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Boinga hoping to bounce back in Dancer
September 16, 2009
Boinga, a daughter of Windsong’s Legacy, has been installed as the 2-1 morning line favorite in the $45,000 Harold Dancer Filly Final on Thursday, September 17, 2009 at Freehold Raceway.The Harold Dancer Filly, carded as the second race, and the $55,000 Harold Dancer Colt, a non-wagering event at 1
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Gift Card pays off in NYSS
September 16, 2009
Gift Card’s 1:59:3 clocking turned out to be the fastest of four New York Sire Stakes for 3 year-old trotting fillies at Monticello Raceway on Tuesday September 15. Each split was worth approximately $44,000. Other winners included She’s so Savvy, Beachcomber and Pembroke Firestorm.In their di
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Ladyfield still Harrington's queen
September 16, 2009
(foto won)
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Up Front Juansteen in Meadows record
September 16, 2009
(Chris Gooden photo)
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Only Raceway and Northfield pay initial Ohio slot fee
September 16, 2009
According to Wednesday’s Columbus Post Dispatch, all seven racetracks in Ohio filed applications and paid a nonrefundable $100,000 filing fee by Tuesday’s deadline to add slot machines, but only two—Northfield Park and Raceway Park—met the deadline to pay the first $13 million in license fees. An at
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Up Front Hotsey hot at Pocono
September 16, 2009
Up Front Hotsey cashed in as the 3-2 favorite to win the featured Open Handicap trot on Tuesday night at Mohegan Sun at Pocono Downs.  The race carried a purse of $30,000.   Leaving from post position #4 in a field of seven, Up Front Hotsey, a 6-year-old mare trained by Noel Daley, settl
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Colonial Downs action
September 16, 2009
Colonial Downs hosted a full night of harness racing Tuesday evening, with a twist: two of the night’s ten races were three-quarters of a mile, rather than the usual one mile distance.   In the first shortened race, J J Thomas N led from the start, the quarter pole, and cut the first two earl
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Pompano set to open new simulcast area
September 16, 2009
When the 2009-2010 racing season resumes on Saturday, Isle Casino Racing will unveil a new simulcast area on the second level of the casino, encompassing the Trackside Grill as well as two adjacent viewing/betting areas. Racing fans will be able to bet in a friendly, comfortable setting; have
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PA Stallion Series adds consolations
September 16, 2009
The Stallion Series, a PA-sired stakes series for two-year-olds that has proven very popular in its first year during 2009, has added $20,000 Consolations per division on the night of its $40,000 divisional Championships, Monday, September 28 at The Meadows.The Championships will include the top eig
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Vernon Downs offers $10,000 Pick 8
September 16, 2009
Vernon Downs would like to announce that it will have a $10,000 guaranteed Pick 8 pool for all the New York Sire Stakes Finals on the $1.4 million dollar New York Sire Stakes “Night of Champions” on Saturday, September 26th. The pick 8 will be offered as $.10 wheels with $1.00 minimum bet total. New
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Case appeal denied
September 16, 2009
New York’s highest court has declined to hear the appeal of trainer Timothy Case, who was suspended by state regulators for a pattern of alleged illegal equine drug violations involving horses at Monticello Raceway.Case was seeking to get the Court of Appeals to hear his claims that flawed handling
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Munis Blue Chip fastest NYSS winner
September 16, 2009
Four divisions of freshman trotting fillies raced for a total purse in excess of $146,000 in New York Sire Stakes action at Monticello Raceway on Wednesday afternoon, and the most impressive winner was Munis Blue Chip, who coasted home in 2:02.1. Other winners included Southwind Samur
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