News Archive

Sparkler shines in Dover feature
November 16, 2007
Sparkler, after finishing second by a head in his last two starts, made the winner's circle in the first of two $25,000 claiming paces on Thursday at Dover Downs, while Iwannabesedated won the other co-feature. Tony Morgan had a five-win day. Morgan drove Sparkler into the lead in mid
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91-year-old owner says 'no deal' for freshman trotter
November 16, 2007
The calls come at all hours of the day, often at night, with the question always the same: "Would you like to sell Lear Jetta?" and the answer always the same: "No."   It doesn't matter if the sellers persist, Jim McAuliffe still says no. He simply doesn't want to part wit
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Molski hoping for a sweet latte in Crown elims
November 16, 2007
Clara Molski is waiting nervously--waiting like an anxious parent whose child is ready to step onto the stage in their first school play--however, it won’t be a child--but a horse--that will have all of her attention Friday night as the enthusiastic owner-operator of Dreamland Farms o
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Five named HTA scholarship winners
November 16, 2007
Five outstanding young students from harness racing backgrounds have been named winners of $5,000 college grants by Harness Tracks of America’s College Scholarship Committee. The winners are:   Brittany A. Burns, 20, of Vernon Center, N.Y., a junior at Cazenovia College in Cazenovia, N.Y., m
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Tell All to stand at Kentuckiana in NJ
November 16, 2007
This year's top pacing colt Tell All, the winner of the North America Cup and Little Brown Jug and a contender for the upcoming Breeders Crown 3-Year-Old Colt Pace, will be retired to stud duty at Kentuckiana Farms in New Jersey. He is scheduled to compete in a Breeders Crown eliminat
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Deweycheatumnhowe coasts to ninth straight win
November 16, 2007
The fields for three Breeders Crown Championships for 2 year olds were decided through elimination races held on Friday night at the Meadowlands with the finalists advancing to the $4.7 million Breeders Crown Championships for freshman and sophomore trotters and pacers next Saturday, Nov.
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Justice Hall takes Yonkers feature
November 16, 2007
An intriguing $30,000 Open Handicap Trot Friday night at Yonkers Raceway found a pair of  interlopers leaving from the two outside venues. Railroad Ron (Stephane Bouchard, post seven) and Justice Hall (Jim Meittinis, post eight) may have been just six-for-46 between thiem season, but each
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