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Chicago-based Hall of Famer reaches milestone
March 01, 2009
Hall of Famer Dave Magee became only the sixth driver in North American harness racing history to record 11,000 driving victories when he guided Capture The Magic to a head decision in the 13th race at Balmoral Park Saturday night).   The always humble 55 year old, who has been a staple on t
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The Quiet Mon makes some noise in Big M invite
March 01, 2009
The Quiet Mon sat a perfect trip behind leader Race Track Ruler, popped the pocket down the stretch, and hurried home to win the $35,000 Invitational Pace Saturday night at The Meadowlands.   With driver Andy Miller in tow, The Quiet Mon ($20.60 $8, $7.40) go
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Art McIlmurray scores win number 3,000
March 01, 2009
Art McIlmurray captured his 3,000th driving win at Northville Downs on Friday night, in a wire-to-wire performance aboard Jinni’s Fantasy N, trained by Rob Harmon and owned by Chuck Campbell. McIlmurray drove the favorite to a 1 ½-length victory in 1:59; fractional times for the mile wer
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Fox Valley Gambler overcomes outside post at Balmoral
March 01, 2009
The first Free For All of the 2009 Chicago racing season was contested on Saturday night at Balmoral Park as a field of nine lined up behind the gate to battle for a purse of $18,000, and despite being assigned the outside post position in this tussle, Sawgrass Farms' classy 5-year-old Fox
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Stratton hits the jackpot at Yonkers
March 01, 2009
JP Jackpot and driver Jordan Stratton won the $31,000 Open Handicap Pace in 1:55 Saturday night at Yonkers Raceway. JP Jackpot--assigned post five--went right to the lead, stepping around Noble's Grand Slam (Greg Grismore) and rolling right along. JP Jackpot led the octet through fractions of :27.
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It took some imagination to win Pompano feature
March 01, 2009
I Can Only Imagine ($3) scored a 5 1/2- length romp in capturing the $16,000 Open Handicap Pace at the Isle Pompano Park Saturday in 1:51.2.   The feature saw Mahdi (Joe Pavia Jr.) shoot to the early lead but by the opening quarter mile in :26.4 it was a determined Gotta Go Moe (Ricky M
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