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Backstretch with Gordon on Saturday
September 27, 2008
It's shortly after 10 a.m. Saturday morning as I sit in The Red Mile pressbox and look out over the racetrack, trying to figure out if it rained overnight or not. It seems wet in some spots, but other areas look completely dry. But one thing I do know is that the sun has finally broke through the cl
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Goldstar Rosie still alive for Florida bonus
September 27, 2008
Goldstar Rosie and driver Dan Clements were a neck the best in beating 10-1 Bling to win the $14,000 final of the Sunshine State Stakes for 2-year-old pacing fillies on Friday at the Isle Pompano Park and are now just two wins away from a $100,000 bonus check. Bling and driver Mel Turcotte wa
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Kat N Mouse game in Meadows victory
September 27, 2008
Kat N Mouse snapped an uncharacteristic three-race losing streak on Friday at The Meadows when she rallied in the “Lightning Lane” to capture the $25,000 Filly & Mare Preferred Handicap Pace. Kat N Mouse won eight of her first 16 starts in 2008--all against top competition--but the 5-year-old
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One Tough Lass wins late-closer, hands Mya Tri first-ever defeat
September 27, 2008
Mya Tri, racing away from her home state of Indiana for the very first time, saw her career unbeaten streak of 21 end Saturday afternoon at The Red Mile, with the 3-year-old filly trotter a non-factor sixth behind the winning One Tough Lass in the $14,000 Winbak Farms late-closer.   Driver Ti
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World record by 2-year-old Sheer Desire
September 27, 2008
Making just his third career start, Sheer Desire set a world record for 2-year-old geldings and equaled the all-time mark for freshman with a 1:49.3 effort in the first of six divisions of the $510,100 Bluegrass Saturday afternoon at The Red Mile. Dave Palone was in the sulky behind the Mickey Burke
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Deweycheatumnhowe coasts in Transylvania
September 27, 2008
The odds-on favorite Deweycheatumnhowe won the third $107,200 division of the Transylvania for 3-year-old colt trotters Saturday afternoon at The Red Mile, winning in a wrapped-up 1:52.2 for trainer, driver and co-owner Ray Schnittker.   Schnittker left with Dewey but yielded the lead to Velo
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SBSW equals all-age race mark, new division record
September 27, 2008
Somebeachsomewhere's connections wanted the world record when they aimed for the two-week Grand Circuit stand at The Red Mile and they got it as the 3-year-old son of Mach Three won the second of two $134,000 Bluegrass divisions in 1:46.4, setting a new world record for his division and equaling the
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