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Blissfull Hall moving to Winbak Farm of Canada
October 20, 2008
Winbak Farm has announced that 1999 Pacing Triple Crown winner Blissfull Hall p,3,1:49.2 ($1,468,648) will be coming home to stand in Ontario for the 2009 breeding season. Owned by Daniel Plouffe of Bedford, Que., Blissfull Hall, the 12-year-old son of Cambest that has been standing in Pen
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Ralph Hanover, 1983 Triple Crown winner, dies
October 20, 2008
Ralph Hanover p,3, 1:53.4 ($1,828,871), who won pacing’s Triple Crown in 1983, was euthanized on Saturday, Oct. 18, at the age of 28. He was buried at Mac Lilley Farms in Ontario, where he has been residing since Grand Royal Farms shut down some years ago.   Ralph Hanover was fed Su
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Mister Big scores ninth consecutive victory with 1:51.2 effort
October 20, 2008
The richest field in track history took center stage Monday night at Harrington Raceway in the $317,000 Bobby Quillen Memorial as Joe Muscara's Mister Big earned his ninth consecutive win in 1:51.2. The Virgil Morgan Jr. trainee received a second-over trip from driver Brian Sears as pacesette
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Dragonfest, Up Front Bethann claim Keystone Classic splits
October 20, 2008
Dragonfest worked out a comfortable opening half on the lead, then fended off the pocket-sitting Riven Hanover to capture a division of the $70,200 Keystone Classic for 3-year-old pacing fillies Monday at The Meadows. In the second division, Dave Palone drove Up Front Bethann, a filly named for Palo
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Six wins for Bouchard at Yonkers
October 20, 2008
Stephane Bouchard had such a Yonkers Raceway hot hand Monday night, he crossed the wire first five times, but won six races. After chasing home an odds-on winner in the opener, Bouchard won the $6,000, second-race trot with Quantum King Crab ($6.20) in 2:01.  He then won the $8,000, third-race
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