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Peaceful Way elims held under sloppy conditions
September 09, 2008
Raising Rachel kept her undefeated streak intact while Celebrity Juliet and Windsong Soprano were also victorious in Monday night's trio of $30,000(C) eliminations for the Peaceful Way Stakes for 2-year-old filly trotters at Mohawk Racetrack. All three winners were quite impressive under less tha
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Palone 8, Wilder 4 at The Meadows
September 09, 2008
Dave Palone drove eight winners Monday at The Meadows while Mike Wilder had four, as the two drivers took a combined 75 percent of the 16 races on the card.   Four of Palone’s winners were for trainer Mickey Burke. Win prices on Palone’s victories ranged from $3.40 to $10.60. Wilder scored th
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Hammer still reigns as king at York fair
September 09, 2008
They don’t call him “The King of the Pennsylvania County Fairs” for nothin.’ A day after Roger Hammer guided Alastor Hanover to a 1:55.3 all-age pacing track record at the York (Pa.) fair, he came right back to set two divisional track records and come within a fifth of tying the track trotting
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Victory Dream euthanized at age 17
September 09, 2008
Victory Dream, who won the 1994 Hambletonian and later went on to become the sire of 1999 Hambletonian winner Self Possessed, was euthanized Tuesday morning at Walnut Hall Ltd. after suffering from neurological problems at the age of 17.   A son from the first crop of Valley Victory out of th
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Batavia ready to begin Drivers Challenge
September 09, 2008
Some of the top drivers in New York and Ontario won’t just be racing to the finish line beginning on Wednesday, they will be driving to raise money for charity. Eight drivers with 40,000 combined wins and lifetime purse earnings of over $400 million will compete in the $10,000 All-Sta
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Black Book One available online
September 09, 2008
The Black Book Number One for this fall’s Harrisburg yearling sale is now available online. The yearling portion of the sale will take place at the Pennsylvania State Farm Show Complex in Harrisburg from Monday, Nov. 3 through Wednesday, Nov. 5.   The sale includes 1,126 select yearlings
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Fillies score victories of particular note at Lexington
September 09, 2008
There were two filly trotters who scored victories of particular note at The Red Mile Monday night. They were Grand Cameron, the first foal from the ill-fated Cameron Hall, and Yalta Hanover, a speedy daughter of Andover Hall.   Grand Cameron scored her first career triumph in a late closing
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Haughton Memorial winner Muscle Hill romps in Red Mile qualifier
September 09, 2008
Peter Haughton Memorial winner Muscle Hill easily won a qualifier at The Red Mile Tuesday morning, his second morning start since capturing that $500,000 race at the Meadowlands in late July. With Andrew McCarthy driving for trainer Greg Peck in the qualifier, the 2-year-old Musc
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