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Illinois breds meet in Sarah Myers
November 05, 2007
State-bred trotters stepped into the spotlight on Sunday night as two-year-old trotting colts and fillies met in a pair of $40,000 Sarah Myers Stakes with Guilty Pleasures and Fox Valley Odyssey coming up winners.   In the filly tussle Jack and Peggy Hood and Mystical Marker Farms' Guil
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Pampered Princess upset in Matron elim
November 05, 2007
Artzina and Artist's View scored victories in the Progress Pace eliminations Sunday night at Dover Downs, splits that were without Southwind Lynx, who had been scratched earlier in the day. Besides the two elims for 3-year-old colt pacers, Matron eliminations were also held.   In the first
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Young leaving Harness Horse Breeders of New York
November 05, 2007
Harness Horse Breeders of New York State (HHBNY) executive director M. Kelly Young has announced her resignation as of Nov. 13 to accept the position as associate director of communications for the New York Farm Bureau.   “I am very excited about this new position and it will be a welcome n
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D Liteful Hanover brings $325,000
November 05, 2007
The opening session of the Standardbred Horse Sale Company’s annual yearling sale in Harrisburg got underway Monday morning and quickly posted big prices with hip number 26, a Revenue sister to Donato Hanover, bringing a bid of $325,000 and a pacing filly out of Rich N Elegant selling for $300,000
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Driver tourney set for Mohegan Sun at Pocono
November 05, 2007
Mohegan Sun at Pocono Downs, in conjunction with the Pennsylvania Harness Horsemen’s Association (PHHA), will be holding an “East meets West Battle of Pennsylvania” on Friday, Nov. 16.   Featured in the drivers’ competition will be the top reinsmen from Mohegan Sun at Pocono Downs and
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Half sister to Pampered Princess brings $360,000
November 05, 2007
A Windsong's Legacy half sister to Pampered Princess raised the bar at the Harrisburg yearling sale when she brought a bid of $360,000 from Michael Andrew. Last year Andrew bought a Yankee Glide filly at the Harrisburg sale for $200,000 and sold an Andover Hall colt which he bred for $250,000.
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First session generates $62,361 average
November 05, 2007
The Standardbred Horse Sales Company finished the first session of its 2007 yearling sale on Monday with $21.9 million in sales for 352 horses sold, generating an average price of $62,361, an increase of 15 percent from last year's opening session.   In the 2006 opening session, 356 horses we
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