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Lubbock wins Hiram Woodruff final
May 01, 2010
Lubbock extended his winning streak to five races with a 1:53.1 score in the $46,000 Hiram Woodruff Final Friday night at Meadowlands Racetrack. Lubbock pressed Rompaway Alvin through an opening quarter in :28 before taking the backseat through brisk middle fractions of :55.3 and 1:24.3.  Drive
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Hokie Spirit wins Meadows series final
May 01, 2010
In the wake of the horrific 2007 mass shootings at Virginia Tech, breeder Ron Mersky, who earned his doctorate at the university, wanted to express his solidarity in a special way. So he named two babies he intended to campaign Hokie Spirit and Hokie Heart to embody the nickname of the school’s spor
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$4,000 claimer In 1:52.3 at Pompano
May 01, 2010
Horsepeople and track officials are still buzzing about what is believed to have been a precedent setting performance this week at the Isle Casino Racing Pompano Park.   "Certainly for my eleven years here and probably in the track's entire 46 year history there has never been a $4,000 clai
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Terror Time scares up a win
May 01, 2010
Terror Time positioned himself for a sweep of this year’s Ontario Spring Series for 3-year-old colt and gelding pacers with an authoritative victory in Friday night’s second leg at Woodbine Racetrack.   The other split went to High Net Worth who finished second in leg one of the series. That
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GreatHallofChina goes two for two in Scranton Trot
May 01, 2010
GreatHallofChina, a three-year-old filly trained by veteran Donald Wiest, remained unbeaten in 2010, winning the second leg of the Scranton Trot for three-year-old trotting fillies Friday (April 30) at Mohegan Sun at Pocono Downs.Anthony Napolitano once again was in the sulky with the three-year-old
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Western Graduate, Master Pine win at Yonkers
May 01, 2010
Newly-minted millionairess Western Graduate (Filly and Mare Pace) Master Pine (Trot) led the limelight  Friday night, winning Yonkers Raceway's pair of $32,000 Open Handicaps.Western Graduate (Jim Pantaleano), leaving from outside her five rivals, methodically moved first-up from fifth. She wen
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Easter Call shows his mettle at Cal-Expo
May 01, 2010
He was upset in his last, but with the return of his regular pilot, Easter Call got back on the winning track.Open 1 Handicap trotters, racing for a $6,100 purse, were featured at Cal-Expo on Friday night (April 30), on which Easter Call was too tough.Starting from post-position five in the field of
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Burke pupils sweep Levy, Matchmaker finals
May 01, 2010
Foiled Again defends his Levy title. (Mike Lizzi photo)
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Kyle Major, Foreign Officer win in Berry's Creek
May 01, 2010
Shortly after the dust settled in the Kentucky Derby, the star 3-year-old colts of harness racing took center stage in the eliminations for the Berry's Creek at Meadowlands Racetrack.   Kyle Major brushed to the lead at the half and withstood all challengers to win the first of the $25,000 s
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Shaq Is Back with Dexter Cup elim score
May 01, 2010
Givemethecredit Stable’s Shaq Is Back coming off an almost 7 months hiatus, won the $51,900 Dexter Cup elimination by 3 ½ impressive lengths at Freehold on Saturday. Senor Glide with Dan Dube up and part of the 3-5 Jimmy Takter trained entry, closed for 2nd while finishing 1 ½ lengths in front of Ma
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Jackets Required victorious in Diplomat Series
May 01, 2010
Jackets Required got redemption for his first-round disqualification in the Diplomat Pacing Series by winning the lone $25,000 division in the second leg on Saturday night at Woodbine Racetrack.   The compact son of Allamerican Ingot - Eve Of The Ball took control of the race, which is open t
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Bay Of Sharks equals record in Vernon feature
May 01, 2010
Bay Of Sharks equaled the Vernon Downs record for 4-year-old pacing horses with his 1:50.2 clocking after winning Saturday night’s $9,000 featured sixth race.   With dash-driving leader Josh Marks at the controls, Bay Of Sharks went right to the front from the outside five post and cut fracti
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Southern Rocketop wins season's debut in 1:55
May 01, 2010
Hoosier Park Racing & Casino played host to a returning champion Saturday, May 1. Southern Rocketop, driven by Hall of Famer Dave Magee, rallied home in his first start of the year to win the $23,000 Invitational Trot in a time of 1:55.0, proving he is back to tackle another year of competition.
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Aussie Hancock earns first win in America
May 01, 2010
Two veterans in the sport earned a first Saturday, May 1 at Hoosier Park Racing & Casino. The Windsurfer A, accompanied by Australian driver Darren Hancock, earned their first win on American soil, taking home the top prize in the $10,000 conditioned trot, scoring by open lengths in a time of 1:
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