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Armbro Dowry wins season opener at Pocono
March 24, 2010
Mohegan Sun at Pocono Downs opened its 2010 harness racing season Tuesday (March 23) night with the first race of the year being won by Armbro Dowry.Driven by Yannick Gingras, Armbro Dowry stopped the timer in 1:53.3 in a $20,000 claiming pace. This marked the fifth win of the year for the seven-yea
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Oy vey! Gelfilte Fish in the Passover Pace
March 24, 2010
For the past three or four years Canadian Sheldon Rose has been seeking a mount in Monticello Raceway’s annual Passover Pace. He recently called the track's publicity office and once again inquired about driving in the event that is relegated to drivers of Jewish heritage.   “If I bring my ho
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Apache Dame wins at Dover
March 24, 2010
Apache Dame, the reigning Horse of the Meet, showed her class scoring an overland 1:53 victory in the $30,000 Mares Open/Handicap pace. Tug River Aussie won the $20,000 distaff sub-feature at Dover Downs on a partly rainy Tuesday, March 23. Three drivers, Ross Wolfenden, Jim Morand and Ron Pierce ha
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Brett Miller gets career win 5,000
March 24, 2010
Brett Miller drove the 5,000th winner of his career Tuesday when he guided Sure Duffy to victory in the sixth race at The Meadows. Miller achieved the milestone with a flourish, driving six winners on the 13-race card — including career victories 5,001 and 5,002. Miller, 36, a native of Columbu
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Jack Landis dies in Florida
March 24, 2010
Jack Landis, 84, of West Palm Beach, Fla., who won the 1982 Kentucky Futurity with Jazz Cosmos, died Monday, March 22.   Jazz Cosmos 3, 1:55 ($701,568), also captured a heat and finished second in summary in the 1982 Hambletonian at the Meadowlands. Racing under the name of Sunbird Stable,&nb
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Woodbine/Mohawk purses to drop by 15 percent
March 24, 2010
Effective Thursday, April 1, Standardbred purses on the Woodbine Entertainment Group (WEG) circuit will be reduced by an overall average of 15 percent. The measure is necessary due to the decrease in wagering over the past year.   *There has been a general softening of Standardbred wagering
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Owner Parham In The Sulky at Meadowlands
March 24, 2010
Horse owner Dana Parham will sit In The Sulky on Meadowlands Racetrack’s Friday pre-card television show.   One of the biggest bettors in North America, Parham founded the large-scale racing and breeding operation Odds On Racing with trainer Robin Schadt a decade ago and it has developed into
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J M Vangogh wins at Dover
March 24, 2010
Veteran JM Vangogh moved over the $1.9-million mark in career earnings via a 1:54 victory in the $30,000 Open/Handicap trot feature on Wednesday, March 24. Tim Tetrick and Tony Morgan fashioned driving triples.With Tony Morgan handling the reins, JM Vangogh sat second nearly three lengths off a bris
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Nancy Irene wins Pocono feature
March 24, 2010
Jim Morrill Jr., and Nancy Irene took the short route coming down the stretch and won the featured race of the 13-race card Wednesday (March 24) at Mohegan Sun at Pocono Downs.Nancy Irene, a six-year-old Park Place mare, left from the one hole in the $20,000 claiming pace for fillies and mares and s
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Gaylewinds NY breezes to 2nd straight Meadows win
March 24, 2010
Gaylewinds NY breezed to the front past the quarter and drew off late to capture her second straight in the Double Trouble, a series for 3- and 4-year-old filly and mare trotters, Wednesday at The Meadows. Lucky Charm took the other $15,000, second-leg split, giving Dave Palone a driving sweep of th
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Hoosier Park honors charitable donations
March 24, 2010
Hoosier Park Racing & Casino and the Fab Five Standardbred drivers honored five local and Central Indiana charitable organizations with donations at the inaugural Champions for Charities luncheon held yesterday March 23, 2010. Hoosier Park's Fab Five Standardbred drivers raised the funds over th
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