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Record-breaking win number moves to 1,189
April 30, 2008
Five months into 2008 and it seems Tim Tetrick can’t stop winning races—last year. Because of various positive tests on horses in 2007 that have since altered some previously-noted official finishes, Tetrick’s record-breaking win total of 1,188 is now recorded at 1,189 victories.   Overall, T
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Sixteen Candles flaming at Harrington
April 30, 2008
Bob Kinsey Jr. and Bill Oberle Jr.'s Sixteen Candles ($10.80, Kinsey) improved to two-for-two at Harrington Raceway this year with a 1:54.3 triumph in a division of the $21,000 Mares Junior Open on Tuesday. The 5-year-old Tune Town mare found room in the stretch and surged by pacesetting Pop
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Took Hanover morning-line choice in Levy
April 30, 2008
Took Hanover, owner of the fastest local mile of the season, drew post position six and was made the 5-2 morning-line favorite for Saturday night's $390,000 final of the George Morton Levy Memorial Pacing Series at Yonkers Raceway. Post time for the 12-race card is 7:40 p.m., with the Levy--r
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Joe Putnam likely out for months after race spill
April 30, 2008
Trainer and driver Joe Putnam could find himself on the shelf for the next four months after a racing accident at Hoosier Park. The veteran shattered his right wrist Thursday, April 24 at the Anderson oval when the filly he was driving abruptly fell, launching the driver into the air.   The i
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Twenty more tracks drop Belmont simulcasts
April 30, 2008
The Southern Racing Cooperative, which is comprised of 20 racetracks including Northfield Park, Hazel Park, Northville Downs, Sports Creek Raceway and Lebanon Raceway, has announced it will no longer simulcast races from Belmont Park since a fee agreement could not be reached with the New York Racin
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Kentucky International Equine Summit concludes
April 30, 2008
The two-day Kentucky International Equine Summit held in Lexington ended Tuesday, with the session including a presentation by Ken Jackson regarding the limiting of stallion books and another by Tom Crouch regarding major sire line concentration in Standardbred pedigrees.   Jackson said the U
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Hogies Cam ties 25-year Monticello win mark
April 30, 2008
It took 25 years but when Hogies Cam paced to a 1:58.2 victory on Tuesday the Monticello Raceway track record of nine consecutive victories was equaled. The victory by Hogies Cam tied the mark established in 1983 by pacer Don Torpid and driver Walter Case Jr. And coincidently
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Strangles positive at Sports Creek
April 30, 2008
A 3 year old brought in to the south barn at Sports Creek on Thursday, April 24, who displayed symptoms of Strangles on Friday morning, has tested positive for the disease.  All horses belonging to that trainer have been removed from the grounds. Horses housed in the south barn that were entere
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That's just a lady in The Meadows' winner's circle
April 30, 2008
The redoubtable I'm Justa Lady, whose form had slipped in recent weeks, showed that she remains a force to be reckoned with, moving uncovered to take the $18,000 Filly & Mare Open Trot on Tuesday at The Meadows. The victory for the daughter of Inquirer sent her over the $300,000 mark in car
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Mucho Sleazy, Art Official favorites in Berry's Creek elims
April 30, 2008
Shortly after the dust settles in the Kentucky Derby on Saturday, harness racing's 3-year-old colts start their stakes season in the eliminations for the $225,000(est.) Berry's Creek at the Meadowlands, with Mucho Sleazy and Art Official installed the morning-line choices in their respective splits
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Canadian wagering conference concludes
April 30, 2008
Standardbred Canada's Wagering Conference concluded its panel discussions Wednesday morning and then went into a private session involving 24 industry "stakeholders" that afternoon to formulate a strategic plan for trying ways to increase betting on harness racing in Canada.   Discu
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Harrah's CEO not keen on sharing with harness racing
April 30, 2008
In his remarks to those in attendance at the Canadian Gaming Summit in Montreal on Wednesday morning, Gary Loveman, chairman and CEO of Harrah's Entertainment, said his company's business at Harrah's Chester has to "prop up the horse racing industry," and added that horse racing's plight is "not my
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Standardbred Canada announces
April 30, 2008
Following two days of panel sessions and industry meetings, late Wednesday afternoon Standardbred Canada announced the development of a Standardbred Wagering Action Plan.   The plan, which was discussed and agreed upon by a wide range of industry stakeholders, is the culmination of month
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Final list of NA Cup eligibles
April 30, 2008
The owners of 66 three-year-old pacers have made the April 15, 2008, sustaining payment for the $1.5 million Pepsi North America Cup, with the 25th anniversary of the race set for June 14 at Mohawk Racetrack. Eliminations will take place Saturday, June 7, with the final one week later. The horse
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Tetrick youngest to drive 4,000 winners
April 30, 2008
Tim Tetrick became the youngest driver to reach 4,000 career wins in the eighth race on Wednesday night at the Meadowlands, driving Cheyenne Barry to victory.Tetrick, 26, supplanted Walter Case Jr. as the youngest driver to reach 4,000 lifetime triumphs; Case was 29. No other driver was under the ag
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Italy's rich Lotteria attracts field of 22
April 29, 2008
The 59th edition of the Gran Premio Nazionale delle Lotteria, with a total purse of approximately $939,000, of which nearly $300,000 will go to the winner, will be raced Sunday, May 4, at the Agnano track in Naples, Italy. A field of 22 has been divided into three eliminations with 10 coming ba
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Purses to increase at Mohawk six percent
April 29, 2008
Woodbine Entertainment Group and the Ontario Harness Horse Association have announced a six-percent increase to overall Standardbred purses beginning with the season opening of Mohawk Racetrack Thursday, May 1. "There are a number of factors in place that allow the purse increase,
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Canadian trainers Elliott, Pindur suspended
April 29, 2008
The Ontario Racing Commission has announced trainer Bill Elliott has been immediately suspended for an undisclosed period of time and trainer Evzen Pindur has been suspended for a period of 10 years, plus two more years for breach of probation, and fined $40,000, for positive tests for Darbepoetin-a
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Wagering conference a strong exchange of ideas
April 29, 2008
The first-ever conference dedicated solely to Standardbred wagering got underway in Montreal on Tuesday, in conjunction with the annual Canadian Gaming Summit, and all but a couple of the panelists stuck to the subject of how to “turn the ship” and stop the decline in Standardbred handle, which
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No NYRA betting at Meadowlands, other harness tracks
April 28, 2008
MidAtlantic Cooperative LLC, the simulcast purchasing enterprise that represents 16 regional racetracks, including the Meadowlands, has been unable to reach a new simulcast agreement with New York Racing Association Inc. [NYRA]. Therefore, effective April 30, 2008, MidAtlantic Cooperative members wi
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Top colt pacer Roberts Rage euthanized
April 28, 2008
Trainer Carl Jamieson told harnessracing.com Monday that his highly-regarded 3-year-old colt pacer Roberts Rage has finally lost his battle with a toxic reaction to an antibiotic and was euthanized earlier in the day at the University of Guelph.   Antibiotics had been given about three weeks
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Running Aces receives approval for all-breed simulcasts
April 28, 2008
Minnesota Gov. Tim Pawlenty has signed a bill into law that will allow the new Running Aces Harness Park to simulcast all breeds of horses; currently the site can only simulcast harness races.   According to a press release, Running Aces will still need the approval of the Minnesota Racing Co
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Leavitt appointed to KY Horse Racing Authority
April 28, 2008
Kentucky Gov. Steve Beshear has appointed Alan Leavitt, president of Walnut Hall Ltd., and four others to fill vacancies or expired terms on the Kentucky Horse Racing Authority. The appointees were announced Monday in a press release from the governor’s office.   Other new me
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Panaramic Art, Bono Bests and Special Report win at Yonkers
April 27, 2008
A trio of abbreviated fields went postward in Saturday night's fifth and final preliminary leg of the George Morton Levy Memorial Pacing Series at Yonkers Raceway with two favorites, Panaramic Art and Bono Bests, and a second choice, Special Report, winning their respective, $50,000 events. P
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Ideal Weather rallies at Meadowlands for 1:50.4 victory
April 27, 2008
Ideal Weather rallied off a pocket trip to win the $75,000 Thomas Strada Memorial, a race marred by a minor accident, on Saturday night at the Meadowlands.   Driver Yannick Gingras made an early bid with Ideal Weather before yielding to Stylish Solution in a brisk :54.1 half.  Ideal Wea
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Shadow Play, Stonebridge Magnum score in Diplomat Series
April 27, 2008
Shadow Play took the lead heading into the first turn, lost the advantage on the backstretch, but was much the best in the lane to take first division in the opening round of The Diplomat Pacing Series, Saturday night at Woodbine. Unbeaten Stonebridge Magnum displayed strong speed early and carried
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Miracle Believer captures feature at Isle Pompano Park
April 27, 2008
It did not take a miracle to make believers out of racing fans as Miracle Believer was sent off as the 3/5 betting favorite and raced just like it in winning the $10,000 featured pace at the Isle Pompano Park Saturday.   The third race started off with Murcielago and driver Wally H
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Hubert Riedel, owner of Final Score, dies at 74
April 27, 2008
Hubert Horst Riedel, a long time harness horse owner and breeder, passed away Saturday at age 74. A member of the USTA since 1966, Riedel owned more than 120 horses and bred 70 horses during his career. His top horse was $625,000 winner Final Score, who went on to become a successful trotting stalli
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My Boy David scores in 1:49.4 at Balmoral
April 27, 2008
Shirley LeVin’s Illinois-bred pacing sensation My Boy David returned to his winning ways in grand fashion on Saturday night, knocking off a field of Free For All pacers in a blistering 1:49.4 at Balmoral Park.   The 5-year-old son of Cole Muffler was positioned perfectly in the pocket by driv
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Unrecognized Saint prevails in Sire Stakes at Hoosier Park
April 27, 2008
Unrecognized Saint and driver Trace Tetrick prevailed in the first leg of the 3-year-old colt and gelding Indiana Sire Stakes at Hoosier Park Saturday with a mile in 1:55.1. It was a snappy start to the first quarter with Unrecognized Saint sitting perfect on the inside behind the leader,
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Sire Stakes highlight Saturday card at Cal-Expo
April 27, 2008
Sophomore boys on both gaits were spotlighted at Cal-Expo in $15,000 California Sires Stakes action on Saturday night (April 26), on which Star Time Kid and Stars And Sites prevailed.   In the action for the pacers, Star Time Kid and trainer Rick Plano had to work harder than expected to obta
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Southwind Tempo now five for six this year
April 27, 2008
Southwind Tempo proved Sunday at Harrah's Chester that when she has the advantage, she won't be denied as she captured the $250,000 Betsy Ross Final for pacing mares with a 2 1/4-length score over My Little Dragon in 1:50.2.   With John Campbell driving, as usual, Southwind Tempo started from
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Victor's Vicky sets 1:55.2 track mark in Open Handicap
April 26, 2008
Victor's Vicky not only beat the boys into submission Friday night, she beat 'em into the record book, trotting the fastest mile in Yonkers Raceway history. The 5-year-old mare won the $30,000 Open Handicap in 1:55.2, knocking one-fifth of a second off Stacelita's (another lass) previous standard,
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San Remo Kosmos wires Su Mac Lad leg in 1:53.1
April 26, 2008
San Remo Kosmos and Andy Miller went wire to wire Firday night and captured the $50,000 second leg of the Su Mac Lad Series for free-for-all trotters in 1:53.1 at the Meadowlands, defeating Before He Cheats by two lengths.   Leaving from the outside post in the six-horse field, San Remo
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Golden Falcon N holds on to win at Pompano in 1:53
April 26, 2008
After three early lead changes, Golden Falcon N and driver David Ingraham took command of the lead for good and just held on at the wire Friday at the Isle Pompano Park in winning the $11,000 mares winners-over pace by a long nose in 1:53.   The fourth race featured pace started out wit
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Get A Cab wins third straight in 1:53.3 at Vernon
April 26, 2008
The fleet-footed pacer Get A Cab and the industrious trotter Double D Fine became the initial two-time winners of the season at Vernon Downs on Friday night. Get A Cab captured the $8,500 eighth event, the week's Open test for female pacers, with a career-fastest 1:53.3 mile, while Double D Fine rem
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Carter In Motion, Amillionpennies win sereis splits at Woodbine
April 26, 2008
Carter in Motion kicked off the Ontario Sired Spring Pacing Series with a 2 1/2-length win over Lucky Feather in 1:53 Friday night at Woodbine.Paul MacDonell guided the Camotion gelding from up close to his third career win for trainer Scott Barr and owner-breeder Tony Aarts of Putnam.Castlecary Wil
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Muscles To Spare romps to 1:53.2 win at Pocono in series final
April 26, 2008
Muscles To Spare romped to a 6 3/4-length win in the final of the Wyoming Valley Trot late closer series at Mohegan Sun at Pocono Downs on Friday afternoon, pocketing the winner’s share of the $28,500 purse with a 1:53.2 mile. Muscles To Spare, a 5-year-old stallion sired by Muscles Yankee, le
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EJ's Copperstone captures Sire Stakes in 1:55.3 at Hoosier
April 26, 2008
EJ’s Copperstone and Don Irvine Jr. had a blowout victory in the first leg of the Indiana Sire Stakes for 3-year-old filly pacers at Hoosier Park Friday. The Indiana-bred pacer crossed the line in 1:55.3 to earn the $12,000 purse. Electric’s Winner and driver Ricky Macomber Jr. had an ear
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Smooth Jazz, My fanny take Sire Stakes at Cal-Expo
April 26, 2008
Two California Sires Stakes, each for a purse of $15,000, on both the trot and the pace, were featured at Cal-Expo on Friday night (April 25), on which the freshmen champs Smooth Jazz and My Fanny strutted their stuff.   On the trotting side, Smooth Jazz and trainer Tim Maier would float out
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Sophomore filly lowers career mark in series final
April 25, 2008
The duo of Bogo's Dream and driver Brad Hanners finished strong down the stretch to win the $14,000 final of the Miss Windfall Thursday at Hoosier Park in 1:54.2. Right out of the gate, Gorgeous Forever and Don Eash took control of the lead with Dark Traveler, driven by Jason Dillander, a
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Bouchard wins half of Yonkers card
April 25, 2008
Yonkers Raceway offered 10 full races Thursday night, and Stephane Bouchard won half. Bouchard, in a ding-dong battle with Jason Bartlett for '08 local driving honors, wasted no time getting his picture taken. He won the $5,000 pacing opener with odds-on Electric Blanket ($3.20) in a season's
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Don Giovanni wins Tie Silk final
April 25, 2008
Don Giovanni trotted a stakes record 1:54.3 to take Thursday's $49,200(C) Tie Silk final for 3 year olds at Woodbine. Jack Moiseyev drove the bay son of Yankee Glide to the five-length victory for trainer Anders Wolden and owner Ely Iversen of Moffat. Don Giovanni sat second through an opening sp
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Filly trotter charges to victory in Chartiers Township
April 25, 2008
Charged Freight pulled the pocket early but had plenty of trot left for the lane as she captured the $31,000 final of the Chartiers Township Trot for 3-year-old fillies on Thursday at The Meadows. The daughter of SJ's Photo scored in a career-best 1:57.4, a head better than her entrymate, AJ's
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Coleman contingent now in New Jersey
April 25, 2008
Already a top trainer in her native Canada, Casie Coleman is expanding her stable with a string of horses racing at the Meadowlands. The 27 year old has a list of credits that few conditioners could match at her young age, including two world champions, American Ideal (1:47.4, $786,055) and Mov
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Tioga's calling all $10,000 claimers
April 25, 2008
How’d you like to race your $10,000 claimer against other $10,000 claimers for a purse of around $100,000? Sound too good to be true? Well, it’s not.   Tioga Downs will offer horsemen this opportunity with the second edition of the Rags to Riches late-closer. The conditions of the race call
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Harness racing's new act of Durkin and Spadaro
April 25, 2008
Durkin and Spadaro. A new vaudeville team? A fledgling law firm? A poor imitation of Bonnie and Clyde? None of the above. Tom Durkin--the renown, 57-year-old announcer of Thoroughbred racing at Belmont Park, Saratoga and Aqueduct, voice of the Triple Crown and voice of the Breeders’ Cup for its
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A knockout punch delivered in Hoosier final
April 24, 2008
Racing down the stretch, Blue Punch, driven by Shawn Christner, was able to pull away from his competitors to win the $14,000 final of the Jerry Landess Series Wednesday at Hoosier Park.   Out of the gate, Blue Punch took the early lead with This Guy Can Fly, controlled by Don Eash, and Love
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Vicki Gram wins Harrington mares open trot
April 24, 2008
Art Stafford's Vicki Gram ($7.80, Art Stafford Jr.) set all the fractions and captured the $20,500 Mares Open Trot in 1:57.1 Wednesday at Harrington Raceway. The 7-year-old Valley Victor mare earned her first win in four starts this year and 16th in her career. Go Sassy Go battled first-over and h
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Gale warning posted in Pompano winner's circle
April 24, 2008
Gale Warning ($2.60) gave notice that he has returned to his winning ways with a three-quarter length triumph Wednesday at the isle pompano park in the $10,000 featured trot. Driven by Wally Hennessey, Gale Warning covered the one-mile race in 1:56.3 for his second win this year for the Lorenzo
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Celii busts out in 27th in $13 million WPT championship
April 24, 2008
Prominent owner John Celii busted out Wednesday on Day 4 of the World Poker Tour No-Limit Hold'em Championship at the Bellagio in Las Vegas, finishing 27th in the field of 545 and earning a prize of $79,145. Celii, of Chadds Ford, Pa., campaigned among others 1998 Breeders Crown winner Bad
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Horse owner, community leader Dr. Tom King Jr. dies at 83
April 24, 2008
Dr. Thomas William King Jr., a former director of the Meadows Standardbred Owners Association and a longtime Standardbred owner who campaigned the Ohio Hall of Famer Berlin Flyer, died Sunday, April 20, at his home in Butler, Pa., at the age of 83. Dr. King’s son, Tom III, is also a Standardbred own
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The Meadows makes changes to May schedule
April 24, 2008
Due to further construction at The Meadows, some changes have been made to the live racing schedule, with no live racing Monday, May 5; Tuesday, May 6; Thursday, May 8; and Monday, May 12. Live racing is scheduled for Friday, May 9. Make up days for the four days in May are liste
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Scioto announces personnel changes; Vicroy new announcer
April 24, 2008
Veteran Ohio horseman and official Mike Woebkenberg will be the man who says “Go” when Scioto Downs starts its 50th Anniversary Celebration on Friday, May 9.   Woebkenberg has started the races at Lebanon Raceway this past winter and will move into the same role at Scioto for its 68-program
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Arch Madness, Falls For You win qualifiers
April 24, 2008
The Trond Smedshammer Stable put two of its 2007 stable stars--Arch Madness and Falls For You--on the track at the Meadowlands in qualifiers on Thursday morning and they won handily, with the 4-year-old gelding Arch Madness scoring in 1:55.1 and the mare Falls For You hitting the wire first in 1:56.
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Real Desire's book full and closed
April 24, 2008
Brittany Stallion Management has announced that the 2008 book is closed at 150 mares for its stud Real Desire, the sire of 2007 Pacer of the Year Tell All. Real Desire is standing his second season in Pennsylvania this year. He stood at stud in the Southern Hemisphere for th
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Strong contingent of sophomore pacers in Big M morning action
April 24, 2008
Leading 3-year-old colt pacer Badlands Nitro led a brigade of sophomore heavyweights across the wire in a qualifier Thursday morning at the Meadowlands, as Brian Sears directed the world champion to a 1:52.3 victory, his second winning qualifying effort in as many starts this year.   Sears mo
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Buck I St. Pat best in Chester feature
April 24, 2008
Driver Tim Tetrick swung Buck I St. Pat three wide heading into the final turn around a parked-and-tiring Vivid Photo and then gamely went past the leading American Lane to win the featured $40,000 Open Trot at Harrah’s Chester Thursday afternoon. The 1:54.4 victory was the third straight and fift
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15-1 upset for Winning Blade in Fox Valley Flan
April 23, 2008
The 15-1 outsider Winning Blade rallied in the final strides to post a head decision in 1:58 to win the $15,000 Fox Valley Flan for Illinois conceived-and-foaled 3-year-old trotting fillies Tuesday night at Balmoral Park.   Taking advantage of some mistakes by the top trotters in this group
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Three Levy divisions Saturday in final preliminary
April 23, 2008
It's the fifth and final chance to impress the judges as the George Morton Levy Memorial Pacing Series wraps up the preliminaries Saturday night at Yonkers Raceway with a trio of $50,000 divisions.   Saturday night's first Levy event includes Panaramic Art (Diver TBA, post 1) and Tarver Hanov
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Devonshire refuses, then comes back to win Pocono 20K final
April 23, 2008
Devonshire Hanover was hard to handle before and after his big moment on Tuesday afternoon at Mohegan Sun at Pocono Downs, but he was brilliant when it counted, winning the $43,200 final of the 20K Late Closer Pacing Series. With Dan Dube doing the driving, Devonshire Hanover refused to turn
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Morgan now at 11,999
April 23, 2008
Joe Muscara's Seaswift Princess ($11, Roger Plante) and Bobby Kinsey Jr. and Bill Oberle's Sixteen Candles ($8.60, Kinsey) each won their respective $21,000 Junior Mares Open divisions on Tuesday at Harrington Raceway. "Princess" sat a perfect pocket trip behind pacesetter Ozmopolitan before
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Windsor Raceway complaints aired at meeting
April 23, 2008
Veteran Ontario-based horseman Gord McDonnell was quoted at a meeting held at a hotel near Windsor Raceway Tuesday and attended by the chairman of the Ontario Racing Commission (ORC) that officials of the racetrack are “driving it into the dumper.”   Last week the racetrack, the Ontario Harne
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Michigan gov. channels $41 million for new Thoroughbred track
April 23, 2008
Groundbreaking for the new Pinnacle Thoroughbred Race Course in suburban Detroit took place April 4, and now Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm has announced $41.6 million in state and local taxes to use for the clean up of the 240 acres the track is being built on.   "This project is exciting n
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John Celii currently 20th in $13 million poker tournament
April 23, 2008
Prominent owner John Celii, who campaigned among others 1998 Breeders Crown winner Badlands Hanover, is in line for a big payday of another kind as heading into Day 4 of the World Poker Tour No-Limit Hold’em Championship at the Bellagio in Las Vegas Wednesday he stands 20th among 55 remaining player
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Burke's New Jersey hearing to be held in early May
April 23, 2008
Harnessracing.com has received confirmation from the New Jersey Racing Commission that trainer Mickey Burke will have an administrative hearing before the office of adminstrative law May 5, 6 and 14 regarding two lidocaine positives at the Meadowlands in late 2006.   Burke was
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Tioga adding two race days
April 23, 2008
Tioga Downs announced on Wednesday that it will add two racing days to its 2008 schedule, pending regulatory approval. Tioga will add Friday, May 9, and Friday May 16, with a post time of 6:50 pm. The addition of the two racing days comes after an overwhelming response to Tioga’s
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Town approves Monticello Raceway relocation
April 23, 2008
The moving of Monticello Raceway got one step closer Tuesday night after the council of the town of Thompson unanimously approved an amendment to a developer's plans that will lead to the immediate destruction of the famed Concord Hotel that currently sites on the site. Construction workers will rep
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Strong field of mares lining up for Strada Memorial
April 23, 2008
On Saturday night, a field of the sport’s top pacing mares will assemble at the Meadowlands for the $75,000 Thomas Strada Memorial, a race that honors a Cantor Fitzgerald vice president who lost his life in the 2001 terrorist attack on the World Trade Center. Among the contenders are Artcotic,
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Muscles Marinara wins in 1:52.1
April 23, 2008
Muscles Marinara got up in the final strides to win the $44,000 Father Foley Memorial on Wednesday night at the Meadowlands, trotting to a 1:52.1 score over Ripped.  Ken Rucker trains the winner.Muscles Marinara, with driver Brian Sears, followed Ripped as he moved up to challenge the pacesette
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Tony Morgan drives 12,000th winner
April 23, 2008
Tony Morgan became the fourth driver in harness racing history to reach 12,000 career wins Wednesday when he guided Fox Valley Impulse to victory in the second race at Harrah’s Chester.   “It’s great; it’s nice to get a feather in your cap and a little recognition from your peers,” said Morg
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Warrawee June sets Celias Counsel record in final
April 22, 2008
Warrawee June trotted her way to a maiden-breaking win in style, scoring the $48,400(C) final of the Celias Counsel Trotting Series Monday night at Woodbine. Rick Zeron guided the daughter of Angus Hall to the 3 1/4-length tally for trainer Frank O'Reilly, who also owns a piece of the filly with J
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Immortal Quest scores again in Harrington feature
April 22, 2008
Carter Racing Stable and Bobby Myers' Immortal Quest N ($3.40, Eddie Davis Jr.) continued his remarkable 2008 campaign with a 1:54.2 win in the featured $24,000 Delaware Special at Harrington Raceway Monday. The Myers trainee has now banked nearly $125,000 this year. The 9-year-old Sands A Flyin ge
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California owner arrested after syringes discovered
April 22, 2008
California-based owner Juan Pablo Ramirez has reportedly been arrested and charged with misdemeanor possession of drug paraphernalia and medications after State Fair police and California Horse Racing Board investigators discovered syringes and 28 bottles of mostly illegal drugs in a room he occupie
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Hogies Cam wins 11th of the year at Monticello
April 22, 2008
Charles Strukel’s recent claim, Hogies Cam, scored his 11th victory of the season on Tuesday at Monticello Raceway and the pacer continues to lead all horses in North America in races won this season. Jordan Stratton, who again handled the driving chores for trainer Bob Beauregard, sen
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Pompano to begin greyhound simulcasts
April 22, 2008
For the first time in track history, Pompano Park will feature simulcasting of greyhound racing starting Wednesday. The track will offer greyhound racing seven days a week with afternoon and evening simulcasts from Mardi Gras Race Track and Flagler Race Track. On the track, Battleshoe
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Wilson winner Dali set to qualify in two weeks
April 22, 2008
Andrew Cohen's first over blog carries the news that Dali, the winner of last year's Woodrow Wilson, is two weeks from qualifying and his stablemate, On The Brink, is set to qualify next week, with both scheduled for Mohawk Racetrack. Duane Marfisi trains both colts.   Dali, a son of Real Art
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Vernon to host Harness Racing Youth camp
April 22, 2008
Vernon Downs has announced that it will play host to the Harness Racing Youth League camp from July 6-10. The Harness Racing Youth League is a 5-day/4-night event in which participants are given the opportunity to learn about harness racing and caring for horses.   The format includ
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Lindy Lane colt wins Meadows final in 1:58.3
April 22, 2008
After being a frustrating second in the first two legs of the series, the Lindy Lane-sired Pembroke Lane picked the right time to break through, roaring down the stretch to capture the $33,800 final of the South Strabane Trot for 3-year-old colts and geldings on Tuesday at The Meadows. Pembroke La
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A groovey win in Hoosier series leg
April 21, 2008
The second leg of the Ralph and Dorothy Rose series got underway Sunday at Hoosier Park and Note To Groovey and Charles Conrad beat out the field of seven trotters for the win in a time of 2:01.   Note To Groovey had an early lead at the start, but yielded to Blueridge Hush and driver Bo
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Morgan now 10 from 12,000
April 21, 2008
Driver Tony Morgan won four races on Harrington Raceway's opening night program Sunday, giving him 11,990 lifetime. A large crowd came to Harrington for opening night festivities that included a hat giveaway, food specials and a family fun day. They also witnessed the sport's third leading dri
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Meadows-based Palone sets all-time pari-mutuel win mark
April 21, 2008
Driver Dave Palone, the leading driver in North America with 262 victories, added a record 11 more races to that total Monday afternoon at The Meadows, the most wins ever on a single program at a pari-mutuel racetrack. Roger Hammer had an 11-win day at the York Fair in Pennsylvania in 2003. &n
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Southwind Tempo wins in 1:50.2
April 20, 2008
Harrah's Chester opened its 2008 racing season on Sunday afternoon and Southwind Tempo used a leg ot the track's Betsy Ross Series to pick up her 23rd career victory, and fourth of the season in five starts, with her 1:50.2 effort. She defeated Symphony In Motion, a seven-time winner this year, and
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Trainer takes top 3 spots in Sweden's Olympic Trot
April 19, 2008
Swedish trainer Ake Svanstedt swept the top three spots of the Olympic Trot final in Gothenburg, Sweden, Saturday as he horse Torvald Palema won the race, and his other horses, Adams Hall and Finders Keeper, finishes second and third, respectively, giving a net of over $420,000 to the stable.
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Idle Hour wins Suslow final by head in 1:51.2
April 19, 2008
Idle Hour maneuvered around tiring horses and soared down the stretch to win the $68,900 Robert J. Suslow Final by a head in 1:51.2 on Saturday night at the Meadowlands.Driver Tim Tetrick moved Idle Hour three-wide to get around his struggling entry-mate Major Duke and closed in a brisk :27.2 to cat
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Kentuckiana bringing top Down Under sire to North America
April 19, 2008
Through a move unprecedented in Standardbred breeding industry history, Kentuckiana Farms announced on Saturday that Australasian super sire Christian Cullen will stand at Kentuckiana in North America in 2009 for a fee of $10,000. Stallion location details are still being determined.   "
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Up Front Peyton, Wigwam Baby capture Hoosier Park features
April 19, 2008
Up Front Peyton and driver Ricky Macomber proved to be the best in the end of the $23,000 Invitational Pace Saturday, April 19. The duo used a perfect second-over journey to nab the top spot in a time of 1:52.2. Macomber placed Up Front Peyton near the back of the pack from the start before getting
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Took Hanover, Tarver Hanover victorious in Levy Series splits
April 19, 2008
A big surprise and a no surprise won Saturday night's pair of $50,000 divisions in the fourth preliminary round of Yonkers Raceway's George Morton Levy Memorial Pacing Series. The death and taxes detail was again Took Hanover, who ran his winning streak to four races with his third series win as man
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Bono Bests upsets Tigerama to take Battle of Lake Erie
April 19, 2008
Keith Kash, Jr., steered 3-1 Bono Bests three-wide at three-quarters, and the five-year-old son of Pro Bono Best drew off in the stretch to win Northfield Park's $100,000 Battle of Lake Erie by three lengths in 1:52.2 over a sloppy track caused by a downpour just prior to the race. Bono Be
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Splendid Kisser wins Sportsnet final
April 18, 2008
Despite drifting closer to the grandstand with every stride, Splendid Kisser was able to hold on for a 1:50.1 victory in the $46,300 Sportsnet New York Final on Thursday night at the Meadowlands. Driver Yannick Gingras seized the lead with Splendid Kisser as the field approached the final turn in a
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Somebeachsomewhere now in Ontario
April 18, 2008
Not many 3-year-old colts get surrounded by TV cameras whenever they step on or off a trailer, but Somebeachsomewhere seems to take it all in stride and showed his poise when he arrrived at Baycairn Training Centre near Campbellville, Ontario, on Thursday afternoon.   The pride of Truro, No
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Heza Challenger beats Vivid Photo in 1:54.1
April 18, 2008
Heza Challenger outkicked Vivid Photo in the $20,000 Open/Preferred Handicap Trot on Thursday at The Meadows, though he had to set a track record of 1:54.1 to beat the champ. Coming off a worrisome eighth place finish in his seasonal debut in the Classic Series, Vivid Photo was assigned the o
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Darlin's Delight, Southwind Tempo to square off
April 18, 2008
The top pacing mares Darlin's Delight and Southwind Tempo will square off for the first time ever on opening day at Harrah's Chester on Sunday when they compete in the first leg of the Betsy Ross Series.   Darlin's Delight will be making her first start of the season while Southwind Temp
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Pennsylvania horsemen hire marketing person
April 18, 2008
The Pennsylvania Harness Horsemen's Association (PHHA) has hired Edward Kobesky to serve as its own Director of Media & Marketing, a position that has been created to "create and administer new channels of communication between the PHHA and its members..." and "expand public awareness of ha
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Enough Talk secures first leg with 1:52.2 score
April 18, 2008
Apparently, Enough Talk still had more to say. The trotter followed up his world record performance at Dover with another impressive victory in the $50,000 opener of the Su Mac Lad Series on Friday night at the Meadowlands.    George Brennan hustled Enough Talk off the gate and yielded to
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Go On BB now two-for-two at Hoosier Park
April 18, 2008
Racing down the stretch, Go On BB, driven by Ricky Macomber Jr., was able to edge out JD’s Lady Lynn, controlled by Jason Dillander, to win the $23,000 Fillies and Mares Invitational Pace Friday, April 18, at Hoosier Park. Neither mare would give in, with Go On BB getting the slight edge at the wire
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Tell Me A Story, J K Pure Pearl win Yonkers features
April 18, 2008
Classy veterans Tell Me a Story and J K Pure Pearl padded their pensions Friday night, winning the $30,000 co-features at Yonkers Raceway. Tell Me A Story sat a tight pocket in the Open Trot. With Jim Pantalteano driving from the pylons for trainer Virgil Morgan Jr., Tell Me a Story stung even-mone
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Mary Artman scores third straight at Pompano
April 18, 2008
Mary Artman ($10.20) took advantage of a miscue in deep stretch by pacesetter Stonebridge Capri in posting her third straight win with a 1:54.2 triumph at the isle pompano park Friday. The 9th race feature pace saw Mary Artman and driver Wally Hennessey go right to the lead with Splenda (Eric Irvin
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Filly scores easy win in Blossom final
April 17, 2008
The undefeated 3-year-old pacing filly Tug River Princess extended her streak to 12 races in the $68,900 Blossom final on Wednesday night at the Meadowlands.  Driver John Campbell brushed Tug River Princess to the lead earlier than he had intended as the field crawled through a :29.3 opening q
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Blue Punch, My Man Moe take Landess splits
April 17, 2008
The duo of Shawn Christner and Blue Punch were able to ease into victory during the second leg of the Jerry Landess Series at Hoosier Park Wednesday. The win was the second in a row in the series, which heads to the $16,000 final Wednesday, April 23. Racing out of the gate Real Tricky, control
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Trotter wins his first battle of 2008 at Pompano
April 17, 2008
Battleshoe Victor ($3.60) was finally victorious after 12 starts this year with an impressive three-length score in 1:56.2 at Pompano Park Wednesday in the $10,000 winners-over trot.   Driven by Wally Hennessey, Battleshoe Victor was not to be denied from the start of the feat
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Windsor to keep schedule, cut purses by 25 percent
April 17, 2008
Published reports state Windsor Raceway officials and representatives of the Ontario Harness Horse Association reached an agreement Wednesday with the Ontario Racing Commission that will keep the 2008 racing schedule intact, but cut the purses by 25 percent nightly. In March, Windsor Raceway had as
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Pennsylvania homeowners benefiting from slots
April 17, 2008
Pennsylvania Governor Ed Rendell promised that slot machines at the state's racetracks would reduce property taxes, and according to an Associated Press story, proceeds from slots will reduce school property taxes by 10 percent for the next school year. So far the state has collected $90 millio
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ISOBA office temporarily closed; new contact number
April 17, 2008
The ongoing infrastructure work on the Illinois State Fairgrounds has caused the ISOBA office, located on the backstretch to temporarily close because of lack of power.   The office is expected to be fully functioning on April 25, but if anyone has questions about stakes payments they can c
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Hall of Fame still has stallion breedings available
April 17, 2008
The Harness Racing Museum thanks all donors and bidders for a very successful 2008 Stallion Breeding Auction. Over 50 stallion breedings were donated to the Museum with the majority receiving successful bids by the February 16 deadline. The following breedings not receiving appropriate bid
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Adrian Chip wins first start of 2008
April 17, 2008
Adrian Chip, the runner-up to Donato Hanover in last year's Hambletonian, made his first start of the 2008 season Thursday night at Sweden's Boden track and won in a mile rate time of 1:59 over 2,160 meters.   With Robert Bergh, his usual driver, in the sulky, Adrian Chip started ea
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Shorter meet equals bonus money at Pocono
April 17, 2008
Earl Beal Jr., president of the Pennsylvania Harness Horsemen’s Association (PHHA), announced Thursday that PHHA members have earned more than $75,000 in bonus monies during the first eight days of the 2008 meet at Mohegan Sun at Pocono Downs.   The bonus, which is 20 percent for any Pen
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It's time to blog on harnessracing.com
April 17, 2008
If you've got something to say about harness racing, take a "First Over" trip with Andrew Cohen in his new blog here on this web site. Cohen will moderate the blog and says his goal "...is to turn this site into a must-read for you and every other harness fan in North America; a place you can g
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Freehold purses to increase five percent
April 17, 2008
Freehold Raceway has informed the Standardbred Breeders & Owners Association of New Jersey that it will increase purses by five percent, effective with the next condition sheet. Additionally, the preferred pace and mares preferred will be added to the offerings.   These steps are being t
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Freehold's Taft recovering from surgery after spill
April 17, 2008
Karen Taft, the clerk of the course at Freehold Raceway, is recovering from shoulder replacement surgery and hopes to be released from CentraState Medical Center in Freehold on Friday.   Taft was jogging a horse on Tuesday who bolted, unseating her. Taft shattered her right shoulder
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Green Day gearing up for Su Mac Lad
April 17, 2008
Jim Raymer is gearing up Green Day for his first big performance of the season in the $50,000 Su Mac Lad on Friday night at the Meadowlands, and Raymer knows he'll have to step up as he'll be facing his  toughest test so. The lone 4-year-old in the field, he is rated at 10-1 from the rail in Fr
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Trotter makes it two straight at The Meadows
April 16, 2008
Casperdfrendlyhors was fully extended but won his second straight $13,000 leg of the South Strabane Trot for 3-year-old colts and geldings on Tuesday at The Meadows. Making his first start for new owner J.D. Snyder Jr. and trainer Rich Gillock following a private acquisition, Casperdfrendlyho
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Court held again in Pocono open
April 16, 2008
Conway Court captured the $22,000 Open Trot for the second straight week at Mohegan Sun at Pocono Downs on Tuesday afternoon. Leaving from post seven in a field of nine, Conway Court sat third early while the 7-5 favorite, Snazzy Millie, set the opening fraction of :27.4. Driver Dan Dube sent
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Took takes post two in Levy split Saturday at Yonkers
April 16, 2008
The penultimate preliminary leg of the George Morton Levy Memorial Pacing Series--round four for the uninitiated--goes Saturday night at Yonkers Raceway, with the pair of $50,000 events going as races eight and nine. Took Hanover, who took last week off after a snappy 1:51.1 ef
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Buck I St Pat's owners explain why mare won't be in Elitlopp
April 16, 2008
Dr. Ron Fuller, who bred Buck I St Pat and still owns an interest in the mare, has traveled to many European trotting events and says he wanted to race the mare in Sweden's Elitlopp, but "with a partnership, I didn't have the only vote."   The 5-year-old mare is also owned by E
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Tigerama the 7-5 favorite in Battle of Lake Erie
April 16, 2008
Canadian invader Tigerama, a winner of five straight races, has been named the 7-5 favorite in Saturday’s $100,000 Battle of Lake Erie, a by-invitation pace, in a field that will also include Bono Bests and Western Ace. It is the 23rd edition of the race at Northfield Park.   Tiger
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Lis Mara's book full at 175 mares
April 16, 2008
Kentuckiana Farms has announced that Lis Mara's book for 2008 is full and closed at 175 mares, and it includes such notables as Lifetime Member (1:50.2, $472,721), Little Miss K (1:52.2, $530,089) and Worldly Beauty (1:49.3, $1,900,255).   Lis Mara is standing his fir
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Campbell to drive Giant Diablo
April 16, 2008
World champion trotter Giant Diablo will make her 2008 debut Friday at the Meadowlands in the opening round of the Su Mac Lad Series, and John Campbell will get the first-time drive after David Miller opted off to direct Swan Image.   Coming off a 1:54.3 win in a qualifier April 10 at the Mea
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Surtees Hanover raced conservatively, third in debut
April 16, 2008
Lord Capar, the top European 2-year-old of 2007, beat Surtees Hanover at the Solvalla racetrack in Stockholm on Wednesday night. Lord Capar, a son of Varenne, was timed in a mile rate of 2:02.1 over the 2,140 meters.   Lord Capar started from post three with Swedish d
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Steinlager wins again, this time in Stockholm
April 16, 2008
Steinlager is back in business on the track as the 2005 Elitlopp champion won his second straight race after a long layoff at the Solvalla track on Wednesday night, defeating a field that included Citation.   With Bjorn Goop driving, Steinlager took the early lead from post six and
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***New***Wire To Wire
April 16, 2008
Instead of lamenting the challenges facing harness racing, in this week's Wire To Wire Andrew Cohen suggests that one way for the sport to be seen--and distinguish itself--is to begin producing broadcasts of races in HD--high definition.   "Here is a no-brainer for the industry
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Ron Dancer speaks out against shutting down NJ Ag department
April 15, 2008
New Jersey Assemblyman Ron Dancer today spoke at a rally opposing Governor Jon Corzine’s proposed elimination of the Department of Agriculture, and said that the farming industry is too important to New Jersey for this department to be eliminated.   “In a state we call the ‘Garden State’
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Favorites take both series splits at Woodbine
April 15, 2008
Fa Mulan and Only Lonely were both winning favorites in Monday night's second leg of the Celias Counsel Trotting Series for 3-year-old fillies at Woodbine Racetrack. In the opening $18,000(C) split, Fa Mulan went straight to the front from the outside post eight for driver Mike Saftic and wired t
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Scioto payments due April 15
April 15, 2008
In its 50th Anniversary season in 2008, Scioto Downs is offering horsemen several series for trotters and pacers of various ages and levels of earnings and payments on these events must be postmarked by Tuesday, April 15.   Among these events are the Killbuck Mary, BF Coaltown, and Heart
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Tony Hall wins 2,000th career race
April 15, 2008
Tony Hall scored his 2,000th career win when he drove Beau Willee to victory in the fourth race on Monday at The Meadows. Hall, 29, grew up in Carlisle, Ohio near Lebanon Raceway, where he decided as a child to make his career in harness racing. “I've been around horses since I was three,” h
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PW Roman Lover romps by 9 in Meadows series split
April 15, 2008
PW Roman Lover continued to make a shambles of the North Strabane Pace for 3-year-old colts and geldings, drawing off to win by nine lengths in 1:52.1 on Monday at The Meadows. Dave Palone sent the son of Grinfromeartoear on a quarter-pole move, and they were unchallenged from there. Papa Hemingway
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Goshen touch for Museum of Natural History exhibit
April 15, 2008
The American Museum of Natural History in New York City will open a major new exhibit titled, “The Horse …Of Course” on May 17, and the Harness Racing Museum has provided items for that show. According to a Natural History Museum press release, the exhibit will, “examine the powerful and continuin
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Horseman Eddie Wheeler dies at 76
April 15, 2008
Horseman Eddie Wheeler, who won the 1961 Kentucky Futurity with Duke Rodney, trained Big John, and drove such greats as Cardigan Bay, Meadow Skipper, Sprite Rodney and Steady Star, died at his home in New York early Tuesday morning at age 76.   Born in Brooklyn, NY, Wheeler headed west a
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Bill to be filed for 2009 to provide funding for Kentucky Racing
April 15, 2008
Kentucky state Senator Damon Thayer reportedly plans on pre-filing a bill for 2009 that would provide funding for the Kentucky Horse Racing Authority (KHRA) and purse supplements for Standardbreds, Thoroughbreds and Quarter Horses in the state. Thayer’s bill provides for 90 percent of the approxima
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Gelding ago goes to Hoosier winner's circle
April 14, 2008
Donegal Ago Go, driven by Roger Cullipher, made his first seasonal start a winning one in the first leg of The Ralph and Dorothy Rose Series at Hoosier Park Sunday, with the 3-year-old gelding finishing first in a record time of 1:59.4. Note To Groovy and Charlie Conrad made a snappy opening m
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Northfield still looking for top free-for-allers
April 14, 2008
Northfield Park reports that the Battle of Lake Erie picture is muddled at best as defending champ Maltese Artist has dropped out and Gold Dust Beach, last year's runner-up, will also skip the race.   Trainer Mickey Burke, who trains Maltese Artist, said he'll instead be sendin
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Goshen gearing up for 2008 season
April 14, 2008
Goshen Historic Track, where it all started and where it still is today, is gearing up for it 171st season of exciting harness racing and 2008 marks the 98th year of Grand Circuit Racing at the "Cradle of the Trotter." On tap this season will be three matinee programs in June and five days of Gra
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Bouchard sweeps divisions with Rare Jewel, Mypanmar
April 13, 2008
Stephane Bouchard liked Levy twice Saturday night at Yonkers Raceway, winning both  $50,000, third-leg divisions of the George Morton Levy Memorial Pacing Series with Rare Jewel and Mypanmar. Rare Jewel, second and third in his previous two series tries, was third early here as pole-sitting 19
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Flyin Doctor N scores Pocono Downs feature in 1:51
April 13, 2008
The Flyin Doctor N moved up in class and won the featured Open Handicap pace at Mohegan Sun at Pocono Downs on Saturday afternoon. The race carried a purse of $22,000. Leaving from the #5 post in a field of nine, The Flyin Doctor N made the lead around the first turn, setting an opening fracti
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Search Engine captures muddy Invitational at Hoosier Park
April 13, 2008
Search Engine, one of Indiana’s top three-year-olds of 2007, was back in familiar territory Saturday, April 12 as he earned his first win of the season in the $23,000 Invitational Pace. The four-year-old son of Electric Yankee held off a late resurgence from Green River Gorge and Rick Schaut to clai
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Ouellette directs pacer to 1:52 final victory
April 12, 2008
Silver Dragon extended his winning streak to four as he completed a sweep of the Youthful Pacing Series for 3 year olds on Friday night at Woodbine Racetrack. With regular pilot Luc Ouellette on board, the speedy son of Dragon Again-Fancy Art got away third off the gate in the $56,800(C) fina
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Princess Zoie wears Hoosier open crown
April 12, 2008
A solid move around the final turn proved to be the winning potion for Princess Zoie in the $11,000 Open II Pace for fillies and mares on Friday at Hoosier Park. Princess Zoie, under the guidance of driver Trace Tetrick, earned her second win for 2008 in the performance. Starting from the sec
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Grismore sweeps Yonkers features
April 12, 2008
Greg Grismore was in no mood to share the wealth on Friday night at Yonkers Raceway, sitting behind both $30,000 co-featured winners, the Filly and Mare Open Handicap Pace with invader Fiery Buckeye and the Open Trot with repeater No More Gold N. Fiery Buckeye, a half-sister to the poten
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Longshots finish 1-2-3 in Pompano feature
April 12, 2008
Driver David Ingraham took advantage of five lead changes as he guided Golden Falcon N to a 13-1 upset neck victory on Friday at Pompano Park in the $10,000 featured pace for mares in 1:52.4. The race started off with Cape Cove Daisy (Gaston Lareau) taking the early lead o
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Streetcar leads to winner's circle at The Meadows
April 12, 2008
Streetcarnamedsire stayed on track despite a double class jump, capturing the $20,000 Filly and Mare Preferred Handicap Pace on Friday at The Meadows. The 4-year-old daughter of Real Desire had won her last two starts in conditioned events but had prepped for The Meadows' top pace in the Nigh
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Ubetterthink he's a winner at Pocono
April 12, 2008
Ubetterthink Think overcame the outside nine post to win the featured $22,000 Open Handicap Pace for fillies and mares at Mohegan Sun at Pocono Downs on Friday afternoon. It was the second straight week that the mare from the barn of Mickey Burke beat the best mares on the grounds at Pocono, and s
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Animal Planet to air harness racing segment
April 12, 2008
An upcoming new show on the cable television network “Animal Planet” is scheduled to feature a segment on harness racing in June, with the show, called “Untamed & Uncut,” focusing on an accident involving Banker Blue Chip and driver John Campbell in the Prix d’Ete at Blue Bonnets Racew
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Running Aces opens in Minnesota
April 12, 2008
A crowd estimated at between 3,000-4,000 turned out for the opening program of the new Running Aces Harness Park in Minnesota Friday night, and many of them showed their enthusiasm by standing on the apron in snow squalls to watch the races. Former Major League Baseball manager Tom Kelly, who a
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Paper Luck reaches $200,000 earnings mark
April 12, 2008
Fred Monteleone’s Paper Luck ($4.00) went over the $200,000 mark in career earnings Saturday at the isle pompano park after he posted a one length triumph in the third race $7,700 pace. Trained and driven to victory by Bruce Ranger, Paper Luck followed pacesetter Eleven AM (George Napolitano, Jr.)
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Idle Hour slingshots to Suslow Series victory
April 12, 2008
Idle Hour surged down the stretch to win the $22,500 second leg of the Robert J. Suslow Series Saturday night at the Meadowlands. Idle Hour, taken back early by driver Tim Tetrick, sat a fourth over trip. He made a slingshot move down the stretch and held off Hands To Yourself by a neck in 1:52. C
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Four DSBF finals held as Dover closes
April 11, 2008
The 39th season of racing at Dover Downs went out in fine style with four $100,000 Delaware Standardbred Breeders Fund (DSBF) 3-year-old finals on Thursday, April 10, with Tug River Princess coming within two-fifths of a second of Rainbow Blue’s track record by scoring her 11th c
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Bartlett wins a pair at Yonkers to reach 1,000
April 11, 2008
Jason Bartlett, Yonkers Raceway's leading driver thus far in 2008, won the 2,000th race of his career Thursday nigbt. Bartlett guided the 5-year-old pacing mare Allikait Fighter ($5.20) to a 1:57, half-length win in the $8,000, ninth-race pace. Sean Campbell trained the winning favorite for own
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Fasig-Tipton to be bought by Arab company
April 11, 2008
Fasig-Tipton Co., which owns the facility where the Lexington Selected Yearling Sale holds its annual auction, is being sold to a Dubai-based company with close ties to Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid al-Maktoum, a prominent Thoroughbred breeder and buyer and the ruler of Dubai. On Thursday Fas
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Incredible Reba wins Miss Windfall opener
April 11, 2008
Incredible Reba was a credible winner in the first round of the Miss Windfall series Thursday at Hoosier Park, with the 3-year-old Electric Yankee filly opening up on the field in the stretch to win by more than two lengths over a muddy track. Guided by Joe Putnam, Incredible Reba grabbed a go
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Don Giovanni fastest in Tie Silk opening round
April 11, 2008
Society Kad and Don Giovanni used similar tactics to score impressive victories in Thursday night's first leg of the Tie Silk Trotting Series for 3 year olds at Woodbine Racetrack. Don Giovanni posted the fastest of the two $18,000(C) splits when he stopped the clock in 1:55.3 in the second
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Pennsylvania awards checks sent out; Hanover getting $1.1 mil
April 11, 2008
The new Pennsylvania Standardbred Breeders Development Fund has sent out its first checks for breeders awards, with Hanover Shoe Farms, the sport's largest breeder, receiving $1.1 million in award money and 37 other breeders (listed below) receiving from $30,000 to $156,000. The Harn
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Big maiden victory for Elizabeth Lane at The Meadows
April 11, 2008
Elizabeth Lane, whose racing career spanned two qualifiers only, proved a quick study on Thursday at The Meadows as she went wire to wire in the $13,000 opening leg of the Chartiers Township Trot for 3-year-old fillies. The daughter of SJ's Caviar, unraced at two, began her career misera
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Final Choice the winning choice at Cal Expo
April 11, 2008
He romped the week before despite parking the mile, so it should have come as no surprise that Final Choice repeated at Cal Expo Thursday night in a $6,300 race for $15,000-20,000 claiming trotters.   In advance of starting from post position four in the field of five, owner-trainer Gilbert H
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Impressive win by Splendid Kisser in Sportsnet division
April 11, 2008
Yannick Gingras directed Splendid Kisser to an impressive 1:50.1 victory in the single division of the Sportsnet New York Series Thursday night at the Meadowlands. The 4-year-old son of Bettor’s Delight took home the winner’s share of the $19,000 purse by 3 ¾ lengths over Major Suit, with Lucky Bett
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Elitlopp invitation extended to Buck I St. Pat
April 11, 2008
Elitlopp officials have extended an invitation to the connections of Buck I St. Pat to bring the 5-year-old trotting mare to Solvalla Racetrack in Sweden to compete in the Elitlopp May 25, according to harnessracing.com's Sweden-based correspondent Lars G. Palm.   Buck I St. Pat was won four
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Offshore Dream beaten in Paris
April 11, 2008
The top French trotters, including 2007 and 2008 Prix d'Amerique winner Offshore Dream, raced in the Prix Jamin/RMC at Hippodrome Paris-Vincennes on Friday night, and there was an upset as Otello Pierji, a son of Buvetier d'Aunou, won the race.   Offshore Dream, a son of Reve d'Udon
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Riggins, Share The Delight lead Empire nominees
April 11, 2008
The nominations are in for the 2008 Tioga & Vernon Downs Empire Breeders Classic, and they include Riggins, the 2007 New York Sire Stakes 2-Year-Old Pacing Colt, and the runner-up in the division, Share The Delight.   A total of 34 colts have been nominated to the 3-Year-Ol
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Bill signed, purse supplement moves forward in Jersey
April 11, 2008
Late Friday afternoon New Jersey Governor Jon S. Corzine signed the bill into the law that was a necessary step to move forward the $90 million casino supplement for New Jersey’s racetracks.   The bill, A-2471/SCS for S-1464, provides a “tax deduction from casino gross revenues for
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Youth Foundation getting ready for season
April 11, 2008
The horses who are used in the Harness Racing Youth League summer camp season shipped north this week to begin their annual conditioning program.  The horses “winter” at Brittany Farm where they receive the best of care and lots of pampering.  Once the weather breaks,&n
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Too Salty takes feature trot at 12-1 in 1:55.2
April 10, 2008
Overlooked by the betting public at odds of 12-1, Too Salty, who finished second to Adrian Chip in a Hambletonian elimination last year, sprung a mild upset at Pompano Park on Wednesday when he captured the featured $10,000 winners-over trot in a lifetime-best equaling time of 1:55.2.  
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Before He Cheats, Mucho Sleazy in Balmoral qualifiers
April 10, 2008
Before He Cheats, the winningest horse in North America last year with 21 wins in 28 starts, lined up behind the starting gate for the first time this season in a qualifier at Balmoral Park on Wednesday and scored again, trotting to a 1:58 victory with Brandon Simpson aboard.   Before He Chea
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Lawman, Swan Image win Father Foley splits
April 10, 2008
Lawman trotted a last quarter in :27.3 and held off Lets Get Serious by one-half length to win the $20,000 opening leg of the Father Foley Memorial Series in 1:53.4 Wednesday night at the Meadowlands.   With Eric Goodell in the bike, Lawman moved up from the back of the field on the backstret
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Saint Johns Boy one of seven wins for Tetrick at Dover
April 10, 2008
Tim Tetrick continued his "hot hand" driving seven winners, including Saint Johns Boy to win the $25,000 feature. George Dennis took care of the two semi-feature races, guiding Go Sassy Go in the $22,000 and Fivedollarsforsox in a upset in the $21,000 Winners-Over trot on the penultimate day of
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Dover Closes with four $100,000 DSBF finals
April 10, 2008
The Dover Downs 2007-08 meet comes to a close today with four $20,000 Delaware Standardbred Breeders Fund (DSBF) finals topping the last card of the season. In addition to the DSBF finals there are three $20,000 consolation events. First post is 5:30 p.m.   The top eight point getters in eac
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Erma La Em prevails by a head in second Blossom Series leg
April 10, 2008
Erma La Em captured the $22,500 second leg of the Blossom Series for 3-year-old pacing fillies in 1:54.1 Thursday night at the Meadowlands.   Cheyenne Trish and Andy Miller cut the mile with fractions of :28.3, :58 and 1:27, but couldn’t hold of the late-stretch dual between Erma La Em and Ca
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Landess Series underway at Hoosier
April 10, 2008
The first round of the Jerry Landess Series got underway Wednesday at Hoosier Park featuring two divisions of the $4,000 leg. The series will offer one more preliminary round before heading into the $14,000 final set for Wednesday, April 23. Showcasing the first division was My Man Moe and dri
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**NEW**Wire To Wire
April 10, 2008
Spring has arrived which means it won't be too long until stakes season is upon us, and in this week's Wire To Wire Andrew Cohen discusses the importance of a horse's 3-year-old season. He notes several "disappointments" and "surprises" over history, and that how a horse performs at two doesn't nece
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Giant Diablo, Darlin's Delight win qualifiers
April 10, 2008
Giant Diablo won a qualifier at the Meadowlands Thursday morning, trotting to a 1:54.3 score, with a :27 last quarter, for driver David Miller. The 8-year-old mare by Supergill sat third for most of the mile, then made her move.   Giant Diablo, who won last fall's Allerage Trot with a world r
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Bangor delays 2008 opener until April 18
April 10, 2008
Bangor Raceway has delayed the opening of its 2008 harness racing season from Friday until April 18 due to what track officials said was a late and sudden thaw and the effect on the track surface. The delay also means the Sunday race card has been canceled as well.   "I haven't seen anything
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Meadows hotel scrapped; parking garage, bowling alley added
April 10, 2008
Officials from the Meadows Racetrack & Casino on Thursday unveiled new plans for its $155 million permanent casino, which call for abandoning a proposed hotel project and adding a parking garage and bowling alley.   The revised plans call for as many as 4,200 slot machines, an additi
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Top colts to square off at Stockholm track
April 10, 2008
Surtees Hanover is set to take on Lord Capar, the top European 2-year-old of 2007, at the Solvalla racetrack in Stockholm next Wednesday, April 15. Surtees Hanover is eligible to the Hambletonian and the colt's trainer, Roger Walmann, has said plans call for the colt--n
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Play golf to benefit retired Standardbreds
April 10, 2008
The Standardbred Retirement Foundation (SRF) will host their annual Charity Golf Tournament on May 12 at beautiful Knob Hill Country Club in Manalapan, NJ. All proceeds benefit the SRF, the oldest, most productive, award-winning program that finds homes for non-competitive Standardbreds and ensures
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Halls Of Gold cruises in sloppy Speedy Rodney
April 09, 2008
Tina and Patrick Graham’s Halls Of Gold may have made a break in his last start but the son of Band’s Gold Chip had no trouble getting over a sloppy surface on Tuesday night as he trotted to an impressive seven-length victory in the $15,000 Speedy Rodney Stake at Balmoral Park.   With a
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Pacific Philly wins Dover feature
April 09, 2008
Tight finishes marked the Tuesday distaff features at Dover Downs where Pacific Philly won the feature, Bikini Bottom the $24,000 mares winners-over pace, and Fritzie Bunny the $22,000 mares winners-over pace. In the $25,000 feature, Eddie Davis Jr. pulled Bob Messick's Pacific Philly out o
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Barlett still two shy of two grand; Levy splits drawn
April 09, 2008
Jason Bartlett pitched a shutout--and not the good one--Tuesday night at Yonkers Raceway, leaving him two wins away from 2,000 in his career, as Yonkers' leading driver, who sniffed the milestone after a five-win night Monday, was blanked in eight drives during the 12-race program. After
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Casper makes friends with bettors at Meadows
April 09, 2008
Casperdfrendlyhors was frighteningly good on Tuesday at The Meadows, using a pocket trip to take the $13,000 opening leg of the South Strabane Trot, a series for 3-year-old colts and geldings. Unraced at two, Casperdfrendlyhors broke stride in his career debut but now has ripped off three con
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Court held in Pocono winner's circle
April 09, 2008
Conway Court, a 17-1 longshot, survived a tough outside trip to get up and win the featured $22,000 Open Handicap Trot at Mohegan Sun at Pocono Downs on Tuesday afternoon. Conway Court left from the far outside post in a field of eight and sat back while Rose Run Flash set early fractions of :27.1
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Hazel Park: Las Vegas here we come!
April 09, 2008
For the first time ever, Hazel Park Harness Raceway's signal will be accepted in Nevada racebooks starting Monday, April 21, with bettors in Nevada able to wager on the Monday and Tuesday night programs. The 2008 meet begins Friday, April 18, with racing Mondays, Tuesdays, Fridays and Satu
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Meadowlands raises Pick 4 guarantees
April 09, 2008
The best bet at the Meadowlands will get even better on April 19 when the track will raise the guaranteed pools for its popular Pick 4 wager to $75,000 on Saturdays and $35,000 on weeknights. The Pick 4 pool has averaged $71,698 nightly since the start of the 2008 meet.Offered on races six thro
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Tattoo Hall tattoos Monticello feature
April 09, 2008
With a burst of speed Tattoo Hall circled the pacesetter Great Baldini as the field headed up the backstretch and gained command at the three-quarter pole before going on to score a victory in Monticello Raceway's pacing feature on Tuesday afternoon. Twenty-year-old Jordan Stratton han
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1:52.2 world record by Enough Talk in Classic Trot
April 08, 2008
Artistic Fella won his first start of the season, My Little Dragon handed Southwind Tempo her first setback of the season, Enough Talk pulled off an upset, and Buck I St Pat rolled on in $85,000 Classic Series openers on a chilly Monday, April 7, at Dover Downs.   Tim Tetrick won four races a
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55 wins for Abbey Road C
April 08, 2008
The ageless Abbey Road C turned in another flawless effort for driver Keith Jones in winning Monday night's $45,000(C) Open Trot at Woodbine Racetrack and, in the process, equaled his lifetime record of 1:52.4. The 9-year-old gelding followed the pacesetting Starsel through fractions of :26.2, :5
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Celias Counsel gets underway at Woodbine
April 08, 2008
Only Lonely and Sophisticat both used similar front-end tactics to deliver victories in Monday's opening leg of the Celias Counsel Trotting Series for 3-year-old fillies at Woodbine Racetrack. In the opening $18,000(C) split, Luc Ouellette fired Only Lonely straight to the top from post five in t
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Barlett just a pair away from 2,000 wins
April 08, 2008
Jason Bartlett, Yonkers Raceway's leading driver, won five races Monday night and now stands just two victories away from 2,000 in his career. Bartlett, particiapting in all but one of the dozen races, swept the  $54.50 "deuces wild" early daily double with the pacer Build a Fire ($7.80) and
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A grande victory at The Meadows
April 08, 2008
Sent on a seemingly hopeless first-over mission, Vesuvio Grande paced a remarkable back half in :55.2 and captured the $20,000 Open Preferred Handicap Pace on Monday at The Meadows. Fox Valley Armor, the 3-5 favorite, got to the half in a comfortable :57.1, leaving Vesuvio Grande with little
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Gingrich suffers minor injuries in Pocono spill
April 08, 2008
Driver Mark Gingrich was injured in a fall during the third race at Mohegan Sun at Pocono Downs on Monday afternoon. Gingrich was helped into an ambulance after the accident and taken for further observation. The accident occurred when Hipo Final Combat, the horse Gingrich was driving, tripped ove
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Fifth filly for Moni Maker
April 08, 2008
The great international trotter Moni Maker 1:52.1 ($5.5 million) has given birth to another filly, delivering a bay daughter by Chocolatier on Monday night at Lindy Farms in Connecticut, and will next be bred to 2007 Horse of the Year Donato Hanover.   The filly is Moni Maker's
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Harrah's Chester hosts first qualifiers of 2008
April 08, 2008
Four qualifying races were contested on Tuesday morning at Harrah's Chester Casino and Racetrack as the track prepares for its third season of live racing. Tim Tetrick, Tony Morgan, and Cat Manzi—three of the sport's top drivers—were all on hand for the first of three pre-meet qualifying card
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Hogies Cam wins sixth straight; Parker involved in spill
April 08, 2008
Hogies Cam won his sixth consecutive race at Monticello Raceway on Tuesday afternoon in a time of 1:56.1. A recent $5,000 claim by trainer Bob Beauregard’s patron Charles Strukel, the pacer scored his third victory in a row for his new owner, all in the $10,000 claiming ranks. Jordan “The K
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With six in the winner's circle you get Tetrick
April 07, 2008
Tim Tetrick won the last five races on a six-win night while a pair of fast finishes paved the way for Menno Boy and Fine-Tune to post impressive wins over a track labeled as "good" at Dover Downs on Sunday.   In the feature, Eddie Davis Jr. pulled Menno Boy off the rail turning for home an
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Kinsel, Westside Gritty take weekend stakes at Balmoral
April 07, 2008
It was a chalk player’s delight as the 2008 stakes season got underway on Saturday at Balmoral Park with Gordon and Claudia Wright’s Kinsel starting the proceedings with an easy wire-to-wire score in Saturday’s $15,000 Taurus Bomber for Illinois conceived and foaled 3-year-old pacing
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Meadowlands to host Kindergarten legs
April 07, 2008
The 2008 edition of the Kindergarten Classic for 2 year olds will see two of the six series legs raced at the Meadowlands during the month of July. Launched in 2006, the Kindergarten series is designed to provide experience gathering races for freshman trotters and pacers while offering generou
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Future of Colonial Downs up in air
April 07, 2008
Published reports out of Virginia state Colonial Downs—which has been for sale since January—could be sold to a developer and torn down to make way for a housing development. The report in Saturday's Newport News Daily Press stated that track officials are hoping that the state legislature pass
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Red Mile announces Grand Circuit sponsors
April 07, 2008
The Red Mile has announced major stakes sponsors for the 2008 Grand Circuit meet, with the Kentucky Futurity, set for Saturday, Oct. 4, to be sponsored by Margareta Wallenius-Kleberg's Sweden-based, Menhammar Stuteri AB and her US-based Stoner Manor Inc., in conjunction w
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Ohio horse coalition formed
April 07, 2008
In an attempt to overcome numerous challenges and what amounts to an economic crisis in several segments, members of this state’s horse community Monday announced the formation of the Ohio Equine Industry Coalition (OEIC).   The organization, designed to include all breeds and disciplin
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Hanners scores driving triple in Hoosier Park opener
April 06, 2008
The atmosphere was electric for Hoosier Park’s season opener Saturday, April 5. A crowd of close to 4,000 was treated to a revamped clubhouse, full fields and close finishes in the first of 71 programs at the Anderson track. Brad Hanners, a new addition to the driver colony, guided three winners on
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Took Hanover, Bono Bests and Palone Ranger win at Yonkers
April 06, 2008
Took Hanover, Bono Bests and Palone  Rangers posted impressive victories in Saturday night's second preliminary leg of the George Morton Levy Memorial Pacing Series at Yonkers Raceway. Took Hanover, who took it to the house in last week's opening round, served further notice that he's fa
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No Nonsense Yanke takes Pompano feature in 1:50.3
April 06, 2008
No Nonsense Yankee retained his position atop the older pacing division at Pompano Park on Saturday, withstanding a late challenge from I Can Only Imagine to take the featured $10,000 winners over pace by a nose in 1:50.3.   Driven from post seven by Peter Wrenn, No Nonsense Yankee settled
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Tigerama romps to 1:49.3 win in Spring Pacing Championship final
April 06, 2008
Tigerama absolutely crushed the competition Saturday night in completing a sweep of the Spring Pacing Championship at Woodbine Racetrack. The eight-year-old son of Village Jiffy left from post in the $91,000 final for driver Mark MacDonald and flashed his patented early speed before yielding briefly
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Four Starz Sue wins Open Handicap Pace at Pocono in 1:53.4
April 06, 2008
Four Starz Sue squeezed through a tiny opening to get up in time and win the featured Open Handicap pace on Saturday afternoon at Mohegan Sun at Pocono Downs. Four Starz Sue went off as the 4-5 favorite from post position six, and was forced to sit back in sixth early on as Broadway Jake set early
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Catalina Morgan wins filly and mare pace in 1:53 at Pompano
April 05, 2008
Catalina Morgan halted an 11-race losing streak on Friday while simultaneously scoring her first victory of the season when taking the featured $10,000 fillies and mares winners over pace at Pompano Park in 1:53.   Driven from post five by Bruce Ranger, Catalina Morgan was away from the gat
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Silver Dragon, Pro Art win again in Youthful Stakes
April 05, 2008
In performances which were almost carbon copies of their victories in the opening round of the Youthful Stakes one week ago, Silver Dragon and Pro Art repeated their winning ways in round two tonight, with Luc Ouellette once again at the controls for both geldings. In the first of the two splits, Ke
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Summer In Fiji Ok with spring at The Meadows
April 05, 2008
Summer In Fiji showed that she's fine with spring in Meadow Lands, swooping the field with a huge uncovered move that carried her to an easy victory in the $15,000 Filly & Mare Not Listed Preferred Pace Friday at The Meadows.On a sloppy track that proved tiring to the front end, Luvtochangethewo
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Vernon Downs holds first qualifying session
April 05, 2008
The Jessica Okusko-trained pacer Prolific Pacer turned in the fastest mile during Thursday's (April 4) initial qualifying session at Vernon Downs as the central New York seven-eighths mile track began preparations for its 55th live harness racing season.   Competing in a light rain, 38-degre
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No More Gold N wins Open Trot at Yonkers
April 05, 2008
It was more of the same for No More Gold N as the 10-year-old Evander's Gold gelding, with Greg Grismore driving for trainer Dave Cornachione, strolled past Beach Nut Brand (Jeff Gregory) to win Friday night's co-featured $30,000 Open Trot at Yonkers Raceway Leaving from post position fi
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Five divisions of First State-breds go at Dover
April 04, 2008
Man Of Science and Aggressive Command won the trots while Big Heart, Frog Juice and Moosehead Jack were the winning pacers in the second and final Delaware Standardbred Breeders Fund (DSBF) preliminaries for 3 year olds at Dover Downs on a rainy Thursday.   The Givens team of
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Captain Cambest, Free De Vie win opening-round splits
April 04, 2008
Captain Cambest was the best in the first of two $19,000 opening-round divisions of the Fox Sportsnet New York Series Thursday night at the Meadowlands, with Free De Vie finding the winner’s circle in the second split. John Campbell was in the bike behind Captain Cambest as the 4-year-old son of Ca
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Hewaz up to the challenge at The Meadows
April 04, 2008
More than eight lengths back at the half and stuck on the outside, Heza Challenger launched a sustained move to capture the $20,000 Open Preferred Handicap Trot on Thursday at The Meadows. Randy Tharps ducked Heza Challenger from the gate, strategy that looked as if it might backfire when the
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Meadowlands numbers continue increase in March
April 04, 2008
After posting strong business numbers for February, the Meadowlands has followed that up with even more gains in March as all sources wagering on the Meadowlands harness races during the month was $57.2 million, up 18 percent over the 2007 March total of $48.5 million. That figure covers a
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Stakes season ready to get underway at Balmoral
April 04, 2008
With the harsh Chicago winter finally starting to give way to more spring-like temperatures, the action on the one-mile oval at Balmoral Park will definitely be heating up starting Saturday as the 2008 stakes season gets underway with the $15,000 Taurus Bomber Stake for Illinois conceived and foal
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Indian Hill Rocket the best in Pompano feature
April 03, 2008
Indian Hill Rocket returned to his winning ways at Pompano Park on Wednesday when rebounding from a minor two-race losing streak to take the featured $10,000 winners-over trot in 1:56.   Starting from post six with Kevin Wallis at the lines, Indian Hill Rocket wasted little time seizing cont
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***New***Wire To Wire
April 03, 2008
News of another VLT bill being introduced in the New Jersey legislature prompted Andrew Cohen to write about the frustrations of politics and government in this week’s Wire To Wire. He gives credit to New Jersey State Senator Sean T. Kean for introducing a bill, but adds, “…these pols have to do mor
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Dubai vacation for group of horsemen
April 03, 2008
They may be competitors on the racetrack, but a group of horsemen recently spent a week together sightseeing and attending the big-money Thoroughbred card March 29 at the Dubai racetrack that featured the $6 million Dubai Classic. Among the group of horsemen who traveled to the United Arab Emir
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Are you the best harness handicapper in western New York?
April 03, 2008
If you think you might be the best harness handicapper in western New York,  Buffalo Raceway is hosting its 2008 Harness Handicapping Contest, every Saturday in April, with the winner moving on to the National Harness Handicapping Contest (NHHC) at the Meadowlands in June.   Th
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Darlin's Delight among winners in Big M qualifiers
April 03, 2008
The promising 3-year-old pacing fillies See And Be Seen and Lady Annie stepped out in qualifying action at the Meadowlands Thursday, with See And Be Seen, the first foal of 2002 Sweetheart winner Must See, winning the race in 1:57.3 (last half :58.1) with Cat Manzi aboard.   Lady Annie p,2, 1
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$1 million-winning mare on her way to be bred
April 03, 2008
After contemplating retiring Stonebridge Kisses the past couple of years, owner Martin Scharf and trainer Mark Ford have made the decision to curtail the 8-year-old pacing mare’s racing career and send her to a breeding date with Rocknroll Hanover. The $1 million-winning mare, who is heading to Conc
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Tioga making track improvements for May 3 opener
April 02, 2008
Tioga Downs opened its backstretch for stabling, and a project is also in the works to re-surface and re-grade the five-eighths mile racing oval to bring it back up to its original specifications. Greg Coon of Charles E. Coon & Sons Inc., which designed the track, is handling the impro
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Three divisions for round two of Levy Series
April 02, 2008
It's round two of the George Morton Levy Memorial Pacing Series Saturday night at Yonkers Raceway, with two of last week's three opening-leg winners back for more. Post time for the 12-race card is 7:40 p.m., with the trio of $50,000 Levy events going as races seven, eight and nine. The
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Ball Gown A wins Mares Open Pace in 1:51.4
April 02, 2008
Ball Gown A stepped up into the $32,000 Mares Open Pace and recorded a lifetime fastest 1:51.4 victory at Dover Downs Tuesday. The sport's leading dash-winning driver, Tony Morgan, won four, Eric Goodell scored a triple, while meet-leading trainer Josh Green conditioned a pair of winners. &nb
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As much as $1 million to be given away
April 02, 2008
The trustees of the Agriculture and New York State Horse Breeding Development Fund (the Fund), which administers the New York State Sire Stakes, announced on Wednesday that they have instituted Breeders’ Awards for the 2008 racing season.   The Breeders’ Awards program has been inst
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Instant Photo wins opening day feature at Pocono
April 02, 2008
Favorite Instant Photo hung on in a thrilling finish to win an Open Trot, the featured race on Opening Day at Mohegan Sun at Pocono Downs on Tuesday afternoon.   Instant Photo led shortly after the quarter but was pressured at practically every step. His fractions of :27, :57:1, and
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Whotookwhat takes Filly & Mare Open Trot at The Meadows
April 02, 2008
Whotookwhat maintained her customary professionalism amid a confusion of breaking horses and captured the $18,000 Filly & Mare Open Trot Tuesday at The Meadows.   Four horses broke stride in the first quarter, an unusual occurrence in the top distaff trot. Whotookwhat and trainer-driver R
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Racing writer says ban Lasix
April 02, 2008
There has been plenty of talk of banning steroids in horse racing in the past several months, and now writer Bill Finley, writing for ESPN, says its time for Lasix to be banned as well.   Finley writes that nowadays "trainers use Lasix not to control bleeding but to make sure they are on
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Seriously injured filly makes recovery, but won't race
April 02, 2008
Where The Art Is, a 3-year-old filly trained in New Jersey by Jim Porter and owned by Eugene Landy of Rumson, NJ, has made a remarkable recovery from a very serious injury she suffered in a race at Freehold Raceway last October, and the subsequent complications that nearly took her life.   “S
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Full fields for Hoosier Park opener Saturday
April 02, 2008
Hoosier Park will kick off the 15th season of Standardbred racing Saturday, April 5. A total of 14 races will be held beginning at 6:45 p.m., with 12 of the contests offering full fields. The program is highlighted by two $23,000 Invitationals. The first feature of the night is slated for race 10,
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Sophomore filly remains undefeated in 10 starts
April 02, 2008
Tug River Princess kept her perfect record intact in the $22,500 opening round of the Blossom Series on Wednesday night at the Meadowlands. Driver John Campbell steered the overwhelming favorite to the front, yielded briefly to JK Reunited and then quickly reclaimed the lead before the half. Tug Ri
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Grand Photo captures Dover feature in 1:55.3
April 02, 2008
Grand Photo, Jessie Hall and Passito won the top three feature trots Wednesday at Dover Downs, while Juanita, Commando Queen and Early Shirley were Delaware Standardbred Breeders Fund (DSBF) second leg three-year-old filly trot winners and Dover Dolly, Cosmo Madness and Maddie G came away victorious
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Fast miles, Tetrick's five-bagger dominate night in Delaware
April 01, 2008
In one of the fastest cards in five-eighths mile history at Dover Downs Monday, Eoos stepped up to the $40,000 Open Preferred Handicap Pace to score a 1:50.1 win, Art Director in 1:51.4 wins the $37,500 Delaware Special again, with Armbro Baylor, 1:50.3, JA's Outlaw, 1:51.3, Whistle Bear, 1:5
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Big wins at Meadows for Pacey Deucey, Sure Duffy
April 01, 2008
Pacey Deucey had the strongest hand in the $16,000 Open Pace on Monday at The Meadows, scoring in a sharp 1:51.2 and lowering his lifetime mark by 1.4 seconds in the process. The son of Cam's Card Shark moved first-over down the backside, and Tony Hall was able to guide him back to the pylons
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Steinlager wins after long layoff
April 01, 2008
Steinlager, the winner of the 2005 Elitlopp, has returned to the track and posted a victory after a long layoff due to a suspensory injury. Steinlager 1:52.3, a 10-year-old stallion, won at the Ferjestad track in Sweden on Monday night, timed in a mile rate of 1:59.3 over 2,140
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Get your Tim Tetrick bobblehead now!
April 01, 2008
Harness racing fans everywhere can now own a piece of racing history! You can celebrate Tim Tetrick’s historic 2007 record-breaking season by purchasing a limited edition commemorative Tim Tetrick bobblehead doll. The polyresin bobblehead stands just over seven inches high and sits upon a horseshoe
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Trainer suspended 2 1/2 years for acting as a front
April 01, 2008
Veteran trainer Bernard Grignola, who conditioned New York Sire Stakes champions Taurus Dream and Sir Dream in the early 2000s, has been fined $7,500 and suspended 2 ½ years for allegedly acting as a “front” for trainer Robert Greenwood, who had been given a suspension in November at Freehold. &nbs
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Rich Williams now presiding in Kentucky
April 01, 2008
The Kentucky Horse Racing Authority (KHRA) has named Rich Williams as its presiding judge at the state’s Standardbred racetracks. Williams, 44, begins his duties Tuesday, April 1, at Bluegrass Downs in Paducah, and he will later serve in the same role at The Red Mile in Lexington and Thunder Ridge i
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Full fields for Classic Series opener at Dover
April 01, 2008
Full fields highlight the opening leg of the prestigious Classic Series at Dover Downs on Monday, with the four $85,000 divisions featuring the sport's finest older trotting and pacing males and females.   The largest field is the Classic Distaff with 11 contenders. There are 10 v
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NY Harness Writers to mark 50th anniversary at Yonkers
April 01, 2008
The New York City chapter of the United States Harness Writers Association will hold its 50th anniversary awards banquet in the Good Time Room at Yonkers Raceway on Sunday night, April 27. Among the honorees will be Tim Rooney, Carmine Abbatiello, and the late Billy Haughton and Stanley Dancer. &nb
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