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MCA delivers for big show bettor
August 31, 2007
The 2-year-old pacing colt MCA, a son of Real Desire, sharply won his third straight Kentucky Sire Stakes (KYSS) leg on Thursday night, Aug. 30, at The Red Mile, and prevented a big New Jersey bettor from taking a hit on a six-figure show bet, although a minus pool was created.   There was on
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Hempt winner Tivoli Hanover back on track
August 31, 2007
Tivoli Hanover, who won the Hempt Memorial earlier this year, turned in a strong effort in a qualifier at Mohegan Sun at Pocono Downs Thursday, scoring by 8 3/4 lengths in 1:52, with a :27.1 last panel. It was the first time the horse had lined up behind the starting gate since he underwent surgery
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2YO filly trotter Athena Hanover now 5 for 6
August 31, 2007
Pennsylvania-sired 2-year-old filly trotters competed in Pennsylvania Sire Stakes action at Harrah's Chester Thursday, and four daughters of Broadway Hall shared the spotlight with the 5-time winner Athena Hanover, who set a track record with her 1:57.3 score.   The first four divis
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10 entered in Nadia Lobell
August 31, 2007
With just 10 fillies entered in the Nadia Lobell, no eliminations will be taking place this coming Sunday night at The Red Mile. A field featuring 2006 Breeders Crown champion Calgary Hanover will contest the final on Sunday night, Sept. 9.   The fillies entered are: Art'
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Pampered Princess wins qualifier
August 31, 2007
On Friday morning at Mohawk Pampered Princess lined up behind the starting gate for the first time since her Hambletonian start and qualified with a 1:56.1 mile, trotting her last quarter mile in :26.4 with John Campbell in the sulky.   Pampered Princess, a 3-year-old filly by Andover Hall, h
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World Trotting Derby, Crowns on HRTV
August 31, 2007
HorseRacing TV (HRTV) will present live coverage of four prestigious Breeders Crown races from Mohawk Racetrack, as well as the World Trotting Derby from the fabled DuQuoin State Fair (IL) this Saturday, Sept. 1. The top-flight harness action will take place throughout the busy day,
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Vysoke Tatray scratched from Crown
August 31, 2007
Vysoke Tatry has been scratched from the $392,400 Breeders Crown Mare Pace because she is trained by Brett Robinson, who was slapped with a 10-year suspension and $10,000 fine for an EPO positive yesterday. The Ontario Racing Commission issued the ruling against Robinson yesterday after confirmatory
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Where to watch the Breeders Crown
August 31, 2007
If you need to know how you can see the $4.2 million Breeders Crown card from Mohawk Saturday night, here are a few tips for viewing, including post times and race numbers.   Race 2 -- $784,080 Breeders Crown Trot-- Post time: 7:43 pm Race 5 -- $782,200 She’s A Great Lady--Post  ti
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Hambletonian winner arrives at DuQuoin
August 31, 2007
With an Illinois State Police escort over the last seven miles of his journey from Lexington, Ky., Donato Hanover arrived at the Du Quoin State Fairgrounds at 2:15 p.m. CDT Friday amid fanfare that included Miss Illinois and a Dixieland Band.   Illinois Department of Agriculture director Chuc
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Production runs streak to five straight
August 31, 2007
Production won his fifth consecutive race and posted the day’s fastest Pennsylvania Sire Stakes time on Friday afternoon at Mohegan Sun at Pocono Downs. There were five Sire Stakes divisions held for 2-year-old colts and geldings on the trot. The star of the day was clearly Production, who left fro
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Reve D Amerik equals Mohawk track record
August 31, 2007
Reve D Amerik turned in a track-record equaling performance in winning the $36,000 Preferred Trot Friday night at Mohawk Racetrack. The five-year-old Fill V gelding stopped the clock in 1:52 to match the previous track standard set by the great Mr Muscleman back in September of 2005. In F
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Three straight for Shutter Boy
August 30, 2007
Shutter Boy did not disappoint and posed for his third straight win photo on Wednesday afternoon at Freehold Raceway in the first of two $20,250 New Jersey Sire Stakes for 2-year-old trotting colts and geldings. Trained and driven by George Dennis, Shutter Boy scored a 2 3/4-length victory ov
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A sporting debut at Harrington
August 30, 2007
Lloyd Arnold's Valley Sport ($3.60, Tony Morgan) made his Harrington Raceway debut a successful one Wednesday with a 1:58 triumph in the $24,000 Open Trot. The 4-year-old Valley Victor gelding commanded the lead approaching the quarter and held pocket-sitting Safari Heat safe for a two-
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Four Jug starters for Burke?
August 30, 2007
Twenty-five years ago trainer Mickey Burke switched from selling automobiles to training Standardbreds. He started with five $2,500-$3,000 claimers and now trains 150 racehorses of all ages. On Sept. 20, Burke expects to start four of his colt pacers in the 62nd Little Brown Jug.
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Will she or won't she?
August 30, 2007
Despite finishing third in last week’s $718,600 Fan Hanover Filly Pace at Mohawk Racetrack, trainer Steve Elliott says starting against the colts in the Little Brown Jug “is not out of the question.” Elliott says that co-owner "Toby Lynch is still pushing for the Jug but I’m kind of
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Snazzy Millie swimming her way to Mohawk
August 30, 2007
If Snazzy Millie is finding her stride in time for Saturday’s Breeders Crown Mare Trot at Mohawk Racetrack, it might be because she found her stroke first as the 7 year old has been spending less time on the track and more time in the swimming pool in preparation for her races.   “We wanted
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Dobbins hoping for Am-Nat prayer
August 30, 2007
“I’m either game or crazy or maybe both,” laughed Roy Dobbins, owner and breeder of Prayer I Am, of the $30,000 check he wrote to supplement Prayer I Am to the World Trotting Derby. “But I wrote the check out of his account, so I’m putting his money ($327,174 in career earnings) back on him."
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Carney Memorial Trot on tap at The Rock
August 30, 2007
Rockingham Park will wrap up the final weekend of the 2007 live racing season with a tough test for some of the best trotters on the continent and the track will also thank its loyal fans with the chance to win Red Sox tickets and an Ipod.   The highlight of live racing over the four-day Labo
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Banned substances seized in Plainridge raid
August 30, 2007
Massachusetts State Police revealed Wednesday they seized boxes of banned substances, including bottles of Lidocaine and Carbocaine, empty boxes of baking soda, containers of lactated Ringer’s solution and hoses, in a raid earlier this month that resulted in brothers John and Roland Sears being barr
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Travis Alexander leaves Fashion Farms
August 30, 2007
Travis Alexander told harnessracing.com Thursday morning that he has left his position as head trainer for Fashion Farms and plans to open a public stable. Alexander’s biggest victories for Arlene and Jules Siegel's Fashion Farms include back-to-back Jugettes the past two years with Just W
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The ball is ready to toll at The Meadows
August 30, 2007
Meadows Racetrack & Casino officials will hold a brief ceremony Wednesday, Sept. 5, to mark the beginning of the removal of the 44-year-old grandstand, which will be replaced by a state-of-the-art $155 million casino that will include a grandstand, 200-room hotel and luxury spa. The ceremony,
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Favorable draw for Ohio Sire Stakes final favorites
August 30, 2007
Northfield Park hosts the $1 million Ohio Super Night on Saturday and no fewer than half of the morning-line favorites have drawn the coveted inside post position.   Both $100,000 two-year-old filly races have favorites leaving from post one. Norma’s Rose is a 5-2 choice in the Ohio Sir
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Pampered Princess to qualify Friday at Mohawk
August 30, 2007
Three-year-old filly trotter Pampered Princess is scheduled to qualify Friday morning at Mohawk Racetrack, the first appearance for the reigning divisional champion since she finished sixth in the Hambletonian behind Donato Hanover Aug. 4 at the Meadowlands. Pampered Princess raced first-over for d
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First jewel of pacing's Triple Crown drawn
August 30, 2007
Post positions for the $297,500 Cane Pace final--the first jewel of the Pacing Triple Crown--were drawn at Freehold Raceway on Thursday morning, with the race contested as part of a big, 15-race holiday card at Freehold on Labor Day. Southwind Lynx, the George Teague, Jr.-trained colt, w
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Maltese Artist named Beckwith favorite
August 30, 2007
Sylvia Burke, John Howard and James Koran’s Maltese Artist, who set the Plainridge Racecourse track record of 1:49.2 in winning the 2005 edition, will make his third appearance in as many years when he goes off as the 5-2 morning line favorite in the 2007 edition of the $75,000 Bert Beckwith Memoria
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Spice Queen's winning streak snapped
August 30, 2007
Spice Queen’s winning streak hit a sour note when she broke stride and finished seventh in a $27,400 division of New Jersey Sire Stakes for three-year-old trotting fillies on Thursday at Freehold Raceway.   Spice Queen, the odds on favorite driven by David Miller and trained by Erv Miller, ha
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Bella Verde wins Hayes Memorial in 1:55.1
August 30, 2007
Bella Verde held off stablemate Share The Promise and captured the $40,000 Hayes Memorial 2-year-old filly trot in a stakes and national season’s record 1:55.1 Thursday afternoon at the DuQuoin state Fair.   Mike Lachance was in the bike as the daughter of Broadway Hall sat second as share Th
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Brett Robinson suspended for EPO positive
August 30, 2007
The Ontario Racing Commission (ORC) has announced that trainer Brett Robinson has been issued an order for his license to be suspended for 10 years, and imposed a $10,000 fine, because his horse Fox Valley Tribal tested positive for EPO. The ORC issued a press release stating that Robinson's li
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BJ's Chinook lowers Pocono mark
August 29, 2007
BJ’s Chinook wore down the heavy favorite Tom’s OK Lady to win the featured $20,000 Open Handicap Trot on Tuesday afternoon at Mohegan Sun at Pocono Downs. In the process, the 4-year-old gelding matched the Pocono track record for his age group with his mile of 1:54.2. The record was set by Nea
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Ball Gown A takes Harrington open; purses to increase
August 29, 2007
Peter Tritton's Ball Gown A ($4.60, Tony Morgan) became the third different winner in three weeks in the top distaff feature at Harrington Raceway, capturing the $20,000 Mares Open in 1:53.1 Tuesday. The Tritton trainee and driver Tony Morgan were sent to the front where they would lead the pack of
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Dust settles on record NYSS day at Mighty M
August 29, 2007
If one ever wonders whether video gaming or slot machines are an asset to harness racing just gaze at the overnight  purse schedules at New York racetracks and check out the money being offered in the New York Sire Stakes program as on Monday three divisions for 3-year-
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Pompano getting ready for Sept. 14 opening
August 29, 2007
Pompano Park, which will open for its 44th season of live racing on Friday, Sept. 14, will host an afternoon of non-wagering Sunshine State Stakes on Saturday, Sept. 8. The South Florida oval will also hold qualifying races on Tuesday, Sept. 4, and Friday, Sept. 7, in preparation for the upcoming me
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Whittemore, Marks share Vernon spotlight
August 29, 2007
Drivers Jimmy Whittemore and Josh Marks had a lot to say about what transpired during Tuesday night’s 11-race program at Vernon Downs as Whittemore captured races four through seven, and Marks, the track’s leading dash-winner after 55 cards, secured a pair of first-place finishes.  
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***New***Wire To Wire
August 29, 2007
In his latest Wire To Wire column, Andrew Cohen encourages harness racing to "go glossy" as a way to attract new owners to the sport. Cohen reports on the demographics of Cigar Aficionado magazine and wants to know why harness racing won't collectively try to go after wealthy Americans as prospectiv
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Bedford, Valley View reportedly now working together
August 29, 2007
A Pennsylvania state representative has revealed to the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review that negotiations are underway between Bedford Downs and Valley View Downs to combine their applications for the final harness racing license in the state instead of vying against each other. Although Rep. Chris
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Napoleon charges back for NYSS win
August 29, 2007
With a name like Napoleon, its not hard to believe that this 2-year-old Credit Winner colt shrugged off equipment problems and an early mistake to win his $72,212 New York Sire Stakes division on Tuesday at Monticello Raceway. A total of four divisions headed to post competing for combined purses of
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Carlspur makes winning return to Mighty M
August 29, 2007
Carlspur, Monticello Raceway’s Horse of the Years last season, returned to the Mighty M as promised by his co-owner, Tom Trezza, and on Tuesday, Aug. 28, the old warrior, a winner of over $900,000 in his illustrious career, scored one of his most impressive victories in recent years when Stephane
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13-year-old Sean McIntosh takes top riding honors
August 29, 2007
Sean McIntosh, the 13-year-old son of Hall of Fame trainer Bob McIntosh, placed first last weekend in the Novice Rider division at the prestigious Richland Park Horse Trials in Kalamazoo, Mich.   Sean participated in the equestrian triathlon, which involves dressage, cross country and show ju
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Zeron hoping to notch first Breeders Crown
August 29, 2007
Rick Zeron has never been the shy and retiring type and no one expects a change any time soon. One thing that has eluded Zeron in a career that has spanned more than 30 years is a Breeders Crown championship, but he believes that all might change Satudray night in the Mare Trot.   Though
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Will Tom Ridge's 1:50.2 world record fall?
August 28, 2007
Hambletonian winner Donato Hanover, fresh off a 1:51.3 qualifying tightener at The Red Mile, has drawn post four for Saturday’s $600,000 World Trotting Derby at Du Quoin, Ill. With two $30,000 supplemental entries—Anderberg and Prayer I Am—Donato Hanover will have eight challengers for the trophy.
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Ready To Win sets Harrah's Chester record
August 28, 2007
The Monday card at Harrah's Chester featured six divisions of Pennsylvania Sire Stakes action, with 2-year-old pacing fillies in the limelight.  Ready To Win ($2.40) and driver Yannick Gingras proved most impressive, pacing the mile in 1:53.1, a track record for freshman filly pacers. Befo
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Conditions still ideal at Harrington
August 28, 2007
Scott Dillon's Ideal Conditions ($2.80, Tim Tetrick) continued his stellar 5-year-old campaign with a 1:52.2 win in a $20,000 winners-over event Monday at Harrington Raceway. The Steve LeBlanc trainee was claimed for $50,000 on July 14, and earned his second straight win, increasing his seasonal
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Happy Ticket sets Yonkers mark
August 28, 2007
A scant 48 hours after his owned and trained Green Day won the $644,770 final of the Yonkers Trot, Jim Raymer saw his owned and trained freshman trotting filly Happy Ticket set a track record as part of Monday night's $248,025 New York Sire Stakes Mike Cohen at Yonkers Raceway. The event honored the
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Magical Mike to be at Delaware
August 28, 2007
The 1994 Little Brown Jug champion Magical Mike will visit the Delaware, Ohio County Fairgrounds for five afternoons during the 2007 Grand Circuit meeting.  Magical Mike will stand in a stall in the Jugette barn beginning Sunday afternoon, Sept. 16 through Thursday, Sept. 20. Magical Mike,
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Inaugural PA Preferred Sale averages $7,382
August 28, 2007
Stogie Hanover, an Andover Hall colt, brought a bid of $50,000 to top the Standardbred Horse Sales Company’s inaugural Pa Preferred Yearling Sale Monday, Aug. 27, at the Pennsylvania State Farm Show complex in Harrisburg, Pa. With 217 of the cataloged 224 yearlings going through the sales ring, the
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Nordin returns to Breeders Crown stage
August 28, 2007
The blue, gold and white colors of Team Nordin were a familiar sight across North American racetracks in the 1980s. Patriarch Soren and sons Jan and Ulf were at the forefront of the Swedish "invasion" of North American trotting and produced scores of champions that stocked trophy cases on both sides
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Guida, Coon, Prince, Janoff voted into Hall
August 28, 2007
Mega-owner Lou Guida and Chuck Coon, the "guru" of harness track design and maintenance, have been elected to the Living Hall of Fame of harness racing, the sport’s highest honor, in voting conducted by the U.S. Harness Writers Association. Guida received more than the necessary 75 percent fr
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Racing career over for Peaceful Way
August 27, 2007
One of Canada's great race mares has been retired. Peaceful Way, a winner of 33 races and purse earnings of more than $2.7 million, was retired Monday by her ownership group. Her last race was the Breeders Crown Mare Trot elimination at Mohawk last Friday night, and she br
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Hudson Trot to Vulcanize
August 26, 2007
Vulcanize took the field wire to wire to win the Hudson Final at Yonkers in 1:56.3.  The race favorite, driven by Chicago-native Pat Berry, trotted home in :29 to take the $300,330 race for three-year-old trotting fillies.   Trained by Bob McIntosh for Lothlorien Equestrian Center of Mis
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Summer Championships at Indy Downs
August 26, 2007
Indiana Downs hosted a first-ever Indiana Summer Championships Saturday, August 25, offering over $1 million in purses. A total of 10 Indiana Sires Stakes champions were crowned throughout the 14-race program. With the Shelbyville oval primed for record miles, three stakes marks fell and several lif
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Western Hanover euthanized
August 26, 2007
Harness Racing Communications has announced that Hanover Shoe Farms has released a statement announcing the death of top pacing stallion Western Hanover at 1:15 pm Sunday.   The statement reads, in part, "Western Hanover was euthanized at 1:15 p.m. today (Sunday, August 26)."   Th
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Trots to Snazzy Millie & Mystical Sunshine
August 25, 2007
They did it in drastically different ways but the end result was the same. Snazzy Millie surged past pacesetting Passionate Glide in the final strides of the first $37,500 (C$40,500) Breeders Crown Mare Trot elimination to win by a nose in 1:54.Defending mare trot champion Mystical Sunshine, with Da
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Jamieson takes Breeders Crown Pace Elims
August 25, 2007
Ideal Weather and Double Dream N, both driven by Jody Jamieson, were upset winners on Friday night (August 24) in the elimination races for next weekend’s $363,000 (C$392,400) Breeders Crown Mare Pace at Mohawk Racetrack.Sent off at 15-1, Ideal Weather set the opening fraction of :26.4 before s
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2YOs take center stage at Northfield
August 25, 2007
Ohio-bred 2-year-old fillies wrapped up their preliminary action with five divisions of action at Northfield Park on Friday night, August 24. For the best, there will be more -- the $1.1 million Ohio Super Night over the Home of the Flying Turns next Saturday, September 1. For the rest, there is sti
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NYSS & Morrill take Yonkers
August 25, 2007
Jim Morrill, Jr. figured to have a lot to say about the goings-on in Friday night's $285,060 New York Sires Stakes Armand Palatucci Trot at Yonkers Raceway.   He did, though there was another surprising participiant in the conversation.   Morrill drove the minscule mutuel favorite in a
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Pizzazzed in controll in OSS Gold final
August 25, 2007
Pizzazzed lived up to his name at Rideau Carleton Raceway on Friday night, delivering a four length victory in the two-year-old trotting colt Gold Series final at the Ottawa oval.   Starting from Post 2 in the nine-colt field, trainer/driver Roger Hammer settled Pizzazzed in second as Miguel
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Valbruna two-for-two in Indiana
August 25, 2007
One week after romping by 11 lengths in a Grand Circuit contest at the Indiana State Fairgrounds, freshman trotter Valbruna returned to the Hoosier state. Friday evening she won again for trainer Ron Gurfein, claiming a $115,400 Kentuckiana Stallion Management Stake division in 1:57.4. Creamy Mimi w
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Cane Pace elim to Always A Virgin
August 25, 2007
The seven remaining spots for the 53rd Cane Pace were filled on Saturday (August 25) with the racing of the $99,156 Cane Pace elimination. Eight horses were fighting for the spots to join Southwind Lynx, who received a bye for the first leg of Pacing’s Triple Crown. The Meadowlands Pace and Art Ro
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Tidewaterdragonfly wins Fan Hanover
August 25, 2007
With a grueling speed duel between Southwind Tempo and Hana Hanover setting up the race, Tidewaterdragonfly bided her time before coming down the stretch to win the Fan Hanover by a length in 1:50.4.  The Kelly O’Donnell trainee went off at odds of 7-2 to take the 25th edition of the $718,
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Green Day sets 1:56 track record
August 25, 2007
At odds of 6-1, Green Day took the $644,770 Yonkers Trot Saturday in 1:56.  Taking a three length lead going to the quarter, driver Cat Manzi had Green Day on front at every race call and never looked back, winning by a half length over Up Front Larry.   Green Day took the field to a :28
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Maltese Artist in Yonkers Invitational
August 25, 2007
Maltese Artist and Greg Grismore took the $50,000 Dominic Frinzi Invitational at Yonkers Saturday night in 1:51.4.   Starting out four wide on the half-mile track, Maltese Artist finally made the front at a :26.3 quarter only to have Psilvuheartbreaker come right back out and take the lead ag
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Metro Pace Elims at Mohawk
August 25, 2007
The best juveniles on the continent were in action on Saturday (August 25) at Mohawk Racetrack, in three C$40,000 eliminations for next Saturday's C$1 million Metro Pace, the richest race of the year for 2-year-olds. While the top three finishers, plus a fourth place finisher drawn by lot, qualifi
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Primary As euthanized after injury
August 25, 2007
Primary As, who crossed the wire fifth in the Yonkers Trot, injured himself in the stretch drive and was later euthanized. It appeared that the colt injured at least one tendon, but the reason for the horse's death has not yet been confirmed.   Trainer Trond Smedshammer was driving Primary As
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Shes A Great Lady elims at Mohawk
August 25, 2007
Beachy Girl, Thong and All Accounted For took the $35,000 Shes A Great Lady Eliminations Saturday at Mohawk.  Beachy Girl now has six wins in six starts after winning her elimination in 1:54.3.   Brian Sears and Beachy Girl got away fifth while Voelz Hanover, who was parked to a :27.4 fi
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Danae & Prayer I Am ship in to win American National
August 25, 2007
Danae took the $150,000 American National for three-year-old trotting fillies in 1:55.3 Saturday at Balmoral.  Prayer I am won the $205,000 colt equivalent in 1:54.3.   Danae, driven by Ryan Anderson, was parked third to the opening quarter, then got to the rail and sat, patiently waitin
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Real Class leads KYSS winners in 1:50
August 24, 2007
Digital Z Tam turned in speedy win over the lightning-fast red clay at The Red Mile Thursday night, and Likeavirgin Lindy grabbed the lone $50,000 Kentucky Sire Stakes split for 3-year-old filly trotters over a courageous Godiva Hall, who starated poorly and spotted the
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No More Gold N wins Vernon Debut
August 24, 2007
No More Gold N continued his winning ways with a 1:56 mile over a track labeled good due to a late afternoon thunder storm in the $10,000 Open trot at Vernon Downs on Thursday night, Aug. 23.   Making his Vernon Downs debut, No More Gold N gained control of the lead shortly after the start of
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Longshot Windsong Espoir wins Bridger Series final
August 24, 2007
Rumorsliesnalibies, a repeat winner in both of his divisions of the first two legs of the Bridger Series for 2-year-old trotting colts, came up short Thursday night in the $45,220 final, while 6-1 shot Windsong Espoir cruised to an easy victory in 1:57.1 at Mohawk racetrack.Windsong Espoir, who
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Another track record for Share The Delight
August 24, 2007
Share The Delight set another track record Thursday, capturing a $49,069 division of the New York Sire Stakes for 2-year-old colt and gelding pacers at Monticello Raceway in 1:55.3. This track mark comes after a 1:54 track record in the New York State Fair Stakes at Tioga Downs and a 1:55.1 record p
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PA Preferred Sale set for Monday
August 24, 2007
The inaugural “PA Preferred” Yearling Sale of Standardbred Horse Sales Company will be held at the Pennsylvania Farm Show Complex in Harrisburg on Monday, Aug. 27. The sale will start at 11 am. A total of 223 yearlings have been cataloged, of which 193 are Pennsylvania eligible.   Consig
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Four 3FT NYSS divisions held at Batavia
August 23, 2007
Aiken For Clay and local fan favorite Jim Morrill Jr. scored their second straight victory when four divisions of  the $165,920 New York Sire Stakes for 3-year-old trotting fillies invaded Batavia Downs on Wednesday evening.   Aiken For Clay cleared the top at the half and withstood a c
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Will Southwind Tempo take on the boys in Jug?
August 23, 2007
Pampered Princess tried the colts in the Hambletonian and there now appears a chance the filly Southwind Tempo will take on the boys in the Little Brown Jug. "Southwind Tempo is coming to Delaware and she will either race in the Jugette or the Little Brown Jug. We have not decided," said t
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Grant leads the charge for General Washington
August 23, 2007
After Tactical Touch and Corey Callahan cut the early fractions, Mary Smith’s Grant ($3) took the lead at the head of the stretch, drawing clear to a three-length victory in the final of the General George Washington late-closing series on Wendesday afternoon at Harrah’s Chester.   The 3-year
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Jokerman laughs way to 4 1/4-length Cal Expo win
August 23, 2007
Whether he's on the front or being raced from behind, it doesn’t seem to matter lately to D Jokerman, as he dominated for the third time in his last four outings on a hot Wednesday night at Cal Expo. Racing in a conditioned-claiming pace, D Jokerman scored in a career-best 1:53.2 for driver Steve Wi
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Eight in Cane Pace elim, Southwind Lynx gets bye
August 23, 2007
With Meadowlands Pace and Art Rooney winner Southwind Lynx receiving a bye directly into the Cane Pace final as the richest entrant, eight 3-year-old colt pacers will line up behind the gate at Freehold Raceway Saturday afternoon in a single $99,156 elimination, with only the last-place finisher not
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Northville Downs' Margaret Zayti dies
August 23, 2007
Margaret Zayti, who began working at Northville Downs in Michigan in 1947 and retired as its executive manager in 2004, died Monday at her home in Northville after a long illness at the age of 86.   "She was just a tremendously generous person,” said Northville Downs’ general manager and
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Hanover yearling videos available online
August 23, 2007
Videos for the Hanover Shoe Farms yearlings selling at the PA Preferred Yearling Sale on Monday, August 27 at the Pennsylvania Farm Show Complex are now available on the Hanover Shoe Farms website at www.hanoverpa.com.   Videos for the Hanover Shoe Farms yearlings selling at the New Jersey Cl
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Late-closer legs held at Monticello
August 23, 2007
On Wednesday afternoon Monticello Raceway presented two $9,800 divisions for sophomore filly late-closer trotters, some of which should become eligible for the  $30,000 final. In the first split, Otisville Devil, owned locally by Bernie White, Kristie Leigh Farm Inc. and John White, scored a
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Batavia remembers Dream Pace on Saturday
August 23, 2007
When the world's greatest pacers came to Batavia Downs in 1972, the showdown was labeled the "Dream Pace," and on Saturday night the dream will be remembered when Batavia Downs Gaming hosts a 35th anniversary celebration of the great Albatross and his visit to the track. On Sept. 30, 1972, Albatros
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Fox Valley Appeal heading to Australia
August 23, 2007
Fox Valley Appeal p,3,1:50, a 4-year-old son of Sportsmaster who has been competing with the best older pacers in the United States this year, is headed for Australia after owners Robert Cohen and Jerry Spitzberg of Ribbonships Stable sold the Illinois bred to iron ore magnate Clive P
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Donato Hanover sizzles in 1:51.3
August 23, 2007
On a 99-degree day in Lexington, Hambletonian champ Donato Hanover tuned up for World Trotting Derby with a blazing hot 1:51.3 victory in a qualifier at The Red Mile late Thursday afternoon. With regular driver Ron Pierce along for the ride, Donato Hanover trotted through fractions of :28, :55.
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Vernon, Tioga to use dogs to search for illegal drugs
August 23, 2007
Vernon Downs, Tioga Downs and Gray & Associates Consulting have instituted K-9 Units to patrol both Vernon and Tioga Downs, and the first patrol and barn inspection took place Thursday morning at Vernon Downs.   "I believe this is the first time dogs have been trained and used to ens
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Spice Queen extends win streak to 7
August 23, 2007
Spice Queen remained on fire, extending her winning streak to seven with a 2:00.1 tally in the $26,800 opening leg of the New Jersey Sire Stakes for 3-year-old trotting fillies on Thursday at Freehold Raceway.   In a wire-to-wire performance, Spice Queen [$2.20, $2.40, $2.10] drew off
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IHRC vote clears way for groundbreaking
August 22, 2007
The Indiana Horse Racing Commission voted unanimously Tuesday to endorse Hoosier Park’s plan for a 92,000 square-foot casino that will house 2,000 slot machines. Officials now hope to break ground on the facility in mid-September. The IHRC also approved Oliver Racing’s purchase of 34 percent interes
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Yonkers elim winners draw five, six
August 22, 2007
Elimination winners Adrian Chip and Primary As drew post positions five and six, respectively, for Saturday night's $644,770 final of the Yonkers Trot at Yonkers Raceway. The 53rd Trot, second jewel of the Trotting Triple Crown, goes as the sixth race on Yonkers' 10-race  program
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Away We Go fastest in NYSS splits
August 22, 2007
Five divisions of New York Sire Stakes for 2-year-old filly pacers were raced over an off track at Yonkers Raceway Tuesday night in the $255,461 Clyde Hirt Pace at Yonkers Raceway, with Away We Go pacing the fastest mile--1:59--and paying the biggest price--$23.60--in winning the final $52
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Dance Hall wins Harrington open
August 22, 2007
Dan Warrington and Don Hawk's Dance Hall ($10, Eddie Davis Jr.) earned her fourth win of the year Tuesday with a 1:54.2 win in the $20,000 featured Mares Open at Harrington Raceway. The Warrington trainee fought hard first-over, clearing pacesetting Ball Gown A approaching the stretch and held off
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Lis Deo, Dali, Duneside Perch aim for Metro
August 22, 2007
Twenty-one 2-year-old colt pacers have drawn into three eliminations Saturday at Mohawk Racetrack for the $1 million Metro Pace, led by Lis Deo, Duneside Perch and Dali, who share speed-badge honors in the division.   Lis Deo, who stretched his unbeaten streak to three with a national season’
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Incorrect purses for PASS originally posted
August 22, 2007
Those with horses entered in the Pennsylvania Sire Stakes 2-year-old pacing colt divisions at Harrah’s Chester on Thursday shouldn’t get too excited about racing for a six-figure purse. Incorrect purses--originally posted as $100,000 per division on the overnight transmitted to the US Trotting Assoc
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Winning becoming a hobby at Vernon Downs
August 22, 2007
Josh Kinney’s claiming pacer Hobby Art Benka became the winningest harness horse after 52 current programs at Vernon Downs following a 1:54.2 triumph that proved to be the fastest mile on Tuesday evening.   Competing in the $3,500 sixth race, Hobby Art Benka scurried to the lead from the outs
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Western Hanover undergoes second surgery
August 22, 2007
Western Hanover has undergone a second surgery at the Marion DuPont Scott Equine Medical Center in Virginia, and his prognosis is now "guarded," according to Dr. Bridgette Jablonsky, farm manager and head veterinarian at Hanover Shoe Farms, where the horse stands at stud.   Western Hanover wa
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**NEW**Wire To Wire
August 22, 2007
In this week's Wire To Wire, Andrew Cohen says he believes that unless there is a big change at the Big M, racing at the sport's highest-profile track is headed for perilous waters. Cohen notes the decrease in business during the Meadowlands' recently-concluded 2007 meet, and unless slot machines ar
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Colonial to host New Kent County Fair
August 22, 2007
Colonial Downs will return to harness racing’s roots by hosting the New Kent County Fair in conjunction with the opening weekend of the 2007 Standardbred season Saturday and Sunday, Sept. 15-16 at the New Kent oval. “Harness racing and county fairs are a natural fit that have long gone hand in h
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Riggins, Share The Delight set to square off in NYSS
August 22, 2007
More than $292,000 is up for grabs for freshman pacing colts in the New York Sire Stakes action on Thursday afternoon at Monticello Raceway. Six $49,000 divisions will go to post in races one, two, four, five, seven, and eight on the track's 13-race card.   Among the outstanding 2-y
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Global Glamour takes Red Mile feature
August 21, 2007
Global Glamour avenged last week's late-closing loss to Debbie Hall with a 1:57.1 win in the $50,000 feature at The Red Mile Monday night, Aug. 20, a Kentucky Sire Stakes (KYSS) leg for 2-year-old filly trotters. Driven by Dave Palone, who entered the charmed circle seven times this night, Global
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Sail Away fastest in PASS splits
August 21, 2007
Four divisions of Pennsylvania Sire Stakes action highlighted the Monday card at Harrah’s Chester Casino and Racetrack, with 3-year-old filly pacers in the spotlight, and it was Sail Away who won the fastest division of the afternoon, pacing the mile in 1:53.1.   John Campbell pulled Sail Awa
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Sloppy conditions were ideal at Harrington
August 21, 2007
Scott Dillon's Ideal Conditions returned to the Steve LeBlanc barn with a bang Monday, winning the featured $20,000 winners-over in 1:54.1 over a "sloppy" track at Harrington Raceway. The 5-year-old Western Ideal gelding was claimed for $50,000 on July 14 at the Meadowlands. LeBlanc trained Ideal
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Always A Virgin 3-5 in Jug future pool
August 21, 2007
Always A Virgin, who has won six of his last seven starts including victories in the Oliver Wendell Holmes and the Battle of the Brandywine, is an overwhelming 3-5 favorite in the second of three future wagering pools for the 2007 Little Brown Jug. Southwind Lynx is next at odds of 9-
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Plainridge bars Sears brothers
August 21, 2007
Plainridge Racecourse-based horsemen Roland Sears III and his brother, John Sears, have been reportedly barred from that Massachusetts racetrack after what was termed “an undisclosed quantity of lactated Ringer’s solution, a liquid commonly used to illegally milkshake racehorses,” and “hundreds of n
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Don D'Andrea dies
August 21, 2007
Don D'Andrea, a longtime racing official at the Meadowlands and Batavia Downs, died Thursday, Aug. 16, at age 79. D'Andrea was a part of Joe DeFrank's race office staff at the Meadowlands for many years.   D'Andrea is survived by his wife, Joann; sons James and David; a brother, Fred; a grand
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Lis Mara leads nine in Crown Open Pace
August 21, 2007
A compact group of North America’s richest and fastest pacers will contest the Breeders Crown Pace, one of four open events worth a combined $1.7 million scheduled for Saturday, Sept. 1, at Mohawk Racetrack in Campbellville, Ont.   Canadian Pacing Derby winner and defending Breeders Crow
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Seven entered in Breeders Crown Open Trot
August 21, 2007
The $726,000 Breeders Crown Trot, which is also the fifth leg in the World Cup Trot series, drew just five entries and two supplements for a field of seven. The Breeders Crown Trot is one of four open events worth $1.8 million set for Saturday, Sept. 1, at Mohawk Racetrack in Campbell
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193 entered Thursday at Red Mile; 98 degrees expected
August 21, 2007
The entry box at The Red Mile continues to overflow and if you like racing, you'll certainly like Thursday night's card as 20 races have been scheduled to go postward. The first race will begin at 6:30 p.m., and race secretary Kevin Mack told harnessracing.com shortly before Monday night's 15-race c
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Breeders Crown Mare Pace elims drawn
August 21, 2007
A field of 14 mares--boasting honors, accolades, world records and million-dollar bankrolls--will race Friday night to arrive at a field of 10 to contest the $363,000 Breeders Crown Mare Pace final, one of four open events scheduled for Saturday, Sept. 1, at Mohawk Racetrack in Campbellville, O
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Meadowlands releases final meet numbers
August 21, 2007
The 2007 Meadowlands January-August harness meet ended on a high note with a strong Hambletonian Day, despite an overall downward trend in attendance and handle, most notably that total on-track handle fell by 25 percent.   Originally scheduled for 138 days, the meet was cut by nine Wednesday
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Canadian Horse of Year Majestic Son retired
August 21, 2007
Reigning Canadian Horse of the Year Majestic Son has reportedly been retired after suffering a leg injury, with the 4-year-old son of Angus Hall finishing his career with 22 wins in 38 starts and $1.75 million in earnings. He wrapped up his standout sophomore season in 2006 with a Breeders Crown vic
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Crown Mare Trot elims loaded with Crown winners
August 21, 2007
Thirteen of North America’s top trotting mares forced two elims on Friday to reach a field of 10 for the $250,000 Breeders Crown Mare Trot final, one of four open events scheduled for Saturday, Sept. 1, at Mohawk Racetrack in Campbellville, Ont. The fields are loaded with past Breed
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Two Europeans supplement to Breeders Crown
August 20, 2007
The connections of two of Europe’s top trotting representatives Equinox Bi and Giant Diablo anted up the $75,000 supplement to compete in the $726,000 Breeders Crown Trot to be raced Saturday, Sept. 1, at Mohawk Racetrack.   Equinox Bi, owned and trained by the Biasuzzi family of Italy,
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Pair supplemented to Crown Mare Pace
August 20, 2007
A pair of pacing mares from either side of the U.S.-Canadian border are willing to test a stellar group of Crown eligibles by supplementing to the $363,000 Breeders Crown Mare Pace, to be raced Saturday, Sept. 1, at Mohawk Racetrack.   Trainer Kelvin Harrison said it was an easy decision
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Monday program cancelled at Indiana Downs
August 20, 2007
Heavy rains in central Indiana throughout the day and a racing surface deemed unsafe resulted in the cancellation of Indiana Downs’ Monday racing program. According to presiding judge Tim Schmitz, horsemen competing in the night’s program made the decision to forego racing for the evening. “The dri
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First starter takes Rosecroft for 1:52.2
August 19, 2007
Real Tough took the $122,170 Wayne Smullin Memorial for two-year-old pacers in impressive fashion on a relatively chilly summer evening, Saturday at Rosecroft.  This 1:52.2 win was in the first lifetime start for the Real Artist colt; he had won his two qualifiers on August 3 and August 9 in 1:
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Freshman OSS action at Scioto Downs
August 19, 2007
The last round of Ohio Sires Stakes action at Scioto Downs took place on Saturday night, with a mixture of young veterans and newcomers visiting the winner’s circle. Two-year-old trotting and pacing colts were contesting their fifth and last OSS legs, with the $100,000 Championship Finals coming up
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Movin Over & Beer Budget take OSS Gold Finals
August 19, 2007
Three-year-old colt and filly trotters competed Sunday afternoon at Flamboro for the C$130,000 Ontario Sire Stakes Gold Final.  Movin Over and driver Jason Brewer, at odds of 23-1, swept past the pacesetter to win the filly final in 1:57.2.  Beer Budget and Luc Ouellette won the colt final
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Confederation Cup elims held, post positions drawn for final
August 19, 2007
Three eliminations were held for the Confederation Cup final that would be held later in the Flamboro card Sunday afternoon.  The top three finishers from each elim make it to the final.  Artriverderci went wire to wire in the first elim to win by two lengths in 153.2.   Driver Trev
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Laughing to the finish line in Confederation Cup
August 19, 2007
In a race to the finish, Laughing Art came up the inside to take the 31st Confederation Cup final in 1:53.3 at Flamboro Sunday evening.   Domitian Hanover cut the mile in the $548,500(C) contest, heading to the quarter in :27.4.  Forensic Z Tam was the first to pull and he flushed out Ar
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Flirtin Man & Bet To Win take Zweig Memorial divisions
August 19, 2007
Flirtin Man, driven in hand by John Campbell, drew off to win the first $117,250 division of the Zweig Memorial Trot at Tioga Downs in a new track record of 1:54.3   Please Poppy and Per Henriksen took the lead but Flirtin Man was just on his outside, pressuring to a :28.1 first quarter. 
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Always A Virgin shatters Battle of Brandywine stakes record
August 19, 2007
On a track, labeled as sloppy, the Battle of the Brandywine took five divisions of Sunday evening’s card at Chester Downs.  The first $50,000 division went to Trueys Legacy in a stakes record 1:53.1, of which Artist’s View broke in the second division, pacing the mile in 1:52.3.  Always A
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New trot record at Freehold
August 18, 2007
Daniel Dube guided Alvin Jacobsen and Sidney Korn's Mystical Sunshine to the fastest trotting mile in the long history of Freehold Raceway on Friday. The 6-year-old, Chris Ryder-trained mare finished the mile in 1:54.3 in a $14,200 Open Handicap. The time surpassed the previous trotting record o
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Four Starzz in Mohawk open
August 18, 2007
Carded as a Breeders Crown prep, the fillies and mares open at Mohawk Friday had a mild upset when Four Starzz Meliss took the lead at the half and cruised to a 1:50.3 win.   Invitro (Paul MacDonnell) took the lead from the rail and posted a :26.1 first quarter.  Driver Luc Ouellette too
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Stonebridge Kisses posts win number 34
August 18, 2007
Stonebridge Kisses posted her 34th lifetime win Friday at Yonkers in the fillies and mares open.  The seven-year-old Artiscape mare and driver Eric Goodell took the race in 1:54.1.   Race favorite Alexi Killean (Tony Morgan) took the field to a :27.3 first quarter.  Before the half
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P-Glide wins at Indy Downs in 1:55.2
August 18, 2007
Champion Passionate Glide returned to action with a victory Friday evening at Indiana Downs, capturing the $14,000 open handicap with a 1:55.2 clocking. The next stop for the Yankee Glide four year old is the Breeders Crown. Starting from the outside post in a scratch-shortened field of six, Marcus
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Divisional champ back in form in Ohio Sire Stakes
August 18, 2007
Last year’s divisional champion Osborne’s Gypsy is every bit as good again this year, and she showed it again Friday night at Scioto Downs,  taking her division of Ohio Sires Stakes by a length in 1:53.4. Ryan Stahl drove the daughter of On The Attack for trainer Eric Hamlet.   It was th
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Hasta la vista to competition in Pa Sire Stakes
August 18, 2007
Pasta Lavista stayed unbeaten after five career starts with a Pennsylvania Sire Stakes win at Mohegan Sun at Pocono Downs on Saturday afternoon. There were seven divisions of the Sire Stakes for 2-year-old fillies on the pace. Pasta Lavista, the 1-5 betting favorite in her split, had the lead at e
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Lonestar Legend dominates Fox Stake
August 18, 2007
Lonestar Legend put on a powerful display Saturday afternoon at the Indiana State Fairgrounds to capture the $48,700 Fox Stake for freshman colt pacers in 1:52.3. Driven by Mark O’Mara, the Western Hanover colt received every call, winning by 13 lengths for trainer Don Swick. The winning time establ
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Tempo & Tetrick take Fan Hanover
August 18, 2007
Southwind Tempo and Tim Tetrick dominated the C$35,000 Fan Hanover stakes elimination Saturday at Mohawk, handily winning in 1:51.   Getting away fourth to a :27.1 first quarter, Southwind Tempo pulled and rocketed past pace-setter Isabella Blue Chip and David Miller.  Hana Hanover, who
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$40,000 Yonkers Trot elims contested
August 18, 2007
Foreign owned, American sired colts dominated the Yonkers Trot eliminations Saturday with Adrian Chip walking to a 2:01.2 victory in the first elim and Primary As taking the second elim in 1:58.2.   At the :29.4 first quarter, Adrian Chip pulled to set the fractions, with Quite Easy
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Late-closers take Eternal Camnation
August 18, 2007
Two of the three C$122,367 Eternal Camnation divisions at Mohawk Saturday favored late-closers as the first two divisional winners, Thong and Good News Lady came up late to win their respective races in 1:53.4 and 1:55.  Victim of Love held off a late drive to win the last division in 1:54.2.
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Lis Mara, consistently the favorite, does not disappoint
August 18, 2007
Ten of the best aged pacers collided in the C$737,000 Canadian Pacing Derby Saturday at Mohawk and Lis Mara proved to be on the top of his game as he won his second consecutive Derby in 1:49.3.   Total Truth went straight for the lead and was relentless, parking Tigerama to a blistering :25.3
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Vivid Photo, Armbro Dancer score
August 17, 2007
Vivid Photo lowered the all-time track trotting record at Vernon Downs to 1:52.1, and Armbro Dancer trimmed two-fifths of a second off the track's overall 54-year-old pacing yardstick with her 1:50.1 score, in stakes action on Thursday night.   The 2005 Hambletonian winner, Vivid Photo l
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Lots of rumorsliesnalibies at Mohawk
August 17, 2007
Rumorsliesnalibies turned in an impressive two-move effort Thursday night to win for the second straight week in the Bridger Trotting Series for 2-year-old colts and geldings at Mohawk Racetrack. The other $15,000(C) split went to Lancer Springs who was a runner-up in round one.With Randy
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Kenneth J returns to NYSS action
August 17, 2007
Kenneth J has already earned $498,759 this year, in what his connections call the first half of his 3-year-old season. Now, after a three-week break, the pacing colt will kick off the second half of his potentially million-dollar year with a start in the New York State Fair on Saturday at Tioga
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Health certificates required at Vernon, Tioga
August 17, 2007
Management at Tioga Downs and Vernon Downs have announced that due to a recent positive test for strangles in the New York area, both tracks will require a clean bill of health certificate for horses shipping in from the western New York area. The policy will go into effect beginning at Vernon
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Vanderkemp hoping to 'took' Canadian Pacing Derby
August 17, 2007
If it weren’t for bad luck, he’d have no luck at all, it seems, but local trainer Mike Vanderkemp is hoping 4-year-old Took Hanover can shake off some of his bad karma in Saturday night’s $737,000(C) Canadian Pacing Derby at Mohawk racetrack. "He’s a bit of a hard luck horse, and a real hand
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Windsun rallies in Red Mile lane to win early-closer
August 17, 2007
Five early-closer fields matched up for the second time at The Red Mile Thursday night. Windsun Lane and driver Kyle Bolon battled seven other colt trotters as well as high winds and spotty rain to win their $6,000 early-closer leg in 1:57.2.   Bolon, 19, guided Windsun Lane to a well-ti
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Won The West connections hoping to win Jug
August 17, 2007
"If you are from Ohio winning the Little Brown Jug is big time,” says Bill Robinson, one of six Ohioans who share ownership of the 3-year-old pacer Won The West.    Robinson and his fellow Buckeyes expect to be in Delaware, Ohio, on Thursday afternoon, Sept. 20, for the 62nd L
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P-Glide takes on open trotters at Indiana Downs
August 17, 2007
Millionaire Passionate Glide will kick off her quest for another Breeders Crown title Friday night at Indiana Downs. The Yankee Glide 4 year old has drawn the outside post in the $14,000 open handicap. The mare will be driven by Marcus Johansson in the seventh race on the program.  
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Will MacLeish follow Chamberlain with Battle victory?
August 17, 2007
Sunday's revival of the $250,000 Battle of the Brandywine Pace at Harrah's Chester Casino & Racetrack brings back 30 years of memories of harness racing in the Delaware Valley, including a special moment for basketball star Wilt Chamberlain.   Chamberlain was a horse lover who p
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Handicappers wanted at Batavia
August 17, 2007
The first free $750 Handicapping challenge of the season takes place Friday Night at Batavia Downs Gaming.   Sign up to participate begins at 6 p.m. at Players Club. The contest is open to all Players Club members and it is free to be a member of the Players Club. All contest forms must
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Dan Dengel dies
August 17, 2007
Veteran horseman Dan Dengel, who competed at racetracks in Ontario and Michigan for more than 30 years, died Thursday night shortly after driving one of his horses at Hazel Park. He was 52.   Mr. Dengel drove the 4-year-old trotting mare Incredible Barb in the fifth race at Hazel Park Thursda
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Spice Queen crowned in Helen Smith Memorial
August 17, 2007
In a wire-to-wire performance, Spice Queen extended her winning streak to six, capturing the $85,000 Helen Smith Memorial Trot on Friday afternoon at Freehold Raceway.   Brian Sears rated the trotting filly through modest fractions of 29, 1:00 and 1:29.1, pulling away in the stretch with a :
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Freshman filly wins Illinois Stakes final in 1:51.1
August 17, 2007
She's So Hot lived up to her name, winning the $50,000 Illinois State Fair Colt Stakes final for 2-year-old filly pacers in a stakes and season's record 1:51.1 at Springfield Friday. The six finals for state-bred 2 and 3 year olds were delayed a day due to rain on Thursday.   With Dave Magee
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Palone dominates PASS at Pocono
August 17, 2007
Four wins, three stakes victories and a track record. Just another day at the office for driver Dave Palone at Mohegan Sun at Pocono Downs on Friday afternoon. Palone dominated Pennsylvania Sires Stakes action, winning three out of six divisions for two-year-old trotting fillies. He added a f
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Vulcanize and Flash Lightning fire past Hudson foes
August 17, 2007
Eliminations were held Friday at Yonkers for the $340,330 Hudson Filly Trot.  Flash Lightning and Cat Manzi went past the favorite in the stretch to win the first elim in 1:58.3.   A three-year-old daughter of Dream Vacation, Flash Lightning pulled going to the three-quarters to pressure
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Stormont Northstar shines in 60th win
August 16, 2007
Bob Stevenson Inc. and J&E Stable's Stormont Northstar ($27.80, Eddie Davis Jr.) won his 60th lifetime race Wednesday at Harrington Raceway with a 2:00.4 victory. The 13-year-old Brisco Hanover gelding overcame post eight and held off late-charging Tug River Man for the win. It was his 27th win
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Raymers hoping to find Yonkers green with Green Day
August 16, 2007
Nevele Pride winner Green Day was forced to watch the Hambletonian from the sidelines as he was not eligible, but with conditions providing for supplemental entries into the Yonkers Trot he will now get his chance to win a jewel of trotting’s Triple Crown.   Jim and Mary Raymer have paid the
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Sires stakes action at Indy Downs
August 16, 2007
Indiana Downs played host to four Indiana Sires Stakes contests Wednesday, August 15. With the cancellation of racing one week earlier, and the inability to reschedule the third round of ISS competition for freshman trotters, purses for each division jumped from the normal $12,000 to $24,000. Two c
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***New*** Wire To Wire
August 16, 2007
Andrew Cohen's latest Wire to Wire discusses the decision by Donato Hanover's connections to skip the Yonkers Trot--and pursuit of the trotting Triple Crown. Cohen thinks the subject is worthy of debate, and he also spoke with David Scharf, one of the colt's owners, about the decision to r
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Big Vernon card on Thursday night
August 16, 2007
Vernon Downs will host one of the best race cards ever over the Miracle Mile Thursday night, Aug. 16 as some of the top pacing mares and open trotters in the world will go to the post in the $154,000 Credit Winner Trot and the $124,000 Artiscape for pacing mares. Post time for the 12-race card is 6:
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Field set for top race for 3 year olds in Sweden
August 16, 2007
The E3, one of the top sprinter—one-mile races—for 3 year olds in Sweden, will be contested Saturday, Aug. 19, at the Sundbyholm track in Eskilstuna, and all of the 12 starters are by American-blooded sires.   The winner of the E3 will earn a purse of approximately $115,000.   Post—Hor
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Freshman filly hoping to craft NJSS victory
August 16, 2007
McArts N Crafts, winner of the Sweetheart Pace two weeks ago, joins 11 other 2-year-old pacing fillies, split into two divisions, in New Jersey Sire Stakes action on Saturday afternoon at Freehold Raceway. It is the opening leg for the 12 freshman fillies, who will go postward in a pair of $28,00
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Battle of the Brandywine set to return Sunday
August 16, 2007
After an 18-year lapse, the $250,000 Battle of the Brandywine Pace will be restarted Sunday with some of the nation's finest 3-year-old pacers competing at Harrah's Chester Casino & Racetrack.   Inaugurated in 1960, the "Battle" reigned as the most popular stakes race at Brandywine R
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Adios simulcast room opens Thursday at The Meadows
August 16, 2007
The Meadows' temporary on-track simulcast and racing facility will open its doors on Thursday. The facility is located trackside in the area known as The Adios Room. Doors will open at 11:00 a.m. daily, seven days a week.   The temporary facility spans 7,500 square feet and
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Springfield postpones Thursday to 12 noon on Friday
August 16, 2007
Thursday afternoon's card at Springfield, Ill., has been postponed until Friday because of a thunderstorm and persistent rain. The program, which is highlighted by six $50,000 State Fair finals, will go postward at 12 noon on Friday.
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Confederation Cup draws 20
August 16, 2007
Twenty 3-year-old colt pacers have been entered for Sunday's Confederation Cup at Flamboro Downs, including a pair of $25,000 supplemental nominees. There will be three $50,000(C) eliminations with the top three finishers in each returning later that program for the $548,500(C) final.   Here
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Will Anderberg start in Yonkers Trot?
August 16, 2007
Anderberg, fresh off a 1:56.4 win in an Arden Downs division at The Meadows last Friday night, is scheduled to start in the second elimination for the Yonkers Trot this Saturday. But a staking service is trying to get an injunction to keep the horse from racing because of a financial dispute.
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14 colts entered in Zweig at Tioga
August 16, 2007
Hambletonian starter Flirtin Man will headline the 33rd edition of the Dr. Harry M. Zweig Memorial Trot on Sunday at Tioga Downs. The event, worth a combined $321,350 in purses, attracted 14 colts and 12 fillies for two divisions of each sex.   Flirtin Man will start from post six in ra
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Irene's on the move again at Harrington
August 15, 2007
Rodney Wyatt's Ireneonthemove ($3.60, Tim Curtin) won her third race of the year in 1:53.2 in the featured $20,000 Mares Open Tuesday night at Harrington Raceway. Curtin put the 4-year-old Powerful Toy mare on the front end and she would set all the fractions, holding off a vicious late rally by
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A toast to Artie Bacardi in Mass Sire Stakes
August 15, 2007
Artie Bacardi overcame a serious break just after the start of the race and powered to his first career victory with a 1:59.4 triumph in a $6,500 Massachusetts Sire Stakes at Plainridge Racecourse Tuesday afternoon. Owned by Stephen O’Toole, trained by Nancy Longobardi and driven by Jim Hardy, Art
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Tom's OK Lady sets Pocono mark
August 15, 2007
Tom’s OK Lady won the featured Open Handicap Trot on Tuesday afternoon at Mohegan Sun at Pocono Downs and set a new track record in the process. The mare trotted the mile in 1:54, breaking the record of 1:54.2 for 4-year-old trotting mares set by Lifelong Victory back in 1996. Tom’s OK Lady l
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Purse estimates for PASS in 2008
August 15, 2007
The Pennsylvania Sires Stakes, responding to inquires about 2008 purses and strategy for purchase of yearlings at upcoming sales, is issuing the following money projections for next year. Pari-Mutuel: Purses for the four preliminary legs should at least double in 2008, with added money expected to
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Peter Wrenn wins 7,000th race
August 15, 2007
Peter Wrenn won his 7,000th career race Wednesday afternoon at the Calhoun County Fair in Marshall, Mich., with the milestone victory coming with his own Spellbinder in the card's final race.   Wrenn, whose first win came at the age of 16 in 1978, came into the day two wins shy of 7,000. In t
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Will spice be the girl in Helen Smith?
August 15, 2007
Spice Queen bids for the whole enchilada, putting her five-race winning streak on the line in the $85,000 Helen Smith Final on Friday afternoon at Freehold Raceway. The 3-year-old daughter of Yankee Glide, who is out of the mare The Big Enchilada, is a perfect five-for-five in 2007, winning four
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Gotta Go Moe wins Colt Stakes final in 1:49.3
August 15, 2007
Gotta Go Moe was told you gotta go at the top of the lane and the 3-year-old gelded brother of world champion Incredible Tillie responded by sweeping past the leaders and scoring a 1:49.3 victory in the $50,000 Illinois State Fair Colt Stakes final at Springfield late Wednesday afternoon.   B
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Tell All takes Kentucky Sire Stakes split
August 14, 2007
North America Cup winner Tell All, relaxed early in seventh by driver Dave Palone, rushed to the front down the backstretch and with a final quarter of :26.1 coasted to a 9 ¼-length win in 1:50.4 in a $20,000 Kentucky Sire Stakes division Monday night at The Red Mile. The 3-year-old son of Real Des
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A Red Mile win for Xactly Hanover
August 14, 2007
Nine days after making a break while in contention in the $1.5 million Hambletonian, Xactly Hanover won the Open Trot on Monday night's card at The Red Mile. And just as Donato Hanover trotted his Hambo-winning mile in 1:53.2, so did Xactly Hanover in the $5,000 Kentucky contest.   "It's too
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Sway Charles notches eighth straight
August 14, 2007
Allan Pullman, Barry Glickstein, and Eddie Davis' Sway Charles won his eighth consecutive race Monday at Harrington Raceway in 1:55.3 in a $13,000 conditioned event for pacers. The 3-year-old Real Artist colt and driver Allan Davis left from post three and assumed command from Leutenant General a
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Ten entered in Hudson Filly Trot
August 14, 2007
Ten 3 year old filly trotters have been entered for the $340,330 Hudson at Yonkers Raceway, with a pair of $20,000 elimination events going postward Saturday night, with the first four finishers in each five-horse foray returning for the $300,330 final Aug. 25.  
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Harrah's Chester goes to 12:45 p.m. post
August 14, 2007
Harrah’s Chester Casino & Racetrack will revert to a 12:45 p.m. (ET) first post time effective with the racing card of Monday, Aug. 20. This post time will stay in effect for the duration of the 2007 season, which runs through Thursday, Dec. 20.        &n
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Southwind Lynx favored in second Jug future pool
August 14, 2007
Southwind Lynx, who has won two million-dollar races this year, the Art Rooney Pace and The Meadowlands Pace, plus a $121,000 division of the Oliver Wendell Holmes, is the 9-2 morning line favorite in the second of three Little Brown Jug future wagering pools. However, the George Teague-trained
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Green Day supplemented to Yonkers Trot
August 14, 2007
Fifteen 3-year-old trotters--14 colts and one gelding--have been entered for the $724,770 Yonkers Trot at Yonkers Raceway, the second jewel of the Trotting Triple Crown, and eliminations to pare the field down to eight will be contested Saturday night..   The 53rd edition of the Trot car
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Muscle Mass wins Review-Greyhound in 1:53.4
August 14, 2007
Muscle Mass, a 2-year-old trotting colt by Muscles Yankee making just the second start of his life, lowered the world record for his age, sex and gait on a mile track by a full second with a 1:53.4 triumph in the $56,000 Review Greyhound at Springfield Tuesday afternoon.   Driven by Brent Hol
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Hambo winner passes on Yonkers Trot
August 13, 2007
Donato Hanover’s co-owner David Scharf told harnessracing.com Monday afternoon that it has been decided that the Hambletonian winner will forego a chance at the Triple Crown by not starting in the Yonkers Trot and instead head to the World Trotting Derby over Labor Day weekend at Du Quoin, Ill. &nb
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Three $75,000 Colonial 3-year-old trot splits held
August 13, 2007
The $225,000 Colonial Trot returned to the Delaware Valley after a 19-year absence Sunday, and the biggest star in the winner's circle at Harrah's Chester Casino & Racetrack Sunday was Gregory Peck of Newtown, Bucks County, who won with Nate K.   Peck's trotter Nate K--a 23-1 l
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Jamieson, MacDonald double up in Stewart divisions
August 13, 2007
Woodbine Entertainment Group's leading drivers Jody Jamieson and Mark MacDonald both doubled up in Sunday's divisions of the Robert Stewart Stakes for 2-year-old filly trotters and pacers at Mohawk Racetrack. MacDonald guided Victim Of Love, a No Pan Intended filly trained by Erv Miller, to
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New Hampshire Boy headed for Zweig
August 13, 2007
The New York State Fair stakes continued at Tioga Downs on Sunday afternoon with eight divisions for 3-year-old trotting colts and fillies worth $209,056. A victory by state-bred standout New Hampshire Boy was a final prep before the $225,000 Dr. Harry M. Zweig Memorial Trot scheduled for next Sunda
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Debbie Hall takes $50,000 KYSS 2FT contest
August 13, 2007
Walnut Hall Ltd.'s Debbie Hall won the lone $50,000 Kentucky Sire Stakes division for 2-year-old filly trotters Sunday night at The Red Mile, while Prayerinmotion, a full brother to Hambletonian elim starter Western Prayer, captured one of two $25,000 divisions for 2-year-old colt trotters. &n
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Lis Deo, Miss Scarlett impressive winners
August 13, 2007
Lis Deo, the half brother to world champion older stallion Lis Mara, put his own name in the record books Monday afternoon, capturing the Review Stakes-Little Pat for 2-year-old colt and gelding pacers in a stakes record 1:50.2. The time also equals the national season’s record.   Brent Holla
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Lis Mara & Total Truth take Canada
August 12, 2007
On a night favoring odds-on favorites, Lis Mara & Total Truth won their respective eliminations of The Canadian Pacing Derby Saturday at Mohawk.  In tight finishes, Lis Mara won his $50,000 elimination in 1:49.4 while Total Truth posted a 1:50.2 win.   Leaving from post seven, Lis Ma
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Fun Time pulls mild ISS upset
August 12, 2007
Fun Time and Don Irvine Jr. ended Search Engine’s winning streak at seven Saturday evening as they scored a mild upset in a $12,000 Indiana Sires Stakes contest at Indiana Downs. The Full Of Fun gelding, trained by Alvin Miller, stopped the clock in a lifetime best 1:52 to win by one and one-quarter
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KF St Patrick takes on Scioto
August 12, 2007
KF St Patrick, last year’s divisional champion, keeps rolling merrily along this season, and he made it three in a row Saturday night at Scioto Downs with a sparkling 1:51.1 Ohio Sires Stakes score.   The son of Nobleland Sam, who races as a homebred for Henry Kauffman and trainer Mike Medors
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Track records in NYSF at Tioga
August 12, 2007
Leading New York Sires Stake driver Jim Morrill, Jr. and trainer Linda Toscano set two track records in New York State Fair action at Tioga Downs on Saturday night, August 11. The 14-race pari-mutuel card featured 12 State Fair divisions for 2-year-old pacing colts and fillies worth more than $200,0
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He's Redhot brings $60,000 at Land Of Lincoln Sale
August 12, 2007
He’s Redhot, a full brother to national season’s record holder She’s So Hot p,2, 1:52.4 topped the Land Of Lincoln Yearling Sale at Walker Standardbred Farm in Sherman, Ill., Sunday, bringing a final bid of $60,000 from Ken Duffy and John Carver for the son of Richess Hanover.   The colt was
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New Stakes Record in Adioo Volo
August 11, 2007
Platinum Hanover took the first division of the Adioo Volo Saturday afternoon at The Meadows in a stakes and track record of 1:51.3.   Leading every step of the way with driver Andy Miller, Platinum Hanover took the field to a :27 first quarter.  The field stacked up to a :56.3 half and
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Third time's a charm for 'Strike Three' in OSS Gold Final
August 11, 2007
B Strike Three hit one out of the park tonight (Friday) in winning the $130,000 Ontario Sires Stakes Gold Final for two-year-old colt and gelding trotters at Mohawk Racetrack in 1:56.2. The clocking was just one-fifth of a second off of the all-time OSS record of 1:56.1 established by Cincinn
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Sick for Hambo, Anderberg takes Arden
August 11, 2007
Anderberg, whose Hambletonian hopes were dashed by a bout of sickness, rebounded nicely on Friday night (August 10) at The Meadows, capturing a division of the $61,608 Arden Downs stake for 3-year-old colt trotters. Flying Scotsman took the other division of the stake, known as the James Manderino.
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Lady Annie ties 2YO pacing filly season record in Arden
August 11, 2007
Perfect World Enterprises’ Lady Annie just missed tying the divisional track record for 2-year-old pacing fillies when she captured her $22,061 division of the Fred Jamison Arden Downs on Friday night (August 10) at The Meadows. The pacing fillies, which went in four divisions, shared the spotlight
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CC Snickers makes triumphant return
August 11, 2007
CC Snickers, making her first start back after sustaining an injury in early June, picked up where she left off, winning a $12,000 Indiana Sires Stakes leg Friday evening in 1:58.4. The victory secured a place in the August 25 final for sophomore filly trotters. Larry Miller’s ABC Bay Bee won anothe
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Molly Pitcher sees new season leader
August 11, 2007
Cat Manzi took two divisions of the $38,150 Molly Pitcher for two-year-old pacing fillies Saturday afternoon at Freehold.  Erma La Em broke her maiden in the first division in 1:58.2.   Four-wide around the first turn, Thong lead the field to a :27.4 first quarter when Necessary Element
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'Kinetic' & 'West' in Adios Elims
August 11, 2007
The second favorite, Kinetic Yankee upset the field in the first elimination of the Coors Delvin Miller Adios in 1:51.3.   Kinetic Yankee left with odds-on race favorite (1-5) Southwind Lynx taking the pocket trip.  Not happy with that position, Tim Tetrick pulled Southwind Lynx before t
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May June Character Takes Adios Final
August 11, 2007
May June Character won the 41st Coors Delvin Miller Adios in 1:51.1 with George Brennan driving for trainer Mickey Burke.   Sutter Hanover, who was parked the first half of the race, was caught in a dual with Pandoras Sox to an opening quarter of :26.4 and to a :54.4 half.  Won the West
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Pocono Record Equaled
August 11, 2007
Pocket Driver, driven by Mike Simons and trained by Mickey Burke, equaled the all-time track mark at Mohegan Sun at Pocono Downs on Saturday afternoon (August 11) in winning the $20,000 Open Pace. The 8-year-old In The Pocket gelding stopped the timer in 1:49.3, winning for the third time in 13
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No use being 'Idle' in the Arden
August 11, 2007
Marooned on the far outside in a field of promising 2-year-olds, Idle Hour responded with his most impressive effort yet, using a pair of moves to score in 1:52.2 in a division of the $89,244 Arden Downs Pace on Saturday afternoon. The event, known as the Gov. David L. Lawrence, was contested over
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Waterstone wins in debut
August 10, 2007
Rumorsliesnalibies turned in a gate-to-wire 1:59 victory to capture the fastest of two $15,000 divisions in the opening round of the Bridger Trotting Series for two-year-old colts and geldings, while Waterstone won the second split Thursday at Mohawk Racetrack.The opening split went to Wat
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Stewart 2-year-old filly trots redrawn
August 10, 2007
The Mohawk race office held a redraw for the Robert Stewart Stakes divisions for 2-year-old filly trotters on Thursday evening. The $85,000(C) divisions will be carded Sunday evening as part of a 12-race program. The redraw was necessitated after Kadealia, at first declared ineligible due to
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Riggins headlines NYSS races at Tioga
August 10, 2007
The New York State Fair meet opens at Tioga Downs with 13 divisions of the 2-year-old pacing colts and fillies on Saturday evening with a total of $213,365 in purses for New York-bred horses distributed during the card.   Riggins, a 2-year-old pacing colt who set a Saratoga Raceway
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Helen Smith elims on tap at Freehold Friday
August 10, 2007
Resortful, the runner-up in the Hambletonian Oaks last week, headlines the first of two $10,000 Helen Smith eliminations for New Jersey-sired 3-year-old trotting fillies on Friday afternoon at Freehold Raceway.   The top four from each six-filly elimination, carded as races two and three, wil
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Stolen Identity finds winner's circle
August 10, 2007
Stolen Identity, a maiden mired eight lengths behind the leader on a "sloppy" track, suddenly put it all together and rallied for a surprising victory in a division of the $71,044 Arden Downs trot for freshman colts Thursday night at The Meadows.   The stake, known as the Henry Oliver, was co
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Hall Of Fame to record, digitize Roosevelt memorabilia
August 10, 2007
Historic Roosevelt Raceway, Long Island’s landmark entertainment venue, is the focus of a new two-year project announced today by the Harness Racing Museum & Hall of Fame. With the aid of a 2007-'08 $15,000 Museum Collection & Research Grant from the New York State Council on the Arts (NYSCA
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Entry box overflowing at The Red Mile
August 10, 2007
With 379 horses dropped into the entry box for Sunday and Monday at The Red Mile, the Lexington racetrack will have 16 races on Sunday and 18 the following night, with both programs highlighted by Kentucky Sire Stakes contests.   On Sunday, there will be three divisions each for 2-year-o
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Judge rules in favor of Indiana commission
August 10, 2007
Judge John D. Tinder, of the United States District Court in Indianapolis, has ruled in favor of the Indiana Horse Racing Commission in a lawsuit filed by Noel Daley and Adam Victor and Son Stable LLC. Mr. Daley’s application for a trainer’s license was refused by the Commission’s Executive Direct
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Lavec Dream to defend Miss Versatility title
August 10, 2007
Reigning Miss Versatility champion Lavec Dream will defend her crown in this year's series as she drew into the first of two divisions at Vernon Downs Saturday night.   Lavec Dream, a 6-year-old Enjoy Lavec mare, has made over $220,000 in her last five starts and established a new lifeti
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Mystical Account equals world record at Springfield
August 10, 2007
Mystical Account equaled the world record of 1:55.3 for 2-year-old trotting geldings over a mile track with his victory in the Illinois State Fair Colt Stakes eliminations at Springfield Firday.   Brandon Simpson was in the bike as the son of Armbro Tropicana sat a pocket trip behind Halls O
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Penn National buys Rosecroft Raceway
August 10, 2007
Penn National Gaming announced Friday that it has entered into a binding letter of intent to purchase Rosecroft Raceway in Fort Washington, Md., from Cloverleaf Enterprises, Inc. (CEI), following a formal vote by CEI's stockholder, Cloverleaf Standardbred Owners Association, to approv
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Magna abandons Michigan racetrack plans
August 10, 2007
Michigan Racing Commissioner Christine White announced in a press release today that Magna Entertainment has abandoned its plans to build a mult-breed racetrack in Romulus in suburban Detroit near Metropolitan Airport.   According to the release, "Magna Entertainment notified the Office of Ra
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Connections getting ready for Saturday's Adios
August 10, 2007
Trainer and co-owner George Teague Jr., readily admits he’s having a ball with Southwind Lynx, the 2-1 morning line choice in the first of two Coors Delvin Miller Adios Pace eliminations Saturday at The Meadows.   Southwind Lynx, a $42,000 purchase at the Lexington Selected Yearling Sale, has
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Tioga ready for NY State Fair races
August 09, 2007
Tioga Downs will disburse more than $1 million in purses during the two-weekend New York State Fair meet that begins this Saturday. New York-bred 2- and 3-year-old trotters and pacers will compete for more than $800,000 in State Fair purses over the five days and the $225,000 Dr. Harry M. Zweig Memo
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Broadway Hall colt trots to 1:56.3 victory
August 09, 2007
Production, a strapping son of first-crop stallion Broadway Hall, shattered The Meadows' track record for freshman trotting colts Wednesday night, despite racing wide while on the lead. His time of 1:56.3 eclipsed the old mark of 1:58 held jointly by Uncle Vernon and Mr. Pine Chip.   Producti
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Paquet wins four at the Rock
August 09, 2007
Fern Paquet Jr. posed for a quartet of winner's circle pictures at Rockingham Park on Wednesday after he drove horses to victory in four of the 10 races on the afternoon card.   Paquet not only scored, but he did so with the longest shots on the board in two of the first three races. Putnam O
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Donato Hanover likely headed to Yonkers Trot
August 09, 2007
David Scharf told harnessracing.com Thursday morning that he expects Hambletonian winner Donato Hanover to be entered in the upcoming Yonkers Trot at Yonkers Raceway. “If the draw was today, he’d be in,” said Scharf of the second jewel of trotting’s Triple Crown which has eliminations scheduled for
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Harrah's Chester's Colonial Trot draws 21
August 09, 2007
Twenty-one 3-year-old colt trotters have been entered for the Colonial Trot at Harrah’s Chester on Sunday afternoon, divided into three $75,000 divisions. Among the entries is Primary As, Manfinity, Hitchiker, Bayside Volo, Don’t Blink Twice and Monkey Bones.   The competition figures to
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Epangeline, Satin Pillows trot in 1:59.1
August 08, 2007
Tuesday night featured seven divisions of the New York Sire Stakes for 2-year-old filly trotters at Saratoga Gaming and Raceway, with Epangeline and Satin Pillows earning speed-badge honors with track-record efforts. The girls lined up behind the gate in the first NYSS division, and it wa
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Badlands Nitro sizzles in 1:54.2
August 08, 2007
Three divisions of the Maryland Standardbred Race Fund for freshman and sophomore trotters and pacers were held at Rosecroft Raceway on Tuesday evening, highlighted by Badlands Nitro's 12-length romp in 1:54.2.   Badlands Nitro sizzled in the $28,300 division of the Race Fund for 2-year-old c
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Hoosier Park announces casino plans
August 08, 2007
Hoosier Park president Rick Moore unveiled plans Tuesday for a 92,696-square-foot casino at the racetrack in Anderson, Ind., with the new area located north of the existing clubhouse and grandstand. The two structures will be joined by a connector. According to published reports, Hoosier Park has n
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Indiana Downs cancels Wednesday due to heat
August 08, 2007
Indiana Downs has announced that because of the extreme heat Wednesday night's race card has been canceled. According to weather.com, the expected temperature at the track's 4:55 p.m. post time on Wednesday is 92, with a heat index of 102.
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Final Hambletonian wagering numbers announced
August 08, 2007
Additional wagering numbers have now come in from Norway/Denmark/Sweden on the Hambletonian Day card at the Meadowlands, with that Swedish hub betting $438,344 on the card, an increase of 97 percent from the $221,966 wagered last year. The result is a total all-sources handle on the program of
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Hoosier Park in approval process
August 08, 2007
Hoosier Park’s plans for its new slots facility were granted approval by the Anderson Parks Department at its Aug. 7 meeting. Those same plans will be filed today with Anderson’s Board of Zoning Appeals. Final approvals are then needed by both Indiana’s Gaming and Racing Commissions before ground ca
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The Meadows unveils casino plans
August 08, 2007
Fulfilling its promise to design one of the east coast’s premier casinos, officials from the Meadows Racetrack & Casino today unveiled its plans for a $155 million casino that includes a 200-room hotel and luxury spa. The permanent 350,000 square-foot casino, which will create 1,200 jobs, is s
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EJ’s Copperstone remains perfect in ISS action
August 07, 2007
Lease On Life filly EJ’s Copperstone raised her record to three wins in as many starts Monday, August 6 with a two and three-quarter length victory in Indiana Sires Stakes competition. Indiana Downs played host to two $12,000 contests for freshman filly pacers. Viking Contessa collected the second s
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Balmoral set to open Tuesday night
August 07, 2007
Live harness racing action returns to Balmoral Park on Tuesday night as the countdown to Super Night XIX begins. Fans will be treated to reduced takeouts on Pick 5 wagers, 10-cent superfectas, and plenty of fast-paced action as the Crete plant returns to its Tuesday, Wednesday, Saturday and Sunday n
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Santanna rocks in Dream Maker final
August 07, 2007
Santanna Blue Chip rallied sharply from off the pace and led Carl Jamieson trainees to a 1-2-3 finish in Monday night's $56,200(C) Dream Maker Pacing Series final for 2-year-old colts and geldings at Mohawk Racetrack. The son of Art Major skipped last week's second leg of the series after fi
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Lucky-to-be-alive pacer wins at Northfield
August 07, 2007
BB Bunny Bell ($18.40), the horse whose life was saved through the work of Barb Hartmann's Miracle Farm Rescue (and by donations from the public), picked up his first career win Monday night at Northfield Park. The 3-year-old pacing colt scored in 1:58.2, getting to the winner's circle in his sevent
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The Meadows to unveil casino plans on Wednesday
August 07, 2007
Meadows Racetrack & Casino officials will unveil plans for its world-class permanent casino Wednesday morning at 11 a.m. Work on the permanent casino will begin shortly after Saturday’s $450,000 Coors Delvin Miller Adios XLI—one of the nation’s premier harness races.   The two-story casin
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Twin B Passion fastest in NYSS
August 07, 2007
Twin B Passion’s 1:57 victory in her division of the New York Sire Stakes late-closers  for sophomore pacing fillies was the fastest of the six $9,800 divisions presented at  Monticello Raceway on Monday afternoon. Stephane Bouchard guided the daughter of Bettor’s Delight to
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No Artiscape elims needed
August 07, 2007
The 2007 Artiscape field at Vernon Downs has been set with six of the top older pacing mares in North America. The field for the Aug. 16 final, worth $124,000, will include world record holder My Little Dragon, Golden Girls champion Armbro Dancer and Darlin's Delight.   My Little Dr
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***New*** Wire To Wire
August 07, 2007
Andrew Cohen was at the Meadowlands and Hambletonian Day and he shares the sights, the sounds, and a few thoughts about the big day of racing in this week’s Wire to Wire column. You can read Cohen’s observations about Hambletonian Day, and a trip he made to Saratoga Raceway to see his horse race, by
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HRTV to air Red Mile races beginnng Thursday
August 07, 2007
Harness racing aficionados will enjoy some of the best Standardbred racing action during the 2007 campaign when HorseRacing TV (HRTV) presents live coverage of The Red Mile's summer/fall racing session, when the Lexington, Ky. track opens its doors, beginning on Thursday.The
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Sutton banned for 2 years in Indiana
August 07, 2007
The Indiana Horse Racing Commission has handed down its most substantial penalty ever for a whipping violation as driver Josh Sutton has been suspended for six months and has agreed not to seek licensure in Indiana until June 20, 2009. A fine of $2,500 has also been imposed. Mr. Sutton was Indiana
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Yukon Cornelius sets Hazel Park all-age record
August 07, 2007
Yukon Cornelius set an all-age track record Saturday night at Hazel Park, capturing the featured Invitational Pace in 1:50.3, besting the previous mark of 1:51 set by Ponder last year. The time also set a new track record for older pacing geldings, which was also previously Ponder’s 1:51 effort. &n
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Oliver Racing to increase Indiana Downs stake
August 06, 2007
Oliver Racing LLC, Indiana Downs' majority owner, is seeking to increase its interest in the Shelbyville track. In documents filed with the Indiana Horse Racing Commission, Oliver Racing will pay $53.5 million for a 34 percent interest in the track, raising its ownership stake to 97 percent. The Sou
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Southwind Lynx tabbed Adios Pace favorite
August 06, 2007
The draw for Saturday’s Coors Delvin Miller Adios Pace, held Monday afternoon on the outdoor deck at The Meadows, produced two competitive fields of eight colts and geldings. Those youngsters will battle in eliminations in races 10 and 11, with the top four in each advancing to the 15th race fi
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Go On BB, Search Engine continue ISS dominance
August 05, 2007
Sophomores Go On BB and Search Engine are at the head of their respective classes. Saturday night at Indiana Downs each pacer collected another win in the third round of Indiana Sires Stakes competition. Go On BB triumphed in 1:52.2 while Search Engine stopped the clock in 1:53. Go On BB competed i
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Ohio State Fair Stakes action at Scioto Downs
August 05, 2007
A defending divisional champion at his best, a new track record, a bang-up night for driver Brett Miller, a divisional sweep for veteran sire Nobleland Sam and honors for a lifelong Ohio horseman were the highlights as the curtain came down on four nights of Ohio State Fair Stakes at Scioto Downs Sa
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Adios entries close Monday; competitive group expected
August 05, 2007
A sizable group of extremely competitive three-year-old pacing colts and geldings are expected to drop in the entry box for the upcoming $450,000 Coors Delvin Miller Adios at the Meadows. Entries close at 9 a.m. on Monday, August 6, and the draw for post positions will be held Monday evening at
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Fillies on display at Rosecroft
August 05, 2007
Three preliminary divisions of the Maryland Sire Stakes for freshman trotters were contested at Rosecroft Raceway on Saturday night, and each of the races were worth a purse of $3,000. In the early races, Erio Hanover won by less than a length after drawing away by 13 through the middle half of the
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Meadowlands cancels Friday after 8th race
August 04, 2007
The Meadowlands' Friday night card was canceled after the eighth race when severe lightning and a thunderstorm struck the East Rutherford area of New Jersey. Lightning had flashed to the north for about 45 minutes before the storm moved toward the track, but after both the Woodrow Wilson and Sweethe
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Sophomore trotters at Indy Downs
August 04, 2007
Indiana Downs played host to two Indiana Sires Stakes contests for sophomore trotters Friday evening, August 3. DC Northern drew away from the field to win by seven lengths in his $12,000 division for colts and geldings. In the filly event Don Irvine Jr. guided Spunky’s Dream to her third seasonal s
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Hana Hanover upsets in Mistletoe Shalee
August 04, 2007
Hana Hanover equaled the stakes and track record en route to an upset victory in the $320,000 Mistletoe Shalee final Saturday afternoon at the Meadowlands. Piloted by George Brennan, the Western Hanover filly stopped the clock in a lifetime best 1:49.3, defeating heavy favorite Southwind Tempo. Sta
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Corleone Kosmos takes Nat Ray
August 04, 2007
Titan Cup runner-up Corleone Kosmos, collected his fourth win in the last five starts with a 1:51.2 triumph in the $300,000 Nat Ray final Saturday at the Meadowlands. Guided by John Campbell for trainer Ross Croghan, the S J’s Photo five year old knocked a fifth of a second off his lifetime best in
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Tetrick guides Danae to Oaks victory
August 04, 2007
The magical season continues for Tim Tetrick. Making his first Hambletonian Oaks start, the driver scored an upset victory in the $750,000 event with sophomore filly Danae. The George Teague trainee earned her third career score and biggest payday with a 1:54.2 performance Saturday. “It means so mu
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Mister Big kicks home in U.S. Pacing Championship
August 04, 2007
Joseph Muscara’s Mister Big used a strong late kick to capture the $342,000 U.S. Pacing Championship Saturday in a lifetime best 1:47.4. The four year old overtook favorite Lis Mara late in the stretch to win while Maltese Artist charged home late to finish second. When the gate folded Maltese Arti
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Donato Hanover wins Hambo
August 04, 2007
Donato Hanover won the 82nd Hambletonian Saturday at the Meadowlands with a dominating 1:53.2 performance. Driven to victory by Ron Pierce, the Andover Hall colt put away filly Pampered Princess at the top of the stretch while elimination winner Adrian Chip finished second. Laddie, driven by Paul Ma
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Southwind Lynx wins Holmes split in 1:48.3
August 04, 2007
Meadowlands Pace champion Southwind Lynx brushed to the front early in the mile for Tim Tetrick and went on to win the second $121,000 Oliver Wendell Holmes division in 1:48.3 Saturday. Always A Virgin and Brian Sears won the first split in 1:49.1. When the gate folded Watta Hotshot and Sears rocke
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Gregory wins five at Yonkers
August 03, 2007
Jeff Gregory. perhaps an optimist by nature, saw the glass as half full Thursday night at Yonkers Raceway, as he won five of the evening's 10 races.    Gregory, driving in each and every dash, began his night by sweeping the $39 early daily souble with The Pan I Love ($12.60) in the $5,0
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Another hot win for Beachy Girl
August 03, 2007
Beachy Girl took another step toward this year’s Shes A Great Lady Stake with a flawless victory in Thursday night's $54,200(C) Whenuwishuponastar Series final at Mohawk Racetrack. Mark MacDonald guided the rookie daughter of Real Desire-Color Me Beachy to the 1:54.1 win and, in the process, ke
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PASS for 2YO pacing fillies
August 03, 2007
Pasta Lavista, a $140,000 yearling purchase who alarmed her connections when she contracted a virus, rebounded with authority Thursday night at The Meadows, capturing the fastest division of a $131,680 Pennsylvania Sires Stakes for freshman pacing fillies in 1:54.3.   The stakes, known as the
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Striking Sahbras strike in OSS Gold elims
August 03, 2007
Sons of Ontario Sire Stakes stalwart Striking Sahbra took two of three $38,182(C) Gold eliminations for 2-year-old colt and gelding trotters Thursday night at Mohawk Racetrack. Andiron Springs (1:58.4) for Trevor Ritchie and B Strike Three (1:58.4) for Rick Zeron, both offspring of Striking Sah
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Share The Delight wins NYSS in track-record time
August 03, 2007
The hot and muggy weather gave way to a sizzling track on a Thursday night featuring eight divisions of New York Sire Stakes for 2-year-old colt and gelding pacers at Saratoga Gaming and Raceway. Jim Morrill Jr. was once again the king of the stakes, taking four of the eight NYSS races. In the fi
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Mini-horse equipment stolen at Pompano
August 03, 2007
 A pair of miniature horse jog carts and a special Budweiser mini-horse wagon plus equipment and blankets were stolen from the mini-horse barn at Pompano Park Thursday night. Track management is asking everyone in the industry that has mini horses or knows people with mini horses to please
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Penn National bids to buy Rosecroft
August 03, 2007
Published reports state Penn National Gaming has made an offer to purchase Rosecroft Raceway. Tom Chuckas Jr., CEO of Cloverleaf Enterprises, which operates Rosecroft, has confirmed the offer and stated the company is considering it.
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Jeff Miller takes on Ohio fair stakes
August 03, 2007
Trainer Jeff Miller shipped in three horses from his training base in Haviland, Ohio for Friday’s Ohio State Fair Stakes, and went home with a win, a second and a third. The State Fair Stakes, for Ohio-bred two and three year olds, conclude Saturday night after paying out total purses of $675,000
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Dali rallies off fast fractions for 1:50.2 victory
August 03, 2007
Dali rallied off fast early fractions to win the $415,000 Woodrow Wilson, the track's premier event for young pacers, on Friday night at the Meadowlands.   Duneside Perch, part of a heavily favored three-horse entry trained by George Teague, commanded the field through brisk fractions of :2
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Mcarts N Crafts surprises in 1:53.2 Sweetheart
August 03, 2007
McArts N Crafts was a game first-over winner in the $441,750 Sweetheart Pace for 2-year-old filly pacers at the Meadowlands Friday night.   Driven by Steve Smith, McArts N Crafts pressured Worldly Treasure into submission past the final turn and held on for a 1:53.2 victory.  It was thr
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Tetrick plans to fly to Chicago after Hambo
August 02, 2007
Sometimes the great ones do come home…at least for a few hours. Tim Tetrick is expected to arrive in Chicago shortly after the conclusion of Hambletonian Day at the Meadowlands to drive at Hawthorne Race Course Saturday Night, Aug. 4.   On Hawthorne ’s Night of Champions, Tetrick has co
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Flirtin Man changing shoes
August 02, 2007
Flirtin Man’s shoe collection doesn’t match the thousand pairs reportedly owned by the infamous Imelda Marcos, but he’s gaining on her. In Saturday’s Hambletonian, Flirtin Man will start wearing a new set of shoes for the fourth time in his last four races.   Trainer Gary Napierala credits hi
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A monster of a trotter highlights Florida Stakes
August 02, 2007
Trot Monster established himself as the top Florida-bred 2-year-old male trotter at Pompano Park on Wednesday when prevailing by a head over Southern Rain to capture the first marquee event on the calendar for juvenile colt and gelding trotters, the $35,075 Florida Stallion Stakes, in 2:01.3.
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Nat Ray hopefuls will earn World Cup points
August 02, 2007
The participants in Saturday’s $300,000 Nat Ray at the Meadowlands will have the opportunity to earn points towards an invitation to the World Cup Trot final in late September at Paris-Vincennes in France. This is the second year the Nat Ray has been included in the World Cup Trot, which is now in i
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Carly's Crown caps off openng Ohio State Fair Stakes action
August 02, 2007
Two-year-old trotting filly Carly's Crown kicked off the first of four night of Ohio State Fair Stakes in rousing fashion, dominating the first race on Wednesday's card with an 11 3/4-length romp in 1:59 in her division of the $26,200 Ohio Fairs Trot.   The Ohio State Fair Stakes, for O
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Muscovite wins Merrie Annabelle as favorite breaks
August 02, 2007
Undefeated Snow White, apparently cruising to an open-lengths victory in the $485,550 Merrie Annabelle Thursday night at the Meadowlands, went on a break in mid-stretch, handing over the lead and the victory to Muscovite and Mike Lachance in 1:57. Snow White finished third behind second place Pinery
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Blue York Yankee wins Peter Haughton duel
August 02, 2007
In a head-to-head battle more commonly seen in Europe, Blue York Yankee out dueled Surtees Hanover and captured the $467,000 Peter Haughton Memorial in 1:57.2 Thursday night at the Meadowlands.   The undefeated Surtees Hanover surged into the lead for Dave Palone after an opening quarter in :
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Three drivers go down in Big M accident
August 02, 2007
Three drivers were thrown from their race bikes, but no serious injuries were reported after an accident in the sixth race at the Meadowlands Friday night. The horses involved also were reported to have suffered only minor injuries.   Thrown from thier bikes were Yannick Gingras, An
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Batavia records in jeopardy in NYSS races
August 01, 2007
The stakes season kicks into high gear Wednesday night at Batavia Downs Gaming, with five divisions of New York Sire Stakes 3 year-old colts and gelding pacers set to do battle for total purses of more than $160,000. First race post time is 7:35 p.m.   Six track records have been s
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Paula's Best sets Vernon track record
August 01, 2007
Three-year-old filly pacer Paula's Best broke the Vernon Downs track record Tuesday night when she captured the opening division of the $156,556 New York Sire Stakes in 1:51.2.   Competing in the second race, Paulas Best idled in sixth off the starting gate, advanced to fourth at the hal
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Invitro sets all-time Canadian record
August 01, 2007
Not only did Invitro set a new Georgian Downs track record for older pacing mares Tuesday night in the $113,000(C) Masters Pacing Series final, she also established a new Canadian record for her division with her 1:50.4 effort.   Invitro led at every quarter station for driver Paul MacDonell
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Athena Hanover remains unbeaten in PASS
August 01, 2007
Unbeaten Athena Hanover continued her march to what her connections hope will be a Pennsylvania championship, capturing a division of the $120,115 Pennsylvania Sire Stakes for 2-year-old trotting fillies on Tuesday night at The Meadows. The stake, known as the Delmonica Hanover, was contested
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Badlands Nitro explodes off gate to win MSRF split
August 01, 2007
Badlands Nitro showed tremendous gate speed to secure a seat near the front of the field from post eight, winning a $29,100 division of the Maryland Standardbred Race Fund for 2-year-old colt and gelding pacers at Rosecroft Raceway on Tuesday.   The Badlands Hanover colt, co-owned by Joh
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Walnut Hall Ltd. buys into Deweycheatumnhowe
August 01, 2007
Walnut Hall Ltd. has purchased a 50 percent interest in the undefeated 2-year-old trotting colt Deweycheatumnhowe. The purchase was announced by Alan J. Leavitt, president of Walnut Hall Ltd., which is owned by his wife, Meg Jewett.   Ray Schnittker, who selected and developed Deweycheatumnho
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Campbell to take his shot with Flirtin Man
August 01, 2007
With an unequaled six Hambletonians to his credit, John Campbell has many favorite moments in the trotting classic--his first win with the great Mack Lobell [1987]; the one trained by his brother, Tagliabue [1995], and the icing on his comeback from injury, the triumph with Glidemaster [2006]. &nbs
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Too Salty would be a sweet winner
August 01, 2007
This Saturday, Donald Bartling hopes to enjoy a sweet victory at the Meadowlands with a colt named Too Salty. Bartling, an engineer for Northrop Grumman in Baltimore, is the sole owner of Hambletonian finalist Too Salty. His colt is rated at 15-1 from post five in the Hambletonian Final on Satu
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