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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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