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Precious Stone 1:52.3 winner
May 16, 2009
The New Jersey Sire Stakes program kicked off its 2009 Premier Division Friday with a trio of $41,500 events for 3-year-old pacing fillies Friday night at the Meadowlands, and the most impressive effort of the night probably was turned in by Precious Stone [$4.00], who dug in gamely after
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Yonkers features Opens on Friday night
May 16, 2009
Hannah Isabel and Galleon's Assassin earned Yonkers Raceway accolades, winning Friday night's $44,000  co-features. "Hannah" (Pat Lachance) was given assignment in the Filly and Mare Open Handicap Pace and took full advantage. She stuffed 11-10 favorite Double  Dream N (Brent Holland)
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Bartlett now in fifth place
May 16, 2009
The 2009 World Driving Championship moved to Jarlsberg on Saturday for the third of five rounds, and the USA’s Jason Bartlett wasted no time moving up the ladder by winning the first of four races offered on the Jarlsberg card.   Jason Bartlett went right to work by winning the first of fou
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Lucky Jim wins Cutler Memorial in 1:52.1
May 16, 2009
The fairytale continued for Lucky Jim as he extended his streak to 10 wins against the sport’s top older trotters in the $200,000 Arthur J. Cutler Memorial Saturday night at the Meadowlands.  Lucky Jim [$2.80, $2.40, $2.40] and driver Andy Miller sat second over behind Enough Talk who pressed A
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Shark Gesture has winning attack in Graduate
May 16, 2009
Shark Gesture put on a fierce performance to win the co-featured $210,000 Graduate Final for free-for-all pacers Saturday night at the Meadowlands, digging in to hold off the late rally of Montecito N by a half-length in 1:49.  Caught wide around the first turn, driver Tim Tetrick and Shark Ges
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NJSS for 3YO pacing colts held
May 16, 2009
The undercard at the Meadowlands Saturday night featured the opening round of the New Jersey Sire Stakes for 3-year-old colt pacers, and the winners were Drop Red, the Berry’s Creek runner-up, Redneck Riviera, and Estero Bay, a son of the former top mare Sanabelle Island.   Drop Red was a wel
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Sheer Desire fastest in 3 Hempt elims
May 16, 2009
Johnny Z, Mr Wiggles and Sheer Desire won the three elimination races of the Max C. Hempt Memorial Pace at Mohegan Sun at Pocono Downs Saturday afternoon, with Sheer Desire's 1:51 score the fastest of the three winners. Sheer Desire, driven by Dave Palone and trained by Ron Burke, was making h
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Anthony Napolitano tops Ranger for Pompano driving title
May 16, 2009
Anthony Napolitano blew away perennial driving champion Bruce Ranger on closing night of the Isle Pompano Park meet Saturday, scoring five winners on the closing night card and finishing the season with the driving title.   Napolitano closed out the season with 236 wins to Ranger’s 226 victor
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Got 'Er Done continues to get it done at Hoosier Park
May 16, 2009
Got ‘Er Done, the last foal of former world champion Storm Damage, continued his dominant performances at Hoosier Park Racing and Casino Saturday, May 16, winning the second round of the Indiana Sires Stakes. The 3-year-old pacing colt rallied from off the pace to win in a time of 1:55.2 for hi
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