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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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