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Bramalea Hanover repeats in Celias Counsel
April 13, 2010
Bramalea Hanover was a repeat winner while Sleek Agent posted a mild upset in Monday’s second leg of the Celias Counsel Trotting Series for three-year-old fillies at Woodbine Racetrack.Bramalea Hanover was sent straight to the front in the opening $20,000 division for driver Steve Condren and got to
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Barberio wins Last Chance NHHC qualifier
April 13, 2010
Robert Barberio won the Last Chance NHHC Qualifier on Saturday, April 10, at Meadowlands Racetrack. Barberio advanced to the National Harness Handicapping Championship, in which he will compete for $50,000 in prize money and bragging rights as the sport’s top horseplayer, on Saturday, April 24.
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TSM Photo Bugger wins Meadows series opener
April 13, 2010
TSM Photo Bugger had to work for the lead, but he dominated once he got there, drawing off to victory in Monday’s opening leg of the Michaelrowyourboat, a series for 3-year-old colt and gelding trotters, at The Meadows. Talladega Hanover captured the other $15,000 opening-leg division.TSM Photo Bugg
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Stock rising for Pompano's "Team Paquet"
April 13, 2010
  With a recent resurgence of their stock at the Isle Casino Racing Pompano Park the trainer-driver couple known as "Team Paquet" has a trend going which is pointing to an outstanding year ahead.  "It was a combination of things that set us back" explains trainer Jamie Paquet. "This i
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Andy Miller `In The Sulky' at Meadowlands
April 13, 2010
Andy Miller will sit In The Sulky on the Meadowlands show on Thursday night to talk about Lucky Jim’s rivalry with Enough Talk, the Su Mac Final and a potential trip to Sweden for the Elitlopp. The broadcast begins at 6:30 p.m. Fans may e-mail questions for Miller to answer on air to racing@thebigm.
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Melvin's Dream a repeat winner at Dover
April 13, 2010
Melvin's Dream stepped up in class to win the $40,000 Preferred, Dontloseyourdayjob, the $37,000 Delaware Special, Ideal Vintage the $30,000 Open and Zee Barber took the $28,000 Four-Year-Old Open features on Monday, April 12 at Dover Downs. In a racetrack ceremony Three Of Spades was named Dover Do
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Tioga & Vernon April payments due
April 13, 2010
The Kindergarten Trotting Classic requires a $500 sustaining payment and the Bettor's Delight, Artiscape, Credit Winner and Conway Hall all require a sustaining payment of $2,000 postmarked by April 15. The Tioga Downs slate of Late-Closing events has an April 15 close as well.   Informatio
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Italian winner traces to Cassin Hanover
April 13, 2010
One of the biggest winners in Europe last weekend carries the blood of a legendary American trotting mare.   Mago d’Amore won the 99,000 euro Gran Premio Citta di Turin on Sunday, April 11. He is a 4-year-old son of the leading Italian stallion Lemon Dra (Sharif di Iesolo, a son of the V
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Field set for Sweden's Olympic Trot
April 13, 2010
Sweden's famed Olympic Trot will be held Sunday, April 17, at the Aby track in Gothenburg. The race will carry a purse of approximately $200,000. Betting from the race helps fund the training of Sweden's Olympic athletic teams.   Simb Chaplin got into the race after Global Investment was with
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Massachusetts House passes slots bill
April 13, 2010
The Massachusetts House of Representatives -- by voice vote on Tuesday morning -- passed a bill that would legalize slot machines at the state’s four racetracks and establish two other casinos, and then followed that vote with two more votes against sending the measure back to committee and against
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Groff to be on hit show Glee
April 13, 2010
Jonathan Groff, son of longtime Pennsylvania trainer Jim Groff, has performed on Broadway and now he'll be on the hit Fox TV show "Glee." Groff will begin a story arc on the popular show tonight at 9:28 pm as the character Jesse St. James, who becomes a romantic rival for lead character Rachel
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Clash of the Titans: Part 3
April 13, 2010
The “Clash of the Titans: Part 3” debuts Friday night at the Meadowlands, with Enough Talk and Lucky Jim, the past two Older Trotters of the Year, respectively, renewing their rivalry in the $125,000 final of the Su Mac Lad Series. Lucky Jim won the opening leg in 1:52.1 with Enough Talk second, but
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