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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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