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Kakaley goes Gingras one better, wins seven
June 30, 2009
Twenty-one-year-old Matt Kakaley wasted no time getting started on his second thousand wins, posting an impressive seven-bagger at Northfield Monday.   Kakaley, who became the youngest driver in harness racing history to reach 1,000 wins Sunday at Tioga Downs, took both halves of the $27 earl
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New Jersey super night set for July 23
June 30, 2009
The New Jersey Sire Stakes Program will crown its 2-year-old pacing and trotting champions at the Meadowlands on Thursday, July 23, with purses totaling $800,000. That will be the most Sire Stakes purse money distributed on any one night in NJSS history, with four $200,000 Premier Division cham
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Michigan Racing Commissioner White resigns
June 30, 2009
Michigan Racing Commissioner Christine White, whose forced budget cuts have severely impacted racing in that state, has notified Gov. Jennifer Granholm that she is resigning her position to take a job with the U.S. Department of Agriculture. In a memo sent to staff members, White said her resignatio
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Big M invaders take two of three opening splits of Town Pro
June 30, 2009
Meadowlands invaders fared well in Monday night's opening leg of the Town Pro Series for 3-year-old filly pacers at Mohawk Racetrack, winning two of the three $20,000(C) divisions over a rain-soaked oval that was rated as "good." Local filly Apricot Brandy used a strong stretch rally to scor
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Art Director closing in on $1 million
June 30, 2009
Kovach Stables' Art Director ($7.80, Victor Kirby) notched his 35th career win with a 1:52.2 win in the featured $23,000 Open Pace Monday at Harrington Raceway.   The 8-year-old Artiscape stallion and Bobby Clark trainee has now banked more than $937,000 in his career. Sniper Hall (Mike
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Gingras cracks open a six-pack at Harrah's Chester
June 30, 2009
Yannick Gingras won six races on the Monday night card at Harrah’s Chester Casino & Racetrack. Gingras won six of 11 establishing two lifetime marks aboard Alastor Hanover and Royal Fortune in the Daily Double and seasonal bests on Trueland Hanover, Classic Cullen N and Lightning Elvis respectiv
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Rembrandt Spur wins Currier & Ives
June 30, 2009
Rembrandt Spur made a decisive quarter-pole move to the front, then cruised on top to capture the $119,679 final of the Currier & Ives for 3-year-old colt and gelding trotters on Monday at The Meadows. Rembrandt Spur has done his best racing on the lead, so when he got away third behind e
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Indiana budget impasse could close Hoosier Park at midnight
June 30, 2009
Hoosier Park and all other gambling operations in Indiana could be forced to close as of midnight tonight unless the state legislature approves a new state budget or passes a continuing resolution to pay for state operations by that time.   A vote on a two-year budget is expected in both the
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And four for Forte at Monticello
June 30, 2009
Without much fanfare Mike Forte keeps winning races. On Monday, the 51-year-old native of Dix Hills, N.Y. won four more and now has 90 here at Monticello Raceway which places him fourth on the local leaderboard. Forte began the afternoon with a 2:02.3 trotting victory with Ran
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Bobblehead, bobblehead, get your Gingras bobblehead at Tioga!
June 30, 2009
Tioga Downs will be giving away Yannick Gingras bobbleheads on Sunday afternoon, Aug. 2, which is also the third annual Driver’s Championship. Gingras was the co-champion along with Brian Sears of the inaugural event in 2007, but was the outright champion in 2008 by winning the final three even
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New study shows furosemide effectively treats bleeding
June 29, 2009
A groundbreaking study to be published in the Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association (JAVMA) shows that furosemide does indeed treat exercise-induced pulmonary hemorrhage, or bleeding, in Thoroughbred racehorses. Most countries ban the race-day use of furosemide. Only the 
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Federal Flex scopes sick after Goodtimes victory
June 29, 2009
Trainer Jeff Gillis and driver Jody Jamieson expressed shortly after Federal Flex won last Saturday night’s Goodtimes final at Mohawk Racetrack that they didn’t believe the horse was 100 percent, and Gillis told harnessracing.com Monday morning that post-race tests showed the 3-year-old colt trotter
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A star is born in Elegantimage
June 28, 2009
Celebrity Deville chose an auspicious occasion to break her maiden.George Brennan, who picked up the catch-drive, engineered the 12-1 upset in the $561,500 Elegantimage Stakes for three-year-old trotting lasses on North America Cup night at Mohawk, sending the formerly-maiden filly home two lengths
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Foiled Again shines in Battle of Lake Erie
June 28, 2009
The favored Foiled Again ($3.20) won the $100,000 Battle of Lake Erie at Northfield Park on Saturday, going gate-to-wire in 1:50.4, and defeating Jeremy’s Successor by a head in the 24th annual edition of the race. Blueridge Western was third. Matt Kakaley drove the winner for Burke Racing, Weav
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Straight Shooter, Arctic Warrior win Cup consolations
June 28, 2009
He may not have qualified for the big dance, but Straight Shooting nonetheless fired off one of his best efforts in the C$40,000 North American Cup Consolation II on the undercard of Pepsi North America Cup Night at Mohawk Racetrack on Saturday. With North America’s leading driver Tim Tetrick at t
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Judge Joe scratched; Russell Hill wins
June 27, 2009
New York-sired 3-year-old trotting colts and geldings made their final downstate visit for a while Friday night, with Yonkers Raceway hosting the  $215,464 New York Sire Stakes leg, and a marquee match-up came in the final division--Big Sky Domino, Russell Hill  and Judge Jo
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Flex is strong in Goodtimes
June 27, 2009
Big things are expected from Federal Flex this year, after being named an O’Brien Award winner as Canada’s top two-year-old colt trotter last season.So far, so good. Saturday at Mohawk, Federal Flex, with driver Jody Jamieson, was sent postward a prohibitive choice in the $333,200 Goodtimes Trot. At
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Not Enough has enough in Fan Hanover
June 27, 2009
Not Enough turned in a stakes and track record performance to win the $680,000 Fan Hanover for three-year-old pacing fillies over her stablemates and fellow elimination winners Yellow Diamond and Shacked Up on Saturday at Mohawk Racetrack Not Enoughand Tim Tetrick settled in the pocket as the heav
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A declarative winner north of the border
June 27, 2009
Well Said blew away his nine rivals in the 26th edition of the Pepsi North America Cup for three-year-old pacers at Mohawk Racetrack with a stakes, track and Canadian record setting performance in 1:48.1. Well Said and driver Ron Pierce got away sixth from Post 5 as fellow elimination winner I
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Hambletonian preview? Big Bikkies, Mr Cantab win
June 26, 2009
Three-year-old trotting colts were worth watching at the Meadowlands Thursday night as Big Bikkies, a son of Windsong's Legacy, won by 11 3/4 lengths in 1:53.4, and Mr. Cantab was a 7 1/4-length victor in 1:54. Both colts are eligible to the Hambletonian.   Big Bikkies, a homebred owned by Ad
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Lady Liberty Friday night at Big M
June 26, 2009
Hana Hanover may not be a household name in harness racing, but she will move one step closer to millionaire status with a victory in the $246,000 Lady Liberty on Friday night at the Meadowlands. “She’s probably not the most glitzy horse going, but she’s got a big heart and always gives it her all,
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Senator who supported Delaware harness racing dies
June 26, 2009
Thurman G. Adams Jr., Delaware's longest-serving member of the State Senate and a supporter of harness racing, died at age 80 on Tuesday, June 23, after suffering from pancreatic cancer.   In addition to initiating legislation included key measures such as the enhanced 911 system and rig
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2YO trotters turn in victories in 2:01.3, 2:03.3 at The Meadows
June 26, 2009
Denied a hole going to the quarter, the 2-year-old trtter Federalreservenote kept right on going and didn’t stop until he hit the wire in 2:01.3 to capture a division of a $53,200 Pennsylvania Stallion Series stakes for 2-year-old colt and gelding trotters Thursday at The Meadows.   Aaro
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Jersey tracks can reduce dates next year
June 26, 2009
Standardbred permit holders at both the Meadowlands and Freehold will be able to decrease the annual number of racing dates with the bill approved unanimously by both houses of the New Jersey state legislature on Thursday. The law permits the Meadowlands to reduce the number of racing dates from 151
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Southwind Tempo wins Lady Liberty
June 26, 2009
Southwind Tempo, driven by Tim Tetrick, assumed command from Tug River Princess before the half and rebuffed a bid by A and G’s Confusion on the far turn, then edged away from her stablemate Tug River at the head of the lane and dug in for a length victory in 1:50.1 in the Lady Liberty Friday n
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3YO colt Hot Shot Blue Chip trots in 1:53.3
June 26, 2009
The 3-year-old Revenue colt Hot Shot Blue Chip trotted to a 1:53.3 victory at the Meadowlands Friday night, becoming one of his generation to show speed about six weeks before the Hambletonian. He is Hambletonian eligible.    Trained by Jonas Czernyson and owned by Thomas Dillon, Ho
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Lucky Jim still undefeated this year
June 26, 2009
Lucky Jim's 2009 record is still unblemished as he won his 13th race of the season Friday night at the Meadowlands, trotting in 1:52.2. He had broken stride in a qualifier the previous week, but bounced back when the money was on the line, in this case the $31,500 purse for the Invita
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Hochstetler unveils impressive 2-year-old filly trotter
June 25, 2009
Fans of Balmoral Park received their first look at some of this year’s 2-year-old trotting filly crop here in the Prairie State on Wednesday night as a field of five youngsters met in the $5,000 Star Slinger Stakes.    As always, driver-trainer Homer Hochstetler appears to have a w
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Perry scores double at Ocean Downs
June 25, 2009
"It's about to really heat up over here," were the words of driver Chuck Perry Jr. Perry would know about being hot, as he has been burning up the Ocean Downs track with eight wins already this season.   Wednesday, the racing fans at the Ocean oval witnessed Perry lay down a driving double a
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DSBF showdown looming for 3 year olds
June 25, 2009
A showdown between two Delaware-bred pacing colts is being staged for July 30 as both Gary and Barbara Iles Zee Barber ($2.40, Jim Morand) and Richards Stable, Donna Sullivan and Judy Leonard's Ray's Big Bubba ($2.40, Ross Wolfenden) won their Delaware Standardbred Breeders Fund (DSBF)&nbs
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Top 3-year-old pacer Captain Sir euthanized
June 25, 2009
Horseman Carl Jamieson has told Standardbred Canada that the 2008 Breeders Crown elimination winner Captain Sir has been euthanized. "I trained him Thursday (June 18) and left him in the paddock that night," Jamieson explained. "On Friday morning the horse couldn't walk." Jamieson explained t
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Six divisions for 3FT's held at The Meadows
June 25, 2009
Broadway Schooner had trouble harnessing her talent at age two, but she put it all together on Wednesday at The Meadows, scoring in a stakes record 1:54.3 in a division of a $248,110 Pennsylvania Sire Stakes for sophomore trotting fillies. The event, also known as the Meadow Bright Stakes, was cont
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Former Scioto GM honored for work as sheriff
June 25, 2009
Bob Steele, former general manager at Scioto Downs and presiding judge at the Delaware County Fair, was honored this week by the National Sheriffs Association at their annual convention in Ft. Lauderdale, FL. Steele received an award as the longest serving deputy sheriff and police officer in t
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3-year-old filly trotters vie in NYSS action
June 24, 2009
Held over by popular downstate demand, Yonkers Raceway Tuesday night hosted the $218,200 New  York Sire Stakes New Rochelle Trot for 3-year-old fillies and Brandnewgirlfriend won the evening's third ($43,960) division--first wagering group--with her fourth consecutive victory, third in a r
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Tom's Toy fastest in DSBF elims at Harrington
June 24, 2009
Thomas Cooke's Tom's Toy ($3, Corey Callahan) earned her seventh win in 15 career starts and secured her spot in the $100,000 Delaware Standardbred Breeders Fund final Tuesday by winning a $20,000 division of the 3-year-old eliminations for pacing fillies at Harrington Raceway in 1:55.2.
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Freshman trotter Shore Road wins by 31 in 1:57.1
June 24, 2009
Illinois conceived and foaled trotters and pacers shared the spotlight on a very busy Tuesday night at Balmoral Park. Twelve diagonally-gaited colt and gelding trotters squared off in a pair of $5,000 Million Dollar Bye Stake divisions (non-wagering) while 18 two-year-old filly pacers squared o
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Idol, Smooth Silver fastest in PASS divisions
June 24, 2009
Idol and Smooth Silver were the fastest 3-year-old pacing fillies in the five divisions of the Pennsylvania Sire Stakes on Tuesday at Mohegan Sun at Pocono Downs. In the opening division, carrying a purse of $49,878, Greg Grismore came from off the pace to win with Idol in 1:51.4 for tra
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All Heart Gal, Mollinski win inaugural Pa. Stallion divisions
June 24, 2009
All Heart Gal carved out a place in Pennsylvania history on Tuesday at The Meadows when she captured the inaugural division in the Pennsylvania Sires Stake Stallion Series. Mollinski took the other $26,600 Stallion Series split for 2-year-old filly pacers. The Stallion Series is designed to p
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Foiled Again named favorite in Battle of Lake Erie
June 24, 2009
Foiled Again, a winner of seven of his last 10 starts and $331,344 in purses in 2009, has been installed as the 2-1 morning line favorite in the 24th annual $100,000 Battle of Lake Erie at Northfield Park Saturday night. Owned by the Pennsylvania partnership of Weaver Bruscemi LLC, Burke Racing
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Bullseye for Sniper Hall again at Harrington
June 23, 2009
Foulk Stables and Lauren Allen's Sniper Hall ($6.80, Mike Cole) earned his second straight victory Monday at Harrington Raceway with a 1:52.4 wire-to-wire score in the $19,800 featured Junior Open.   The 6-year-old Blissfull Hall ridgling earned his sixth win of the year for trainer Allen. Fi
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Lolique wins featured trot at Harrah's Chester
June 23, 2009
Rated first-over up the backstretch, Lolique ($14.80) prevailed in the $35,000 Briscoe Hanover for Open Handicap trotters on Monday at Harrah's Chester Casino and Racetrack, just holding off a late charge from Beach Nut Brand for a 1:53.4 victory. The 6-year-old Tagliabue gelding sat well of
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Major In Art retired
June 23, 2009
Last season’s Dan Patch Award-winning 2-year-old male pacing champion, Major In Art, has been retired, co-owner Chester Lebo said Monday. Major In Art’s ownership group is working on a deal that could send the colt to Australia to begin his stallion career, although an agreement has not been finaliz
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Rembrandt Spur, Triumphant Caviar wins C&I elims
June 23, 2009
Rembrandt Spur painted a pretty picture Monday at The Meadows, brushing off the 1-2 favorite and capturing an elimination of the Currier & Ives for 3-year-old colt and gelding trotters. Triumphant Caviar scored a front-end victory in the other elimination. The $119,679 Currier & Ives fi
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Kentucky's Chandler honored by American Horse Council
June 23, 2009
The American Horse Council’s 2009 Rolapp Award was presented to Congressman Ben Chandler of Kentucky for his outstanding support of the horse industry. The award was presented to Congressman Chandler on June 16 at a Congressional Reception in the Capitol during the American Horse Council’s Nati
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Field set for Saturday's Battle of Lake Erie
June 23, 2009
The field is set Saturday's $100,000 Battle of Lake Erie at Northfield Park. The eight Battle invitees are Biletnikoff, Blueridge Western, Dragon Island, Foiled Again, Jeremy’s Successor, Just Plug It In, Oliver Cleo, and Royalton Star.   Max Shaw’s Royalton Star earned a spot in th
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Michigan's Walker wins Billings split at Hazel Park
June 23, 2009
Maybe it was that Kelly “Sky” Walker had home track advantage or maybe he had the best trotter in the race--as testified by the betting public--but for whatever reason the Davison, Mich. farmer put a hurtin’ on his competitors when he guided Rush N Supreme to a 1:58.3 victory  in the
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Well Said the morning-line choice for North America Cup
June 23, 2009
The post position draw for Saturday's $1.5 million Pepsi North America Cup was held early Tuesday afternoon at Mohawk Racetrack, and the connections of elimination winner If I Can Dream chose their post first and decided to take post four. The connections of elim winner Mr. Wiggles then picked post
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Former Rosecroft owner hoping to re-purchase and re-open track
June 23, 2009
Published reports state Mark Vogel, who purchased Rosecroft Raceway in 1987 and later sold it to Cloverleaf Enterprises in 1995, is interested in re-purchasing the bankrupt racetrack and pushing for expanded gaming.   Vogel was quoted as saying that he hopes an agreement can be reached so tha
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Classic Lane wins Perretti Farms Matchmaker
June 22, 2009
Classic Lane and driver Mike Lachance never saw the pylons en route to an impressive 1:52 victory in the $100,000 Perretti Farms Matchmaker for trotting mares Sunday afternoon  at the Meadowlands.   Classic Lane worked her way up the outer tier as 1-5 favorite Buck I St. Pat took command
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A Rags To Riches upset for Glossy N
June 22, 2009
Glossy N and Billy Dobson truly pulled off the Rags To Riches story in the $75,000 final of the Rags To Riches on Sunday afternoon at Tioga Downs. Glossy N, an 11-year old Holmes Hanover gelding, just barely qualified for the final as he was the fastest fifth-place finisher between the two se
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NYSS splits held at Buffalo; Stark wins 4,000th
June 22, 2009
The New York Sire Stakes 3-year-old colt pacers traveled to Buffalo Raceway for a Father’s Day afternoon card on Sunday, with four divisions worth nearly $40,000 each contested on the 13-race card. Jason Bartlett streaked together three wins, which included two Sire Stakes victories
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TP Lucky equals Harrington mark in DSBF division
June 22, 2009
Mark Waterman's TP Lucy ($3.80, Tony Morgan) equaled the track record for 3-year-old trotting fillies on Sunday at Harrington Raceway in a $20,000 division of the Delaware Standardbred Breeders Fund (DSBF) stakes with a 1:58.1 win. The Linbo-sired filly improved to six-for-seven lifetime as s
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Dan Patch painting offered in July at Red Mile's Round Barn
June 22, 2009
A rare and beautiful oil painting of the immortal Dan Patch, by George Ford Morris, one of America’s greatest equine artists, has surfaced and is being offered for sale at the American Saddlebred Museum’s Art, Antique & Rare Book Auction at noon, Saturday, July 11. This year’s auction, which a
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Phyllis Brickel, mother of Herman Brickel, dies at 91
June 22, 2009
Phyllis Brickel, mother of noted racing official Herman J. Brickel, died on Sunday at Liberty Nursing Center in Jamestown, Ohio, at the age of 91.   Along with her late husband Herman R. Brickel, Mrs. Brickel bred and raised many outstanding horses including Billy Dart, the 1982 Jug Pre
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Jerry Smith sells interest in Got 'Er Done to Burke Stable
June 22, 2009
Got 'Er Done, the last foal from notable stallion Storm Damage, will race for new connections in his next start at Hoosier Park Racing and Casino. The sophomore gelding, a three-time winner in Indiana Sire Stakes action this season, has been purchased by the Burke Racing Stable following his second-
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Mickey Burke agrees to four-month suspension by NJRC
June 22, 2009
Harnessracing.com has learned that trainer Mickey Burke has reached agreement with the New Jersey Racing Commission that calls for him to serve a four-month suspension and be fined $2,500 for two lidocaine positives on horses dating back to late 2006 and early 2007 at the Meadowlands. In addition, B
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Yonkers announces rich night for state breds
June 22, 2009
Yonkers Raceway, in conjunction with the New York Sire Stakes, has announced a $400,000 evening on Saturday, Oct. 17, featuring eight $50,000 events for New York-bred 2 and 3 year olds of both sexes and gaits.   The events are open to those horses who did not race--or were not eligible--to th
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VLT legislation in Kentucky fails to pass Senate Committee
June 22, 2009
Three days after the Kentucky House voted in favor of legislation to allow video lottery terminals at the state's racetracks, a Senate committee early Monday evening rejected the proposal, effectively killing the bill before it could even reach the full Senate floor for discussion. Senate president
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Power outage forces Mohawk to cancel after race 5 Monday
June 22, 2009
A sudden power outage after race five forced the cancellation of the remainder of Monday night’s program at Mohawk Racetrack. Racing is scheduled to resume this Thursday night with a first post of 7:30 pm. Fans and media are reminded that the post position draw for the $1.5 million Pepsi North Ameri
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Elusive Desire's 1:54.3 fastest in Elegantimage elims
June 20, 2009
Favorites Windsong Soprano and Elusive Desire scored in two of the three $35,000 eliminations for the upcoming Elegantimage stakes for 3-year-old trotting fillies, and second choice Celebrity Juliet prevailed by a neck in the third at Mohawk Friday night. Race #1 was the first Elegantimage elim
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Native Hotspur wins Maywood Filly Pace final in 1:55.4
June 20, 2009
Native Hotspur stayed undefeated in six starts this year when she held on for a nose in the $100,000 Maywood Pace final Friday night for driver Sam Widger and trainer Nelson Willis.   Widger sent Native Hotspur to the lead from post four and the 3-year-old filly by Ft Apache Hanover cut
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Favorite scores 1:49.2 triumph at Hoosier Park
June 20, 2009
Mister Big lived up to the hype and grabbed the victory in the 16th edition of the Dan Patch Invitational Pace Saturday, June 20 at Hoosier Park Racing and Casino. The powerful son of Grinfromeartoear rallied through the stretch to pick up the victory and add to his already hefty bankroll of $3.2 mi
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Duded Up's 1:55 score fastest of 3 Goodtimes elims
June 20, 2009
Undefeated Duded Up and Chris Christoforou were the class of the first of three eliminations for the Goodtimes Stakes, for sophomore trotters Saturday night at Mohawk, while Canada’s two-year-old trotting colt of 2008, Federal Flex, proved untouchable in the second Goodtimes elim, and Illinois
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Brainard, Bulletproof sweep Fan Hanover elims
June 20, 2009
Tracy Brainard trainees swept the three eliminations for the Fan Hanover Saturday night at Mohawk, with Yellow Diamond getting the sweep underway, and the march continued with Shacked Up a decisive winner in the second of the three $35,000 eliminations and Not Enough sealing the deal
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1-2 finishers, plus Chasin Racin, Millionaire Cam advance
June 20, 2009
If I Can Dream and Mr Wiggles won the last two $50,000 eliminations Saturday evening at Mohawk Racetrack, to qualify for next Saturday's $1.5 million Pepsi North America Cup, the richest harness race on the continent, joining Well Said and Dial Or Nodial.   The owners/connections of the
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Four Empire State divisions contested at Yonkers
June 19, 2009
The Empire State continued its sublet of Empire City Thursday night, with Yonkers Raceway hosting four  consecutive--and soggy --$55,056 divisions of the $220,224 New York Sire Stakes Mount Vernon Pace for 3-year-old fillies. This class of lass was also here last week. Eagle Way, 2008's rooki
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Master's Sweetie, Striking Lauren win Scioto series splits
June 19, 2009
Master’s Sweetie made it five victories in a row at Scioto Downs on Thursday evening as she took a division of the fourth leg of the Killbuck Mary Series for trotting mares. The 4-year-old daughter of Master Lavec scored another easy win for driver Jeff Nisonger in 2:01.4.   Nisonger mo
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Toucam Sam wins Harrah's Chester feature
June 19, 2009
Taking advantage of an early duel between Noble Falcon and Atochia, Toucam Sam ($14.40) continued off cover to a 5 1/2-length victory in the $35,000 Isle of Wight for open pacers on Thursday evening at Harrah's Chester Casino and Racetrack. With Atochia (Yannick Gingras) caught wide of Noble
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A winning photograph at The Meadows
June 19, 2009
Hawaiianphotograph waited patiently along the pylons, then unleashed a powerful uncovered bid that carried her to victory in the $27,500 Filly & Mare Preferred Trot on Thursday at The Meadows. Hawaiianphotograph broke stride in her last two starts, reason enough for Dave Palone to keep her cov
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$486 winner, yes, $486 winner, at Saratoga
June 19, 2009
In the 69-year history of Saratoga Raceway, no horse has ever paid a higher win mutuel than Nuclear Heat did in the Thursday finale as at odds of 242-1, Henry Pratt Jr.’s Nuclear Heat overcame post eight to win the evening’s 13th and final race.   A win price of $486 resul
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Cactus Creek favored in New Hampshire Sweepstakes final
June 19, 2009
Cactus Creek, the going away winner of his elimination race here a week ago, has been installed as the 5-2 morning line favorite for the $30,000 New Hampshire Sweepstakes final at Rockingham Park on Saturday. Cactus Creek will be partnered with Chris Long again and he is a deserving favorite in
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Merriman to drive five at the Big M Saturday
June 19, 2009
Aaron Merriman, currently the nation’s leading dash winner with close to 400 wins, will venture to the Meadowlands on Saturday for a busy night of drives.    Merriman, 30, of Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio, comes off a career season in 2008 with 614 wins, which placed him sixth in North America
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New PA stakes series set to begin at The Meadows
June 19, 2009
A new stakes series will make its debut at The Meadows on Tuesday night, June 23, and 16 two-year-old pacing fillies will be the first to take to the track for the event. Each of the two divisions will go for $26,600. The Stallion Series is designed for PA-bred, 2-year-old pacers and trotters tha
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Pennsylvania Sire Stake time standards clarified
June 19, 2009
In response to a number of recent inquiries, the Pennsylvania Harness Racing Commission would like to provide a handy summary of the qualifying times required for participation in this year’s Keystone stakes events: PENNSYLVANIA PARI-MUTUEL SIRE STAKES – This is the first year (foals of 2007) th
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Woodbine and TVG sign broadcast and account wagering deal
June 19, 2009
Woodbine Entertainment Group (WEG) has reached an agreement with TVG, America’s leading horseracing network, to broadcast both its thoroughbred and standardbred live racing products from Woodbine and Mohawk racetracks throughout the United States. As part of the deal, TVG will also offer online wage
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Racetracks step closer to VLTs in Kentucky
June 19, 2009
By a vote of 52-45 the Kentucky House on Friday afternoon approved a bill introduced by House Speaker Greg Stumbo that would allow video lottery terminals at racetracks. With 51 votes needed for passage, the bill squeaked through by one vote (there was one abstention) after more than three hours of
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Lucky Jim breaks in qualifier; Lanson trots in 1:52.2
June 19, 2009
Lucky Jim, the top-ranked Standardred in 2009, made a break in a qualifier at the Meadowlands Friday morning, the first appearance for the trotter since winning the $250,000 Maxie Lee Memorial May 31 at Harrah’s Chester. The 4-year-old son of SJ’s Photo has won all 12 of his pari-mutuel starts this
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Ohio governor calls for VLTs at racetracks only
June 19, 2009
Ohio Governor Ted Strickland announced at a press conference Friday at 4 pm that he is supporting a plan for video lottery terminals at the state's seven's racetracks, and he sees it as a way to quickly raise close to $1 billion, which would help fill a $3.2 billion budget shortfall. Strickland
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Rare Dan Patch painting to be sold July 11
June 19, 2009
A rare and beautiful oil painting of the immortal Dan Patch, by George Ford Morris, one of America’s greatest equine artists, has surfaced and is being offered for sale at the American Saddlebred Museum’s Art, Antique & Rare Book Auction at noon, Saturday, July 11. This year’s auction, which a
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Judge Joe stays undefeated in NYSS this year
June 19, 2009
New York Sire Stakes completed their week-long Yonkers Raceway engagement with Friday night's  $216,465 event for 3-year-old colts and geldings, with five divisions--at $43,293 each.   Judge Joe, a homebred son of Credit Winner, was a premier player in this division a season ago for
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Keep It A Secret filly wins series leg
June 19, 2009
Two-year-old fillies were in action at Hoosier Park Racing and Casino Friday to kick off several series. One division of trotting fillies kicked off the night while two divisions of pacing fillies were on the card, with the trotting event going to Call Me Ching.   Call Me Ching and driver Dan
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DSBF divisions contested at Harrington
June 18, 2009
Richards Stable, Donna Sullivan and Judy Leonard's Ray's Big Bubba ($2.40, Ross Wolfenden) earned his 11th win in 17 career starts Wednesday at Harrington in the first of three $20,000 DSBF (Delaware Standardbred Breeders Fund) events for 3-year-old colt and gelding pacers. The Badlands Hanover col
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Dr. McDreamy, Windy Joe, solve the mystery at Balmoral
June 18, 2009
The bevy of state-bred stakes action at Balmoral Park continued on Wednesday with sophomore trotting colts getting top billing in the Mike’s A Mystery Stake. With a total of 13 diagonally gaited specialists dropped into the entry box this stake was split into a pair of $9,000 divisions.   In
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Retired Standardbred to lead Dan Patch post parade
June 18, 2009
Trainer Rachel Matthews will take on a different role Saturday as the $200,000 Dan Patch Invitational Pace prepares to go to the gate. Matthews will be aboard her retired Standardbred racehorse, Survive This, serving as parade marshal for Hoosier Park Racing and Casino’s signature harness event. Su
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Ellamony for older pacing mares highlights Flambo Friday card
June 18, 2009
The inaugural running of the Ellamony Stakes highlights an evening of family fun Friday at Flamboro Downs. Named in honor of the great Canadian racing legend, the $118,000(C) Ellamony Stakes has drawn a terrific field of North America’s top pacing mares and headlines the $370,000(C) “Spring Int
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Elegantimage 3FT elims kick of big weekend at Mohawk
June 18, 2009
The stakes season at Mohawk is in full swing, and among the many highlights this weekend will be a coming-out party for the sophomore trotting fillies: three $35,000(C) eliminations for the Elegantimage Stakes, on Friday night.   Last week’s winner of a division of the Casual Breeze stakes,
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Michael Graney dies, owned Ohio Horse of Year Hold Your Breath
June 18, 2009
Michael P. Graney, a longtime Standardbred owner in Ohio and racing enthusiast, died on Tuesday, June 16. Among his many horses was Hold Your Breath, the 1988 Ohio Horse of the Year.   Mr. Graney was a fixture each year at the LIttle Brown Jug and had horses with Delaware trainer Billy Walte
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Master Begonia wins on storm-shortened Meadows card
June 18, 2009
Master Begonia worked out a comfortable pocket trip, then roared through the lane to capture the $27,500 Preferred Trot Wednesday at The Meadows, his fourth consecutive victory. Master Begonia waited patiently behind Prism K until Wind Surfer wore down the leader with a determined uncovered b
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Stoman overcomes post nine to earn speed-badge honors at Scioto
June 18, 2009
Stoman overcame post nine to score the fastest mile of the evening on Wednesday at Scioto Downs when he paced to a 1:56.1 win for owner-trainer Doug Stovall and driver Trent Tharps Jr. Tharps sent the 11-1 shot to the front with a fast :27.4 opening panel, then slowed the tempo going to
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Hundreds rally in support of Kentucky racetrack VLTs
June 18, 2009
Hundreds of backers of a proposal to add video lottery terminals at Kentucky racetracks gathered Wednesday at the State Capitol in Frankfort, with the large gathering including dignitaries including Gov. Steve Beshear, former Gov. Brereton Jones, and 2009 Kentucky Derby-winning jockey Calvin Borel.
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Tom Fries Jr. named to replace retiring Zonak at Ohio commission
June 18, 2009
Thomas Fries Jr. has been named the new executive director of the Ohio State Racing Commission, replacing Sam Zonak, who is retiring as of July 31 at the age of 57. Zonak was a 25-year state employee and was the commission’s chief investigator prior to replacing Clifford Nelson as executive director
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Russell Williams named chairman of American Horse Council
June 18, 2009
Russell C. Williams, USTA vice chairman and director for District 7 (Pennsylvania) was elected chairman of the board of trustees of the American Horse Council (AHC) at their annual meeting in Washington, D.C. on June 16. The Horse Council is the federal information and lobbying representative of the
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Kentucky VLT bill now moves on to full House
June 18, 2009
The budget committee of the Kentucky House on Thursday afternoon by a vote of 19-9 approved sending a bill approving video lottery terminals at the state’s racetracks to the full House for discussion, although a handful of representatives stated they were agreeing to continue the talks but that they
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Meadowlands takes race off the turf after rainy day
June 18, 2009
Due to inclement weather, the fifth race scheduled for the turf on Friday, June 19 at the Meadowlands will now be raced on the main track. Another turf event will be carded for Friday, June 26. Entries will be taken Tuesday, June 23.
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Yonkers hosts five NYSS 3FT divisions
June 17, 2009
She's So Savvy, last season's statebred frosh filly divisional champ, made her Yonkers Raceway return a  successful one Tuesday night, winning a $43,960 division of the $219,000 New York Sire Stakes Mike Cipriani Trot With Howard Okusko Jr. taking his usual seat, She's So Savvy--as the 1-4 fa
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Everymileamemory fastest in DSBF action
June 17, 2009
Delauction LLC's Everymileamemory ($2.20, Tony Morgan) was the fastest of three Delaware Standardbred Breeders Fund (DSBF) winners Tuesday in a set of three $20,000 eliminations for 3-year-old pacing fillies.   The James Wilson-trainee and daughter of Cams Fortune was a wire-to-wire
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State-breds in action at Balmoral Park Tuesday
June 17, 2009
Illinois conceived and foaled stakes action continued on Tuesday night at Balmoral Park as a pair of state-bred events shared top billing on the 10-race program. A field of eight sophomore trotting fillies was spotlighted in the $12,000 Fox Valley Diva Stake which was carded as the fourth race
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Teague's 2 year olds sharp in Chester baby races
June 17, 2009
Delmarvalous, Up Front Tim T, and Model Legs all debuted in fine form for trainer-driver George Teague Jr., winning their respective 2-year-old races in a seven-race non-wagering program Tuesday morning at Harrah's Chester Casino and Racetrack. Delmarvalous, by Badlands Hanover and out of Pr
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My Heart Was True heads field for Friday's $100,000 Maywood Fil
June 17, 2009
My Heart Was True captured the $10,000 elimination of the Maywood Filly Pace last Friday night and now heads up an eight-horse field that includes Native Hostpur and Honey B Skipalong—both who received byes in the $100,000 final this Friday.   “This filly is a dream to drive,” said My He
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Biletnikoff scores again at The Meadows
June 17, 2009
Biletnikoff continued his recent domination of The Meadows' $27,500 Preferred Handicap Pace, as he triumphed easily Tuesday for his third consecutive victory. Aaron Merriman urged Biletnikoff to the front in a demanding :26.3 but was able to give the 5-year-old gelded son of Keystone Raider-Strikad
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Without relief, Hoosier Park's bankruptcy could be 'imminent'
June 17, 2009
Indiana Gaming Commission director Ernie Yelton has told media outlets in the state that without financial relief, Hoosier Park’s bankruptcy is “imminent.” The track, which paid a $250 million racino licensing fee and the current tax and fee rate paid on revenue is nearly 50 percent. The tracks—Hoos
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Mister Big draws post six in Dan Patch at Hoosier
June 17, 2009
Mister Big, 2008 Older Pacing Horse of the Year, headlines a field of 10 free-for-allers set to compete in Saturday’s $200,000 Dan Patch Invitational Pace at Hoosier Park Racing and Casino. The Virgil Morgan Jr.-trained horse will look to add to his already impressive $3.2 million-plus bankroll in t
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Field set for Friday's turf race at the Big M
June 17, 2009
Harness racing returns to the Meadowlands turf course for the first time in more than 30 years on Friday night when a field of eight pacers take to the grass in the $15,000 fifth race. They will line up behind the mobile starting gate at 8:27 p.m. (est.) for the one-mile event.  In th
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US sires have big presence in Sweden's E3 for 3YOs
June 16, 2009
The eliminations for Sweden’s E3, the first major stakes of the season for 3-year-olds, were held at the Romme track Monday night and among the winners were offspring of Muscles Yankee, Scarlet Knight, Credit Winner and SJ’s Photo.   There were five eliminations for the fillies and the top 2
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Timelesswinner Two rallies up inside to win Currier & Ives
June 16, 2009
One week after coasting to a stakes-record victory in her Currier & Ives elimination, Timelesswinner Two showed grit and determination as she rallied up the “Lightning Lane” at The Meadows to win the $100,929 final Monday in 1:56.4. Although Timelesswinner Two sailed to an unchallenged 13-lengt
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Sale company announces shorter yearling sessions in Harrisburg
June 16, 2009
This year's Standardbred Horse Sales Company's yearling sessions in Harrisburg will end no later than 6 pm, the sales company has announced. A press release explained that after polling numerous customers and consignors, and holding a discussion at a recent consignor’s meeting, i
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Sniper Hall picks off Harrington feature
June 16, 2009
Foulk Stables and Lauren Allen's Sniper Hall ($4.80, Mike Cole) was a wire-to-wire winner in Monday's $19,800 Junior Open at Harrington Raceway. The 6-year-old Blissful Hall ridgling held off first-over Kentucky Rebel and pocket-sitting Areyouinorout for the win. It was his 15th career win in 68 st
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Beach Nut Brand scores at Chester
June 16, 2009
After a solid run against top company at Yonkers, Beach Nut Brand ($3.60) proved victorious in the $35,000 Lindy's Pride for Open Handicap trotters on Monday evening at Harrah's Chester, turning in a 1:54.3 effort over sloppy going. The 7-year-old Iowa-bred gelding brushed to the front after
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Martha Maxine: Another case of mistaken gender
June 16, 2009
Pennsylvania’s comprehensive testing for steroids has resulted in the second case of a female horse being revealed as a likely male pseudohermaphrodite, and this time the horse in question is the high-profile Martha Maxine.   The United States Trotting Association (USTA) records now classif
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Record 40 entries for NA Cup elims at Mohawk
June 16, 2009
The best 3-year-old pacers on the continent will line up this Saturday evening at Mohawk Racetrack in four eliminations for the upcoming $1.5 million Pepsi North America Cup on June 27. The Cup eliminations, each worth $50,000, drew a record 40 horses, eclipsing the former mark of 35 hopefuls in 200
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13,000 wins for Tony Morgan
June 15, 2009
Tony Morgan entered hallowed ground on Sunday at Harrington Raceway, as he became the fourth driver in North American harness racing history to reach 13,000 wins after piloting Real Navigator ($4) to victory in the eighth race. Morgan and Real Navigator grinded first-over at pacesetting C
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Rags To Riches semi-finals held at Tioga
June 15, 2009
A pair of semi-final divisions in the Rags To Riches pacing series were contested on Sunday afternoon at Tioga Downs, with Escape Attack and Derek Bromac N coming up winners. Escape Attack and Jason Bartlett posted a 1:53.4 victory in the first division. Bartlett sent Escape Attack out of
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Classic Distaff won by Southwind Tempo
June 15, 2009
World champion Southwind Tempo used a stirring stretch kick to capture the $353,710(C) Classic Distaff for older pacing mares on Saturday night at Mohawk Racetrack. The 5-year-old daughter of Bettors Delight-Tsunami Hanover got away second to last in the seven-horse field for driver Jody Jamieson
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Art Official wins 4-year-old debut
June 15, 2009
Last year’s Meadowlands Pace and Hoosier Cup champion Art Official, who posted 13 wins and more than $1.5 million in earnings for owner Jim Jesk’s Sawgrass Farms during his great sophomore season, made his 4-year-old debut a winning one on Saturday night at Balmoral Park in taking the $18,000 Free F
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Malabar Man has surgery for scrotal hernia
June 15, 2009
The 15-year-old trotting stallion Malabar Man, who stands at stud at Winbak Farm in New York, underwent emergency surgery for a scrotal hernia at New England Equine Practice in Patterson, NY, Saturday morning. At this time Winbak Farm of New York can report that Malabar Man is in stable conditi
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Caviar Crown in 1:53.1; Explosive Matter strong in 1:54.2
June 13, 2009
Two world records were established in two of the seven divisions of the Pennsylvania Sire Stakes for 3-year-old trotting colts and geldings, and top Hambletonian contender Explosive Matter turned in an impressive performance in winning his season debut.   Caviar Crown, trained by Kris Rickert
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Hay Goodlooking wins NYSS, NA Cup bound
June 13, 2009
Last season, Hey Goodlooking threw down the gauntlet as the state's best freshman pacing colt, and this season he hasn't lost a step, and appears poised for a start in the North America Cup after a 1:54.1 win in New York Sire Stakes action Friday night at Yonkers Raceway.   Hay Goodlooking i
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Crybabycry upsets in Indiana Sire Stakes
June 13, 2009
Crybabycry and driver-trainer Rick Schaut picked up an upset win in the third round of the $25,000 Indiana Sires Stakes Friday at Hoosier Park. The sophomore trotting daughter of Butler Hall edged out the competition for her first career win in only her fourth career start, scoring in 2:00.2.  
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Raising Rachel, Windsong Soprano, Yursa Hanover win
June 13, 2009
All three favorites emerged victorious in a trio of $75,000 divisions of the Casual Breeze Stakes for 3-year-old trotting fillies on Friday night at Mohawk Racetrack, with Raising Rachel's 1:55 score the fastest. Raising Rachel got some help in winning the first division for driver Jack Moiseye
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Teague sends out 5 baby race winners at Big M
June 13, 2009
Two year olds were in action in baby races at the Meadowlands Saturday morning and trainer George Teague dominated the pacing action, sending out seven starters in the 11 baby races for pacers and seeing five of them post wins.   Teague's winners were two daughters of Western Hanover, Fancy F
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Speed N The Tunnel equals Hoosier track record
June 13, 2009
Speed N The Tunnel and driver Sam Widger didn’t take any chances on Saturday in the $24,000 Invitational Trot at Hoosier Park Racing and Casino. The duo breezed out of the gate for the early lead and never relinquished control, winning in a quick 1:54.1 to equal the track record for older trott
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Handsome Prince scores in Scioto feature
June 13, 2009
Handsome Prince took the featured Open II Pace at Scioto Downs on Saturday night with a 1:54.4 victory for trainer-driver Kenny Kidd and owner Buckeye Racing LLC of Newark, Ohio. The 4-year-old son of Grinfromeartoear rallied in the stretch to draw clear of Caramel Dumpling, who finished
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My True Delight equals Tioga mark for older pacing mares
June 13, 2009
My True Delight and Phil Fluet equaled the track mark of 1:52.1 for older pacing mares on Saturday night at Tioga Downs in the $14,000 Fillies and Mares Open Handicap Pace. The duo found a spot in the middle of the pack as Nip N Attack and Howard Parker cut through fractions of :27.3, :55.1, and 1
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Passmaster Hanover wins Abbatiello New Jersey Classic
June 13, 2009
Passmaster Hanover ($6.00) shook loose late to win the $500,000 SBOA/Anthony Abbatiello New Jersey Classic for 3-year-old colt pacers, the headliner on a million-dollar night for state-bred horses, Saturday at the Meadowlands.  Driver Tim Tetrick and Passmaster Hanover assumed command at the qu
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Muscle Hill wins 10th straight in NJSS final
June 13, 2009
Despite missing the biggest check of the night with Dial Or Nodial in the New Jersey Classic, driver Brian Sears reined in a pair of stakes winners for a total of six on the Saturday night card at the Meadowlands.   Sears rallied Showherthemoney ($6.40) off a second-tier trip to take the
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Corleone Kosmos strong in Trotting Classic win
June 13, 2009
Corleone Kosmos made short work of a quality field of mature trotters Saturday night at Mohawk to capture the $353,710(C) Trotting Classic in 1:53.1.   Misterizi and Rick Zeron made the early lead in this, the first of four Classic finals, with Dave Miller and Arch Madness fo
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Classic Lane wins Classic Oaks in tight finish
June 13, 2009
Much the way Mine That Bird scooted up the rail to capture the Kentucky Derby this May, 4-year-old Classic Lane hugged the pylons Saturday night at Mohawk for driver Steve Condren, to overtake Falls For You and triumph in the $353,710(C) Classic Oaks final by a whisker. Paul MacDonell s
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A Bettor Sweet win in Pacing Classic final
June 13, 2009
Even-money favorite Bettor Sweet didn’t disappoint Saturday night as he delivered a 1:48.2 victory in the $353,710(C) Pacing Classic final at Mohawk. Won The West and Greg Grigmore were quickest off the wings as the field of nine mature pacers got underway, with longshot Allamerican Idol (Lu
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Soph pacers tangle in four Burlington divisions
June 13, 2009
The countdown to the $1.5 million Pepsi North America Cup, slated for June 27, got underway in earnest Saturday evening at Mohawk Racetrack, with four $100,000(C) divisions of the Burlington Stakes, featuring some of the most promising 3-year-old pacers on the continent.However, unlike last year, wh
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If I Can Dream captures Art Rooney at Yonkers
June 13, 2009
If I Can I Dream received Yonkers Raceway help he probably didn't even need Saturday night, then rolled in the $421,850 Art Rooney Pace as the son of Western Hanover, driven by George Brennan, was the handiest of winners in the 19th edition of the Rooney, one of Yonkers' premier events for 3-year-ol
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Bartlett wins two 3FP New York Sire Stakes
June 12, 2009
Thursday night offered the first Westchester watching of the statebreds, with Yonkers Raceway hosting the  $218,620 New York Sire Stakes Art Watson Pace for 3-year-old fillies. Five forays went postward through light rain and fog, with leading driver Jason Bartlett bookending the board. Bartl
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Mister Big's debut spoiled by Montecito N
June 12, 2009
With the first two choices in the wagering at odds of less than even money, a thrilling stretch duel was inevitable. It was, however, Montecito N ($3.80) reeling off a third straight win in the $35,000 Nansemond for Open Handicap pacers on Thursday evening at Harrah's Chester Casino and Racet
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Corleone Kosmos takes aim at Classic final
June 12, 2009
Mature trotting power will step into the spotlight at Mohawk racetrack on Saturday night, June 13, when the $353,710 finals of the Trotting Classic and Classic Oaks go postward, on a stakes-laden card which also features four divisions of the Burlington Stakes for 3-year-old pacers. Darren McCall
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Hidden Viggorish overcomes tough conditions to win at Meadows
June 12, 2009
World champion Hidden Viggorish appeared in top form Thursday at The Meadows as she knifed through the slop and serious squalls to capture the $27,500 Filly & Mare Preferred Trot. Conditions were so forbidding that four of the nine Preferred mares broke stride. Not so Hidden Viggorish, who wen
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Special D, Aloha Hooray win Scioto finals
June 12, 2009
Special D took control from Crime Scene Cruzer in the third quarter and went on to win the $9,000 Steamin Demon Series final at Scioto Downs on Thursday night. The sophomore pacer was sent off as the odds-on favorite and driver Chris Page raced him with confidence. They hit the finish wire 1 3/4 l
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Baileysirishdream scores in Vernon feature
June 12, 2009
Baileysirishdream wore down the early leader in the third quarter before trotting on to a 1:57.3 victory in Thursday night’s fourth race at Vernon Downs. Jimmy Whittemore, the meet’s second-leading dash-winner, did the teaming for trainer Ray Van Dreason as Baileysirishdream advanced from sixth at
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Coppola, Hennessey score Saratoga hat tricks
June 12, 2009
Frank Coppola Jr. and Wally Hennessey each tallied hat tricks on the Thursday night card as two of Saratoga's best reinsmen enjoyed a big night. Coppola, the meet's leading driver, started out the evening with a win in the opener while piloting invader Fast Vacation to the trotting win. Coppola la
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14 baby races on tap at Mohawk Saturday
June 12, 2009
Mohawk Racetrack will play host to its first set of 2-year-old qualifying races this Saturday morning beginning at 10 a.m., with a whopping total of 14 races scheduled. Familiar faces like Carl Jamieson, John Kopas and Bob McIntosh will be represented as they send out 34 rookies between them.
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A Sintillating win at Cal Expo
June 12, 2009
A class drop from the Filly & Mare Open, combined with a perfect trip, was too much for the competition of Sintillating.   A field of mostly conditioned ladies, and one in for a tag, were featured at Cal-Expo on Thursday night for a purse of $5,300, on which Sintillating took ful
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Lorentzon dreaming of making Hambletonian history
June 12, 2009
Anette Lorentzon’s bid to become the first female trainer to harness a Hambletonian winner begins Saturday night as she sends out her top contenders in the $200,000 New Jersey Sire Stakes Championship for 3-year-old trotters at the Meadowlands.   Lorentzon’s entry of Vesuvio AS and Howthehalo
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29 Jugbarn.com eligibles racing in Burlington, Rooney
June 12, 2009
You’ve still got time to play in the 2009 Jug Fantasy Stable contest. Round one is complete with Mr. Wiggles’ victory in the $500,000 Hoosier Cup. Next up are four $100,000 divisions of the Burlington at Mohawk and the $421,950 Art Rooney Final at Yonkers Raceway. Both will be raced S
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My Heart Was True remains unbeaten in Filly Maywood Pace elim
June 12, 2009
With six starting spots for next week’s $100,000 Filly Maywood Pace up for grabs a field of eight Illinois conceived and foaled 3 year olds went postward in a $10,000 elimination battle on Thursday night. The top six finishers will be joined by Native Hotspur and Honey B Skipalong, who received
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My my, Mylyn Myers wins debut at The Meadows
June 12, 2009
Mylyn Myers, a 2-year-old daughter of Revenue named for harnessracing.com/The Horseman And Fair World’s advertising manager Lynne Myers, won her first career start in a baby race Thursday morning at The Meadows, trotting the mile in 2:05. Driven by Wilbur Yoder for trainer Greg Wright, Mylyn Myers m
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Tidewaterdragonfly now a millionaire
June 11, 2009
A change of tactics proved most beneficial for Tidewaterdragonfly ($9.20), who held off all comers in near pillar-to-post fashion, recording a 1:50.3 victory in Wednesday evening's $35,000 Fillies and Mares Open Pace at Harrah's Chester Casino and Racetrack. The $17,500 winner's share push
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Wind Surfer breezes to Preferred win at Meadows
June 11, 2009
Wind Surfer used a mid-race breather to fashion a handy victory in the $27,500 Preferred Trot Wednesday at The Meadows. Although Wind Surfer endured a demanding first quarter over the sloppy track to secure the lead, driver Eric Ledford was able to back down the second panel to :30.2. With
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Three straight for Ball Gown A
June 11, 2009
Peter Tritton's Ball Gown A ($4, Ross Wolfenden) won her third straight race Wednesday at Harrington Raceway in the $17,500 featured event for mare pacers. The 8-year-old Presidential Ball mare was sent immediately to the lead and led wire to wire for a 1:55.1 triumph over Sixteen Candles and
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Freshmen set marks at Scioto Downs
June 11, 2009
Trainer-driver Jim Dailey took the wraps off a pair of fast freshman pacers and trotters on Wednesday  at Scioto Downs. The winners in the non-wagering events scored the fastest miles by freshmen of both gaits on a five-eighths-mile track this season. Dailey scored an impressive 1:56.2 win wi
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1,000 wins for Jimmy Marohn Jr.
June 11, 2009
Jimmy Marohn Jr. captured his 1,000th career driving victory on Wednesday afternoon at Tioga Downs behind 3-year old pacer Spill The McBeans. It was part of a driving triple on the day for the 27-year old New York native who has already steered 113 winners thus far in 2009.  “It has been
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NYSS 3CT divisions held at Buffalo
June 11, 2009
Big Sky Domino won the fastest of three $52,106 New York Sire Stakes (NYSS) divisions for 3-year-old colt trotters Wednesday night at Buffalo Raceway, with Judge Joe and Calchips Brute also coming away with victories. Big Sky Domino, a son of CR Excalibur, crossed the wire 3 ½ lengths ahead of Mona
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PA Sire Stakes championships to be worth $200,000 this year
June 11, 2009
Now that all of the May 15 payments for the Pennsylvania Sire Stakes have been tallied, the projection for the purses being paid out in the series this year should be a record $12.4 million, with the championships set to carry purses of $200,000, up from the $150,000 purse they carried in 2008. The
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Joe Thomson named to Jug Wall of Fame
June 11, 2009
Joe Thomson, breeder of Little Brown Jug winners Bettor's Delight and No Pan Intended and master of Winbak Farm, has been elected as the 25th Little Brown Jug Wall of Fame honoree by a panel of national and international harness racing enthusiasts.  The native of Cynthiana, Ky. will be official
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WEG lowers triactor takeout rate
June 11, 2009
Effective Wednesday, June 17, Woodbine Entertainment Group will reduce the takeout on its live Thoroughbred and Standardbred triactors to a total takeout of 27 percent, from 28.3 percent, when all of the mandatory regulatory deductions are included. Unlike U.S. racetracks where taxes are primari
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Kentucky VLT backers to hold rally at State Capitol
June 11, 2009
Due to current threats to the equine industry, Governor Steve Beshear unveiled a bill on Tuesday that, if passed, will allow video lottery terminals (VLTs) to be placed at Kentucky’s racetracks, and to show support for the Governor’s proposal, the Kentucky Equine Education Project (KEEP) will hold
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Meadowlands/Mohawk handicapping challenge
June 11, 2009
Serious cash and a seat in the 2010 National Harness Handicapping Championship are up for grabs in the new Meadowlands/Mohawk Handicapping Challenge on Saturday, June 27. The tournament, which showcases the $1.5 million Pepsi North America Cup simulcast from Mohawk Racetrack, will be held in Racewor
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Peter Doherty, 55, dies in New Jersey
June 11, 2009
Peter A. Doherty, 55, of Clifton, N.J., a hroseman and the brother of Hall of Famer Jim Doherty, died after a short illness on June 10. Mr. Doherty was born Dec. 15, 1953 in Saint John, New Brunswick, the son of the late J. Frank and Mary (Clancy) Doherty. He was a graduate of Saint Malachy’s
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Seven draw into $421,950 Rooney Pace
June 10, 2009
Post positions have been drawn for both of Yonkers Raceway's Saturday night stakes finals, with the draw for the $421,950 Art Rooney Pace, with seven 3-year-old colts in a "one-dash-for-the-cash" event, like this:           1--Fireintheshark (Jason
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My New Dawn scores in Egyptian Grande
June 10, 2009
After a dynamite performance by a state-bred freshman pacing colt here on Sunday night it was the girls turn to shine on Tuesday night as a field six Illinois conceived and foaled 2-year-old fillies went toe to toe in the $5,000 Egyptian Grande Stake.   Although the final time race was nowhe
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Donteventrytopass defies odds
June 10, 2009
Most trainers are excited to get their horses to the races, and trainer Jim Shelton is just glad to have Donteventrytopass among the 30-plus horses in his barn this summer.   Last year, while prepping for the summer stakes series in Indiana, Donteventrytopass had an unfortunate incident that
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Dial Or Nodial favored in New Jersey Classic
June 10, 2009
Dial Or Nodial, one of the top earning 2-year-old colts last year, was installed as the prohibitive 6-5 morning line favorite in the $500,000 Anthony Abbatiello New Jersey Classic on Saturday night at the Meadowlands. The event for 3-year-old colt pacers headlines a card featuring $1.1 millio
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Burgess hopes to master Classic with Passmaster Hanover
June 10, 2009
Passmaster Hanover may have his trainer puzzled, but one thing is certain: when big money is on the line, Blair Burgess is sure to he heard from. Burgess, the leader in earnings per stakes starter in Meadowlands history, will send out his first finalist in the $500,000 SBOA/Anthony Abbatiello New
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Lady Liberty rescheduled day earlier to June 26
June 10, 2009
The $200,000 (est.) Lady Liberty for free-for-all mares has been re-scheduled to Friday, June 26, at the Meadowlands. Eliminations will be raced Friday, June 19. The Lady Liberty was originally slated for Saturday, June 27. (Meadowlands)
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Book signings on July 5 at Harness Racing Museum
June 10, 2009
Recently published authors Dave Brower and Kim Rinker will be on hand for a book signing and meet-and-greet as part of the Hall Of Fame Day celebrations at the Harness Racing Museum and Hall of Fame on Sunday, July 5.  They will be available at the Museum from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. (post time next
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Classic Series finals on tap Saturday at Mohawk
June 10, 2009
Mohawk Racetrack will host the $1.4 million(C) finals of The Classic Series (TCS) on Saturday night.   The Trotting Classic (race two) kicks off the Series with a field of seven racing for $353,710, the purse for each of the four finals. Corleone Kosmos returns to defend his 2008 ti
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NA Cup hopefuls have to get through Burlington first
June 10, 2009
Over 100 colts and geldings on the eligibility list have now been whittled down to 72, and with two weeks to go to the $1.5 million Pepsi North America Cup at Mohawk racetrack (Saturday, June 27), a clearer picture of the serious contenders is finally starting to emerge. This coming Saturday, Moh
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Somebeachsomewhere tribute at Mohawk
June 10, 2009
In 2007 and 2008, Mohawk racetrack was the home track for Somebeachsomewhere, and now the track is honoring the great pacer and his trainer, Brent MacGrath, with a wall-sized pictorial collage of his amazing career, just inside the main entrance to the grandstand. The Somebeachsomewhere tri
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3YO filly Timelesswinner Two trots 1:54.4
June 09, 2009
Timelesswinner Two rocketed to the lead and didn’t stop until she had trotted a stakes record 1:54.4 in an elimination of the $168,215 Currier & Ives for 3-year-old fillies Monday at The Meadows.   SJ’s Minolta, sporting hobbles for the first time, captured the other elimination. The fina
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Copeland steers 6-1 winner in Chester feature
June 09, 2009
With Macho Lindy and Lets Get Serious both scratched, a select field of six went to post in the Green Speed, Monday's featured $35,000 Open Handicap Trot at Harrah's Chester Casino and Racetrack. With Bet to Win carving out vicious fractions, LT's Best ($15.20) was able to circle the field and
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Kentucky Rebel surprises at Harrington
June 09, 2009
Johnny Waite and Rodney Mitchell's Kentucky Rebel ($26, Ross Wolfenden) was an upset winner Monday in the featured $19,800 Junior Open at Harrington Raceway in 1:52.4. The 7-year-old Armbro Operative gelding exploded with pace in deep stretch and earned his fourth win of the year.   Art Direc
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Recent Bangor winner dies after being spooked by dog
June 09, 2009
Rich Camelot, an 8-year-old pacer who won at Bangor Raceway last Friday night, died Sunday morning at the track after being reportedly spooked by a dog. The incident has resulted in the immediate banning of dogs from the stable and paddock areas at the Maine racetrack.   Rich Camelot, ow
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Tioga 'jetts' qualifiers this week to Saturday
June 09, 2009
Tioga Downs would like to inform all horsemen of a change in qualifying days for this week only. Tioga Downs will move qualifiers to Saturday morning, June 13, at 11 a.m. due to the Joan Jett concert on Friday. Please have your entries for qualifiers in to the race office by 10 a.m. on Friday m
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HHYF to have fundraiser on Kentucky Futurity day
June 09, 2009
The Harness Horse Youth Foundation (HHYF), in cooperation with The Red Mile, will be conducting an innovative fundraiser “Drive For Youth” on Kentucky Futurity Day, Saturday, Oct. 3.   This event will encourage all drivers, trainers, and owners, and fans to support HHYF and its programs by
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VLTs to be discussed during upcoming special legislative session
June 09, 2009
Kentucky Gov. Steve Beshear on Tuesday afternoon released details of his proposal to allow video lottery terminals at the state’s racetracks, which will be discussed during a special legislative session scheduled to begin Monday, June 15. The proposal calls for 14.5 percent of net terminal revenue t
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Action by US Supreme Court will release money
June 08, 2009
The Supreme Court of the United States has denied certiorari in the case of Empress Casino Joliet, Giannoulias, and that means money generated by Illinois riverboat casinos will soon be flowing into horse racing purse accounts in Illinois, with a 35 percent increase expected for harness pu
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Yellow Diamond in 1:49.4
June 07, 2009
After winning an elimination for the James M. Lynch memorial stakes last week aboard Yellow Diamond in 1:51, driver Jim Morrill Jr. claimed he thought the horse could go the mile in the vicinity of 1:49 if he really let her go.Morrill turned out to be prophetic when Yellow Diamond rolled to a win in
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Chick N Tell scores upset in Classic
June 07, 2009
Chick N Tell prevailed as the longest shot on the board in the single $92,030 division in the third leg of the Trotting Classic on Saturday night at Mohawk Racetrack.Chick N Tell got up late for the 1:53.2 tally over Corleone Kosmos and Arch Madness.Mike Saftic was reunited with the 7-year-old son o
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Freshmen hit the track at Rosecroft
June 07, 2009
In times of ups and downs for the “Raceway By The Beltway” one think is certain, horsemen still love bringing their 2-year olds to Rosecroft. Four of the ten qualifiers Saturday went forth as 2-year-old qualifying events.On the trotting side, Cassini Hall (2:06.1 - Tom Ridge-Centerfold Hall-Garland
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Tug River Princess wins Classic
June 07, 2009
Tug River Princess made her 2009 debut a winning one with an impressive 1:52.2 victory in the $92,030 single division in the third leg of the Classic Distaff at Mohawk Racetrack on Saturday night.Tug River Princess made her 2009 debut a winning one with a 1:52.2 victory in the Classic Distaff.John C
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Classic Lane in Classic win
June 07, 2009
The aptly named Classic Lane turned in a gritty first-over victory in Saturday’s single $92,030 division in the third leg of the Classic Oaks at Mohawk Racetrack.Classic Lane edged past Spice Queen for the hard-earned 1:54.2 victory.Steve Condren picked up the catch-drive behind the 4-year-old daugh
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Winbak Speed wins again
June 07, 2009
The small, but speedy Winbak Speed took on all comers and emerged victorious in Saturday’s single $92,030 division in the third leg of the Pacing Classic at Mohawk Racetrack.The top three finished across the track at the wire with Winbak Speed prevailing by a head in 1:49.2.Ron Pierce sent the 6-yea
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NJ Classic Final field set
June 07, 2009
Dial Or Nodial and Passmaster Hanover scored decisive victories in a pair of elimination races for the $500,000 SBOA/Anthony Abbatiello New Jersey Classic Saturday night at the Meadowlands.Dial Or Nodial held off Sombrero Blue Chip to win the first of the splits in 1:50.2.The top five colts from eac
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Rocking at the Rock
June 07, 2009
The live harness racing season got underway at Rockingham Park on Saturday as the track welcomed back full fields of quality horses as well as enthusiastic fans and horsemen happy to be participating in the Salem landmark's 103rd season.It's great to be back at The Rock and great to be back with my
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NJ SBOA President speaks at Freehold
June 07, 2009
Tom Luchento, president of the Standardbred Breeders & Owners Association of New Jersey, stood before about 70 horsemen on Saturday morning, prior to the final card of the Freehold 2009 winter-spring meet.The first thing he did was dispel rumors that this might be the last closing day at Freehol
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Lismore elims at Yonkers
June 07, 2009
Yonkers Raceway returned after a brief, early-June hiatus Saturday night, with a baker's-dozen bonanza highlighted by a $44,000 Open Handicap Pace.Classic Line N (Cat Manzi), who was 21-1 when he won this race four weeks, ago had a few more friends at the windows this evening.Sent off as the 13-10 c
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Showherthemoney, Dawn's Legacy win elims
June 06, 2009
The field for the $200,000 SBOA/Thomas D’Altrui Miss New Jersey was set by a pair of $20,000 elimination races Friday night at the Meadowlands.The first five finishers in each elimination advanced to the final for 3-year-old filly pacers on Saturday, June 13, an evening featuring $1.1 million in sta
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Yankee Nola beats the boys at Tioga
June 06, 2009
Jimmy Marohn Jr. and Yankee Nola captured the featured $14,000 Open Handicap trot on Friday night at Tioga Downs. Yankee Nola was the lone mare in the field of eight, was assigned post position number eight, and the boys could still not beat the talented trotting mare.The duo floated from behind the
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Chantall Hall wins at Vernon
June 06, 2009
Pacer Chantal Hall turned a textbook trip into a 1:54.1 triumph in Friday night’s $9,000 featured ninth race at Vernon Downs. Leaving from post one in the week’s Open test for female practitioners of the lateral gait, Chantal Hall drafted along in second place behind the pacesetting Bet The Ran
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Three in a row for Southwestern Dream
June 06, 2009
Coming off back-to-back wins at the Meadowlands, Southwestern Dream took the open stretch to a third straight victory, capturing the $30,000 Nero for 4-year-olds on Friday (June 5) evening at Harrah's Chester Casino and Racetrack.The 4-year-old Cambest gelding cleared the lead on the first turn befo
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Windsong Soprano sings at Mohawk
June 06, 2009
Windsong Soprano made her 2009 debut a successful one with a solid 1:55.2 victory in a conditioned trot for 3-year-old fillies on Friday night at Mohawk Racetrack.With regular pilot Steve Condren at the controls, the daughter of Windsongs Legacy - Muscling In sat patiently in third spot for much of
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Campbell on fire in Maine
June 06, 2009
Not even a three win performance from driver Kevin Switzer could wrestle the headlines away from Drew Campbell on Friday (June 5) as the man in the orange and black colors continued to ride roughshod over the state of Maine driving colony en route to scoring an impressive five win spectacular at Sca
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Muscle Hill trots to new mark in 2009 debut
June 05, 2009
Muscle Hill, the early favorite for the $1.5 million Hambletonian, won his 2009 debut under wraps Thursday night at the Meadowlands, scoring in a career best 1:53.1 in the first of two $54,900 New Jersey Sire Stakes divisions for 3-year-old colts.   Driven by Brian Sears, Muscle Hill [$2
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Lisagain wins PASS in 1:52.1; headed to NA Cup
June 05, 2009
Without a victory at age two, Dan Carter made it six wins in seven starts this year by capturing the fastest split of a $253,338 Pennsylvania Sires Stakes for sophomore pacing colts and geldings Thursday at The Meadows, winning in 1:51.1. The stake, known as the Bye Bye Byrd, was contested in six d
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Turf harness race at the Meadowlands June 19
June 05, 2009
For the first time in 30 years, harness horses will race on the turf at the Meadowlands Friday, June 19.  A field of eight, $15,000 claiming pacers will line up behind the mobile starting gate for a one-mile event on the grass.  The race will be part of the betting program; post positions
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Meadows names race in honor of late lieutenant governor
June 05, 2009
The Meadows Racetrack & Casino has announced that it is naming a race in honor of the late Catherine Baker Knoll, former Pennsylvania lieutenant governor.   To be known as the Catherine Baker Knoll, the race for 2-year-old filly pacers will contested each year during Grand Circu
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Panel approves legislation for less NJ race dates
June 05, 2009
Fewer dates of standardbred racing at Meadowlands Racetrack and Freehold Raceway could mean larger purses The Assembly Tourism and Gaming Committee unanimously approved today legislation sponsored by Assemblyman Ronald S. Dancer that aims to draw more interest in horse racing by allowing the
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Rapsong's 1:56.3 fastest of fillies
June 04, 2009
Rapsong sat fourth off the early pace set by Gabbys Dream and rallied to take the first of three New Jersey Sire Stakes events for 3-year-old filly trotters Wednesday night at the Meadowlands, scoring by a neck over Seaside in 1:56.3 over a sloppy track.Driven by Tim Tetrick, Rapsong, a daughte
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Well Said wins '09 debut in 153.1
June 04, 2009
Well Said ($2.10) made his 2009 debut in an $11,000 conditioned event at Harrah's Chester on Wednesday and turned in an effortless 1:53.1 performance under Ron Pierce, with Jolly Lester (Eric Goodell) a closely-tracking second throughout,. Well Said, a 2008 Breeders Crown champion, earned
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Perfect Launch's 1:56.4 mile fastest in NYSS
June 04, 2009
Buffalo Raceway kicked off its 2009 New York Sire Stakes action on Wednesday (with five divisions worth $31,695 each for 3-year-old New York-sired pacing fillies. In the last division of the night, Perfect Launch, a Riverboat King offspring, won in 1:56.4 for owner Ken Jacobs.   Trained
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2YOs in action at Scioto
June 04, 2009
The Ontario-sired Medoland Big Cam set a season’s record of 1:59.2 for juvenile pacers on a five-eighths mile track, winning at Scioto Downs on Wednesday. The son of Million Dollar Cam led all the way for trainer-driver Mike Medors to win by 1-1/2 lengths.   It’s the fastest mile this
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After 1:53.3 mile, Southern Rocketop headed to Goodtimes
June 04, 2009
After early miscues took out three of the main contenders in Wednesday’s night’s $50,200 Cardinal Stakes at Balmoral Park, the race figured to be a two horse battle between division leader Southern Rocketop and the highly regarded Dr. McDreamy, but in reality it was just another showcase for So
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Special NJ SBOA meeting at Freehld on June 4
June 04, 2009
Standardbred Breeders & Owners Association of New Jersey President Tom Luchento will hold a special meeting on Saturday, June 6, 2009 at 11:30 a.m. in the Paddock at Freehold Raceway. Horsemen are urged to attend this important meeting on the future of racing in New Jersey. (SBOANJ)
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New Hampshire state Senate backs slots at tracks
June 04, 2009
The Concord Monitor is reporting that on June 3, the New Hampshire state Senate, overwhelmingly backed bringing slot machines to New Hampshire as a way to patch the state's 2010 and 2011 budget. The plan passed the Senate 16-8, which surprised both fans and foes of expanded gambling. The plan, part
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In qualifying news, Mr Cantab, 2YO brother to Mypanmar win
June 04, 2009
Pang Shui, a colt by No Pan Intended, won a qualifier by 11 3/4 lengths in 1:58.3 at Mohegan Sun at Pocono Downs Thursday morning for his breeder-owner, Peter Pan Stables. The colt is a half brother to Mypanmar p, 1:48.3, a winner of $1,259,035.   Ray Schnittker train
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Kentucky governor decides to add racetrack gaming to agenda
June 04, 2009
Kentucky Governor Steve Beshear announced on Thursday that he has changed his mind and has decided to add legislation that would allow slot machines at Kentucky’s racetracks to the agenda of the special legislative session that begins June 15.   On Wednesday Gov. Beshear s
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Arizona Liar fastest ever at Running Aces
June 03, 2009
On a cool clear June 2 night, Arizona Liar broke the all-age track record at Running Aces Harness Park, winning in 1:53 on the five-eighths mile oval. He shaved two-fifths of a second off the old track record held by West Bound Train and driver John DeLong. The 1:53 clocking is also the fa
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Fox Valley Lover wins Violet final in 1:57.2
June 03, 2009
Despite winning two of her first three starts this season, Paula Smith and James Runyan’s Fox Valley Lover was still overlooked at the betting windows in Tuesday’s $49,800 Violet Stakes Final and the daughter of Vaporize made her doubters pay as she cruised to a deceptively easy three-quarter-length
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Expanded gaming at KY tracks still a political issue
June 03, 2009
Kentucky Governor Steve Beshear called a special legislative session to begin June 15 to address a revenue shortfall, but said the subject of video lottery terminals at racetracks isn't on the agenda at this time.   "I still have under consideration other issues and will likely be amending th
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Huston turns on lights at The Meadows
June 02, 2009
After Meadows track announcer Roger Huston literally flipped the switch to turn the lights on for the first time since 2007, Jans Luck made it three in a row Monday when she effectively used a second-quarter breather to capture the $27,500 filly and mare preferred handicap pace in 1:52.4.
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Parker wins five at Monticello
June 02, 2009
Billy “Zeke” Parker, Jr.  showed he still has the talent that has made him the ninth winningest driver in the history of the sport.  On  Monday afternoon, June 1, Monticello Raceway’s leading driver added five more wins to his seasonal total and now has 107 for the meeting, 17 more th
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Wind Surfer equals career best at The Meadows
June 02, 2009
Wind Surfer made a decisive quarter-pole move to the lead and went on to a comfortable victory in the $25,000 Preferred Handicap trot Wednesday at The Meadows.Wind Surfer, who shipped to The Meadows after performing creditably in the Horse & Groom, Su Mac Lad and Father Foley series at the Meado
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Threepeat for Jans Luck at The Meadows
June 02, 2009
Jans Luck made it three in a row Monday at The Meadows when she effectively used a second-quarter breather to capture the $27,500 Filly & Mare Preferred Handicap Pace.Assigned post position 8, Jans Luck had to labor for the lead through an opening panel of 27.1. But when Dave Palone was able to
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Teague looks for third Rooney win
June 02, 2009
A total of seven 3-year-old colts have been entered for the 2009 edition of Yonkers Raceway's Art Rooney  Pace. It is the 19th edition of one of Yonkers' premier pacing events. The number of entrants has made the '09 Rooney a "one-dash-for-the-cash" event, worth $421,850, a week from Saturday n
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Michigan to lose 41 harness dates
June 02, 2009
Michigan Racing Commissioner, Christine C. White signed orders on Tuesday eliminating 101 live race dates for the remainder of the 2009 fiscal year ending September 30, 2009, and that includes 41 days of harness racing.   The budget for the Office of Racing Commissioner (ORC) was reduc
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Margie's Melody living out her years at Winbak
June 02, 2009
Margie's Melody, the dam of the great champion Nihilator, is now 33 years old and living at Winbak Farm in Middletown, Delaware, and her presence at the farm is part of a story on delawareonline.   To read the story, click here.          
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Saratoga Harness Hall to honor locals next Tuesday
June 02, 2009
The Saratoga Harness Hall of Fame hosts its annual Open House on Tuesday evening, June 9, at the Hall of Fame located at 352 Jefferson Street in Saratoga Springs. Starting at 5:30 pm, guests are invited to browse through the museum. The induction ceremonies will start at 6:30 pm featuring the i
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Northfield adds Wednesday card on June 17
June 02, 2009
Due to an unexpected overage of horses, Northfield has scheduled a live racing date for Wednesday night, June 17, with a 7 pm post time. This is a make-up date for a weather-related cancellation this winter.   The track's $100,000 Battle of Lake Erie, an invitation-only event, is sched
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Russell Hill edges Donttellmywife
June 02, 2009
The build-up concerning the confrontation between Russell Hill and Donttellmywife in New York Sire Stakes action at Monticello Raceway on Tuesday was everything one could ask for, that is, unless if you were in the latter’s camp since it took every foot of the homestretch for Russell
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Art Official to start in June 20 Dan Patch
June 01, 2009
Trainer Joe Seekman and Sawgrass Farms came away from the $500,000 Hoosier Cup empty handed with the 10th-place finish of Annieswesterncard, but the connections locked in a return date to Hoosier Park Racing and Casino with 4-year-old Art Official.   A winner of $1.5 million last season, incl
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Meadows post now 6:20 pm
June 01, 2009
Harness racing will take place under the lights at The Meadows Racetrack & Casino tonight for the first time in nearly two years. When the Adios Day card in August 2007 concluded, the old grandstand was torn down to make way for the new casino. Also taken down at that time were the lights tha
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