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Millers donate earnings on Pink Ribbon Day at Springfield
August 14, 2008
Marcus Miller and his Uncle Andy raised $640 for cancer research during Pink Ribbon Day Wednesday at the Illinois State Fair. Marcus, the 19-year-old son of trainer Ervin Miller, and Andy, the trainer’s brother, donated half of their five percent driver’s earnings from their day’s drives to the Amer
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Bigpepper a big winner at Saratoga
August 14, 2008
Bigpepper visited the Saratoga Gaming and Raceway winner’s circle for the second consecutive time on Wednesday after taking the featured $5,500 non-winners trot over a "sloppy" track in 2:01.2. Starting from post seven with Brian Cross at the controls, Bigpepper bided his time in sixth place thro
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Stormont Northstar wins 69th race at Harrington
August 14, 2008
Paul McDougall and WJ McDougall Racing's Broke As Usual A ($7.80, Ross Wolfenden) was a decisive winner in Wednesday's $20,000 Junior Open Trot at Harrington Raceway. Trained by Peter Tritton, the 8-year-old Malhana Gindin gelding set all the fractions in his 1:56.4 triumph by three lengths over
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Shaniaraider holds on in Batavia blanket finish
August 14, 2008
At the wire first in the featured $8,500 Open Pace for fillies and mares at Batavia Downs Gaming Wednesday night was Shaniaraider with an excellent mile of 1:56.3. Ken Holliday was at the lines for one of his three wins on the night.   Shaniaraider left fast at the start an
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Muscle Shirt favored in Helen Smith final
August 14, 2008
Elim winner Muscle Shirt has been installed as the 3-1 morning line favorite in the $70,000 Helen Smith final on Friday at Freehold Raceway. Cat Manzi will once again drive the Chuck Sylvester-trainee, who trotted a lifetime-best 1:58.2 to win last week’s elimination race. Muscle Shirt, who will
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2008 season over for Buck I St. Pat
August 14, 2008
Trainer Mickey Burke said Thursday morning that the 5-year-old trotting mare, Buck I St Pat, who surpassed $1 million in career earnings with her victory in the Perretti Farms Matchmaker at the Meadowlands in July, has been shut down for the rest of the year due to a slight tear in a tendon she
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Share The Delight shares with SRF
August 14, 2008
When 3-year-old pacer Share The Delight and driver John Campbell finished third at 25-1 in the $1.1 million Meadowlands Pace on July 19, it felt like a win to his owners, Andrew Cohen, Joseph Faber, Harvey Nagler, Lorne Polger and Ed Cohen. The mile came one week after Share The Delight won an 
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On-track harness handle climbs at Hawthorne
August 14, 2008
The Hawthorne Race Course summer harness meet concluded with a nearly 11 percent increase in on-site handle, quite a few new track records, and has applied for more harness dates in 2009.   Four new track-record performances were turned in. The 2-year-old gelded trotter Southern Ro
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Kentucky Drug Council recommendations ban on anabolic steroids
August 14, 2008
The Kentucky Equine Drug Research Council on Thursday passed a recommendation that the Kentucky Horse Racing Commission adopt a ban on anabolic steroids in horse racing, prompting council chairman Dr. Jerry Yon to call it the "toughest in the country."   The recommendations calls for anabolic
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National ride to support horse adoption
August 14, 2008
Horse lovers from across the country are stampeding to join the National Rescue Ride on October 19, and among the charities that can benefit is the Standardbred Retirement Foundation. Fifty charities from more than 40 states have answered the call to help raise funds and awareness for un
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Southern Rocketop wins Ill Colt Stakes final in 1:54.1
August 14, 2008
Southern Rocketop, who tied the world record of 1:55.3 for 2-year-old trotting geldings on a mile track in his elimination for the Illinois State Fair Colt Stakes Friday, Aug. 8, obliterated the record Thursday evening in the $50,000 final by 18 lengths in 1:54.1. Brian Carpenter was at the lines as
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