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Date set for 18th SRF charity golf outing
April 08, 2010
The Standardbred Retirement Foundation (SRF) will host their Annual Charity Golf Tournament on Tuesday, June 1, 2010 at beautiful Knob Hill Country Club in Manalapan, New Jersey.  A very popular event, the SRF golf outing is strongly supported by the racing industry and is always sold out. &nbs
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Rare pick 3 at Woodbine
April 08, 2010
The Saturday, April 3rd program at Woodbine featured a very odd occurrence when three horses wearing the number 10 saddle pad won three consecutive races on the card.The 10-10-10 winning pick-3 combination is the first in recent memory and believed to be the first ever at the Rexdale oval. The rare
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Dali overcoming allergies, quarter crack
April 08, 2010
Following a punishing victory in last week’s second leg of the Spring Pacing Championship, Dali will look to duplicate that effort as the 5/2 morning line choice in Saturday night’s $90,000 final at Woodbine Racetrack.   Dali enters the final fresh off a sparkling 1:50.3 victory last Saturd
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Last chance for a spot on Walk of Fame
April 08, 2010
Knock on memory's door, visit a while, plant a smile, brush a tear and kiss a dream at harness racing's Walk of Fame. Before visitors even enter the Museum they begin to celebrate harness racing. The Walk of Fame, the sport's memory lane, provides a wonderful introduction to the world of the Standar
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Credit Winner responding 'positively'
April 08, 2010
Credit Winner, one of harness racing's leading trotting sires, is at home at Blue Chip Farms in New York after spending time at the University of Pennsylvania's famed New Bolton Center to evaluate problems he was having breeding.   In a press release issued Thursday,
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Chips And Wings equals Meadows record
April 08, 2010
Chips And Wings, a conditioned claimer only five weeks ago, used his early speed to secure the pocket, then powered home Wednesday to score in 1:54.1, equaling The Meadows’ track record for 4-year-old trotting stallions. Owner/trainer Bethie Murdock claimed Chips And Wings from his Feb. 26 cond
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JM Vangogh wins Dover open; DSBF fillies compete
April 08, 2010
JM Vangogh won the $30,000 Open/Handicap trot at Dover Downs on Wednesday, April 7, Black Tie took the sub-feature trot while No Bad Luck, Badlands Kate and Sucha Bad Girl won Delaware Standardbred Breeders Fund 2nd leg $20,000 filly pace preliminaries and Status Symbol and Punk's Embrace won the fi
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Trainers' titles a Pompano photo finish
April 08, 2010
It's way too soon to declare a winner or even a favorite in the trainers' dash wins and cash earnings categories with six weeks to go in the 2009-2010 South Florida campaign at the Isle Casino Racing Pompano Park. No less than six trainers are in the hunt in the wins category. Dan Hennessey har
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Stars step out in Big M qualifiers
April 08, 2010
The qualifying card raced at the Meadowlands on Thursday, April 8, was as deep as or deeper in talent than many pari-mutuel cards, with loads of black-type performers dropping in behind the starting gate. The card kicked off with a three-quarter length, 1:57.4 win by Mr Cantab, a 4-year-old son of
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Could Churchill Downs move to Indiana?
April 08, 2010
Harness racing fans--and sports fans in New York and New Jersey--have seen it happen. Major league sports teams make the best deal they can with a "stadium" landlord, even if it requires moving the New York team to New Jersey, as has happened in the case of the NFL Jets and Giants, who both play in
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3YO trotters in Tie Silk action at Woodbine
April 08, 2010
Go Go Red Marty delivered as the heavy favorite while Vermo posted a big upset in Thursday’s first leg of the Tie Silk Trotting Series for 3-year-olds at Woodbine Racetrack Thursday night.   Go Go Red Marty, who entered the second $20,000 split undefeated in two starts this season, won h
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