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Giddy Up Delight wins Sagamore final
April 10, 2010
No longer subjected to sidebar status, the Sagamore Hill Pacing Series wrapped up with a $66,400 Yonkers Raceway final Saturday night. Giddy Up Delight (Jason Bartlett, four winners on the 12-race card) negated an outer post and seven rivals in one fell swoop, going the distance in a solid effo
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Enough Talk wires field in round two of Su Mac Lad
April 10, 2010
Enough Talk turned the tables on Lucky Jim with a well-rated victory in round two of the Su Mac Lad Series on Friday night at Meadowlands Racetrack. Enough Talk coasted through fractions of 28.3, 57.4 and 1:26 before sprinting home in :26.4, toward a final 1:52.4 clocking.  Lucky Jim sat a gard
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Willies Place is Youthful winner
April 10, 2010
Willies Place took advantage of a perfect two-hole trip to capture the $60,000 Youthful Pacing Series Final for three-year-old colt and gelding pacers during a cool, blustery Friday night at Woodbine Racetrack.   Luc Ouellette had the option of driving both Willies Place and Lil Bit Lil Bit e
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Matt Kakaley wins three at Pocono
April 10, 2010
Matt Kakaley collected three wins at Mohegan Sun at Pocono Downs Friday (April 9) and pushed his season total  to 13 at the five-eighths mile oval.In the $30,000 claiming pace for horses, colts and geldings, Kakaley drove No. 1 Pocket Driver N to his first victory of the 2010 season, stopping t
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Open mares in action at Pompano
April 10, 2010
Just a week after a stretch collapse saw her finish sixth as the 4-5 favorite, five year old mare I'm Just Special rebounded in the biggest possible way on the April 9 program at the Isle Casino Racing Pompano Park. The graduate of the Ontario Sires Stakes Gold Series program unleashed handy 26
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Sire stakes underway at Cal-Expo
April 10, 2010
Filly sophomores were highlighted at Cal-Expo on Friday (April 9) in a pair of $15,000 California Sires Stakes, on which One Hot Tamale & Exquisite Gem were winners.On the wagering card for the three year-old lady pacers, trainer Rick Plano knew that last years success with his young lass didn't
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Not So Slim wins the Petticoat
April 10, 2010
The only thing not so slim about Not So Slim (Brandon Simpson) was her price Friday night, winning Yonkers Raceway's $62,200 final of the Petticoat Pacing Series at odds of 19-1. The finale of the month-long melee for 3- and 4-year-old fillies and mares offered some fast early fractions as 9-10
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Europan Union tunes up for Berry's Creek
April 10, 2010
Heavy favorites Ideal Matters and Europan Union lived up to expectations in the first round of the Matt’s Scooter Series on Saturday night at Meadowlands Racetrack.   Ideal Matters, with Tim Tetrick in the sulky, took command at the half and never looked back en route to a 3 3/4-length victor
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ABC Mercedes wins first start of 2010
April 10, 2010
ABC Mercedes cruised home a winner in his first start of 2010 in the co-featured $23,000 Invitational Trot Saturday at Hoosier Park Racing & Casino. Driven by trainer-driver Joe “True Blue” Putnam, the Indiana-standout trotted home in a time of 1:55.4.   Starting from the second tier
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Daley Deposit Only refuses to lose
April 10, 2010
It was a classic stretch long duel in the $15,000 weekly Open Handicap Pace on the Saturday night program at the Isle Casino Racing Pompano Park. After surrending the lead early in the stretch, Daley Deposit Only battled back to win in front-end fashion in 1:52.2.   "That horse driv
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