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Keystone Rideau wins Monticello feature
January 05, 2010
During the latter part of the 2009 racing season at Monticello Raceway there were no better confrontations than the ones between Keystone Rideau and Southbound Trucker in the weekly pacing features. In the four races in which they went head-to-head each gelding was victorious twice while the ot
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Table games bill moves forward in Pennsylvania
January 05, 2010
The Pennsylvania State Senate approved a bill to legalize table games at the state's casinos and racinos on Tuesday evening by a vote of 28-22. The bill will move on to the House on Wednesday, and Gov. Ed Rendell has said he hopes it will be on his desk by Friday so he can avoid laying off about 1,0
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Three Of Spades goes all in at Dover
January 05, 2010
The fast-finishing Three Of Spades scored a 1:51.4 victory to win the $27,000 Open pacing feature at Dover Downs on a cold Monday, and That's Justice wrapped up the $23,000 co-feature.   Jon Roberts steered the lightly-raced Three Of Spaces to his first win since mid-November for Bill De
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Oosting, Hochstetler take Balmoral honors
January 05, 2010
The 2009 Balmoral Park racing season has come to a close with a familiar result in the driver standings, as Mike Oosting toted home his fifth Balmoral Park driving championship, while veteran conditioner Homer Hochstetler grabbed the honors as top conditioner at the Crete oval.   The 47-year
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Owner of Merrie Annabelle to be honored in Ohio
January 05, 2010
Prominent breeder and owner Byron D. Kuth has been chosen by the Ohio chapter of the U.S. Harness Writers to join the list of Immortals in the state. Kuth was the owner of Merrie Annabelle, the first juvenile trotting filly to win in 2:00. Shortly after that miraculous effort at Lexin
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Cam Fella Award to New Brunswick's Ross Galbraith
January 05, 2010
Standardbred Canada has announced that Ross Galbraith, chair of the New Brunswick Horse Racing Industry Association and one of the committee members responsible for the creation of Horse Racing New Brunswick. has been voted the 2009 recipient of the Cam Fella Award.   The Cam Fella Award will
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Youth Foundation to honor Martin Scharf
January 05, 2010
Martin Scharf's generosity to harness racing through his Gallo Blue Chip Scholarship will be on display on Saturday night, Jan. 16, at the Meadowlands Racetrack, when he presents Maddie Dudka with a $15,000 check as the 2009/10 Gallo Blue Chip Scholarship recipient.   Then
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Ontario commission dismisses Waxman, Vandalay appeal
January 05, 2010
On May 10, 2006, the Executive Director of the Ontario Racing Commission issued a Notice of Proposed Order to suspend the ORC licences of Daniel Waxman and Vandalay Racing for five years with imposition of a $100,000(C) fine pursuant to Sections 21 and 22 RCA 2000 for violation of the hidden ow
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