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Andover America fastest in PASS splits
July 31, 2007
On the lead at every call in his previous victories, Andover America unveiled a new wrinkle Monday night at The Meadows, rating in the pocket and firing late to remain undefeated and capture the fastest split of a $118,540 Pennsylvania Sire Stakes for freshman trotting colts.   The stake, kno
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A raging win in Dream Maker Series
July 31, 2007
Roberts Rage prevailed in an action-packed single $15,000(C) division in Monday night's second round of the Dream Maker Pacing Series for 2-year-old colts and geldings at Mohawk Racetrack. With Rick Zeron at the controls, the Carl Jamieson-trained son of Artsplace-Michelles Revenge sat well
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The Meadows shows rise in handle, attendance
July 31, 2007
The Meadows Racetrack & Casino has announced wagering and attendance has increased at its harness racing track from a year ago. Beginning with the opening of its new temporary casino on June 11, The Meadows examined a six-week period ending on July 22.   Wagering on races at The Mead
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Posts picked for $1.5 million trotting classic
July 31, 2007
Donato Hanover has been installed the even-money morning-line favorite for Saturday’s $1.5 million Hambletonian at the Meadowlands, leaving from post two after trainer Steve Elliott chose that starting slot at the press conference/draw held Tuesday afternoon.   Elliott had third pick for Dona
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Reminder: Adios box closes Monday morning
July 31, 2007
Owners and trainers of horses pointing for the $450,000 Adios Pace on Saturday, Aug. 11, are hereby reminded that the box for the Adios closes on Monday, Aug. 6, at 10 a.m. If there any are questions about the Adios, please contact The Meadows’ director of racing Tom Leasure at (724) 225-9300. &nbs
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Possess The Magic favored in Oaks
July 31, 2007
Possess The Magic is the 9-5 morning line choice in Saturday’s $750,000 Hambletonian Oaks for 3-year-old filly trotters at the Meadowlands, with trainer Ron Gurfein choosing post two at the press conference/draw Tuesday afternoon. Gurfein, who has won three Hambletonians, is aiming for his first-eve
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Can Adrian Chip duplicate Scarlet Knight?
July 31, 2007
Six years after Scarlet Knight and Stefan Melander took the Hambletonian trophy back to Sweden, Adrian Chip and Robert Bergh could do the same. After winning their elimination last Saturday at the Meadowlands, Bergh chose post position three at Tuesday’s press conference/draw for this Saturday’s $1.
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Drivers' Championship ends in a dead heat
July 30, 2007
The First Annual $32,000 Drivers' Championship Sunday at Tioga Downs was a huge success that wound up in a first-place tie between Yannick Gingras and Brian Sears. With first-place money of $18,000 and second-place money of $5,000, each of the two "dead-heat" drivers will receive $11,500  
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Spare Time Rozie equals Canadian record
July 30, 2007
Spare Time Rozie equaled the Canadian record for older trotting mares Sunday night at Mohawk Raceway, winning in 1:52.1 for trainer-driver Rick Zeron.   Zeron moved Spare Time Rozie to the lead at the half and then cruised home to win by 6 1/ 4 lengths over Railroad Ron. The win
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Majestic Son wins Frank Ryan Memorial
July 30, 2007
The reigning Canadian Horse of the Year Majestic Son won Sunday's $15,250(C) Frank Ryan Memorial Trot at Rideau Carleton Raceway with a track-record 1:53 victory for driver Trevor Ritchie.   Ritchie moved Majestic Son to the lead shortly before the half and then coasted home with a four-lengt
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Bingham dies at age 12
July 30, 2007
The 12-year-old gelding Bingham, a winner of 113 races and $328,688, died Friday, July 29, at Michigan State University's veterinary school. According to trainer Gene Miller, Bingham suffered a severe bout of colic early in the day and Miller and his wife, Linda, had transported
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Glidemaster memorabilia on sale on ebay
July 30, 2007
Looking for the perfect gift for that harness racing fan in your life? Or maybe you want to own a piece of history--the Trotting Triple Crown--for yourself? Now is your chance! A beautiful, one of a kind mahogany display case featuring an assortment of items from 2006 Horse of the Year Glidemaster's
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Track record set in Gold Rush final
July 30, 2007
Kenneth J set a Monticello Raceway track record of 1:52.1 while winning Monday’s $478,000 Monticello Gold Rush final for driver Ron Pierce. The race was the second richest in the 50-year history of the New York racetrack.   Pierce left from post five with Kenneth J and after being parked thro
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Go On BB dominates in the slop
July 28, 2007
Despite a sloppy track, Go On BB looked sharp Friday evening en route to a 1:55.2 victory in a $14,000 filly and mare open handicap at Indiana Downs. The sophomore filly pacer, stepping up into open company for the first time, defeated a field of seven by five lengths for driver Ricky Macomber Jr.
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Field set for Hambo Oaks
July 28, 2007
Possess The Magic and Falls For You captured the eliminations for the $750,000 Hambletonian Oaks final, easily defeating their rivals with winning miles in 1:53.2 and 1:54.4, respectively.   Possess The Magic, driven by Mike Lachance, was relaxed early in her elim and even gapped in
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Pampered Princess, Adrian Chip, Donato Hanover win
July 28, 2007
Pampered Princess (1:53.2), Donato Hanover (1:53.1) and Adrian Chip (1:54.2) will lead the field into the $1.5-million Hambletonian, winning their elimination races early Saturday evening at the Meadowlands. Pampered Princess, with Tim Tetrick in her sulky for the very first time, won her elimi
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Trotting filly remains undefeated
July 27, 2007
Mya Tri trotted away from the field in a $12,000 Indiana Sires Stakes contest for freshman fillies Thursday, winning for trainer Sara Haynes by 12 lengths. With Walter Haynes Jr. in the bike, the Pining Fora Tri two year old completed the circuit in 1:59. Co-owned by the driver and breeder Bob Wien
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Loving Caroline sold, thus no Sweetheart wagering
July 27, 2007
Although Loving Caroline finished second to Worldly Treasure in the second of two Sweetheart eliminations at the Meadowlands Thursday, she did so without any wagering on her after being sold after the post-position draw. Previously owned by John Liviakis, the daughter of Art Major was purchased by E
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BM MCW motors to round-two series win at Mohawk
July 27, 2007
Thursday night's lone $15,000(C) division in round two of the Whenuwishuponastar Series at Mohawk Racetrack came down to a final-quarter sprint and it was BM MCW holding on for a hard-fought 1:55.4 victory for driver Paul MacDonell. It was a maiden-breaking win for the rookie daughter of fir
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A Chesta repeata for Stacelita
July 27, 2007
One week--almost to the minute--after she set a track record for filly and mare trotters of any age at Harrah’s Chester, Stacelita did it again, speeding the mile in 1:54.2 to capture Thursday’s Open Handicap. Her victory shaved one-fifth of a second off of her previous track mark of 1:54.
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Tallamore top trotter at Vernon Downs
July 27, 2007
Tallamore became the winningest trotter of the season at Vernon Downs with a 1:56.2 triumph in Thursday night’s eighth event.   With Jimmy Whittemore doing the teaming for trainer Lonny Hale, Tallamore took the field to the half in :57.1, surrendered the lead to Theater Production fo
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Maple Leaf Noble wins 24th straight
July 27, 2007
Four-year-old trotter Maple Leaf Noble is now just 17 wins away from equaling Carty Nagle’s all-time record 41-race winning streak after posting his 24th consecutive victory Thursday night at Charlottetown Driving Park. Maple Leaf Noble won all 15 of his starts at two, all eight starts last year at
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Watch the Hambo elim replays right here!
July 27, 2007
Moments after the Hambletonian eliminations are completed at the Meadowlands Saturday, video replays will be available on harnessracing.com. Want to watch Donato Hanover in his continuing quest to become the first Peter Haughton Memorial winner to come back the following year to win the Hambo, or vi
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Teague surprised Wilson elims weren't needed
July 27, 2007
Having three starters himself in this year’s Woodrow Wilson at the Meadowlands, trainer George Teague said he was surprised only 10 names were dropped into the entry box, which meant no eliminations were necessary and all the 2-year-old pacers advanced directly into the $415,000 final Friday, Aug. 3
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Hawthorne loses power, 2 races
July 27, 2007
Hawthorne Race Course’s last two races Thursday night were cancelled after a small fire in an electrical room knocked out most of the power at the racetrack. Friday’s harness races will go on as scheduled, according to a track official.   “We are taking entries this morning (Friday) for
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Southwind Tempo equals track record
July 27, 2007
Southwind Tempo extended her winning streak to 10 races with a 1:49.3 clocking in her elimination race for the $320,000 Mistletoe Shalee final on Friday night at the Meadowlands. Her speedy effort equaled Armbro Dancer’s track record set in the 2006 Mistletoe Shalee final.  With the red-hot
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Loch Katrine upsets in PASS action
July 27, 2007
Loch Katrine upset a pair of bigger names to highlight Pennsylvania Sire Stakes action for 3-year-old fillies on the trot at Mohegan Sun at Pocono Downs on Friday afternoon. There were four divisions held at Pocono on Friday. It was the third of four legs for the trotting fillies, leading to the P
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Brandon's Secret inherits ISS victory
July 26, 2007
Brandon’s Secret may have raced second to ABC Mercedes in a $12,000 Indiana Sires Stakes contest for two-year-old trotters Wednesday, but the gelding made it to the winner’s circle as judges disqualified the winner. The victory was the first for the CJ’s Secret freshman, who was making his second ca
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Monster of an effort in Sunshine State Stakes
July 26, 2007
Pompano Park hosted six non-wagering second-round divisions of the Sunshine State Stakes for Florida-bred trotters on Wednesday, with Trot Monster putting forth the top performance of the evening when prevailing in his division for juvenile colts and geldings.   Driven from post three by Wa
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Phyleon upsets in Ted Leonard Memorial final
July 26, 2007
Lightning Stable’s Phyleon parlayed a first-over trip in what turned out to be a rather eventful first edition of the $37,400 Ted Leonard Memorial final for 3- and 4-year-old distaff pacers at Harrah’s Chester Casino & Racetrack on Wednesday.   Sent off at odds of 16-1, Phyleon left nice
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Adrian Chip jogs under the Meadowlands' lights
July 26, 2007
Hambletonian hopeful Adrian Chip jogged under the lights after the last race on Wednesday night at the Meadowlands. The colt has not raced since winning the Ulf Thoresen Memorial in Norway on July 15.   Adrian Chip will go postward in Saturday's eliminations for the $1.5 million Hambleto
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**NEW**Wire To Wire
July 26, 2007
In this week's Wire to Wire, Andrew Cohen gives his props to owners Bob and David Anderson, who entered their filly Pampered Princess in the Hambletonian, where she goes into the elims as the second favorite behind Donato Hanover instead of having her in the Oaks, where she would be the odds-on
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She's So Hot sets Hawthorne mark
July 26, 2007
James and Donna Crebs She’s So Hot established a new Hawthorne track record Wednesday night when she won her second consecutive leg of the Broadway Tax Series in 1:52.4, knocking four-fifths of a second off the old 2-year-old filly mark of 1:53.3 set by Loyal Opposition in 2002.   Dave Magee
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13-year-old Jared Seekman wins at Michigan fair
July 26, 2007
Thirteen-year-old Jared Seekman became the youngest driver in harness racing history to win a purse race on Tuesday when he guided trotter Wallstreet Victory to a two-length triumph over Misty Mae Lane in an amateur race at the Ottawa County Fair in Holland, Mich. Seekman, the son of trainer
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Mighty M was 'Trot Town USA' on Wednesday
July 26, 2007
Monticello was “Trot Town USA” Wednesday when the Raceway presented nine trots on the 13-race afternoon card, highlighted by a new track record for aged trotting stallions when Ray Schnittker guided Armbro Barrister to a 1:57.3 triumph in the $13,000 Preferred Trot. That clocking was one tick f
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Mr. Aviator lands in Governor's Cup day winner's circle
July 26, 2007
More than $600,000 in purses were distributed over 12 races Thursday at Harrington Raceway during Governor's Day of racing during the Delaware State Fair. The annual event showcases the First State's top owned and/or bred racehorses, headlined by four Delaware Standardbred Breeders Fund (DSBF)
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Snow White romps again
July 26, 2007
Two-year-old fillies--pacing and trotting--squared off in eliminations for the Merrie Annabelle and Sweetheart Thursday night at the Meadowlands, and the star of the action was most certainly the trotting filly Snow White, who romped home a 6 3/4-length winner in 1:56.4.   Snow White, a filly
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1:53.2 miles give pacing fillies wins
July 26, 2007
Worldly Treasure, a full sister to Worldly Beauty, captured one of two eliminations for the Sweetheart Thursday night at the Meadowlands, taking her split by two lengths in 1:53.2. Wall Of Art took the first elim, also in 1:53.2.   Worldly Treasure, the betting favorite, was ba
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Campbell wins Monticello-OTB Classic
July 25, 2007
Mypanmar established a new overall track record at Monticello Raceway on Tuesday afternoon when Hall of Famer John Campbell drove the 6-year-old son of The Panderosa to a wire-to-wire victory in the $480,000 Monticello-OTB Classic final in 1:51.2. The race was the richest in the&
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Ontario Commission fines racetrack operator
July 25, 2007
The Ontario Racing Commission's executive director John Blakney has announced the operator of Windsor Raceway, Woodstock Raceway and Dresden Raceway has been fined $25,000 for each racetrack for "failure to submit a satisfactory business plan."   In addition, the racetrack operator will also
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Idle Hour impressive again in PASS
July 25, 2007
Idle Hour unleashed a powerful back-side move, then drew away late to score impressively in 1:53.2 in a division of the $103,200 Keystone Classic for 2-year-old colt pacers on Tuesday night at The Meadows. The stake was contested over four divisions, with Blueridge Western, My Wagons Dragon a
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Cross Creek Kassie has a hippiefest at Vernon Tuesday
July 25, 2007
Although there will be no live racing Saturday at Vernon Downs due to HIPPIEFEST, there was on Tuesday night and Scott Miller’s Cross Creek Kassie reigned as the fastest 2-year-old pacing filly of the 54th season at the track after a 1:56 mile.   Leaving from post five, Cross Creek Kassi
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Morgan reaches 500 wins for sixth year in a row
July 25, 2007
Tony Morgan drove his 500th winner of the year Tuesday afternoon at Monticello Raceway, the sixth straight year he has surpassed 500 wins. Only once since 1995 has he failed to reach the 500-win mark, that coming in 2001 when he tallied 478 winners. The four-time Harness Tracks of America Driver of
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Fast freshmen at Indiana Downs
July 25, 2007
Freshmen Unrecognized Saint and Robin I Scoot cruised to impressive victories in the second round of Indiana Sires Stakes action Tuesday, July 24. Each won their respective $12,000 division at Indiana Downs with dominating 1:54.2 performances while Electric Lad captured the third split with a late r
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Handicapping finalist announced
July 25, 2007
Anthony Altomonte of West Paterson, N.J., won the Championship Meet National Harness Handicapping qualifier held on Saturday, July 21, at the Meadowlands. Altomonte finished the handicapping tournament with a bankroll of $939, which netted him $6,300 in prize money and a free $1,000 entry
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Surtees Hanover now 4 for 4
July 25, 2007
On Wednesdaay night Blue York Yankee and Surtees Hanover won the two elimination races for the Peter Haughton Memorial final, winning by comfortable margins. Blue York Yankee, a colt by Muscles Yankee, rallied from off the pace to score in 1:58 while Surtees Hanover took control of his elim ear
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Fillies win again in ISS competition
July 24, 2007
Indiana Downs hosted the second round of Indiana Sires Stakes competition for freshman filly pacers Monday, July 23, attracting two 11-horse divisions. EJ’s Copperstone and LBS Scootin Coffee, each victorious in the first round, triumphed in the $15,000 contests. In the first division, the third ra
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Maddam Luck springs OSS Gold surprise
July 24, 2007
Thirty-three-to-one Maddam Luck used a dramatic late rally to score a major upset in Monday night's first Ontario Sire Stakes Gold final of the season for 2-year-old filly pacers at Mohawk Racetrack. With Steve Condren at the controls, the daughter of Northern Luck-Mattercycle sat well back
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Cruiser Weight weighs in in Dana Irving Memorial
July 24, 2007
It wasn’t easy–and in fact the issue became very interesting in the last 30 yards or so–but prohibitive favorite Cruiser Weight and driver Tim Tetrick led every step of the way to prevail by a short head in capturing the $40,400 Dana Irving Memorial final at Harrah’s Chester on Monday. The 3-ye
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Freshman making dreams come true at Mohawk
July 24, 2007
Robertthebruce and Legacy N Diamonds were both impressive winners of their respective $15,000(C) divisions in Monday night's opening round of the Dream Maker Series for 2-year-old colt and gelding pacers at Mohawk Racetrack. Robertthebruce, a son of Real Desire, stopped the clock in 1:5
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Lear Jetta flies to Keystone Classic win
July 24, 2007
Lear Jetta survived a four-ply first-quarter dual for the lead and remained undefeated in four career starts by capturing a division of the $105,798 Keystone Classic for 2-year-old colt trotters Monday night at The Meadows.   The stake for Pennsylvania-breds was conducted over three divisions
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Pampered Princess to take on colts
July 24, 2007
Despite the dominance of Donato Hanover, 21 horses have been entered in the 82nd edition of the Hambletonian, including the filly Pampered Princess. The entry box for the race closed at 9 am Tuesday morning and all of the expected colts were entered, led by Donato Hanover. The entry fee for the race
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Pampered Princess has 'earned the right to prove her worth'
July 24, 2007
Bob Anderson told harnessracing.com Tuesday morning that he and his son, David, who share ownership of the 3-year-old trotting filly Pampered Princess, have entered her in the Hambletonian against 20 male rivals because she has “earned the right to prove her worth.”   Coming off a victory in
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'Moses' Tetrick gets the drive on Pampered Princess
July 24, 2007
Jimmy Takter told harnessracing.com Tuesday morning that he has named Tim Tetrick to drive Pampered Princess in the Hambletonian eliminations Saturday as regular driver John Campbell has to drive Flirtin Man, a colt he shares ownership of.   “I am sure John thinks he will make the final with
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Hensley moves base to Chicago
July 24, 2007
Ed Hensley, one of the leading drivers at Cal Expo for many years, has joined the Chicago circuit driving colony effective with the Thursday Hawthorne program. The 41-year-old Los Angeles native with 3,748 career dash winners had been driving the last three months at The Meadows in Pennsylvania
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Possess The Magic favored in Oaks
July 24, 2007
World-champion 3-year-old filly trotter Possess The Magic has drawn post one in the first of two $50,000 Hambletonian Oaks eliminations Saturday at the Meadowlands. With arch-rival Pampered Princess entered into the Hambletonian, Possess The Magic rightfully inherits the role of favorite among the 1
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Jackson closes with biggest night since 1998
July 24, 2007
Jackson Harness Raceway concluded its 36-day live meet on Saturday, July 21, with closing night (Dollar Night) attendance of 3,290 and live handle of $94,344—this was the highest single night live handle since 1998.   Total live handle for the meet was $1,574,500 compared to $1,395,392 for 33
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Rich Governor's Day card Thursday at Harrington
July 24, 2007
A 12-race program featuring four $110,000 Delaware Standardbred Breeders Fund final events for 3 year olds will be contested on the annual Governor's Day program during the Delaware State Fair Thursday at Harrington Raceway.   There will be more than $600,000 in purses on the program--t
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Boulder Creek surpasses $3 mil with win over Lis Mara
July 23, 2007
Boulder Creek, the old warhorse with $3 million in career earnings and Tim Tetrick, the young driver with magic hands combined for a major stakes victory Sunday at Harrah's Chester, winning the inaugural $300,000 Ben Franklin Pace.   Boulder Creek, a 7-year-old gelding, responded to Tet
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Deuce dominates in OSS Gold final
July 23, 2007
The outside post 10 was no obstacle for Deuce Seelster Sunday night as he dominated his nine rivals in the first Ontario Sires Stakes Gold final of the season for 2-year-old colt and gelding pacers at Mohawk Racetrack. The son of Western Maverick, with Paul MacDonell at the controls, stopped
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Revenue freshman wins in Holland
July 23, 2007
Yoboko Bo Bo, a 2-year-old son of world-champion trotter Revenue, won the first freshman race of the year in Holland on Sunday, scoring in a mile rate of 2:05.2 at the Duindigt track in Holland.   Bred by John Bootsman's Boko Stable, Yoboko Bo Bo was driven by John de Leeuw for trainer P
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The west was won at Tioga
July 23, 2007
Won The West took the lone Tompkins-Geers division for 3-year old colt pacers Sunday at Tioga Downs with a front-end score for driver Greg Grismore in 1:54.1. The son of Western Hanover chalked up his 11th victory in 16 starts this season for owners Strollin Stable, William Robinson,
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Croghan receives stay from NJ Supreme Court
July 23, 2007
Trainer Ross Croghan appealed to the New Jersey State Supreme Court for a stay of his 180-day suspension for an elevated TCO2 test and, according to Harness Racing Communications, was granted that stay late Monday afternoon. The suspension was scheduled to begin Monday but the Su
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Southwind Lynx, Kinetic Yankee Jug favorites
July 23, 2007
Southwind Lynx, who won the $1 million Meadowlands Pace and $1 million Art Rooney, and Kinetic Yankee, whose biggest check this year came via a second-place finish in the $500,000 Hoosier Cup in late June, have been installed 7-1 co-favorites in the first of three Little Brown Jug Future wagers
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Vala Boko wins Mare Championship
July 23, 2007
Sweden's Mare Championship was won by the 4-year-old Vala Boko, a daughter of Alf Palema bred by Annika and John Bootsman's Boko Stables. She won as expected, scoring in a mile rate of 1:59.3 over 2,640 meters at the Axevalla track, and earned about $120,000.   With Jorma Kontio in the
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David Molski dies
July 23, 2007
David Molski, who bred and raced horses under the banner of Dreamlands Farms, died Friday, July 20, when he was stricken while driving his car near Birch Creek Farm in New Jersey. He was 62.   Born in Manhattan, N.Y., Molski spent most of his life in and around the Cream Ridge, N.J., area, wh
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Monticello-OTB Classic richest race in track history
July 23, 2007
On Tuesday afternoon, eight of the best older pacers in North America will lock horns in the $480,000 Monticello-OTB Classic, which will be the biggest purse race in the 50-year history of Monticello Raceway. Last Tuesday, in the eliminations, Ian Fromowitz and John Fielding’s Buckeye
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Running Book, Laughing Art win for owner, trainer, driver
July 23, 2007
The owner-trainer-driver combination of Antonio Chiaravalle, Bill Elliott and Mark MacDonald swept the two Monticello Gold Rush eliminations at Monticello Raceway Monday afternoon with Running Book in 1:54.1 and Laughing Art in 1:55.2 over a track rated sloppy. The $500,000 final will be raced next
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Search Engine wins sixth straight
July 22, 2007
Sophomore colt Search Engine continued his dominance in Indiana Sires Stakes competition Saturday evening, July 21, pacing to a 1:52.3 victory in the first of two $12,000 divisions. The win was his sixth consecutive and fifth in stakes action. Eden Burst stopped the clock in 1:53 to score an upset w
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Freshman colts square off at Northfield
July 22, 2007
Saturday night, Northfield Park hosted seven $20,000 Ohio Sires Stakes events as freshman colt trotters and pacers contested their third of five preliminary legs leading up to the $100,000 finals that will be part of the $1,000,000 Ohio Super Night at the Route Eight oval on September 1. There were
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A Fiesty Affair equals freshman mark
July 22, 2007
A Fiesty Affair equaled the Hanover Raceway track record for two year old pacing fillies Saturday en route to a nine-length victory in Ontario Sires Stakes Grassroots competition. The Camluck freshman led gate-to-wire in a 1:57.2 effort, one of five divisions contested. Handled by Scott Coulter, A
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Tetrick and Fusco set new Pocono marks
July 22, 2007
Driver Tim Tetrick and trainer Carmine Fusco have been red-hot this year at Mohegan Sun at Pocono Downs and they teamed up for a memorable Saturday afternoon, winning four straight races and setting two new track records. The streak began in Race 7, when Apollo Todd led all the way to win his nint
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Gelding remains perfect at Hawthorne
July 22, 2007
The tactic changed but the end result remained the same as Two Weeks Notice stayed perfect at Hawthorne and won the $82,000 Erwin F. Dygert Memorial Open Trot Final in front-end fashion with Dave Magee on Saturday night, July 21. It was Trevor Ritchie hustling Birminghim from the outside nine slot
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Juanita scores at Rosecroft
July 22, 2007
In a $27,200 division of the Maryland Standardbred Race Fund for two-year-old trotting fillies, Juanita [$4.20, $4.20, $3.20] earned her second consecutive victory over the Rosecroft Raceway oval on Saturday evening. The daughter of CR Commando, driven by Jim Morand, grabbed the top after an openi
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Spin Rate takes SRF Pace
July 21, 2007
Spin Rate took the $40,000 Standardbred Retirement Foundation Open Pace for three-year-olds on Saturday, June 21.  Ron Pierce drove the Allamerican Ingot colt to a new lifetime mark of 1:50.2.   Trained by Kelly O’Donnell, Spin Rate got away sixth and was third over going to a :54.2 half
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Tompkins-Geers division equals Tioga track record
July 21, 2007
Trotters took the stage at Tioga Downs on Saturday, with nine of the 12 carded races dedicated to the Tomkins-Geers.  Too Salty posted the fastest division of the night with a 1:55.2 win, which tied the Tioga Downs track record for three-year-old trotting colts (Algiers Hall, 2006).
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Mohawk hosts Canadian Breeders' elims
July 21, 2007
In the second of two nights of elims for the July 28th Canadian Breeders’ Championships, five fields of three-year-old males duked it out tonight at Mohawk, and at night’s end, it was geldings: 3, colts: 2. In the first of two elims for trotters, Brad Maxwell trainee Celtic Warrior charged immediat
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Dali takes Niatross division for Ouellette
July 20, 2007
Snow White breezed to her fourth straight victory in the $175,000 New Jersey Sire Stakes final for 2-year-old filly trotters on Thursday night at the Meadowlands, with John Campbell sending her first-up and having her effortlessly pull away to a 6 1/4-length win over Winbak Brat in 1:55.4.
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Stacelita sets Harrah's Chester record
July 20, 2007
Carl Cito Jr.’s and Ellen Manzi’s Stacelita established a new Harrah’s Chester record for distaff trotters of any age by trotting a mile in 1:54.3 in capturing Thursday's Open Handicap over six geldings and one other mare.   Driven by Hall of Famer Catello Manzi, Stacelita went to the fr
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Seekman hoping to wishuponastar with Beachy Girl
July 20, 2007
Ontario race fans got their first look at filly pacing sensation Beachy Girl Thursday night as she crushed a field of nine rivals in the lone $15,000(C) division in the opening round of the Whenuwishuponastar Series for rookies at Mohawk Racetrack. Mark MacDonald piloted the daughter of Real
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Lis Mara favored in Ben Franklin
July 20, 2007
Big-time harness stakes racing returns to the Delaware Valley on Sunday when Harrah's Chester Casino & Racetrack presents the $300,000 Ben Franklin Pace final for older horse pacers, with Lis Mara the favorite.   The all-age track record of 1:49 was set by Lis M
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Only Bedford, Centaur can submit Pa. license applications
July 20, 2007
The Pennsylvania Harness Racing Commission decided at a Thursday meeting that only the two previously-rejected license applicants will be able to submit a revised application for the state’s remaining harness racing license. The applications from Bedford Downs and Centaur Inc. must be submitted
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New Meadowlands Xanadu projects announced
July 20, 2007
Work on the 200-foot-high indoor snow dome is well underway at the Meadowlands Xanadu complex, and on Thursday developers announced several new attractions that will be part of the $2 billion project that is scheduled to open in November 2008. As the construction continues, mounds of dirt are preval
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Freehold worker charged with stealing $77,564
July 20, 2007
A worker in Freehold Raceway's accounting department has been arrested and charged with theft for allegedly writing 77 checks totaling $77,564, money that should have been paid to the state as sales tax on the sale of horses. According to a story in Friday's Asbury Park Press, Joseph Biele, 39, has
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Rosecroft lowers to a 1-percent takeout on August Saturdays
July 20, 2007
For the first time in the industry, Rosecroft Raceway will reduce the on-track commission on live racing to just one percent on Saturdays during the month of August. The promotion will entail higher payouts on all winning wagers placed on live harness racing held at Rosecroft Raceway.  
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Kadabra filly wins in Sweden
July 20, 2007
The first 2-year-old race in Sweden was held at the Axevallam track and it resulted in a win for the Kadabra filly Mystical Ann (out of Tra La La, by Valley Victory). She was timed in 2:04.2 over 1,640 meters.   Mystical Ann is trained and driven by Åke Svanstedt. S
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North American sweep in Sweden
July 20, 2007
North American exports tripled in Sweden on the Friday night card at the Axevall track. The feature race was won by Plantagenet, who scored in 1:56.2 with Erik Adielsson in the sulky. Racino, driven by Johnny Takter, finished second while Vino Camielle was third.   Plantagenet, a son of
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Southwind Tempo on a roll in Tarport Hap
July 20, 2007
Southwind Tempo made it nine wins in a row with a 1:50.3 win in the first division of the Tarport Hap.   Parked through the first turn to a wicked :26.2 first quarter, Southwind Tempo and driver Tim Tetrick made it to the front and never looked back.  Cabana Fever made a hard bid from th
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Tompkins-Geers to Takter
July 20, 2007
Jimmy Takter took the two divisions of the Tompkins-Geers two-year old filly trot with the Angus Hall filly Its My Time and the Striking Sahbra sired Beauty Queen.  The even-money favorite Its My Time won the second division in 2:01 after going three-wide around the first turn.  P
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Deweycheatumhowe wins NJSS 2CT final
July 19, 2007
Deweycheatumnhowe kept his perfect record intact as he rallied from far back to win the $175,000 New Jersey Sire Stakes final for 2-year-old trotting colts on Wednesday night at the Meadowlands. The son of Muscles Yankee closed from seventh at the top of the stretch to best Atomic Hall by a nec
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Worldly Treasure fastest in Countess Adios splits
July 19, 2007
Two $66,850 divisions of the Countess Adios for 2-year-old filly pacers were contested on Wednesday night at the Meadowlands, with Worldly Treasure, a sister to world champion Worldy Beauty, winning the first split, and Valmctorian taking the second.   Worldly Treasure captured the first
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HHBNY announces new Bruce Hamilton Memorial Medal
July 19, 2007
Harness Horse Breeders of New York State is proud to announce the creation of the Bruce Hamilton Memorial Medal, which will be presented annually in recognition of outstanding contributions to harness horse racing and improvement of the breeding of Standardbred horses in the State of New York. The t
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Sunshine State Stakes begin at Pompano
July 19, 2007
Pompano Park hosted six non-wagering events prior to the start of its Wednesday program as the Sunshine State Stakes for Florida-bred horses commenced with both the male and female divisions for 2-year-old and 3-year-old trotters in the spotlight.   Southern Rain remained undefeate
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Make that a double for Cocktail Hour
July 19, 2007
Cocktail Hour, a 3-year-old trotting filly, first set and than equaled the track record for her age and gait in her only two outings at Rockingham Park this season, her latest coming Wednesday with a 1:57 effort. In her Rockingham debut on June 29 when driven by Ivan Davies, she covered the m
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17 to go for the gold at Monticello
July 19, 2007
There’s gold in them there Catskills and on Monday 17 world-class sophomore pacers will be out to get their share of it when they compete in two $25,000 elimination divisions of the $528,000 Monticello Gold Rush. On paper it appears Kenneth J is the one to beat in the first elim, while Tak
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Gurfein trainee back on track
July 19, 2007
“We’re definitely Hambletonian bound,” trainer Ron Gurfein told harnessracing.com Thursday afternoon shortly after Great Success, a 3-year-old colt trotter he co-owns, finished second by a nose to Xactly Hanover--another likely Hambo starter--in a qualifier at the Meadowlands in 1:52.3.  
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Southwind Tempo aims for 9 straight in Tarport Hap
July 19, 2007
Southwind Tempo will put her eight-race winning streak on the line in the first of three Tarport Hap Stakes divisions on Friday night at the Meadowlands. She will start from post six with usual partner Tim Tetrick in the sulky in the evening’s $58,000 third race. The precocious daughter of Be
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Glidemaster's connections named Hambo parade grand marshals
July 19, 2007
In recognition of Glidemaster's achievements, including winning the 2006 Hambletonian before a crowd of nearly 30,000 at the Meadowlands, driver John Campbell, trainer Blair Burgess and the horse's owners, Karin Olsson-Burgess, Robert Burgess, Marsha Cohen and Brittany Farms have been named grand ma
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John Campbell remembers John Ferguson
July 19, 2007
John Ferguson’s funeral is scheduled for Friday in Canada, and Hall of Fame driver John Campbell told harnessracing.com he has fond memories of the former professional hockey player who gained fame in the harness sport as a breeder, owner and racetrack executive.   Campbell has driven three L
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Buckeye One, My Panmar take Mighty M elims
July 18, 2007
A pair of Buckeye horses, one an Ohio-bred and the other owned in the Buckeye State, each copped their respective $25,000 elimination divisions of the $530,000 Monticello-OTB Classic at the Mighty M on Monday. Buckeye One, in rein to Tony Morgan, won his split is 1:52, which turned out to be a
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With six at Yonkers, you get Bouchard
July 18, 2007
Stephane Bouchard, Yonkers Raceway's leading driver, won six races during Tuesday night's 10-race card. Bouchard, who drove in all 10 events, wasted no time getting his picture taken, sweeping the $58.50 early daily double with 15-1 Mysteries of Light ($32.20) in the $5,000, opening-race pace a
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Are You Ready sets season's mark in Keystone Classic
July 18, 2007
Eight lengths back at the half, Are You Ready launched a determined late rally that already has become her style to capture a division of the $94,799 Keystone Classic for freshman trotting fillies Tuesday night at The Meadows. Her time was 1:58.3 is the fastest of the year for a 2-year-old fill
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Strange Barry Bonds promotion at Cal-Expo
July 18, 2007
The Sacramento Harness Association has announced a Cal-Expo promotion to coincide with San Francisco Giants slugger Barry Bonds' quest for his record 756th home run, including a giveaway of 200 inflatables of a syringe with Bonds' number 25 on the back. The blow-ups come from a company called w
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Sharkey, McErlean, Knapman to be honored by NJ-USHWA
July 18, 2007
Go-To Guy Robert J. Sharkey, former Meadowlands vice president Chris McErlean and the late Patrick J. Knapman, DVM, will be saluted in winner’s circle ceremonies at the Meadowlands Saturday night by the New Jersey Chapter of the United States Harness Writers Association. Sharkey will receive
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Scott Zeron posts first victory
July 18, 2007
Scott Zeron, who celebrated his 18th birthday May 23, and the son of veteran driver Rick Zeron, drove his first winner Tuesday night at Georgian Downs, scoring with Malabar Di Jesolo, a trotter he shares ownership of with his dad.   Although Zeron got away in the back of the pack wi
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Croghan suspended 6 months
July 18, 2007
Trainer Ross Croghan’s 180-day suspension for an elevated TCO2 test at the Meadowlands June 6 is now scheduled to begin July 23 after his request for a stay was denied by the New Jersey Racing Commission. Croghan had initially appealed the suspension that was supposed to have begun July 9, but his r
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Connie Hochstetler settles Illinois slander case
July 18, 2007
Former Balmoral Park race secretary Connie Hochstetler has received an undisclosed monetary award as a result of a multi-count complaint for defamation after she was accused of manipulating post position draws to benefit her husband, Homer Hochstetler. Connie Hochstetler had filed the complaint agai
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**NEW**Wire To WIre
July 18, 2007
Wire To Wire columnist Andrew Cohen discusses integrity in his newest installment, noting several jurisdictions which are making strides in attempts to weed out the bad apples. As Cohen states, "To the people in these places who are trying to do right I say keep it up. To the people in these places
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Out of competition testing approved in Indiana
July 18, 2007
The Indiana Horse Racing Commission has promulgated a new regulation that allows for out of competition testing. The regulation was passed by the unanimous vote of the Commission at its public meeting on Wednesday, July 18, 2007 at Hoosier Park in Anderson. Under the new regulation the Commiss
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Soggy Britches a winner at Mohawk
July 17, 2007
Soggy Britches didn't give any of her nine rivals a chance in winning Monday night's $60,000(C) Town Pro Pacing Series final for 3-year-old fillies at Mohawk in 1:51.2. Sent off as the second-choice in the wagering, driver Mike Saftic had the strapping daughter of Allamerican Ingot-Soggy Dra
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Majestic Son upset by Armbro Chronicle
July 17, 2007
Canada's reigning Horse of the Year, Majestic Son, had his 2007 Ontario debut spoiled tonight at Mohawk Racetrack as he ran into the red-hot horse-and-driver combination of Armbro Chronicle and Mike Saftic. Armbro Chronicle watched in third as Majestic Son got away with easy fractions of :28, :56
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Virtuous Western takes Keystone Classic split at 15-1
July 17, 2007
Dissed by bettors despite her 39-1 victory in the Reynolds, Virtuous Western responded with yet another stake victory at outrageous odds in a division of the $119,600 Keystone Classic for freshman filly pacers Monday night at The Meadows. The stake for Pennsylvania-breds was contested over five
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Freshman fillies debut in Indiana
July 17, 2007
Indiana Downs hosted the first round of sires stakes competition for two year old filly pacers Monday, July 16, attracting 25 entrants. EJ’s Copperstone paced the fastest of the three $12,000 divisions offered, winning in 1:56.2. The Lease On Life filly was driven to victory by Don Irvine Jr. Owned
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Meadowlands July Mixed Sale increases 16 percent
July 17, 2007
A large turnout for the Tattersalls July Mixed Sale at the Meadowlands race paddock Sunday, July 15, helped to boost sales as 88 horses sold for $1,502,800, a 16 percent increase over last year’s gross sales. The sale averaged $17,077 with a median price of $11,000.   “People need horses. The
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Pa. harness commission reviewing license process
July 17, 2007
The Pennsylvania Supreme Court ruled two weeks ago that the state’s harness racing commission correctly rejected two original applications for the lone harness racing license still available in the state, which has now led the commission into looking into how it will proceed with the process. Pennsy
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$32,000 drivers' championship field set
July 17, 2007
Virtually all of this year's driving stars--from Tim Tetrick, who leads both the win and earning lists, to Jody Jamieson, whose stats led him to a sponsor's exemption, to Tioga Downs' leading driver Mike Simons--will be at Tioga Downs for the track's first annual $32,000 drivers' championship on Sun
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Lis Mara sets Chester track mark
July 16, 2007
Lis Mara, the defending national champion among older pacers, stormed into Harrah's Chester Casino & Racetrack on Sunday and set a track record of 1:49, leading eight qualifiers into the $300,000 Ben Franklin Pace final.   Lis Mara, the even-money favorite driven by Brian Sears, rall
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Sears scores 6,000th career victory
July 16, 2007
Brian Sears won his 6,000th career race Sunday at Harrah's Chester, with the milestone victory coming with Michael's Marvel in the 12th race. Sears, 39, needed three wins coming into the card, and Michael's Marvel completed the hat trick.   Sears's first win on the program came with Lis Mara,
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Trotter sets Monticello all-time record
July 16, 2007
Man About Town established a new Monticello Raceway track record when he won the $264,000 William Sullivan Memorial Trot final Monday afternoon in 1:55.4 for driver Yannick Gingras. The mile is the fastest ever trotted in the 50-year history of the New York racetrack.   RC Royalty and Dan Dal
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First Little Brown Jug Future odds
July 16, 2007
Real Desire Stable’s Tell All is the 7-2 morning-line favorite in the first of three Little Brown Jug future wagering pools. Tell All won the $1.5 million North America Cup and was second to Southwind Lynx in the $1 million Meadowlands Pace. Wagering in this first pool will get underway at noon, T
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Tioga treating for Tompkins-Geers
July 15, 2007
Tioga Downs will host a FREE golf outing for owners, drivers, trainers, grooms and all others involved with the Tompkins Geers on Monday, July 23, at 9 am. The tournament will be played at Tioga Country Club, located two miles east of the track. To sign up a team for the four man scramble please cal
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Darlin's Delight makes third win a big one
July 15, 2007
Darlin's Delight picked up her 22nd career victory with her 1:52.3 score in the $201,500 Silk Stockings Pace for mares Sunday afternoon at Monticello Racing & Gaming. The 4-year-old mare by Bettor's Delight made a quarter-pole move to take command and coasted home a 5 1/2-length winner.  
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John Ferguson dies at 68
July 15, 2007
Former professional hockey player John Ferguson, also the breeder of 1982 Little Brown Jug winner Merger and an owner of such greats as Hardie Hanover, died Saturday night after a lengthy battle with prostate cancer. He was 68.   Ferguson was well known around the racetracks and the sale
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Yankee Cruisers star at Scioto
July 15, 2007
Freshman sire Yankee Cruiser continued his amazing first season with youngsters on the racetrack, as his daughters swept all four of the Ohio Sire Stakes events on Saturday night’s card at Scioto Downs. Yankee Cruiser is currently atop the North American standings for two-year-old earnings, with his
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Search Engine dominates ISS action
July 15, 2007
George McClarnon’s Search Engine collected his fifth straight win Saturday, July 14, this time pacing to a 1:53 victory in the $12,000 opening leg of Indiana Sires Stakes for sophomore colts at Indiana Downs. Driven by Mark O’Mara, the 1-9 favorite crossed the wire nearly six lengths in front. “Tha
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Adrian Chip wins Hambo prep
July 15, 2007
Adrian Chip (Andover Hall-My Favorite Chip) passed his final test for the Hambletonian, winning the Ulf Thoresen Memorial at the Jarlsberg track in Norway. He won after taking the lead in first turn, but it was not a walk in the park for the colt, as he was seriously challenged by t
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It's time for the Jug Fantasy draft
July 15, 2007
Attention, Jug Fantasy Players! For the next 10 days you may replace two horses in your Jug Fantasy Stable plus one driver and one trainer.  The first supplementary draft period began Sunday, July 15, and will continue through 11:59 p.m. Wednesday, July 25.   Click here to go to the Jugb
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Indiana Downs meet underway
July 14, 2007
Indiana Downs’ 82-day harness meet started with a bang Friday evening as Town Star, the longest shot on the board at nearly 70-1, won the opener in 1:56.3 for trainer and driver Jimmy Shelton. Trace Tetrick jumped out to an early lead in the driver standings with a triple over the 13-race card. Win
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My Little Dragon now fastest female in history
July 14, 2007
My Little Dragon became the fastest female pacer in history with a 1:48.1 victory in Friday night's $46,500 Open for fillies and mares at the Meadowlands. The time bested the previous mark shared by Loyal Opposition, Carolina Sunshine and Frightening P by three-fifths of a second.   My Little
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Donato cruises to 11th straight victory
July 14, 2007
Donato Hanover strengthened his position as the Hambletonian favorite when he breezed to his eleventh straight win in the $400,000 Stanley Dancer Memorial on Saturday night at the Meadowlands.Driver Ron Pierce nudged Donato Hanover to the lead before the half and, admittedly, “just sat there” as he
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Teague & Tetrick team up for 2nd million dollar win
July 14, 2007
With an amazing move along the rail, Southwind Lynx took the Meadowlands Pace Saturday in 1:49.1.  Tim Tetrick, the leading driver in terms of wins and earnings, piloted the colt to his new lifetime best.   Kenneth J lead the pace to the quarter in :26.1 after which Running Brook, a
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Duneside Perch wins NJSS final in 1:50.2
July 13, 2007
Duneside Perch coasted to a stakes record 1:50.2 win in the $175,000 New Jersey Sire Stakes Championship for two-year-old pacing colts on Thursday night at the Meadowlands. Driver Ron Pierce hustled Duneside Perch to the lead before the half and the colt pulled away to a two and a quarter-length
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8 straight wins for Southwind Tempo
July 13, 2007
Southwind Tempo posted her eighth straight victory of the season in winning a Valley Forge early-closer division winners at Harrah’s Chester Thursday, pacing to a 2 3/4-length score in 1:50.3 despite starting from post eight. The other winners were Art’s Fantasy (1:51.2), Captiva Island (1:52.1) and
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Real Desire to shuttle to NZ
July 13, 2007
The pacing stallion Real Desire, the sire of Meadowlands Pace contenders Tell All and Running Book, will be shuttling to New Zealand soon to stand at stud at Alabar Farm for the Southern Hemisphere breeding season. He will return next February to continue standing at stud in the U.S. under
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Okuskos Win 5 Thursday at Vernon
July 13, 2007
Driver Howard Okusko, Jr. and his father, trainer Howard, Sr., enjoyed a successful evening at Vernon Downs on Thursday.   Okusko, Jr., a third-generation horseman at the Downs, posted four victories during Thursday’s 10-race program, including one in the featured pace with Wanda’s Choice, wh
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Filly beats Hambo eligibles
July 13, 2007
One of only three fillies in the $30,000 3-year-old Open Trot on Friday the 13th at the Meadowlands, Maryanne K won in 1:53.4. Racing against five Hambletonian eligibles the Mike Lachance driven filly trotted home in :27.4 to win her third of the year in a new lifetime best. Taking cover after th
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Pampered Princess takes Del Miller Memorial Final
July 13, 2007
John Campbell and Pampered Princess led virtually gate to wire to win the Del Miller Memorial Final at the Meadowlands Friday night in 1:53.2.  The win, the fourth in a row for the Andover Hall three-year-old filly, makes her harness racing's newest millionaire.   Charging to t
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Did you race at Northfield in 1957?
July 12, 2007
Northfield Park is looking for anyone who participated in the track's opening night card on Friday, Aug. 23, 1957, so they can help celebrate the track's 50th anniversary. Back on Aug. 23, 1957, the track offered nine races with the first race a class D trot won by Bunter’s Boy in 2:12, dr
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Jeannot back at The Meadows
July 12, 2007
Mike Jeannot, formerly a legislative lobbyist and racing executive for Ladbrokes and then Magna Entertainment at The Meadows, has joined Millenium Gaming, the Las Vegas-based gaming company which now owns The Meadows.   Magna Entertainment presently operates the harness racing operations 
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Miss Scarlett a NJSS champion
July 12, 2007
Miss Scarlett, a $32,000 yearling purchase for owners Charles, Julie and Francene Nash, got up in the final strides to win the $175,000 New Jersey Sire Stakes Final for 2-year-old filly pacers on Wednesday night at the Meadowlands.  Driven by Andy Miller and trained by his wife, Julie, Mis
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Muscles Yankee sons sweep NJSS
July 12, 2007
Sons of Muscles Yankee swept two divisions of New Jersey Sire Stakes for 2-year-old trotting colts at the Meadowlands Wednesday night, with the winners Blue York Yankee (1:58.2) and Deweycheatumnhowe (1:57.4).   Blue York Yankee, a son of Muscles Yankee and the $500,000-plus winner Vernon Blu
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Record Pick 4 pool at Big M
July 12, 2007
An all-time high carry-over fueled a record $268,176 Pick 4 pool on Wednesday night at the Meadowlands. Upset winners on the Saturday card produced a $47,935 carryover heading into Wednesday night's Pick 4.   However, the carry-over stopped there as the first or second choices in the bet
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No violations in Chester sweep
July 12, 2007
The Investigation and Enforcement division of the Pennsylvania Harness Racing Commission yesterday conducted an Integrity Search at Harrah’s Chester racino, but no violations were found. The searches, overseen by Commission Director of Investigation and Enforcement Walt Remmert, were performed by m
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Tetrick taking shot with Lynx
July 12, 2007
As far as victories go, driver Tim Tetrick is piling them up faster than anyone who came before him, but the 25-year-old dynamo will be going after his biggest signature victory with Southwind Lynx Saturday night in the Meadowlands Pace.   In June, Tetrick drove to a record 120 victories for
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Frank Kukurin dies in Florida
July 12, 2007
Frank Kukurin, 57, whose family campaigned the 1970s pacing star Whata Baron, died July 3 at the home of his sister Judy in Pembroke Pines, Fla. He was 57.   Mr. Kurkurin and his family, including his father, Peter and mother Margaret, traveled from track to track from their home in the Pitts
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Photo Maxx, Prayer I Am win trot Qs at Big M
July 12, 2007
Photo Maxx, a Hambletonian-eligible colt by SJ’s Photo, won a qualifier at the Meadowlands Thursday morning in 1:55.2, defeating another Hambo eligible, Flirtin Man, by a neck.   Photo Maxx was making his first start of the year for trainer Jimmy Takter and driver Marcus Johansson after a 4—1
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Reynolds action at Pocono
July 11, 2007
John Campbell left his imprint on Mohegan Sun at Pocono Downs on Tuesday afternoon, picking up three wins to highlight W.N. Reynolds Stakes action. The Reynolds races are the feature of Grand Circuit Week at Pocono. On Tuesday, there were six divisions held for 2-year-old fillies on the t
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Last year's NYSS champ sets mark
July 11, 2007
Last year's 2006 New York Sire Stakes (NYSS) trotting colt champion Hitwiththeladies started things off with a 1:54.4 track record performance while capturing the first of six NYSS divisions at Vernon Downs on Tuesday night.   Competing in the second of 12 Tuesday events, a $25,769 divis
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New medication rules in KY
July 11, 2007
The Kentucky Horse Racing Authority has issued a notice to remind horsemen that it has promulgated new medication rules and penalties governing Standardbred racing in Kentucky that became effective as of June 1, 2007.   811 Kentucky Administrative Regulation (KAR) 1:090 provides for the
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July 11, 2007
Wire To Wire columnist Andrew Cohen traveled to Tioga Downs recently to watch his 3-year-old pacing filly race, and while the filly's winning streak ended, he writes in this week's column that he found the track to be one of the bright spots on the New York harness racing scene.   C
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Big races will influence driver tourney
July 11, 2007
The road to the Tioga Downs first annual driver’s championship will have its last key stop with the $1 million Meadowlands Pace final on Saturday. The top seven money-winning drivers will be invited to participate at Tioga on Sunday, July 29, for prize money of $32,000.   With
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Hurley's has high hopes for
July 11, 2007
As one of the top defense attorneys in the state of Delaware, Joe Hurley knows what it is like to win big, and it has put him in demand as a legal expert for such shows as Larry King Live, Good Morning America and the Today Show.   But Hurley has not had the same kind of luck under the b
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Budget agreement reached in Pa., slots stay open
July 10, 2007
Pennsylvania legislators and Governor Ed Rendell reached an agreement late Monday night on a budget, which means 25,000 state workers who had a forced one-day furlough from their jobs on Monday will be able to return to work.   Slot operations at the state's racetracks had been put in je
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Oh Oh It's Magic 5 for 5 in NY
July 10, 2007
The New York Sire Stakes 3-year-old trotting filly class made their second seasonal sojourn to Yonkers Raceway Monday night with $293,566 in purse money on the line. The fastest divisional winner was Vanity Plates, who took her split with a 1:58.2 tally, while Oh Oh It's Magic remained und
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Upsets abound in Sullivan Memorial elims
July 10, 2007
Two of the fastest miles ever trotted at Monticello Raceway went into the record books during the eliminations for the $314,000 Wm. Sullivan Memorial on a hot and muggy Monday, with RC Royalty and Man About Town coming up winners.   RC Royalty won the first $25,000 split in an overa
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Benear sets world record at Harrah's opening
July 10, 2007
Benear bested Rainbow Blue's world record for 4-year-old pacing mares on a five-eighths mile track on Monday's opening day card at Harrah's Chester, an effort that also equaled the all-age distaff record for any size track. Also, Nanny Withafanny set a track record while Tim Tetrick drove six w
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Milliondollarsmile equals Mohawk mark
July 10, 2007
After missing round one of the Town Pro Pacing Series, Milliondollarsmile dropped in Monday night and equaled her own track record with a devastating 1:50.2 win in one of two $18,000(C) divisions at Mohawk Racetrack. Randy Waples had the strapping daughter of Million Dollar Cam-Hilarious on
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Nuclear Breeze sets 1:48.2 all-age record at Rosecroft
July 10, 2007
Nuclear Breeze set an all-age world record for pacers on a five-eighths mile track in the $10,000 Open at Rosecroft Raceway on Monday evening, crushing the field in a blistering 1:48.2. The time bestsed the mark shared by Maltese Artist (Dover Downs 2005) and Casimir Camotion (Dover Downs
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Shark Gesture retired from racing
July 10, 2007
Shark Gesture, the 2006 Breeders Crown 3-year-old pacing colt champion, has been retired from racing and will stand at stud in 2008 at Kentuckiana Farms of Ontario.   Shark Gesture is a son of Cam's Card Shark out of Simple Gesture (by Western Hanover). Kentuckiana Farms will s
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Always A Virgin 9-5 choice in $1 million contest
July 10, 2007
Meadowlands Pace elimination winner Always A Virgin has been installed the 9-5 morning-line choice for the $1 million final Saturday night at the Meadowlands, leaving from the three post which was chosen by his connections. At the post position draw held Tuesday afternoon at the Meadowlands, Always
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Pro-Am contest heads west to Cal Expo
July 10, 2007
John D. Wengerd, 21, will replace the ailing Brett Miller when Northfield’s team of drivers head to Cal Expo for the second half of the Cal Expo-Northfield Pro-Am driving challenge on Thursday and Friday, July 12 and 13. The competition covers two days at each track and it looks like Cal-Expo will f
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Dowd pleads for NJ to stay #1
July 10, 2007
Dennis Dowd, Senior Vice President of Racing for the New Jersey Sports and Exposition Authority, used his opportunity to welcome people to the Meadowlands Pace press conference to make an impassioned plea about the plight of New Jersey's racetracks, which are competing with tracks whose pu
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Strict EPO policy in the works in New Jersey
July 10, 2007
A first-time trainer penalty of a 10-year suspension and $50,000 fine and a second penalty of license revocation for blood doping is in the works in New Jersey, a policy that was noted by New Jersey Sports and Exposition Authority senior vice president of racing Dennis Dowd at the Meadowlands Pace p
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Race Fan wins in Sweden
July 10, 2007
Race Fan, a 4-year-old son of Yankee Glide, won his Swedish debut at the Mantorp track on Tuesday night. He scored in a mile rate of 1:56.2 for trainer-driver Ake Svanstedt.   Race Fan competed in the 2006 Hambletonian for trainer Steve Smith, finishing fifth in the elimination won by Here Co
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Donato dominates in Dancer elim
July 09, 2007
Donato Hanover continued to show his dominance over the 3-year-old trotting colt division with a powerful, 1:53.3 score in an elimination for the Stanley Dancer Memorial Friday night at the Meadowlands. Mythical Lindy got to Donato Hanover's wheel coming off the last turn, but was never a threat. &
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No budget in Pa., but slots still open
July 09, 2007
The furloughs came because Gov. Ed Rendell and Republican legislative leaders couldn't agree on a new 2007-08 state budget Sunday night. Just last July New Jersey racetracks were forced to close because of a budget impasse in that state. According to reports, the decision to furlough
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Stakes also moving to Tuesday at Rosecroft
July 09, 2007
Due to the changes in Rosecroft's schedule, starting July 23 all Maryland Standardbred Fund and Maryland Sire Stakes races that are scheduled for Monday will now be raced one day later, on Tuesday. There will not be any change to the draw schedule. We will draw Thursday for Tuesday races. This will
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Cambest staying at Walnut Hall Ltd.
July 09, 2007
Alan J. Leavitt, president of Walnut Hall Ltd., has issued a statement saying that the report of Cambest’s sale to Australia is totally false.   Leavitt also said that when Cambest came to Walnut Hall Ltd. it was on the premise that it would be his home for the rest of his life, and that is e
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KF St. Patrick sets life mark in OHSS
July 08, 2007
KF St. Patrick, returning to Ohio Sire Stakes action after testing some of  North America’s top 3 year olds in the North America Cup and Cleveland Classic romped to a wire-to-wire, 8 3/4-length victory in a Sire Stakes division at Scioto Downs Saturday in a career-best 1:52.2.   Russell
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Copper Color post 1:51.3 mile at Pompano
July 08, 2007
After failing in his first four appearances at Pompano Park since shipping down from Ontario in early June, Copper Color put on a show for the South Florida faithful on Saturday when taking the featured $15,500 Winners Over Handicap Pace in a seasonal best 1:51.3.   Driven from post tw
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Buckeye One takes Yonkers Open in 1:51.1
July 08, 2007
Shamelessly not content with his five-win, sweep-the-co-features Friday night at Yonkers Raceway, Tony Morgan went the distance in Saturday night's $30,000 Open Pace with Buckeye One. Morgan grabbed immediate command with the 4-5 people's pal. However, P H Top Dog (Greg Grismore) had the same idea
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Pa. Budget impasse could shut casinos
July 08, 2007
According to reports, slots operations in Pennsylvania could be shutdown at midnight Sunday if state legislators don't agree on a budget and the state courts don't intervene. That's because as of Sunday, the legislature had failed to agree on a state budget. Just last July horse racing took a financ
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Top trotter undergoes surgery for bone chips
July 07, 2007
Mr Muscleman, the richest Standardbred in training, will be sidelined for at least two months following surgery to remove bone chips from both knees on Tuesday, July 3.  Dr. Patricia Hogan of the New Jersey Equine Clinic in Clarksburg performed the procedure on the winner of $3.5 million,
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Palone wins 3 Reynolds Stakes at Pocono
July 07, 2007
Dave Palone, making his first appearance at Mohegan Sun at Pocono this season, won three divisions of the W.N. Reynolds Memorial Stakes Saturday afternoon during a card that featured six divisions for 2-year-old colts and geldings trotters and three more divisions for 2-year-old filly pace
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Always A Virgin, Running Book Score
July 07, 2007
Driver Brian Sears will have two winners to choose from when he picks his mount for next Saturday night’s $1 million Meadowlands Pace final. Tonight Sears won both eliminations, the first with Always A Virgin in 1:50 and then the second in a 1:48.1 shocker with 40-1 Running Book. In the first e
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Mister Big rallies to 1:48.2 victory
July 07, 2007
Mister Big came up huge Saturday night as the 15-1 longshot pulled a stunning upset with a 1:48.2 victory in the $650,000 William R. Haughton Memorial final at the Meadowlands, defeating 1-5 favorite Lis Mara, who was fourth. Artistic Fella took the field to the opening quarter in :26.2 from po
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Buffalo hosts NYSS frosh-trot openers
July 06, 2007
Buffalo Raceway will host the first round of New York Sire Stakes for 2-year-old trotters this weekend with seven divisions of colts facing off on Friday evening and six divisions of fillies mixing it up on Sunday afternoon. The freshman battles will be punctuated with a fireworks display at the Ham
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NYSS sophomore trots at Yonkers Monday
July 06, 2007
The New York Sire Stakes ladies make their second seasonal visit to Yonkers Raceway Monday night, this time the 3-year-old trotters with the $293,566 Mike Cipriani, named for Yonkers' long-time, award-winning photographer, with all but the third division worth $58,933 each (that division is worth $5
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Idle Hour upsets Dali in PASS
July 06, 2007
Unperturbed by 1-9 favorite Dali leaving inside him, Idle Hour saved his brush for the stretch to produce a stunning upset--and a stakes record--in a division of the $126,140 Pennsylvania Sire Stakes for 2-year-old colt pacers on Thursday night at The Meadows. The stake, known as the Albatros
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Marcus Miller, 18, wins first-ever pari-mutuel race
July 06, 2007
Eighteen-year-old Marcus Miller, the son of veteran trainer Erv Miller, scored his first-ever pari-mutuel victory Wednesday night at Hawthorne Race Course, directing the 3-year-old pacing gelding Arty Ryan to a 25-1 upset in 1:53.4.   Marcus won his first two drives in June of 2004 (at age 15
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**NEW**Wire To Wire
July 06, 2007
Andrew Cohen made his first-ever trek to Goshen last weekend for the Hall of Fame festivities, but before he made the trip to upstate New York he talked to Pennsylvania State Harness Racing Commission executive secretary Anton Leppler about the now-you-see-it, now-you-don't detention policy tha
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Brett Miller suspended one year
July 06, 2007
Driver Brett Miller has been suspended for one year and fined $1,000 by the Ohio State Racing Commission after testing positive for morphine in a urine sample collected May 11 at Northfield Park. Miller, 33, has not driven a horse since June 18 at Northfield. The suspension is scheduled to run from
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Guida recovering from infection scare
July 06, 2007
Harness racing icon Lou Guida is recovering from a serious staph infection and reaction to the medicine used to treat the infection following knee surgery, a condition that became so dire a priest was called in to administer last rites.   Guida's surgery took place at Indian River Medical C
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Rosecroft to change from Mondays to Tuesdays
July 06, 2007
Beginning on Tuesday, July 24, Rosecroft Raceway will alter their live racing schedule from Mondays and Saturdays to Tuesdays and Saturdays. Post times will remain the same: first post on Tuesday evenings will be at 5:35 p.m. and on Saturday racing will begin at 7:20 p.m. No change in the draw sch
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Trotting sire Donerail heading to Europe
July 06, 2007
Donerail, the sire of $962,395 winner Spellbound Hanover and 2001 Kentucky Futurity champion Chasing Tail, has been sold to Finnish interests and will soon be leaving the U.S. to stand at stud in Sweden. The 15-year-old son of Valley Victory has stood at stud at Hanover Shoe Farms since his retireme
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Heart rates studied at Mohawk
July 06, 2007
The action is always exciting at Mohawk, but this summer another reason to get your heartrate climbing is that theWoodbine Entertainment Group and the University of Guelph's Ontario Veterinary College are teaming up for a landmark study on the heart rhythms of horses under actual racing condi
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A 7-7-07 Rockingham wedding for Marsh & Mayo
July 06, 2007
There will be wedding bells along with starting gate bells at Rockingham Park on Saturday--7-7-07--when Marcia Mayo and Ron Marsh tie the knot in the winner's circle following the afternoon races. "We've been going together for two years and she decided last year that she wanted to get marrie
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Possess The Magic barely makes final
July 06, 2007
The eliminations for the Del Miller Memorial and Stanley Dancer Memorial got underway with the first race at the Meadowlands Friday and controversy quickly ensued when the judges placed second-place finisher Possess The Magic fourth in the first Miller elim, prompting trainer Ron Gurfein to issue a
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Darlin's Delight favored in Silk Stockings elim
July 05, 2007
Ten of the best pacing mares in North America will compete in two $20,000 elimination events in the $241,000 Silk Stockings Pace at Monticello Raceway on Sunday with hopes of earning a position behind the mobile starting gate in the rich final which will be raced on the following Sunday, J
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Another win for Southwind Tempo
July 05, 2007
Southwind Tempo did her part to provide some fireworks on the Fourth of July racing program at Monticello Raceway, winning the $225,250 Lady Catskill Pace with a virtual wire-to-wire 1:54.3 effort.   Driven by Tim Tetrick, Southwind Tempo started from post two, but Tetrick had the Bettor’s De
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Ranger is the guy who got the girl at PPk
July 05, 2007
The 8-year-old trotter Guy Gets Girl extended his winning streak to three on Wednesday when capturing the featured $15,500 winners over handicap trot at Pompano Park in 1:56.4 over a track listed as "sloppy" following an afternoon of showers in South Florida.   Driven from post six by owner-
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Goshen closes meet with 12 fair races
July 05, 2007
The rain held off, the grandstand was packed and local horses charged their way into the winner’s circle at Goshen Historic Track during the final day of racing in the 2007 meet on Wednesday. A total of 12 New York County Fair races were held at the half-mile oval.   The 80-year-old Howard “
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Safety vests now required in Kentucky
July 05, 2007
The Kentucky Horse Racing Authority (KHRA) has announced that every driver participating in a sanctioned Standardbred race in Kentucky is now required to wear a safety vest that meets the specifications established by the British Equestrian Trade Association (BETA).   According to the
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Filion injury update: broken wrist, dislocated shoulder
July 05, 2007
Herve Filion, a member of the harness racing’s Hall Of Fame and the winingest driver in the history of the sport with more than 15,000 wins, will be sidelined for some time following a racing mishap Monday afternoon at Mohegan Sun at Pocono Downs in which he shattered his right wrist.   A
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Entry box overflowing at Harrah's Chester
July 05, 2007
Harrah’s Chester Casino & Racetrack drew for its Monday, July 9, Opening Day program Wednesday and if early returns are any indication, the upcoming season will be a banner one for the Delaware Valley venue as 309 horses were in the entry box.   Racing secretary Rick Kane’s crew put
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Connor injured in Indiana accident
July 05, 2007
Horseman Rick Conner was seriously injured, breaking his pelvis and vetebrae in his back, in a training accident at the Indiana State Fairgrounds in Indianapolis on Tuesday. Conner was jogging a 2 year old when the horse spooked and became hard to control.   First veering to the outside of th
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Queen Serene's 1:51.4 qualifier ties world record
July 05, 2007
Although she won't get official credit for her effort, Queen Serene tied the all-age world record for female trotters set by Beat The Wheel in 1994 and equaled by Peaceful Way in 2005 with a stunning 1:51.4 effort in a Thursday morning qualifier at the Meadowlands. With trainer-driver
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Standout 5 to drive at Vernon
July 05, 2007
Five of the most talented drivers in the United States will be visiting bucolic Vernon Downs on Tuesday for a card featuring New York Sire Stakes for 3-year-old trotting colts. Among the headliners will be Brian Sears, Tim Tetrick, Yannick Gingras, George Brennan and Jim Morrill Jr.   Fo
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Naughty Nunu wins in Sweden
July 05, 2007
Naughty Nunu, owned by the Arden Homestead Stable and trainer Jan Johnson along with Tomas Bertmark, won one of Sweden’s greatest events, the Sprinter Championship, in 1:55.4 at the Halmstad track Thursday night. Naughty Nunu, a 4-year-old son of Conway Hall, won the race thanks to a savvy driv
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Lavec Dream supplemented to race
July 05, 2007
When Monticello Raceway presents its $343,000 William Sullivan Memorial Trot on Monday, July 9, which is named in the memory of the track’s former general manager who passed away in 2001, most of North America’s top older trotters will be there to battle, including the $20,000 supplem
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Mythical Lindy gets Dancer match-up with Donato
July 05, 2007
Trainer Jim Arledge Jr. hoped to keep Mythical Lindy away from the Meadowlands until the Hambletonian, but a last-minute schedule change has him facing Donato Hanover in Friday night’s eliminations for the $400,000 Stanley Dancer Memorial. Mythical Lindy drew post six in the second of the two $35,0
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Pine Chip filly beats boys
July 05, 2007
Ilaria Jet, a 3-year-old Italian-bred filly by Pine Chip out of the Baltic Speed mare Toby's Taxi, won the rich Premio Nazional at the San Siro track in Milan on Thursday night, beating the boys with a quick burst of speed in the final furlong.   Finally the tactic worked out ok for the great
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1:51.4 mile by 2YO pacing colt
July 05, 2007
The 2-year-old colt Duneside Perch streaked to another victory, his second straight in pari-mutuel action in as many starts, turning in a 1:51.4 effort (last quarter in :26.3) in New Jersey Sire Stakes action at the Meadowlands Thursday night.   George Teague Jr. trains the Cam's Card Sh
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Fast win for Hambo eligible
July 05, 2007
Hambletonian eligible Chancey Hall threw his hat into the ring by winning an overnight at the Meadowlands Thursday night in 1:53.3 for trainer Skip Lewis, who won the 1984 Hambo with Historic Freight.   With George Brennan at the lines, Chancey Hall won by 1 3/4 lengths, giving him two straig
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Nicholas Luchento dies
July 04, 2007
Nicholas Anthony Luchento, 17, of Freehold, N.J., the grandson of Standardbred Owners Association of New Jersey President Thomas F. Luchento and his wife, Carole, died on July 2.   Nicholas was the son of Thomas M. and Jaqueline Luchento. In addition, he is survived by a sister, Victoria
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NA Cup champ Tell All in post 8
July 04, 2007
Put $1 million on the line and there are bound to be fireworks, but they will come after the Fourth of July, when 16 pacers square off in the eliminations for the $1 Million Meadowlands Pace on Saturday, July 7.   The 16 three-year-old colt and gelding pacers are split between two e
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Handicapping qualifier set for July
July 04, 2007
The Meadowlands will hold its first qualifying tournament for the 2008 National Harness Handicapping Championship on Saturday, July 21.  The top two finishers earn a spot in the NHHC, the only championship tournament for harness players to feature a $50,000 guaranteed grand prize.   The
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PASS at Pocono
July 04, 2007
Won The West was one of three Pennsylvania Sire Stake swinners for trainer Mickey Burke at Mohegan Sun at Pocono Downs on Tuesday afternoon. Won The West cashed in at 3-5 in 1:51.4. Greg Grismore did the driving as Won The West went all the way on the lead. The gelding is now two-for-two in Sir
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Dave is up front with Bethann
July 03, 2007
The Pennsylvania Sire Stakes provided an unusual tableau of romance and mystery Monday night at The Meadows when Dave Palone won a division with Up Front Bethann, a freshman filly pacer named for his wife, then waited nervously while the judges considered disqualifying the lovebirds. The $136
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Soggy Britches fastest in Town Pro splits
July 03, 2007
Sweet Day, Soggy Britches and Arts A Flutter won their respective divisions of the opening round of the Town Pro Series for 3-year-old filly pacers Monday night at Mohawk Racetrack.   Jody Jamieson directed Sweet Day to the inside late in the stretch to spring a 12-1 upset in a career-be
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She's got a milliondollarsmile on her face
July 02, 2007
Milliondollarsmile set a track and Ontario Sire Stakes record in capturing the $130,000(C) Gold final for 3-year-old filly pacers Sunday night at Mohawk Racetrack with a scintillating 1:50.2 effort for driver Randy Waples. The clocking erased the former OSS mark of 1:50.3 set by Burning Poin
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Jetstile wins Forus Grand Prix; Artistic As, Adams Hall also win
July 02, 2007
Jetstile won the $168,435 Forus Open Grand Prix Sunday in a mile rate of 1:54.3 over 1,600 meters over the fast Forus racetrack in Norway. Driven by Geir Vegard Gundersen for trainer Kai Johansen and owner Erik Sandbæck, Jetstile was never in danger after taking a clear advantage at the top of the s
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Harness racing shrine inducts Arthur, Langley, Hennessey
July 02, 2007
A record attendance of more than 450 people gathered under the big tent on the lawn of the Harness Racing Hall of Fame in Goshen, N.Y., Sunday night to welcome Jimmy Arthur, Phil Langley and Wally Hennessey into the Living Hall Of Fame.   The ceremony also inducted Ray Brienza, Marie Hill, D
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Meadows Monday entry box overflowing with 265 horses
July 02, 2007
When Director of Racing Tom Leasure opened the entry box for Monday's card at The Meadows, he was greeted with an unprecedented sight--a total of 265 entries, including 69 for the Pennsylvania Sires Stake for freshman pacing fillies. While The Meadows does not maintain official statistics on
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Guilfoil 'un-retires,' rejoins Ky. Racing Authority
July 02, 2007
Marc Guilfoil, who two weeks ago announced his retirement as director of Standardbred racing for the Kentucky Horse Racing Authority (KHRC), has “un-retired,” being rehired by the KHRC as its deputy executive director under executive director Lisa Underwood.   “I will be assisting Lisa in all
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Yankee Cruisers cruise in Ohio Sire Stakes
July 02, 2007
The first crop of stallion Yankee Cruiser made a big impression in Friday’s five $20,000 Ohio Sire Stakes 2-year-old filly paces at Northfield Park. Yankee Cruiser fillies won four of the five heats and Yankee’s Royalty was second in the finale, costing dad a sweep on the night. Nonetheless, it was
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Stable wins 4 stakes, and that's no Joe Nee Balonee
July 02, 2007
There’s no place like home, especially when home is the Ray Schnittker Stable at Historic Track as Schnittker won four of eight Landmark stakes for 2-year-old pacers and trotters on Monday afternoon, giving his stable five victories, five second-place finishes, and three thirds in 20 races duri
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Tetrick wins record 120 times in June
July 02, 2007
 Tim Tetrick continued to win races at a rate unlike any harness racing driver in history in June, picking up a record 120 victories for the month and increasing his season total to 601. Tetrick broke his own record for triumphs in a single calendar month, which he established in April with 110
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Filion, Dalious hurt in Pocono accident
July 02, 2007
An accident in race six at Mohegan Sun at Pocono Downs Monday afternoon injured drivers Bart Dalious and Herve Filion, who taken by ambulance to a local hospital for observation. Shortly after the outset of the race, Richard’s Thunder, driven by Filion, appeared to take a
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PASS for 2YOs at The Meadows
July 01, 2007
Pennsylvania Sire Stakes filled The Meadows card Saturday night and driver Dave Palone won seven of them on the 17-race program. Trainer Jim Arledge, Jr. and Ray Schnittker scored training doubles.   The six divisions of the $97,495 Meadow Gladys for 2-year-old trotting fillies were capt
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Hall of Fame drivers compete at Goshen
July 01, 2007
Clint Galbraith, driving Elite Crown, was the winner in 2:01.1 by a length in the ninth annual Mr. and Mrs. Elbridge Gerry Memorial Trot for Hall of Fame drivers on Sunday at Goshen Historic Track.   The field of eight horses were all driven by members of the Hall of Fame, thou
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Hennessey wins NYSS on his Hall of Fame day
July 01, 2007
Wally Hennessey was back at Historic Track on Sunday and back to winning in the New York Sire Stakes. Hennessey, one of the winningest drivers in the history of the Sire Stakes, was inducted after the races into the Harness Racing Hall of Fame. But during the day, however, the Prince Edward Island
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The Duke did it in Tioga's Kindergarten
July 01, 2007
Cat Manzi and Duke Did It posted the fastest mile in the opening leg of the Kindergarten Classic Series on Sunday afternoon at Tioga Downs. Duke Did It posted the front-end victory in 1:57 for the Duke Did It Stable and Susan Oakes, while Chris Oakes does the conditioning. The freshma
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Majestic Son returns with Canada Day victory
July 01, 2007
The 2006 Canadian Harness Horse of the Year Majestic Son returned to the races Sunday afternoon at Hippodrome de Montreal and Trevor Ritchie directed the 4-year-old son of Angus Hall to a 1:54.1 victory in the $20,000(C) Invitational Trot.   Ritchie sent Majestic Son to the front and after be
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