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Well Said, Vintage Master take Crown byes
October 14, 2009
Well Said has a bye into Crown final. (Lisa Photo)
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Muscle Hill aims for 20 in a row in Breeders Crown
October 14, 2009
Muscle Hill aims for 20 in a row. (Nigel Soult photo)
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Stage Show sets Pocono track record
October 14, 2009
Stage Show grabbed “center stage” in Tuesday night’s Open II Trot at Mohegan Sun at Pocono Downs. With Tom Jackson in the bike, Stage Show won the $22,000 trot in a track record time of 1:53.1.   The 4-year-old mare came into the race 0-for-17 but put in a solid effort from the one
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Freshman trotters set to battle in Crown eliminations
October 14, 2009
Costa Rica, the top money-earning 2-year-old trotter in harness racing, leads a group of 15 entrants for the Breeders Crown for 2-year-old filly trotters at Woodbine Racetrack. Two $25,000 elimination races will be held Friday, with the top five finishers in each division advancing to the $600,000 f
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JA's Commando raids Colonial winner's circle
October 14, 2009
JA’s Commando, lightly raced of late, scored an impressive wire-to-wire win and equaled her lifetime mark in Tuesday night’s featured race at Colonial Downs.   JA’s Commando’s only other race at Colonial was a week ago, when she finished seventh and lost by 14 lengths. The sophomore filly pac
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Sportswriter, Put On A Show put streaks on line
October 14, 2009
Undefeated Metro Pace champion Sportswriter leads a list of 11 entries for the $700,000 Breeders Crown for 2-year-old male pacers on October 24 at Woodbine Racetrack. No elimination race will be necessary. Joining Sportswriter in the field are All Speed Hanover, Kyle Major, Malicious, OK Commander,
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No elims for Crown 3FP, two splits needed in 3FT
October 14, 2009
A powerful troika of Tracy Brainard-trained fillies will attempt to sweep the board in the $710,000 Breeders Crown for 3-Year-Old Filly Pacers at Woodbine on Saturday, Oct. 24. Only five other fillies entered once Bulletproof Enterprises’ Yellow Diamond and Shacked Up supplemented on Monday and they
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Freshman takes fastest lap around The Meadows
October 14, 2009
Lap Hanover unleashed a quick, deadly first-over burst that carried him to victory in 1:54.1, fastest of four divisions of the Watson Provost Memorial Series for freshman colt and gelding pacers on Tuesday at The Meadows. Tidewater Teddy, Show Topper and Hare Force Two captured the other splits in t
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Series and stakes action abundant at Indy Downs
October 14, 2009
A trio of late closing series finals and a pair of Indiana Sires Stakes contests highlighted racing action at Indiana Downs Tuesday evening, October 13. It was a tough night for favorites as only one, Viking Kilowatt, made it to the winner’s circle in the five events. The Kilowatt colt equaled his l
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Breeders Select Sale held at Pocono
October 14, 2009
A colt by Metropolitan topped the Breeders Select yearling sale held Monday in the paddock at Mohegan Sun at Pocono Downs, attracting a final bid of $27,000 from Pennsylvania horseman Todd Schadel. The colt, named Sapphire City, is out of Spectre Almahurst, whose offspring include $1.1 mil
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PASS champ Dancinwiththestarz heads to Kindergarten
October 14, 2009
Pennsylvania Sire Stakes champion Dancinwiththestarz leads a field of 10 freshman pacing fillies on Saturday night at Vernon Downs in a $10,000 leg of the Kindergarten Classic. John Stark Jr. trains the 2-year-old daughter of Four Starzzzz Shark–So Western for W Springtime Stable and Shannon Br
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