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Buck I St. Pat wins Mack Lobell final
March 04, 2008
Buck I St. Pat displayed why she is expected to be a predominant force in this year’s older trotting mares division when defeating eight male rivals to take the seventh annual $54,800 Mack Lobell Trotting Series final at Pompano Park on Monday in 1:54.3.   Driven from post nine by Dave Palon
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Doherty looking for luck of the Irish in St. Paddy Pace
March 04, 2008
Hall of Fame horseman Jim Doherty will be among the drivers competing when Monticello Raceway presents it eighth edition of the St. Paddy Pace on Monday, March 17. The race, relegated to drivers of Irish descent, will be presented on the day America pays tribute to the patron Saint of the Ir
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Stonebridge ices foes in sloppy Ontario Boys final
March 04, 2008
A short field of six put on a good battle in Monday night's $59,700(C) Ontario Boys Pacing Series final at Woodbine and, when all was said and done, it was Stonebridge On Ice emerging victorious as the favorite for driver Mike Saftic in 1:52.3. The race was contested over an oval made "slopp
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Quest to repeat was successful at Dover
March 04, 2008
For the second straight week and fourth time in his last five races, Carter Racing Stable and trainer Bobby Myers' Immortal Quest N won the $40,000 Preferred/Open Pace, the top race of the week at Dover Downs. Eddie Davis Jr. left and raced into the lead at the quarter and then was never phased in
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Casinos, tracks reach three-year subsidy agreement
March 04, 2008
Published reports state an agreement has been reached in New Jersey that will provide $90 million in purse supplements over the next three years to the state’s racetracks from the Atlantic City casinos. A story in Tuesday’s Asbury Park Press said purses at Freehold Raceway—which has recently decreas
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Harrah's Chester early-closers attract 445 nominees
March 04, 2008
Four-hundred-forty-five horses have been nominated to Harrah’s Chester Casino & Racetrack’s six early-closing events. Harrah’s Chester will kick off its 2008 season on Sunday, April 20, the first day of a 140-day meet that will continue through Wednesday, Dec. 16. “We’re excited about both the
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