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Hawaiianphotograph decisive at The Meadows
May 21, 2009
Hawaiianphotograph shrugged off a demanding first quarter and scored a decisive victory in the $25,000 Filly & Mare Preferred Trot on Wednesday at The Meadows. Saddled with post position eight, Hawaiianphotograph found herself battling for the early lead with I'm Justa Lady. While the first pa
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Any Place's Dream wins Floating Dream division
May 21, 2009
Any Place’s Dream scored an impressive 1:54.2 victory in the second division of the Floating Dream Series at Scioto Downs on Wednesday evening. The 2-5 favorite scooted to a two-length victory for driver Trent Tharps. The other division of the Floating Dream second leg went to Shes A Yan
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Denmark's Jorgensen wins WDC; USA's Bartlett finishes 6th
May 21, 2009
Denmark’s Birger Jørgensen had won 21 driving titles in his native country, but not until Wednesday night had he won a World Driving Championship. Two victories--in the first two races on the final night’s card at Oslo’s Bjerke Travbane--put Jørgensen into the lead ahead of New Zealand’s P
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Hypnotic Blue Chip, Indulge Me look for repeat wins in EBC final
May 21, 2009
Hypnotic Blue Chip and Tim Tetrick lead a field of nine sophomore pacing colts into the $218,925 Empire Breeder’s Classic final on Sunday afternoon at Tioga Downs. The duo crushed a field of eight in their elimination last week by 14 lengths to establish a new track record for 3-year old pacing colt
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Honorable Daughter, Donttellmywife strong choices in EBC finals
May 21, 2009
Two heavily favored trotters lead fields of nine in Memorial Day’s Empire Breeder’s Classic finals at Vernon Downs: Honorable Daughter in the $212,875 final for the ladies, and Donttellmywife in the $206,275 final for the men.   These two talented sophomore trotters each won their respec
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Go Nano Go goes to the Harrington winner's circle
May 21, 2009
J & E Stable Inc.'s Go Nano Go (Eddie Davis Jr.) ended his string of second-place finishes with a 1:56.3 triumph Wednesday in the $18,700 Junior Open Trot at Harrington Raceway. The Janet Davis trainee was sent for the lead early from post three where he would set all the fractions, holding of
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Updated Michigan news: Hazel Park to stay open
May 21, 2009
A compromise agreement has been reached in Michigan and Hazel Park will remain open throughout June and July, racing just Fridays, Saturdays and Mondays, but 15 races per program. The change came after an earlier announcement that the state's racing commissioner had asked all the tracks to
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Is there an Upper Canada Oscar waiting for Oscar Oscar?
May 21, 2009
What do you do if you’ve already shelled out significant money to keep 12 horses eligible to the year’s richest race for Ontario-sired horses, post time is looming, and your best hopefuls seem only bit players in the shadow of a colt who didn’t seem worth nominating a few months ago? If you’re J
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Muscle Hill wins again in Big M qualifier
May 21, 2009
Muscle Hill did everything better in his second qualifier of 2009. He dropped his time from 1:55.4 in last week’s outing to 1:54.3 on Thursday morning, May 21, at the Meadowlands. He increased his winning margin from 4 1/2 lengths last week to seven lengths this week. The divisional champ and winter
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