horse - Listed Driv
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Cal incentive plan OK'd
June 05, 2007
Cal-Expo (Sacramento Harness Association) and the California Harness Horsemen’s Association (CHHA) have announced the details of their 2007 Horse Incentive Program, and it calls for horses that have raced in pari-mutuel races in other jurisdictions to receive between $1,000 and $2,500 upon raci
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Purse increase at Vernon
June 05, 2007
Vernon Downs has announced that the track will increase purses by 15 percent across the board effective Tuesday, June 12. In addition, the New York State Racing and Wagering Board has approved a request by Vernon’s sister track, Tioga Downs, to add live racing on Wednesday, July 4.   Post tim
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Brandt honored as Lady Pace
June 04, 2007
Elizabeth (Betty) Brandt, longtime harness horse owner and widow of the late Richard Brandt Sr., is the 2007 Lady Pace honoree at the Delaware, Ohio County Fair. The Logan, Ohio native will be honored in winner’s circle ceremonies following a 3-year-old pacing filly division of the Ohio Breeder
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NYSS purses announced
June 04, 2007
Peter Goold, Executive Director of the Agriculture and New York State Horse Breeding Development Fund, has announced estimated purses for the New York Sire Stakes program in 2007, including increases for the New York-Bred Late Closer Series and the New York County Fairs.   The estimated purs
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Pa. tracks band together
June 04, 2007
In a solid showing of unity, cooperation and commitment to all of harness racing, Pennsylvania’s three racetracks and two horsemen’s associations have agreed to take the “redistribution” amount from the Sire Stakes tax budget for financial year 2008 and redistribute it to the state’s agricultural co
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Rare Jewel wins Molson
June 02, 2007
Rare Jewel, a 6-year-old Artiscape gelding trained by Brett Robinson, wired the field to win the Molson Pace at Western Fair Raceway in London, Ont., Friday night, and equaled the 1:53 track record in the process.   With Mark MacDonald in the sulky, Rare Jewel took the early lead and put Malt
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Elims at Maywood Park
June 02, 2007
Mrs Grant Seven and Brother Vinny used front-end tactics to capture their respective $10,000 elimination races  for next week's $100,000 championships of the Maywood Pace for fillies and colts, respectively.   Driver Del Chupp was behind Mrs Grant Seven for the initial time in the single
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Shark Gesture wins in NH
June 02, 2007
Shark Gesture may have been only the fourth choice of the bettors in the $120,000 New Hampshire Sweepstakes at Rockingham Park on Saturday, but when he got onto the track he simply devoured the other seven top flight pacers in the field, winning by three lengths in 1:49.2.   The 4-year-o
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NJ Classic to Fresh Deck
June 02, 2007
Trainer Joe Holloway made the $500,000 Anthony Abbatiello New Jersey Classic the focus of Fresh Deck’s season, a plan which paid off handsomely on Saturday night at the Meadowlands as the 3-year-old son of Cam's Card Shark won by a head over Yankee Skyscaper in 1:49.4.   Driven by John C
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The
June 02, 2007
Current Hanover, a 3-year-old filly by Western Ideal, captured the $200,000 Thomas D’Altrui Miss New Jersey in 1:50.3 Saturday night at the Meadowlands.   Southwind Rio was the first to fire to the lead, but driver George Brennan was not content to sit behind her for long and hustled Cur
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A strong rally by Lynch
June 02, 2007
Tim Tetrick and Southwind Lynx showed you can rally from far off the pace at the half-mile Yonkers Raceway oval and even win a $1 million race as they captured the Art Rooney Pace with a 1:52.3 effort Saturday night. Tetrick came back in the very next race, the $242,620 Lismore for 3-year-
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Burlingtons a Cup preview
June 02, 2007
On Saturday night at Mohawk three $100,000 divisions of the Burlington provided an annual preview of the North America Cup, and the winners were Shamardal in 1:51.1, Bettor Tuwin in 1:50.2, and Sutter Hanover in 1:50.1.   Sutter Hanover, making just his second start of hte season, was a power
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Easy win for Lis Mara
June 02, 2007
Lis Mara prepped for the next Classic Series leg with an easy 3 1/2-length victory in 1:49.3 in a $45,000 Open Saturday night at Mohawk. The 5-year-old Cambest stallion is now undefeated in four starts this season.   Tigerama--making his 18th start of the year--finished second while Holborn H
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Drivers on the road all day
June 01, 2007
Drivers Yannick Gingras and George Brennan have a chance Saturday to do what only Mike Lachance has been able to accomplish in history: win three stakes races in one day at three different racetracks. Gingras told harnessracing.com that he’d “like to win them all, but that’ll be a tough task.”
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Principal duo in NJ Classic
June 01, 2007
High school principal John Fodera waved goodbye to the St. Peter's Boys High School Class of 2007 this week, and on Saturday night, he will watch a graduation of another kind as a pair of young horses he owns embark on their 3-year-old stakes campaigns.   Fodera co-owns both Yankee Skyscaper an
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Rivalry renewed at PPk
June 01, 2007
My Metallica and Tintabella N, separated by a half-length in their most recent encounter, will renew acquaintances at Pompano Park on Friday when starting in the featured $15,500 Fillies and Mares Winners-Over Pace.   My Metallica enters the Friday feature with victories in two of her last f
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Augustus turning heads
June 01, 2007
Claudius Augustus, a California invader who had won four straight races to start the season on the West Coast, was an impressive winner in his Mohawk debut Thursday night for Mario Baillargeon in 1:57.The Angus Hall colt was unraced last season at age two, but has burst onto the scene this seas
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Manfinity rallies at Vernon
June 01, 2007
Manfinity, who earned acclaim with a triumph in the prestigious Dexter Cup final at New Jersey’s Freehold Race on May 12, continued his winning ways with an impressive come-from-behind tally in the $4,725 10th race at Vernon Downs on Thursday night.   Ruel (Dude) Goodblood Jr. did the dri
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A Saratoga dandy
June 01, 2007
Dandy’s Jewel turned in a gem of a performance on Thursday night in the Fillies and Mares Open at Saratoga Gaming and Raceway and obliterated her previous lifetime mark in the process. Brian Allen and Dandy’s Jewel sat mid-pack while Hidden Touch and Brian Cross led the field past a :27 openi
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Five finals at Tioga
June 01, 2007
Tioga Downs will host five series finals this weekend, along with the opening leg of the Rags to Riches Series on Sunday, June 3. The $22,200 Southern Tier Trotting final is slated for the third race on Friday, June 1, with the heavy standout Keystone Celeste drawing the nine hole. The 3-year-old
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Rucker returns in Illinois
June 01, 2007
Trainer Ken Rucker’s 90-day suspension for six positives for Indomethacin expired May 11 and he has since returned to racing in Illinois. Rucker’s original suspension for the half-dozen positives in Illinois was 180 days, but it was reduced in half, along with a $10,000 fine.   Harnessra
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Fire at Meadows racino
June 01, 2007
A small fire on the roof of the new temporary casino at The Meadows Thursday night reportedly caused about $30,000 worth of damage. The fire was reported shortly after 10 p.m. and was extinguished about 90 minutes later after being responded to by three local fire departments.   There was no
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Saratoga addition open
June 01, 2007
Saratoga Gaming and Raceway officially opened its expansion Friday, and participating in the ribbon-cutting ceremony were New York Senator Joseph L. Bruno; Deputy Director of the New York State Lottery Susan E. Miller; Saratoga Gaming and Raceway President Dan Gerrity; Executive Vice
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Good morning, Laddie
June 01, 2007
O’Brien Award recipient Laddie was a convincing winner in his second qualifier of the season Friday morning at Mohawk Racetrack, scoring by 1 1/4 lengths in 1:58.1. The son of Angus Hall-Victory Dreamer, with regular pilot Paul MacDonell in tow, took over command just past the half and then t
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Mare takes 1:49.1 mark
June 01, 2007
Darlin's Delight earned her first big victory as a 4 year old by capturing the $225,000 Lady Liberty Pace for mares Friday night at the Meadowlands. Driver Yannick Gingras sent the 10-time winner in 2006 to the front down the backstretch and she cruised home the last quarter in :26.4 to win over Str
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1:54 by Michelle's Angel
June 01, 2007
Three divisions of the Casual Breeze for 3-year-old trotting fillies were contestetd at Mohawk Friday night and Michelle's Angel edged Pampered Princess in 1:54, Maple Sugar scored in 1:56.3, and Vulcanize picked up her first career victory with a 1:55.3 effort.   Michelle's Angel and Pampere
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