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Favorites take two splits
January 04, 2008
Despite frigid temperatures and blustery winds, Locamotion Baby and Maeve Hanover, the favorites, didn’t disappoint in two $16,000 divisions of the Blizzard Pacing Series for 3- and 4-year-old fillies and mares at Woodbine Thursday night. In race 3, Randy Waples hustled 8-5 choice Locamotion Baby
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Rusty's Biggie Romps in Dover feature trot
January 04, 2008
Rusty's Biggie romped to victory in the $13,000 trot, while Reserve Forces and Sniper Hall won the top paces on Thursday at Dover Downs. Eddie Davis Jr. had a four-bagger.   Vic Kirby and Rusty's Biggie ranged up three wide at the three quarters and rolled past the leaders to quickly ta
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Ohoka Jasper scores at Cal-Expo after better start
January 04, 2008
After never being a factor in his last, Ohoka Jasper got back on the winning track.   Open 1 Handicap trotters, racing for an $8,000 purse, were featured on a windy Thursday night (January 3) at Cal-Expo, in which Ohoka Jasper was the pocket-rocket.   Before starting from his assig
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Tim Tetrick adds another award
January 04, 2008
Tim Tetrick, harness racing’s new superstar who rose from obscurity to new world records in 2007, winning more races and purse money in a single season than anyone in history, has added Harness Tracks of America’s Driver of the Year to his laurels.   The award, the most difficult in harness r
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Leerhsen wins HTA's Dan Patch Award
January 04, 2008
Charlie Leerhsen, executive editor at Sports Illustrated and author of the soon-to-be published Simon and Schuster production Crazy Good: The Story of Dan Patch, the Most Famous Horse in America, is the winner of Harness Tracks of America's 2008 award for contributions to publicity, publishing and p
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