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Lite Me Up scores at Northfield
September 13, 2009
Mike Epler's Lite Me Up ($5.20) flashed the form that won him local Horse-of-the-Year honors at Northfield in 2008, as he took control of Saturday's $5,500 Open Handicap Pace as the field approached the 27.1 quarter, and then rolled through fractions of 56.4 and 1:25.4, holding off a fast-charging M
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Indiana Summer Championships at Indy Downs
September 13, 2009
Go On BB makes history Saturday. (Coady Photo)
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Well Said wins, Barn Art upsets in Simcoe
September 13, 2009
Barn Art, at 25-1 with Sylvain Filion, scooted through on the rail to edge even-money choice VerticalHorizon in the first division of the $134,153 Simcoe Stakes for three-year-old pacers, Saturday at Mohawk Racetrack.The field was reduced to just five with the judge's scratch of Shipps Xpectancy, an
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PA fair racing at Amulet Farms
September 13, 2009
The 2YO filly pace, the only event to split into three divisions, led off the day. SJ's Blissful Lady (Blissfull Hall) won the opener with a 2:02.3 effort for driver Kyle Bolon. Terry Almeyer trains the filly for S&J Racing, and she won her second straight and took a new lifetime mark.Budgirls H
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Florida Sunshine Stakes at Pompano
September 13, 2009
Bruce Ranger, Michile Lorenzo, Tom Audley and Veral Bowman shared the spotlight at Pompano Park on Saturday as the South Florida track hosted the second leg of the Florida Sunshine Stakes.Ranger, who won a world record 13 races during last week's Sunshine Stakes festivities, won eight races on Satur
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Plenty of surprises in Super Night elims
September 13, 2009
The countdown to Super Night 2009 began on Saturday night at Balmoral Park as eliminations for the $250,000 Orange & Blue Stake, $240,000 Filly Orange & Blue Stake, $190,000 Grandma Ann Stake & $185,000 Pete Langley Memorial Stake were contested. All of the elimination tussles carried pu
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Tug River Princess reigns in Artiscape
September 13, 2009
Tug River Princess and Eric Goodell captured the fourth edition of the Artiscape Pace on Saturday night at Tioga Downs. In front of more than 3,000 fans on closing night Eric Goodell settled Tug River Princess in fourth as the other half of the Ross Croghan trained entry Southwind Tempo (Tim Tetrick
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Rock N Roll Heaven rolls at Chester
September 13, 2009
If a 26-second last quarter in a Meadowlands qualifier wasn't astonishing enough, a 1:50.3 mile from Rock N Roll Heaven ($2.80) in his Governor's Cup elimination Sunday (Sept. 13) afternoon at Harrah's Chester Casino and Racetrack should be.Faced with pressure from race's outset, the 2-year-old son
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