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Sportsfancy ready for Cape & Cutter final
February 19, 2009
With her hoof problems behind her, Sportsfancy looks to get off on the right foot in 2009 in the $87,500 Cape & Cutter final for open pacing mares Friday night. The Cape & Cutter, which shares the spotlight with the $76,000 Tender Loving Care for sophomore fillies, is one of five stakes fina
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Anthony Napolitano leads Pompano drivers Wednesday
February 19, 2009
Driver Bruce Ranger has dominated the driving colony at the Isle Pompano Park for nearly 10 years but this season the veteran trainer-driver has had to take a back seat to the up and coming Anthony Napolitano.   On Wednesday night at the Isle Pompano Park it was all Napolitano, who won four
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Haylie Sue, Smiling Angel are redhot winners at Balmoral
February 19, 2009
Filly and mare pacers highlighted a snowy Wednesday night card at Balmoral Park as a pair of $6,500 divisions in the opening leg of the Fox Valley Redhot Series attracted a total of 17 distaffers, with Haylie Sue and Smiling Angel emerging winners.   In the opening split, Willis Clark’s Hayl
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A surprise in Dover's Open Trot
February 19, 2009
Allmar Surprise, the only female and the youngest in the field, led all the way for a 1:57 victory in the $33,000 Open trot over a "sloppy" track at Dover Downs on Wednesday.   Following two up-close seconds, Allmar Surprise got back on the winning track disposing of eight rivals in the wee
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Bill to repeal Illinois recapture passes out of committee
February 19, 2009
The Illinois House Agriculture Committee today passed and sent House Bill 26 to the floor to repeal the decade old purse recapture law, an unfunded mandate from the state which has given more than $110 million to racetracks at the expense of rank and file horsemen and their families. “I am very pl
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Lolique rallies late for Meadows upset
February 19, 2009
Last at the half by six lengths and seemingly racing for a minor share, Lolique cranked it up late over the sloppy going to shock the $25,000 Preferred Handicap Trot field at more than 16-1 on Wednesday at The Meadows. Lolique's last three efforts in the Preferred resulted in off-the-board finishe
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Wayne Nickells, 72, dies in Lexington
February 19, 2009
Wayne Nickells, who trained such top horses as the stakes-winning trotting fillies Doin' The Town and Baltic Brat, died in Lexington, KY, earlier this week. Nickells, who underwent open heart surgery several years ago, was found dead in his apartment. He was 72.   Nickells, the brother o
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Running Aces announces Newhart return as race secretary
February 19, 2009
Running Aces Harness Park has announced Rod Newhart as the racing secretary and Peter Galassi as the track announcer for the 2009 live meet. Newhart returns to Running Aces for his second season in the racing office.  He was the assistant racing secretary and paddock judge for the 2008 me
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Payments due March 15 for NJ-Sired Babic Paces
February 19, 2009
An important sustaining payment is due March 15 in order to keep New Jersey-sired two-year-old pacers eligible to the 2009 Lou Babic Memorial Paces, which are sponsored by the New Jersey Sire Stakes Program. Due on March 15 are sustaining payments of $700 for the Babic Pace  open and $400
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