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Mr. Muscleman to officially retire Saturday
August 20, 2009
Two-time Breeders Crown champion Mr Muscleman will be officially retired in the Meadowlands Racetrack winner’s circle on Saturday, August 22. The 9-year-old gelding will parade in front of the grandstand for the last time after the second race on the card, which features $1.6 million in Breeders Cro
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Maryland Standardbred Fund races get underway
August 20, 2009
Ocean Downs played host to the Maryland Standardbred Fund races on Wednesday evening. The two day event kicked off with races involving 3-year-old pacers and trotters.   Jim Morand was the first driver to notch a victory in the event, winning the first race behind Jolt ($8.80). The pacin
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Fred And Ginger can dance too
August 20, 2009
Fred And Ginger, a full brother to top sophomore filly Ginger And Fred, showed that he can trip the light fantastic as well by capturing his maiden victory in a division of a $278,160 Pennsylvania Sire Stakes on Wednesday at The Meadows. The event, known as the Tyler B, was contested over a slo
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Cross Creek Photo takes Tioga feature
August 20, 2009
Cross Creek Photo and driver Matt Kakaley captured the featured winners-over trot on Wednesday afternoon at Tioga Downs.   Leaving from post position one, Kakaley settled in third through the opening quarter, of :28.2, but was out and moving past the three-eighths pole to take control of the
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Stormont Garcon hoping to make it 9 straight in Bridger
August 20, 2009
With eight visits to the winner's circle in eight weeks of racing, the colt who has his competition quaking in their boots on Thursday night at Mohawk is Stormont Garcon, currently listed as the 6-5 favorite in the $49,500(C) final of the Bridger Trotting Series.   The 2-year-old ho
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Allmar Surprise lowers Harrington track record
August 20, 2009
Victor Kirby and Matthew Ivory’s Allmar Surprise ($2.60, Kirby) set a new track record for 4 year olds and all-age mares with a 1:55.3 win in the $21,700 Junior Open Trot on Wednesday at Harrington Raceway.    The 4-year-old Angus Hall mare set all the fractions in her three-length win o
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Lohmeyer looking for first Crown win with Classic Lane
August 20, 2009
There is a classic line about how things are sometimes not what they appear to be. The same could be said of Classic Lane.   Some might have speculated that when Ed Lohmeyer bid $155,000 on a 3-year-old filly at last fall’s Harrisburg mixed sale that owners Robert and Lauren Tucker were looki
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