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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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