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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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