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Feeling You impressive in Wilkes-Barre win
May 06, 2010
Feeling You, driven by Jim Morrill Jr., was impressive Wednesday (May 5) in winning the $41,000 Wilkes-Barre Pace for three-year-old fillies.The three-year-old Cambest filly was sent off as the 1-9 favorite in the race and didn’t disappoint. Morrill Jr. was first up before the three-eighths pole in
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No respect for P C Moonshine
May 06, 2010
Even though he'd been beaten by less than a combined two lengths as the runner-up in his last pair of starts, five year old Malabar Maple-JM Gerula gelding PC Moonshine was overlooked to the tune of a whopping 30-1 in the $15,000 Open Handicap Trot at the Isle Casino Racing Pompano Park on the final
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Claudius Augustus leads royal field
May 06, 2010
Claudius Augustus is one of those horses all owners and trainers strive to have in their stable. Not only does he bring home the money, he has quite the personality to compliment his success. He loves visitors and comes right up to the gate when someone walks by. This usually brings out his goofy si
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Zeke Parker at 9,995
May 06, 2010
Billy “Zeke” Parker, Jr. drove three more winners on the Wednesday, May 5th afternoon 10-race card at Monticello Raceway and raised his career victory total to 9,995 and now needs just five more to reach  the  10,000-win plateau.When Zeke wins his 10,000th he’ll join just eight others in N
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Painted Speed is April's Ohio Horse of the Month
May 06, 2010
Painted Speed was brilliant in winning two Open Handicap Paces in April at Northfield Park, and that’s why members of the Ohio chapter of the U.S. Harness Writers Assn. voted him as Ohio Horse of the Month.The 6-year-old gelded son of Real Artist won the Open Handicap Pace at Northfield on April 3 i
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Best in western PA honored
May 06, 2010
The United States Harness Writers Association (USHWA) Keystone Chapter teamed with The Meadows before Wednesday’s card to honor the western Pennsylvania-based stars of harness racing who won USHWA awards as the state’s best in 2009. The distinguished group includes Dave Palone, who will be indu
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Cole Muffler dies
May 06, 2010
Cottonwood Farm is extremely saddened to report that  Cole Muffler was humanely euthanized on May 5 and laid to rest just outside the stallion barn that had been his home since 1993.  The 21 year old stallion suffered a debilitating incident in his paddock on Saturday, and although he had
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Tattersalls Summer Mixed Sale dates changed
May 06, 2010
Tattersalls will be holding its Summer Mixed Sale at the Meadowlands on Sunday, Aug. 1, the day after eliminations for the Hambletonian at the Meadowlands. In the past the sale had been held on Meadowlands Pace weekend. With the change to the Sunday sandwiched between the Hambo elims and Aug. 7 fin
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Filly superstars help Meadows launch PASS
May 06, 2010
The Meadows’ component of the 2010 Pennsylvania Sires Stakes program, a series that will offer approximately $12 million in purses statewide, kicks off Thursday and Friday, with two of the biggest stars of the 3-year-old filly pacer division on hand to help launch the festivities. Thursday’s openin
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Greg Merton wins four; Trainer Jennifer Lappe having a big year
May 06, 2010
Greg Merton usurped attention from Zeke Parker, when he reined four winners on the Tuesday afternoon , May 4th card at Monticello Raceway. With his four driving victories, Merton is now in third place on the local leaderboard with 85 wins, four behind Billy Dobson’s 89  but both reinsmen trail
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More large payouts at Woodbine
May 06, 2010
Windsun Countess lit up the tote board in Friday night’s final race at odds of 77-1 and generated the highest win ticket return of the week at Woodbine, worth $157.20. The pacing mare also triggered an exactor worth $1,550.50 , a triactor worth $7,656.70 and a superfecta payoff of $10,123.60. The
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Jason Bartlett bobble head day
May 06, 2010
Tioga Downs will continue its tradition of honoring the defending Drivers’ Champion with a bobble head on Drivers’ Championship of the following year. In 2010 Tioga Downs will unveil the Jason Bartlett Bobble Head Giveaway on Sunday, August 1st sponsored by Winbak Farm and Tioga Downs, which also ma
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Lady Suffolk draws five NJ-Sired fillies
May 06, 2010
Five of the 10 fillies in two divisions of the Lady Suffolk Trot on May 7, 2010 at Freehold Raceway are New Jersey-sired. The Lady Suffolk is being presented as a pair of $40,000 divisions, carded as the third and fifth races on Friday’s card.  The Lady Suffolk for three-year-old trotting fill
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Sportswriter wins qualifier in 2010 debut
May 06, 2010
The highly-regarded Sportswriter--the 2009 O'Brien and Dan Patch award winner--made his return to the racetrack during Thursday morning’s qualifying session at Mohawk Racetrack and captured his contest for driver Mark MacDonald in 1:54.3. The strapping son of Artsplace-Pre
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Hambo winner Shiaway St Pat dies
May 06, 2010
The 1981 Hambletonian winner Shiaway St. Pat, died on May 2, 2010 in his paddock at the farm of the veterinarian who foaled him 32 years ago, Dr. Clete Vonderwell in Delphos, OH.  The Tarport Devlin gelding enjoyed a long and interesting career which included winning the prestigious Hambletonia
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