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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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