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3YO fillies compete in NJSS
June 12, 2008
Fancy Vacation commanded the lead at the half and held on in 1:55 to win the $30,000 third leg of the New Jersey Sire Stakes for 3-year-old filly trotters Wednesday night at the Meadowlands, and in the second split Gleam's Dream, a daughter of Hambletonian victor Muscles Yankee and Oaks champion Gle
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Jake's Nordic fastest at Harrington
June 12, 2008
Dan and Thomas Courtemanche's Jake's Nordic (Tim Curtin, $11.20) returned to Harrington Raceway a winner Wednesday in the $21,000 Junior Open Trot, winning in 1:55.4. The time was the fastest of the meet so far for a trotter at Harrington. The 9-year-old Keystone Nordic gelding set all the fracti
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Matt's Wolfey, Honey's Luck win 2-year-old stake splits
June 12, 2008
Matt's Wolfey and Honey's Luck were winners Wednesday at Balmoral Park as freshman pacing fillies grabbed the spotlight with 13 Illinois conceived and foaled 2 year olds meeting in a pair of $6,000 Misty Misty Misty Stake splits.   In the opening division, Robert Phillips and Black
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Thunderstorms early, Gale Warning later at Pompano
June 12, 2008
The thunderstorms earlier in the day may have blown by Pompano Park but Gale Warning still prevailed with his third straight victory in the $12,000 feature trot Wednesday. Driven by Wally Hennessey, Gale Warning had little trouble leaving from post seven and taking the lead away from Guy Gets G
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BV's Sister wins Open Trot at The Meadows
June 12, 2008
BV’s Sister was both aggressive and patient on Wednesday at The Meadows, a combination that brought her victory in the $18,000 Filly and Mare Open Trot. Mike Wilder hustled BV’s Sister to the front from post position four, but the pair soon yielded the lead to the venerable Whotookwhat. Thing
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Class Attack shakes off attacks to win Floating Dream final
June 12, 2008
Class Attack defeated 2-5 favorite Yankee Oak in a homestretch duel to win the $8,500 final of the Floating Dream Series at Scioto Downs on Wednesday night. The sophomore pacing filly was one of three winners steered by Chris Page. Driver Bob Harper sent Yankee Oak to the front from the rail
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SC has committees for Wagering Action Plan
June 12, 2008
Standardbred Canada's Wagering Action Plan is moving forward and industry participants on all five committees have been confirmed. Conference calls and/or meetings for all of the five committees are currently underway and by June 20, all committees will have had their initial meetings.   Unde
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Three horses die in barn fire near Lexington
June 12, 2008
Three horses, all boarded show horses, and a mule died in a barn fire late Wednesday night at Grand Marina Farm in Lexington, Ky. Standardbred breeder Polly Hilliard and her brother, Bill, own the farm. Their 13 Standardbreds were in another barn on another part of the farm and were never in da
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Blazing last quarters turn head at Big M baby races
June 12, 2008
Although Sir Sisu, a son of McArdle, earned 1:57.2 speed-badge honors at the 2-year-old races Wednesday morning at the Meadowlands, it was a handful of blazing last quarters posted by other winners—including a :25.4 final panel by the winning filly Girls Nite Out—that drew the most attention.  
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Darlin's Delight bids for repeat in Lady Liberty
June 12, 2008
Darlin’s Delight seeks to defend her crown in the $250,000 Lady Liberty Final on Friday night at the Meadowlands, where she will be taking on a deep field of 11 other mares.   The 2006 3-Year-Old Filly Pacer of the Year is rated at 10-1 from post two in the night’s seventh race. Trained by Je
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1:57.1 track record for Napoleon
June 12, 2008
The new slogan going around which states “Bred in New York to Take on the World”  seemed more than apropos especially the way the New York-bred  sophomore trotting colts and geldings strutted their stuff in the $243,000 New York Sire Stakes at Monticello Raceway on June 11.   Napo
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Champion trotter scores in first start since tie-back surgery
June 12, 2008
The 2007 Two-Year-Old Filly Trotter of the Year Snow White made her first sophomore appearance Thursday morning at the Meadowlands, winning a qualifier in 1:56.3 as she returned after being sidelined due to tie-back surgery performed in March. The surgery was needed after trainer Kevin Lare heard S
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Quebec-bred champ Val Taurus qualifies for Takter
June 12, 2008
Champion Quebec-bred trotter Val Taurus, now in New Jersey-based trainer Jimmy Takter’s barn, won a qualifier at Mohegan Sun at Pocono Downs on Wednesday in 1:59.2, romping home a 15 ¾-length winner. The mile was Val Taurus’s first since he made a break in a qualifier at the Meadowlands in late Apri
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World record holder faces stiff challenge in $500,000 Franklin
June 12, 2008
Joseph Muscara’s Mister Big, fresh off a performance in which he paced the fastest mile in history on a five-eighths mile oval, can expect an immediate challenge to his supremacy from seven rivals in Sunday’s $500,000 Ben Franklin final at Harrah’s Chester Casino and Racetrack.   This past
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Buck I St Pat set to compete in Miss Versatility
June 12, 2008
The $25,000 second leg of the Miss Versatility trotting series has drawn the interest of nine of the best trotting mares in North America, including world champion Buck I St Pat. The field of nine will go postward on Saturday night at Tioga Downs, which begins its card with a post time of
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