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Full fields for Casual Breeze divisions
May 29, 2008
It’s Ladies’ Night on Friday night, May 30, at Mohawk Racetrack, as fans get to view a fantastic fanfare of feminine horsepower as 11 of the 13 races on the card are slated for fillies and mares, with the highlight being four full $75,000(C) divisions of the Casual Breeze stakes for 3-year-ol
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Sugar Valley Alley upsets at Harrington
May 29, 2008
Carlo Poliseno's Sugar Valley Alley ($21.20) earned his fourth win of the year in 1:56.1 in the featured $22,000 Junior Open Trot at Harrington Wednesday. It was the fastest time of the meet thus far for a trotter.   Driven by Poliseno, the 6-year-old Big Victory gelding surged by pacesette
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Gale warning up again at Pompano
May 29, 2008
Gale Warning ($3) avenged his nose defeat last week with an impressive 1 1/4-length triumph Wednesday at Pompano Park in the $12,000 winners-over trot. The feature first saw Battleshoe Victor (Tom Sells), who edged Gale Warning last week at the wire, shoot to the lead from post six
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No Pain No Gain, Fantasy Yankee win opening-round sire stakes
May 29, 2008
Two daughters of Muscles Yankee, No Pain No Gain and Fantasy Yankee, captured the first round of the New Jersey Sires Stakes for 3-year-old filly trotters on Wednesday night at the Meadowlands.    No Pain No Gain drafted behind Gleams Dream, who carved fractions of :28.3, :57.3 and 1:27.
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Larrimore gives Snow White update
May 29, 2008
Co-owner Curtis Larrimore told harnessracing.com Thursday morning that the 3-year-old filly trotter Snow White is on the road to recovery after undergoing throat surgery earlier this year, although he admits there is still some uncertainty as to her future.   Larrimore said the reigning Dan P
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Perfect record in jeopardy due to trainer questions
May 29, 2008
The Delaware Harness Racing Commission has disqualified the undefeated Tug River Princess from her win last month in the $100,000 Delaware Standardbred Breeders Fund final at Dover Downs and fined and suspended trainer Trevor Warwick six months in a ruling that stated he “was not the actual trainer
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Meadowlands website target of hackers
May 29, 2008
The Meadowlands has sent out a release noting that their website has been under the attack of hackers which has caused problems. According to the release: "As some of you have already noticed, we have been encountering difficulties with our web site. Our site has been the target of a relentless rash
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New York Board recommends steroid regulations
May 29, 2008
The New York State Racing and Wagering Board (the Board) Thursday voted to pass a proposed rule making for new steroid restrictions in New York State for both the Thoroughbred and harness industry. Based on a national model rule supported by both the Racing Medication Testing Consortium an
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Franco-American bred wins in Scioto's Billings
May 29, 2008
The amateur drivers in the popular C.K.G. Billings series came to central Ohio to compete on Wednesday and the crowd at Scioto Downs was treated to some nice miles by the trotters.   The first division went to the Franco-American bred Canaco Olymed, whose sire Victory Force is a son of Valley
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June 14 card added at Vernon Downs
May 29, 2008
Vernon Downs has announced that it will add a racing program on Saturday, June 14, with post time for the card set at 6:55 pm. Vernon will also NOT be racing on Saturday, Aug. 16, and the leg of the Kindergarten Series scheduled for 2-year-old colt and filly pacers will be m
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