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Badlands Nitro, Santanna Blue Chip, favored in elims
June 25, 2008
Eleven 3-year-old colts shall contest the 2008 edition of Yonkers Raceway's Art Rooney Pace with Badlands Nitro and Santanna Blue Chip the favorites in their respective eliminations which will be held Saturday night. The total purse of the '08 Rooney is  $618,270, with a pair of $40,000 elimi
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Knockout delivered in fastest DSBF split
June 25, 2008
Brenda Teague's Sheisaknockout ($5, Jim Morand) was the fastest of three $20,000 Delaware Standardbred Breeders Fund (DSBF) events for 3-year-old pacing fillies Tuesday at Harrington Raceway. The Badlands Hanover filly left from post five and set all the fractions, prevailing by two lengths in 1:
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Native Bride redeems in PASS division at Pocono
June 25, 2008
Native Bride bounced back from a heartbreaking loss in the James M. Lynch Memorial to capture a Pennsylvania Sire Stakes win on Tuesday afternoon at Mohegan Sun at Pocono Downs.   The 3-year-old filly from the Joe Pavia Jr. barn went off as the 1-5 favorite in the Lynch at Pocono on June
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HHYF summer camp a rousing success
June 25, 2008
The Harness Horse Youth Foundation's Summer Camp at Odds On Acres in Crete, Ill. is now history and was a rousing success for all attendees. Kids from all over the Midwest enjoyed their experiences learning about grooming, nutrition and training of the harness horse as evidenced in these attached ph
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Dewey, Snow White set to race at Big M Friday
June 25, 2008
Deweycheatumnhowe and Snow White, last year’s 2-year-old trotting champions, make their much-anticipated 2008 debuts on Friday night at the Meadowlands in Historic action.  Deweycheatumnhowe headlines the $79,110 Dickerson Cup [race three] while Snow White tops the field in the $68,110 Coachin
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Road to the Meadowlands Pace
June 25, 2008
Each week Meadowlands statistician Bob Heyden ranks the contenders for the $1 million Meadowlands Pace, set for Saturday, July 19, each week, and his latest rankings appear below.   RANK, HORSE, DRIVER, TRAINER, OWNER, BOB HEYDEN’S COMMENTS 1, SOMEBEACHSOMEWHERE, Paul MacDonell, Brent M
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Strangles quarantine lifted at Pompano
June 25, 2008
Pompano Park management announced Wednesday morning that animal health officials from the United States Department of Agriculture have removed the Streptococcus equi (Strangles) quarantine on the stable area at the track.   Track management and the horsemen and women in the bac
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Ten to line up behind gate for $500,000 Hoosier Cup
June 25, 2008
A group of 10 sophomore pacing colts including McCedes, Art Official and Dali are slated to compete in the $500,000 Hoosier Cup Saturday evening at Hoosier Park Racing & Casino. This is the 12th renewal of Indiana’s richest harness race, the featured contest on a card boasting in excess of
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Michelle's Power's 2007 O'Brien Award is revoked
June 25, 2008
The board of directors of Standardbred Canada has voted to revoke the 2007 O'Brien Award presented to Michelle's Power as the 3-Year-Old Filly Pacer of the year as a result of her testing positive for darbepoetin-alfa (DPO) last August and now honor Hana Hanover. The decision was recommended by the
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Woodbine Reaction to Industry Review Panel Report
June 25, 2008
Woodbine Entertainment Group (WEG), the largest operator of horse racing in Canada, has issued a statement regarding its reaction to the Ontario government's Industry Review Panel report, commissed last summer and released on Tuesday.   WEG's statement reads: "A healthy horse raci
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