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Go Go Red Marty dominates in Tie Silk
April 16, 2010
The beat goes on for the red-hot Go Go Red Marty who captured his fourth straight victory with a dominant 1:56.3 tally in Thursday’s second leg of the Tie Silk Trotting Series for three-year-olds at Woodbine Racetrack.The victory also poised the chestnut gelded son of Striking Sahbra -Clarice Marie
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Big night for Wiseman at Cal-Expo
April 16, 2010
A night that started out with four straight winners by driver Steve Wiseman was capped off when he won the feature with Stop Calling.Conditioned-claiming pacers, racing for a purse of $3,300, were featured at Cal-Expo on Thursday night (April 15), on which Stop Calling scored.In advance of starting
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Golden Gladiator leads DSBF winners at Dover
April 16, 2010
Golden Gladiator, No Bad Luck, Par Done My Putt and Miss Snazz were winners of $100,000 Delaware Standardbred Breeders Fund finals for three year olds to close out the Dover Downs meet on Thursday, April 15.In the colt and gelding final, Tony Morgan turned in a skillful drive, his third of five wins
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Agenda Tom Ridge wins Meadows series split
April 16, 2010
Agenda Tom Ridge unleashed a stunning backside brush that propelled her from fifth to first in a heartbeat and went on to win a division of the Hidden Viggorish, a series for 3-year-old trotting fillies, Thursday at The Meadows. Rosey Chick captured the other $15,000 opening-leg split. Agenda T
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Trotters resume rivalry in Su Mac Lad showdown
April 16, 2010
In what has quickly turned into harness racing's most contentious rivalry, Lucky Jim and Enough Talk will battle in the $125,000 Su Mac Lad Final Friday night at Meadowlands Racetrack. The 2008 and 2009 divisional champions headline a sharp field of free for all trotters in the race five feature.&nb
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Sportsmaster attracts eight sophomores
April 16, 2010
Maywood Park’s 2010 stake schedule gets underway on Friday night as a field of eight three-year-old colt and gelding pacers will face the starting gate in the $9,000 Sportsmaster Stake. Carded as race nine on the 14-race program, this test is restricted to state-bred sophomores. Southern Sport check
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Derby drawing to benefit Harness Racing Museum
April 16, 2010
Plainridge Racecourse is again including The Harness Racing Museum & Hall of Fame in its $10,000 Kentucky Derby Charity Give Away Drawing. On Tuesday, April 27, three lucky winners will receive: 1st Place-$4,000, 2nd Place-$1,500 and 3rd Place-$500, to wager on the Derby, on Saturday,
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Empire Resorts ordered to pay $65 million
April 16, 2010
The New York Supreme Court has ordered Empire Resorts, which owns Monticello cCasino & Raceway, to pay $65 million to its bondholders. After major bondholders had called in notes,  Empire Resorts had filed a lawsuit last August in New York Supreme Court to try to block payments.  
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WEG adds video features
April 16, 2010
As part of the ever-expanding features for the new WoodbineEntertainment.com websites, video features are now available to watch on the Woodbine Racetrack website. WEG's online video inventory will continue to expand on a daily basis providing horse racing fans and handicappers with unique co
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Lucky Jim holds on to win Su Mac Lad final
April 16, 2010
The $125,000 Su Mac Lad final was a nail biter to the finish as Lucky Jim narrowly held off Arch Madness to win the richest of three stakes races Friday night at Meadowlands Racetrack.    Starting from the outside post, Lucky Jim worked his way to the top in a :27.1 opening quarter and l
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Upsets in Jersey Girls, Unger finals
April 16, 2010
Andy Miller made it four wins in a row as he steered Four Starz Molly to a 60-1 upset in the $65,800 Jersey Girls final for filly and mare pacers Friday night at the Meadowlands. Miller moved Four Starz Molly three wide on the turn and she rallied to a length-and-a-half victory over Harper Lee
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Joinusforsomefun at Hoosier Park
April 16, 2010
Joinusforsomefun pinned her ears and took down the entire field for the victory in the featured $23,000 Fillies and Mares Invitational Pace Friday night at Hoosier Park Racing & Casino. Guided by Sam Widger, the petite powerhouse went from last to first down the stretch for the victory in a
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Blue Chip Matchmaker continues at Yonkers
April 16, 2010
The fourth of five preliminary rounds of the Blue Chip Matchmaker highlighted Yonkers Raceway's Friday  night fare, with three, $40,000 divisions of pacing mares in play.   The first event saw pole-sitting Little Mermaid N (Jim Pantaleano) elect to sit pocketed to rank outsider She's a F
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