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Opening day of yearling sale shows decrease
November 04, 2008
A full brother to world champion trotter Muscle Mass sold for $425,000 to trainer Jimmy Takter during Monday’s yearling sale at Harrisburg, but still the opening-day session resulted in an overall decrease of 30 percent from last year’s numbers. The sale grossed $16.1 million for the 367 yearl
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Caviar served again at Woodbine as Cinderella story continues
November 04, 2008
One of the biggest "Cinderella" stories this season at Woodbine has been that of trotter Enjoy The Caviar and that story continued on Monday night as he rolled to his ninth consecutive career victory in 1:55.1. The 5-year-old gelded son of SJ's Caviar is in his first season at the races for traine
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Karpathos grinds out Pompano trot victory
November 04, 2008
Karpathos ($10.40) and driver Wally Hennessey were able to grind out an impressive three-quarter-length triumph over race favorite Brick in winning the $16,000 top trot at the Isle Pompano Park Monday. It was the first live race card on Monday’s for the season. The Isle Pompano Park will n
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Frog Juice served at Dover Downs
November 04, 2008
They are serving Frog Juice these days at Dover Downs as the sophomore Frog Juice won for the fifth consecutive time Monday night, turning in a memorable 1:50.1 performance to win the $26,000 Open Pace. The only 3 year old in the featured race taking on seasoned veterans, Frog Juice, a Badlan
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Marty's a charming winner at The Meadows
November 04, 2008
Marty’s Charm chased on the outside for more than a half mile but still closed in :27.3 to capture the $25,000 Preferred Pace on Monday at The Meadows. Marty’s Charm was sitting third before the half when Randy Tharps sent him after the leader, Hennessy Hanover. The 4-year-old gelded son of Aces N
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Irvine/Perpall repeat in Plainridge whipless race
November 04, 2008
On Monday, the second race at Plainridge Racecourse was the second whipless race in as many weeks, with the winner Mr. Prep, trained by Mike Perpall and driven by Brad Irvine, who is partnered with Kurt Areano. The mile went in 1:56, which was two-fifths of a second off the
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Schedule shift proposed in Indiana, race dates to increase
November 04, 2008
Indiana horsemen could see an increase in race dates in 2009, but they will also have to adjust to a proposed schedule change. Hoosier Park Racing & Casino and Indiana Downs have each submitted requests for 80 days of racing next year, an overall increase of nine days over the 151-day calendar o
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Decline of 25 percent through two sessions
November 04, 2008
The world’s economic woes didn’t go away overnight, and the second session of the Standardbred Horse Sales annual November auction continued to lag behind both the 2007 and 2006 sale, and after the second session on Tuesday a total of 731 horses had been sold for an average price of $36,493, which i
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