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River Shark wires field in series final
April 12, 2009
River Shark flew out of the gate and coasted wire to wire for an easy win in the $22,500 first leg of the Robert J. Suslow Stake Pace Saturday night at the Meadowlands. With driver Daniel Dube in the bike, River Shark ($5.20) held off the challenge of 4-5 favorite Glad To Be Back after driver George
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Blue Boy sweeps Sagamore Series
April 12, 2009
Blue Boy completed a series sweep Saturday night, winning Yonkers Raceway's $70,600 final of the  Sagamore Hill Pacing Series for 3 and 4 year olds, the Raceway's richest '09 race to date. With Jason Bartlett driving for trainer Julie Miler, Blue Boy--three for three in prelim action--left fr
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Burke Stable takes three of four Levy splits
April 12, 2009
Four $50,000 divisions on the third round of the George Morton Levy Memorial Pacing Series were contested Saturday night at Yonkers, the Raceway's premier Free-for-All event, with the Burke Stable winning three times. The first Levy grouping saw Atochia (Greg Grismore) leave from post tw
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A win with pride in Pompano feature
April 12, 2009
Sugar’s Pride ($9.20), a 5-year-old gelding by Allamerican Ingot won the $18,000 Open Handicap Pace at the Isle Pompano Park Saturday night.    Driver Kevin Wallis rushed Sugar’s Pride from post five but had to settle for the two spot when Bruce Ranger and I Can Only Imagine toke over t
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Spring Pacing Championship goes to Ramegade Bruiser
April 12, 2009
Ramegade Bruiser completed a sweep of this year’s Spring Pacing Championship with another rock-solid front-end effort in Saturday’s $87,100(C) final at Woodbine Racetrack.   There were no anxious moments for the 6-year-old gelded son of Rambaran-Love You Dear as driver Chris Christoforou simp
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Stahl scores in both Northfield opens
April 12, 2009
Diamond Hunter ($3.20) remained undefeated in two seasonal starts with an impressive 1:59 win Saturday night in Northfield Park’s $5,500 Open Handicap Trot.   Assigned the outside post seven, Ryan Stahl left quickly with the 4-year-old Fortune Five Hundred gelding, but was unable to wrest the
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Native Hotspur wins delayed Direct Balance
April 12, 2009
State-bred pacing fillies headlined Saturday’s Balmoral Park program as a field of eight Illinois conceived and foaled ladies squared off in the $15,000 Direct Balance Stake. Originally scheduled for the April 5 card, this event was forced to be rescheduled after the latter half of last Sunday’s car
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McFlirty, Watts Of Money win Hoosier's Future Stars divisions
April 12, 2009
McFlirty and Brad Hanners kept up their winning ways on Saturday in the $6,000 third round of the Future Stars Series at Hoosier Park. The duo turned in a quick performance, stopping the timer in a new lifetime mark of 1:53.2. Starting from post seven, Hanners opted to stay out of the early quest f
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Seven-win day for Coppola at Saratoga
April 12, 2009
Frank Coppola Jr. is the defending driving champion at Saratoga and has returned in peak form in 2009. Coppola again proved why he is atop the standings on Saturday as the talented reinsman recorded seven wins within the two racing cards on the day. The second and final scheduled doubleheader took
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