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Canadian Breeders Championship elims featured at Mohawk
July 19, 2008
Six Canadian Breeders Championship eliminations for sophomore fillies – two $36,118 divisions for pacers and four $20,486 splits for trotters – put the ladies centre stage at Mohawk Friday night. In the first division for pacers, trainer/driver Mike Vanderkemp scored a surprise victory with Southwi
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St Lads Popcorn goes from AE to victory in Gold Final
July 19, 2008
She drew an outside post and ended up with a dreadful trip in the Gold Elimination last week, but in her return to Flamboro Downs on Friday night, two-year-old pacing filly St Lads Popcorn had luck riding squarely on her shoulders. First, trainer Mark Horner was forced to scratch Pantecostal out of
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Jordan's Jewell Illinois Fair Horse of the Month
July 19, 2008
Jordan’s Jewell has been named Illinois County Fair Horse of the Month by the Illinois Standardbred Owners and Breeders Association in conjunction with the Illinois Department of Agriculture, Bureau of County Fairs and Horse Racing.   The Prairie State’s county fair season kicked off June 13
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Buck I St Pat scratched from Trotting Oaks
July 19, 2008
The trotting mare Buck I St Pat has been scratched from Saturday night's Trotting Oaks leg at the Meadowlands due to an undisclosed injury, and will be sidelined for several weeks. Mickey Burke trains the mare.   Buck I St Pat had drawn post one in the Trotting Oaks, scheduled as th
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Go On BB lowers Meadows track record
July 19, 2008
Go On BB blazed a mile in 1:51.3, establishing a track record for 4-year-old mares in Fridays $23,000 Filly & Mare Preferred Handicap Pace at The Meadows. Under Dave Palones urging, Go On BB gunned for the lead from post position 9, then released a parked-out Streetcarnamedsire and settled into
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SBSW finishes second in $1.1 million Meadowlands Pace
July 19, 2008
Art Official snapped Somebeachsomewhere's undefeated streak in world record fashion with a 1:47 victory in the $1.1 million Meadowlands Pace on Saturday night at the Meadowlands. Pierce and Art Official took command at the quarter and dueled with Bullville Powerful down the backstretch, leaving So
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Jay Sears collects 1,500th career victory
July 19, 2008
Driver Jay Sears scored his 1,500th career victory Saturday at Pompano Park Harness Track, winning the second race Florida Sunshine State Stakes with McRyan Michael ($5.00) in a lifetime best time of 1:54.3. For Sears, whose father, Gene, is in the Harness Racing Hall of Fame, and son Brian, is one
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Tompkins-Geers action featured at Tioga Downs
July 19, 2008
Shanghai Lil and Dave Palone tipped four wide off the final turn and stormed home to score in the $39,678 second division of the Tompkins-Geers for 2-year old pacing fillies Saturday night at Tioga Downs. It was the first win of the career for the freshmen daughter of Jenna’s Beach Boy out of the Ar
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Meadowlands Pace undercard features Classic Series events
July 19, 2008
A quartet of $85,000 Classic Series events for older horses were featured on the rich Pace Night undercard. My Little Dragon, fastest female racehorse of all time, edged out Ideal Weather at the wire by a head to capture the $85,000 Classic Distaff in 1:50. It was a neck back to Darlin’s Delight in
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