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Maryland Standardbred Race Fund action at Rosecroft
June 07, 2008
Jon Win [$2.10, $2.10, $2.10] trotted wire to wire in 1:57.1, winning a $10,200 division of the Maryland Standardbred Race Fund for three-year-old colts and geldings at Rosecroft Raceway on Friday. Driven by Victor Kirby, the Chip Chip Hooray gelding sped off of the gate to take the field through q
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Maywood Pace elminations to Determine This, Froggy Turner
June 07, 2008
Determine This and Froggy Turner won the respective elimination races Friday night and established themselves as the likely favorites for next Friday (June 13) night’s $100,000 Maywood Pace for Illinois bred three-year-old colts and geldings Determine This (Brent Holland) got the job done in front-
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Lynch Memorial eliminations contested at Pocono Downs
June 07, 2008
Loving Caroline, Respectable, and Native Bride all won eliminations for next week’s James M. Lynch Memorial stakes race for 3-year-old pacing fillies on Saturday afternoon at Mohegan Sun at Pocono Downs.  In the first elimination, Loving Caroline made a first over move past tiring favorite Wo
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Somebeachsomewhere sizzles in 1:49
June 07, 2008
While thoroughbred Big Brown failed to a deliver a Triple Crown in New York, his standardbred counterpart Somebeachsomewhere remained unbeaten with another scintillating performance...this time in one of Saturday's $1.5 million Pepsi North America Cup eliminations at Mohawk Racetrack. With Pau
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Get Out of Dodge upsets in NJSS action
June 07, 2008
Get Out of Dodge was impressive in his Meadowlands debut, edging out the competition to win the $40,100 New Jersey Sire Stakes for three-year-old colts & geldings on Saturday night at the Meadowlands. Driven by Yannick Gingras, Get Out of Dodge yielded the lead to Proper Respect on the backsid
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Ranger and Deters team to win three Saturday at Pompano
June 07, 2008
Harness driver Bruce Ranger and trainer Mike Deters teamed up to score three winners Saturday night at the Isle Pompano Park including a victory in the $12,000 feature pace with I’m In Luck in 1:53.1. The Ranger-Deters show began in the very first race with Fox Valley Michael ($2.80) posting his th
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Green River Gorge rockets to 1:49 Hoosier Park triumph
June 07, 2008
The duo of Green River Gorge and Rick Schaut fired down the stretch to win the $23,000 Invitational Pace Saturday, June 7 at Hoosier Park. The timer stopped at 1:49.0, marking the second fastest mile ever paced over the seven-eighths mile oval. Charging out of the gate, Green River Gorge took the e
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New lifetime mark for Maxine's Menace, Marohn bags four
June 07, 2008
Jimmy Marohn Jr. was on a hot streak on Saturday night at Tioga Downs. Marohn made the trip to the winner’s circle four times on the eleven race card. His fourth came in the second division, first leg of the Tioga State Bank pacing series with heavy favorite Maxine’s Menace. It was the fourth win of
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Another record performance for Sheer Brilliance
June 07, 2008
After pacing in 1:50.4 last week to set a new seasonal national record for three-year-old geldings on a 5/8 mile track, Sheer Brilliance [$4.40, $2.80, $2.10] outdid himself with a mile in 1:50.3 this week, winning a $22,700 division of the Maryland Standardbred Race Fund at Rosecroft Raceway on Sat
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American Lane establishes new Yonkers track record
June 07, 2008
Returning from a late-spring break, Yonkers Raceway offered up Saturday night's trio of $30,000 Open Handicaps, with a new track record to show for it. American Lane (Jeff Gregory, four winners on the 11-race card), the odds-on favorite, held off No More Gold N (Greg Grimosre) in the weekly featured
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