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Stacy Chiodo wins Williams final
November 07, 2008
Vince Copeland drove Powerful Committee to victory in the $15,500 top trot Thursday at Dover Downs while Stacy Chiodo dominated the final day of the Mildred Williams Series. Powerful Committee is owned by Joanne and Tina Clark and Cantwell Bridge Stable. The CR Commando-Mystic Virtue 4 year
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Dead heat in Meadows trot
November 07, 2008
I’m Justa Lady and Tom’s OK Lady, each a daughter of Inquirer and each a top distaff trotter at The Meadows for the past several years, were inseparable Thursday as they dead heated for win in the $25,000 Preferred Trot for fillies and mares. I’m Justa Lady shot to the front for Tony Hall, wi
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A track record to remember at Cal Expo
November 07, 2008
It may have been just a non-winners of one event, but for the connections of Foxfire Forgetful, it will be a race they will never forget. Starting from post position two in the field of nine for trainer Bruce Clarke, the just-turned 50-year-old horseman knew what was possible, providing he could g
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Raceway Park closes with increases in attendance, handle
November 07, 2008
Raceway Park concluded its 2008 racing season by bucking the national trend with significant increases in both on-track attendance and handle during the 76-date harness meet which concluded Oct. 26. Average daily attendance increased 22 percent from last year’s figures while live handle increased
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Expanded gaming explored again in Kentucky
November 07, 2008
In the aftermath of Tuesday’s voting in which Maryland residents approved slot machines at five sites including racetracks, Churchill Downs officials announced Thursday that they plan to purse expanded gaming in Kentucky in 2009. The state is home to three Standardbred tracks: The Red Mile, Thunder
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SBOANJ/Freehold purse supplement impasse continues
November 07, 2008
A conference call with representatives from all facets of the New Jersey racing and casino community on Friday afternoon failed to yield a resolution to the Freehold purse supplement issue. Joe Corbo, from the New Jersey Casino Association, agreed to take a written request from Freehold’s p
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Pompano to debut Hummer starting gate Friday night
November 07, 2008
The first of its kind, a harness racing starting gate built from a Hummer, debuted at the Isle Casino & Racing at Pompano Park Friday morning for the track's qualifying races. The new Hummer starting gate will be used for the first time in a pari-mutuel race Friday night at the Isle Pompano. &
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One Tough Lass sells for $475,000
November 07, 2008
One Tough Lass, who won the Kentucky Futurity Filly Stakes this fall at The Red Mile in 1:52.4, was sold for $475,000 to Herb Liverman and Melvin Hartman Friday afternoon during the mixed portion of the Standardbred Horse Sales auction in Harrisburg. Peninsula Farm consigned One Tough Lass, acting a
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