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Bluhm promoted to director of racing at Tioga, Vernon
March 05, 2008
Tioga & Vernon Downs have announced that Jason Bluhm has been promoted to Director of Racing for Tioga & Vernon Downs. Bluhm had previously served as assistant race secretary at Tioga for the last two years.   “We are extremely proud of Jason’s dedication and willingness to learn
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Mare posts third straight upset win in Dover Open
March 05, 2008
For the third week in a row Ultimate Bet came up a winner in the $32,000 Mares Open Pace on Tuesday at Dover Downs. Poker Mom was a longshot winner of the $25,000 sub-feature while four drivers won two races each. Ultimate Bet has become a "Rodney Dangerfield" of the $32,000 top distaff div
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SBOANJ responds to subsidy agreement
March 05, 2008
Purse levels in New Jersey were bolstered for the next three years by a decision announced in Trenton late Monday afternoon, but the future of horse racing in the state cannot be ensured without a stable source of funding, the Standardbred Breeders & Owners Association of New Jersey (SBOANJ) sai
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Trotters ready for battle in General Brock final
March 05, 2008
Two geldings have won both of their divisions of the General Brock Trotting Series preliminary legs and on Thursday night at Woodbine, they’ll lock horns in the $49,600(C) series final--but only one can make it a series sweep. The contenders are Windsun Lane, conditioned, co-owned, and
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**NEW**Wire To Wire
March 05, 2008
New Jersey's racetracks--including the Meadowlands and Freehold--just received a $90-million purse subsidy package for the next three years from the Atlantic City casinos and in this week's Wire To Wire, Andrew Cohen gives his take on the agreement and also some ideas on what the harness industry in
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Tenor gets rave reviews in Monticello three-peat
March 05, 2008
There’s little doubt that Randy Ingrassia’s pacer Mystical Tenor is currently at the top of his game. On Tuesday Mystical Tenor wasn’t the least bit impaired by the falling rain nor the blustery winds when Stephane Bouchard guided him to his third consecutive victory and fourth in nine seasonal
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