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Wine is just fine again at Pompano
July 03, 2008
For the second straight week, Table Wine ($12.80) was the right vintage for betting fans at the isle pompano park Wednesday as the 7-year-old gelding won the $12,000 Open Trot once again. Not only did Table Wine go off at the same odds he did last week at 5-1, he also covered the one-mile race in
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La Rock rolls again in Saratoga feature
July 03, 2008
After prevailing just twice in the first 54 starts of his career, the 5-year-old pacer La Rock has now visited the winner�s circle in each of his last two outings following a 1:57.2 victory in the featured $5,500 non-winners pace at Saratoga Gaming and Raceway on Wednesday. Driven from post three
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Broke As Usual gets all the money at Harrington
July 03, 2008
Paul McDougall and WJ McDougall Racing's Broke As Usual A ($24.20, Ross Wolfenden) earned his first win of the year in upset fashion Wednesday in Harrington Raceway's featured $21,000 Junior Open Trot. The 8-year-old Malhana Gindin gelding took advantage of an early speed duel between Vick
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Bartlett, Sumner take Yonkers spring titles
July 03, 2008
A pair of New Englanders took over New York this spring as Jason Bartlett and Robert Sumner were the leading driver and trainer, respectively, in the Yonkers Raceway meet which began April 1 and concluded this past Monday night. Bartlett, 27, won 114 races from 512 drives (22.2 percent), two
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Redzilla wins like Godzilla in Scioto shocker
July 03, 2008
Redzilla was the longest shot on the board in Wednesday's seventh race at Scioto Downs, but someone apparently forgot to tell him. The 5-year-old gelding was parked the mile from post nine and still got up to win by 2 1/4 lengths in 2:01. He was sent off at odds of 41-1 while the runner-up, TK'
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Twist N Clout fastest in first-year filly pacer splits
July 03, 2008
Twist N Clout won her second straight race Wednesday night at the Meadowlands, capturing the fastest of two $46,000 New Jersey Sire Stakes divisions for 2-year-old filly pacers with a 1:54 effort for driver John Campbell. Campbell moved Twist N Clout from third to first approaching the half and fro
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Florida court says no to state's deal with Seminoles
July 03, 2008
The South Florida Sun-Sentinel has reported that the Florida Supreme Court is overturning the agreement Governor Charlie Crist signed with the Seminole Tribe to expand gambling at its casinos, which include two less than a 45-minute drive from Pompano Park. The Sun-Sentinel reported th
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Hambo hopeful returns from Sweden
July 03, 2008
Hambletonian hopeful Surtees Hanover made his first appearance of 2008 in the United States in a qualifier Thursday morning at the Meadowlands, finishing second with Swedish driver Johan Untersteiner in the sulky. The son of Andover Hall was purchased last fall by Swedish owner Tommy Jacobsson, and
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Dust All Over wins Sweden's Hambletonian for 4 year olds
July 03, 2008
Dust All OVer, a son of Super Arnie, won Sweden's SprinterM�staren (M�staren=Champion), a race also popularly called Sweden�s Hambletonian, on Thursday night, trotting to a 1;54.4 victory for trainer Roger Walmann, also known as the trainer of Giant Diablo and Surtees Hanover. Orj
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KY Horse Racing Authority now Commission
July 03, 2008
Kentucky's racing commission has been reorganized once again, this time through an executive order signed by Governor Steve Beshear on Thursday that also changed the name of the office from the Kentucky Horse Racing Authority to the Kentucky Horse Racing Commission (KHRC).
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