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Saturday Backstretch with Gordon
October 03, 2009
    Unlike yesterday morning's heavy rains, the weather on Saturday is picture-perfect as there's nary a cloud in the sky and it's warm enough to discard the jacket. Actually, the weather turned great yesterday afternoon as the sun came out and the track was fast. Congratulations to trai
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Lanson coasts to Red Mile win; Buck I St. Pat third
October 03, 2009
Lanson coasted to an open-lengths victory in the opening race on the Saturday Kentucky Futurity card at The Red Mile, trotting to a 1:54 score in a $5,000 Open. Buck I St. Pat, who sat fifth until approaching three quarters, could not make up any ground after slow first-half fractions and had to set
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Freshman pacers in Bluegrass action at Red Mile
October 03, 2009
Daniel Dube sent Rock N Roll Heaven to the front in the first of three $139,800 divisions of the Bluegrass for 2-year-old colt pacers Saturday afternoon at The Red Mile, and the son of Rocknroll Hanover never looked back en route to a career-best 1:50.2 victory.   Coming off a runner-up finis
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Muscle Hill, Big Bikkies win Futurity elims
October 03, 2009
Muscle Hill coasted to a 1:52.3 victory in the second of two eliminations of the $600,000 Kentucky Futurity for 3-year-old colt trotters on a sunshine-filled-but-windy Saturday afternoon at The Red Mile. Big Bikkies led from gate to wire to win the first elim.   With 13 entered, two elim
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Vertical Horizon wins Bluegrass 3CP split
October 03, 2009
Tim Tetrick split horses in midstretch with Vertical Horizon to win the first of two $125,500 Bluegrass divisions for 3-year-old colt pacers Saturday afternoon at The Red Mile in 1:51.1. Annieswesterncard was second for Daniel Dube with Straight Shooting, who led the mile until late in the lane, thi
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Muscle Hill wins Futurity Final in 1:51.1
October 03, 2009
Owners celebrate Muscle Hill's victory. (Joseph Kyle)
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Vintage Master bounces back in Bluegrass
October 03, 2009
Vintage Master won a $125,500 Bluegrass Series division with a front-end effort that he sustained to the wire, breaking the beam at the finish line in 1:49.4. Dan Dube drove the Adios winner for trainer Jimmy Takter.   Vintage Master started from post six and Dube had him on the lead by the q
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Shark Gesture takes Allerage elim
October 03, 2009
Eleven older horses lined up behind the gate in an Allerage Farms elimination Saturday afternoon at The Red Mile, with only the last-place finisher not returning next weekend for the rich final. George Brennan directed Shark Gesture to the 1:49.2 victory, the 6-year-old son of Cam's Card Shark'
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