News Archive

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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