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Southbound Trucker is back in Monticello winner's circle
June 30, 2010
Last year Southbound Trucker was the Horse of the Year here at Monticello Raceway. This season his prowess and lack of competition has kept him away for the most part. However, on Tuesday afternoon, June 29  Director of Racing Eric Warner  finally filled a winners/over pace  and South
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Town Pro series begins at Mohawk
June 30, 2010
The first leg of the Town Pro Pacing Series kicked off Tuesday night at Mohawk Racetrack with three divisions taking place.Sweet T An Bobbers upset heavily favored Mcgain N Mcgain in the first $20,000 division with a 1:54.1 final score.Driver Jody Jamieson positioned the daughter of Another Mile - L
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Photo Charm smiles in Meadows series win
June 30, 2010
Used three times in the race, Photo Charm showed heart and speed in taking the fastest division of an $80,000 Pennsylvania Stallion Series stake Tuesday at The Meadows. The event for 3-year-old filly trotters was conducted over four divisions, with Perfect Photo, Pearly Princess and Flawless Li
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Ruffle’s Kiss beats 1-5 Dancinwiththestarz
June 30, 2010
Ruffle’s Kiss, Odds On Moinet and Aspectofmusic captured the three $87,000-plus Pennsylvania Sire Stakes races Tuesday night at Mohegan Sun at Pocono Downs.It was a thrilling stretch duel between Ruffle’s Kiss (Joe Pavia Jr.) and 1-5 favorite Dancinwiththestarz (Jim Morrill Jr.) in the opening divis
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Yonkers promotes talking horse contest in NYC
June 30, 2010
On Wednesday, at Sixth and 49th Street in New York City, Yonkers Raceway was promoting its new contest to name the talking horse used in the commercials for Empire City at Yonkers Raceway.   Two young faces of harness racing, drivers Jordan Stratton and Jason Bartlett, handed out entry blanks
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2YO trotting filly Jezzy 1:57.3 Acorn winner
June 30, 2010
Jezzy shook loose in the stretch and rallied past the pacesetter Global Desire to win the $83,800 Historic Acorn Stakes for 2-year-old filly trotters on Wednesday night at Meadowlands Racetrack.   Driven by Tim Tetrick, Jezzy trotted to a 1:57.3 victory in her career debut. Global Desire was
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Sportswriter to arrive in NJ on Monday
June 30, 2010
North America Cup winner Sportswriter is expected to arrive in New Jersey on Monday, July 5, in preparation for next weekend’s Meadowlands Pace eliminations. The 2-year-old divisional champion struggled with quarter cracks and bruised heels in his first few starts of the season, but trainer Cas
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Takter on pre-card broadcast on Thursday
June 30, 2010
Jimmy Takter will sit In The Sulky on Meadowlands Racetrack’s Thursday pre-card broadcast to discuss his Hambletonian hopeful Muscle Massive and his entrants in the Harriman Cup that evening.   Greg Peck, who captured the 2009 Hambletonian with Horse of the Year Muscle Hill, is the featured g
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Silverman making progress in rehab
June 30, 2010
Driver Richie Silverman is undergoing physical rehabilitation at Care One in Wall Township, NJ following a June 18 racing accident in which he fractured both ankles.   The most seriously hurt of the six drivers involved in the crash, Silverman expects to be released from Care One next week an
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Foiled Again favored in Battle of Lake Erie
June 30, 2010
Defending Battle of Lake Erie champ Foiled Again drew the rail for Saturday’s 25th edition of the race and has been installed as the 2-1 morning line favorite by director of racing Dave Bianconi. Foiled Again will be driven by Dave Palone, who will be inducted into the Harness Racing Hall of Fame on
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Kindergarten nominations show increase
June 30, 2010
The Kindergarten Classic series,offered for freshman trotters only in 2010, has matured into an intriguing option for those seeking opportunities to prepare their precocious harness racing juveniles for the fall stakes.   The number of nominees increased dramatically this year which, in addit
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Trainer-driver Ray Small retiring at Pocono Downs
June 29, 2010
Raymond (Ray) Small of Wilkes-Barre, Pa., will retire from the sport of harness racing Wednesday (June 30).On Wednesday night, he’ll also be celebrating his 79th birthday ry and retirement in the clubhouse at Mohegan Sun at Pocono Downs. The veteran horseman has been a fixture at the Northeastern Pe
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He's Gorgeous looks the part in NYSS
June 29, 2010
New York Sire Stakes continued at Yonkers Raceway Monday night, with the $278,200 Hugh Grant Pace (3-year-old colts and geldings) in five divisions.It was a 4-H sort of evening...Hazy, Hot, Humid and He's Gorgeous.The defending NYSS champ--and frosh track record-holder--made a mockery of the third (
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Merton gives thanks as winner of Mayflower Mile
June 29, 2010
In what turned out to be a great horse race, Greg Merton drove Tradin Paint to a come-from-behind  1:59.3 victory in Monticello Raceway’s Mayflower Mile on Monday afternoon. The event, for drivers of British extraction, was the sixth preliminary leg in the tracks year-long Heritage Drivers
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Yonkers looking for a name for talking horse
June 29, 2010
Have you ever met a talking horse?...He’ll make a New York City public appearance Wednesday, June 30, from 9 am-1 pm.   Empire City Casino at Yonkers Raceway is looking for a name for the talking horse that is featured in television commercials, and a contest is now underway
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15-race all stakes card at Meadows Friday
June 29, 2010
In what may be a first for a non-Adios Day card, The Meadows on Friday, July 2, will offer a 15-race program consisting exclusively of stakes. The card features nine divisions of a Pennsylvania Stallion Series stake for 2-year-old colt and gelding pacers and six splits of a Stallion Series event fo
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15 entered in Yonkers Trot; elims Saturday
June 29, 2010
A total of fifteen 3-year-olds--13 colts and two geldings--were entered for the 56th Yonkers Trot. The first jewel of the Trotting Triple Crown offers a total purse of $653,770. The number of entrants requires a pair of $40,000 elimination races this Saturday night, with the first four fin
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The Meadows adds cards for Adios Week
June 28, 2010
The Meadows Racetrack & Casino has added two live cards Thursday, July 29, which will extend Adios Week to six consecutive days. It is also adding Saturday, Oct. 16, when the track will again host the Pennsylvania Fair Finals.   With the addition of the July 29 program, Adios We
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Daley says All Speed is 'fine' after 10th in NA Cup
June 28, 2010
Trainer Noel Daly told harnessracing.com Monday morning that despite All Speed Hanover’s last-place finish in last Saturday’s $1.5 million Pepsi North America Cup at Mohawk, the colt came out of the race fine and will now be aimed for the $1 million Meadowlands Pace next month. “He’s fine, he’s fin
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Lipinski Wins Meadowlands/Mohawk Challenge
June 28, 2010
Greg Lipinski of Bloomfield, NJ, captured the top cash prize, plus and a seat in the 2011 National Harness Handicapping Championship, in the second annual Meadowlands/Mohawk Handicapping Challenge on Saturday, June 26.   Lipinski turned his $100 bankroll into $620.50, netting him the $2,700 g
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Monticello adds card for Saturday, July 3
June 28, 2010
Besides its usual Monday through Thursday 4-day-aweek schedule,  during the month of July Monticello Raceway will add live racing cards on Saturday, July 3, and the Sundays of July 18 and July 25.   Post times will continue at 12:50 pm with just one exception. On Saturday, July 3, the tr
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Last chance to attend Hall of Fame induction
June 28, 2010
The box closes on Wednesday, June 30, for reservations to the annual Harness Racing Hall of Fame Induction Ceremonies and Dinner. Sponsored by Cameo Hills Farm, the Brown Family & Kindergarten Stud and the Meadowlands Racetrack, this is harness racing’s most important event of the year so don’t
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Ohio group drops ballot challenge to track slots
June 28, 2010
Monday’s Columbus Dispatch is reporting that a ballot challenge to a plan that would allow slot machines at racetracks in Ohio that was previously proposed by Gov. Ted Strickland is being dropped by the group that organized the petition drive.   Although LetOhioVote.org had gathered more than
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Rose Run Keepsake takes Meadows trot
June 28, 2010
When she launched her quest for the lead, she was 10 lengths behind. By the time Rose Run Keepsake finished her improbable journey on the outside, she was 1-1/2 lengths ahead in capturing Monday’s $25,000 Filly & Mare Preferred Handicap Trot at The Meadows.   Leaving from post four, Rose
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Handle increases for NA Cup, entire card
June 27, 2010
Wagering handle for Saturday's Pepsi North America Cup card at Mohawk Racetrack totaled $3,250,945, a slight increase from last year's handle of $3,200,178. Both cards featured 13 races. Also, wagering on this year's NA Cup increased as well, from $602,865 to about $640,000.   Both the 2009 a
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A Crown For Lindy sets Tioga track mark
June 27, 2010
A Crown For Lindy and Howard Parker captured Sunday afternoon’s $39,000 Williams Auto late-closer final and lowered the track record for 4-year-old trotting stallions for the third consecutive week.   Parker and A Crown For Lindy were sent off as the 1-5 betting favorite from post position o
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Young Looking Forward To Put On A Show vs Fancy Filly
June 26, 2010
With the Fan Hanover Stakes final fast approaching co-owner Richard Young is looking forward to the battle between his charge Put On A Show and Fancy Filly. Both fillies won their respected elimination's and are undefeated in four starts this year.   The Rocknroll Hanover miss has already ear
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Not To Be Denied in Dream Of Glory
June 26, 2010
Not To Be Denied lived up to his name in winning the $15,000 final of the Dream Of Glory Series on Friday night at Scioto Downs. He led all the way for driver J.D. Wengerd to notch a 1:56.4 upset victory.Not To Be Denied’s bid for the lead was made easier when even-money favorite Too Good Too Pass b
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Trainers give their take on speed in NA Cup
June 26, 2010
With the Pepsi North America Cup tomorrow night at Mohawk Racetrack it certainly is the talk of the town. Several local trainers, drivers and Woodbine Entertainment Group employees offer their thoughts on how fast they think the $1.5 million event will go.   Despite getting ready for one of t
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Hurrikanebiggeorge makes landfall at Yonkers
June 26, 2010
Hurrikanebiggeorge (Stephane Bouchard) turned in the fastest mile of his trotting life--and the fastest of  Yonkers Raceway's trotting season--winning Friday night's co-featured $42,500 Open Handicap in 1:55.1.Leaving from post position No. 6 (in one place after an inside defection), "Biggeor
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Southern Sport wins $100,000 Maywood Pace
June 26, 2010
Adhering to the old adage “catch me if you can,” Jim Reynolds, Orange Crush Racing and Terry Rathgeber’s Southern Sport sped right to the front and then took advantage of miscues by several of the top contenders, including 1-5 favorite Delco Willobee, en route to a 2 ¾ length triumph in Friday’s $10
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Doherty colt's 1:55.2 fastest in NYSS
June 26, 2010
Vernon Downs track record-holder Whata Winner turned in the fastest divisional tally in Friday night's $156,410 New York Sires Stake feature for 3-year-old male trotters at Vernon Downs, scoring in 1:55.2.   Whata Winner, who established a 1:55 standard for sophomore geldings on the
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PASS to Cassis, Pilgrim's Taj, Red Light
June 26, 2010
Cassis, used to having his way on top, stalked beautifully from the pocket Saturday and avenged his recent defeat by World Champion Pilgrims Chuckie in stake-record time in a $257,132 Pennsylvania Sires Stake at The Meadows.   The event for 3-year-old colt and gelding trotters, known as the H
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Jersey-based drivers in G20 security snafu
June 26, 2010
"Is John Campbell in there?" That's what a law enforcement officer asked a group of 12 that traveled via a private plane from New Jersey to Toronto on Saturday for the North America Cup, and unwittingly created a G20 Summit security issue. The G20 Summit is being held in downtown Toronto a
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Panesthetic takes PA Stallion Stakes
June 26, 2010
Panesthetic, driven by Jim Morrill Jr., captured a division of The Stallion Series in 1:51.1 Saturday night at Mohegan Sun at Pocono Downs.   Leaving from the three post, Morrill Jr. put the winner on top from the start of the race, taking the seven horse field to the opening quarter in :27,
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Sportswriter authors 1:48.3 NA Cup victory
June 26, 2010
Sportswriter used front-end authority to capture the $1.5 million North America Cup Saturday night at Mohawk Racetrack, holding off the late inside rally of We Will See to win in 1:48.3. He paid $8.50 to win.   Sportswriter was hailed as the winter book favorite to win the Cup, especially sin
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Coleman, MacDonald win Fan Hanover Stakes
June 26, 2010
The team of trainer Casie Coleman and driver Mark MacDonald started North America Cup night at Mohawk in the right fashion as they captured the $666,000 Fan Hanover Stakes with Western Silk, who scored in 1:50.1, just one-fifth of a second off the stakes record. Betting favorite Put On A Show tried
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Ultimate Cameron's 1:53.3 ties Elegantimage mark
June 26, 2010
Ultimate Cameron followed her mom to the Elegantimage winner's circle. Back in 2002, Cameron Hall won the Elegantimage Stakes. On Saturday night at Mohawk Racetrack, Ultimate Cameron, her 3-year-old daughter sired by Yankee Glide, captured the $557,000 with a 1:53.3 victory.   Trotting specia
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Shark Gesture wins Dan Patch by 10 1/2!!!
June 26, 2010
Shark Gesture made his third trip in the $200,000 Dan Patch Invitational Pace a memorable one, setting a new track record of 1:48.1. Accompanied by driver George Brennan, the seven-year-old veteran rallied gate to wire, winning by 10 1/2 lengths, the biggest margin in the 17-year history of the race
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Sing Jesse Sing takes Goodtimes Trot
June 26, 2010
Sing Jesse Sing wore down the pacesetting Text Me and then held off Priority Photo to win the $387,000 Goodtimes Trot final Saturday night at Mohawk Racetrack. Driven by Jody Jamieson, Sing Jesse Sing's time of 1:53.3 was a new lifetime best.   Rock Hollywood, who started from post nine, was
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Mariah Wright Wins HHI scholarship
June 25, 2010
Mariah N. Wright, 17, of Stockbridge, Michigan, has been awarded the 2010 Harness Horsemen International Jerome L. Hauck Scholarship, worth $4,000. Miss Wright, a 2010 graduate of Stockbridge’s Leslie High School, carried a GPA of 3.75 and was a Congressional Medal of Merit winner during her se
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$100,000 Maywood Pace Friday night
June 25, 2010
Jesse De Long’s highly regarded Delco Willobee will look to get back on the winning track when he leads a field of eight Illinois conceived and foaled three-year-old pacing colts postward for Friday’s featured 11th race, the $100,000 Maywood Pace.  After tasting defeat for the first time in his
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What do you think of this 9-race win streak?
June 25, 2010
With his 1:57.2 victory at Monticello Raceway on Thursday afternoon, Mr. Thinker now has nine consecutive victories and is just one shy of the track record of 10 set in 2008 by Hogies Cam and Jordan Stratton.   Zeke Parker again drove Mr. Thinker to another wire-to-wire triumph
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TrackMaster announces software challenge finalists
June 25, 2010
TrackMaster, an Equibase Company, has identified three software programs as finalists in its Software Development Challenge and, based on the enthusiasm surrounding this inaugural contest, has announced plans for a second challenge beginning in August specifically focused on the development of “apps
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Meadowlands moves qualifiers to Saturday
June 25, 2010
Meadowlands morning qualifiers will be moved to Saturday this week due to lack of entries.  They will be combined with baby races, with a post time of 10 a.m.
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Page sweeps finals of Scioto series
June 25, 2010
Driver Chris Page won the final of the Floating Dream Series and Steamin Demon Series for pacers at Scioto Downs in consecutive races on Thursday.He guided CB Sammie Suit to a front-running triumph in the Floating Dream final as she took advantage of post 1 to control the race from the start. After
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Lucky Jim returns to Big M Friday night
June 25, 2010
Lucky Jim will return on Friday night at the Meadowlands in a prep for next week's Titan Cup. It will be his first start since returning from Sweden in late May.   The 2009 Older Trotter of the Year is rated as the 5-2 morning line favorite in a strong field that includes five millionaires.&n
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Handicapping Mohawk, Meadowlands and Yonkers
June 25, 2010
Harness Eye editor Derick Giwner has used his handicapping skills this weekend to post a Mohawk Analysis of Saturday night’s North America Cup card, a Metro 6 Shooter analysis of Saturday’s Yonkers Raceway/Meadowlands six-race wager, and a Yonkers Analysis (with an assist from associate editor Matt
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Hall of Famer Stan Bergstein at Hoosier Park
June 25, 2010
The Dan Patch Invitational is rich in tradition at Hoosier Park Racing & Casino. The track’s first major event of any breed kicked off the inaugural racing season in 1994 with a purse of $40,000. Ready to Rumble with driver Trevor Ritchie bested a field of six to win the event in a time of 1:53.
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Fever, stomach problem lead to Lucky Chucky scratched
June 25, 2010
Reigning Dan Patch Award winner Lucky Chucky, the pre-season 2010 Hambletonian favorite, was scheduled to make his first appearance of the year Friday night at the Meadowlands, but trainer Chuck Sylvester has scratched the colt due to illness. Sylvester told harnessracing.com Friday morning that alt
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Get your HarnessRacing Weekend Preview now!
June 25, 2010
The inaugural edition of the HarnessRacing Weekend Preview is hot off the presses and available today, so if you haven’t had the chance to sign up to receive this free e-newsletter produced by the staff of The Horseman And Fair World magazine and harnessracing.com, don’t wait any longer and do so no
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1:55.2 miles take Mohawk trotting consolations
June 25, 2010
The time of 1:55.2 was what it took to win either the Elegantimage or Goodtimes consolations for 3-year-old trotters on Friday night at Mohawk. Fortunes Dream won the Elegantimage consolation for fillies in 1:55.2 and then Windsong Geant repeated that clocking to take the stakes for colts.  
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Horsemen weigh in on who will win NA Cup
June 25, 2010
With the Pepsi North America Cup fast approaching it has provided plenty of talk at Mohawk Racetrack. Several local trainers, drivers and Woodbine Entertainment Group employees weighed in with their thoughts last night and again this morning at Mohawk Racetrack on who will win North America’s rich
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Tioga Driver's Championship set for Aug. 1
June 25, 2010
The fourth annual Driver’s Championship at Tioga Downs is rounding into shape as the stakes season rolls on. The top seven money-winning drivers in North America, along with the top money winning driver at Tioga Downs, and one sponsors exemption will battle out in Nichols, New York on Sunday, Aug. 1
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Tough Call's 1:56.4 fastest in PA Stallion Series
June 25, 2010
Tough Call gobbled up the dueling leaders with a three-wide backside burst and went on to score in 1:56.4, fastest division of a $100,000 Pennsylvania Stallion Series stakes for 3-year-old colt and gelding trotters Friday at The Meadows.The event was contested over five divisions, with Pretty Boy Li
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2YO pacing colt Lookinforadventure in 1:52.2
June 25, 2010
Trainer Bruce Saunders had his weekend of racing start of right as his 2-year-old pacing colt Lookinforadventure blazed to a 1:52.2 win in a New Jersey Sire Stakes at the Meadowlands Friday night. On Saturday, Saunders will send out Rock N Roll Heaven, the morning-line favorite, in the North America
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Enough Talk beats Lucky Jim in Titan prep
June 25, 2010
Enough Talk bounced back from his tough overseas campaign, where he finished seventh in an elimination for the Elitlopp, and beat rival Lucky Jim by two lengths in 1:51 in a prep for the Titan Cup on Friday night at the Meadowlands.   Enough Talk pounced off a pocket trip to take the $40,000
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Upsets in DSBF races at Harrington
June 24, 2010
Three Delaware Standardbred Breeders Fund (DSBF) $20,000 divisions for 3-year-old pacing colts were contested Wednesday at Harrington Raceway.   Stephanie and Brian D Cassell’s McMurray Hanover (Eddie Dennis, $19.80) was the fastest elimination winner after a 1:53.2 triumph for trainer/driver
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Iron Claw poised to strike
June 24, 2010
As the end of the harness meet nears at Hoosier Park Racing & Casino, so does the final event for the Indiana Sire Stakes on Hoosier Champions Night Saturday, July 10th. Many horses and drivers alike hope to be racing in the Sire Stakes finals for a purse of $200,000. One horse and driver combo
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Youngsters splash to victory at Balmoral
June 24, 2010
On a night that may have been better suited for ducks than horses a pair of Illinois conceived and foaled stake events were contested on Wednesday night at a rain soaked Balmoral Park. Fans of the Prairie-State trotters got their first look at some of this year’s two-year-old crop as Fox Valley Stan
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NYSS popular destination at Yonkers
June 24, 2010
New York Sire Stakes continue to prove quite popular downstate. Obviously, it's either of the charm of the venue, the money or both.Yonkers Raceway hosts of pair of NYSS divisions in the next few racing nights, with the $280,752 Mike Cipriani Trot (3-year-old fillies) going Saturday night and the $2
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Higher And Higher takes off at Pocono
June 24, 2010
Higher And Higher established a new life mark of 1:50.3 in winning the $24,000 open handicap pace for fillies and mares Wednesday night at Mohegan Sun at Pocono Downs.With Jim Morrill Jr. in the sulky, Higher And Higher held off Omen Hanover (Matt Kakaley) in a furious stretch drive coming down the
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Real Desire frosh filly in 1:56.3 at Scioto
June 24, 2010
Nutmegs Yankee, a 2-year-old daughter of Real Desire, scorched the Scioto Downs oval in 1:56.3 in a Wednesday qualifier. Chris Page drove the filly to victory by a length over Cruise On Ashley.Cruise On Ashley set the fractions while Page and Nutmegs Yankee got the pocket trip. The opening half was
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Valentowner bounces back at The Meadows
June 24, 2010
Valentowner, who ripped off five straight wins at The Meadows before a recent slump, rebounded with authority Wednesday by taking the track’s $25,000 Preferred Handicap Pace with a powerful first-over move in the slop. Third at the half, Valentowner responded to Brett Miller’s urging by overtak
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Crown Laurel sets 1:54.3 Chester mark in PASS
June 24, 2010
With morning-line favorite Bone A Fide slated to race in the Elegantimage Stakes final later in the week and thus scratched, Crown Laurel prevailed in 1:54.3 in a $64,059 division of the Pennsylvania Sire Stakes for 3-year-old trotting fillies on Wednesday afternoon at Harrah's Chester C
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On eve of NBA draft, yahoo remembers Bowie
June 24, 2010
The home page of yahoo.com on Thursday morning showcased a story on former college and professional basketball star and current Standardbred owner Sam Bowie as part of its “Where are they now?” series. With this year’s NBA draft taking place Thursday night in New York, the story focused on Bowie’s i
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Miracle horse wins at Monticello
June 24, 2010
Back in December of 2006 a miracle of sorts occurred at Monticello Raceway. It involved an 82-year-old gentleman by the name of  Don Karkos who worked as a security guard in the race paddock and also co-owned the trotter My Buddy Chimo with John Gilmour.   One mo
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Meadows moves Arden Downs 2FP to July 30
June 24, 2010
The Meadows announced today that it has moved the 2010 Arden Downs Stake for 2-year-old filly pacers to Friday, July 30. First post that day is 6:55 p.m. The Pennsylvania Harness Racing Commission has approved the change.   The event, known as the Catherine Baker Knoll, originally was schedul
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Tioga has new TV show
June 24, 2010
Tioga Downs and Vernon Downs are proud to announce the debut of “Inside Harness Racing.”  This 30-minute weekly television show will be available on Time Warner Cable Sports On Demand throughout Central New York and the Southern Tier.  It can also be seen online at the Tioga Downs YouTube
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Ohio commission OKs sale of tracks
June 24, 2010
The Ohio State Racing Commission on Wednesday approved the pending sale of Beaulah Park, the Thoroughbred track in Columbus, to Penn National Gaming Inc. The sale will give Penn National a second gambling facility in Ohio since it already owns Raceway Park.   The Ohio Commission also approved
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Metro 6 Shooter set again for Saturday
June 24, 2010
The Metro 6 Shooter returns Saturday night with $30,000 added to the net pool for the Meadowlands/Yonkers pick six wager.   The Metro 6 Shooter pool surpassed $70,000 on June 19.  With plenty of winning favorites at both tracks, 48 tickets contained the winning combination (2, 1, 2, 5, 6
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Defending NYSS champ Hula's Z Tam wins
June 23, 2010
New York Sire Stakes action continued downstate Tuesday night, with Yonkers Raceway hosting the $282,812 Art Watson Pace for 3-year-old fillies. Four divisions--at $70,703 a pop--went postward through the sporadic spritzing.   Defending NYSS champ Hula's Z Tam (Pat Lachance) elected to s
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Scorpion Moon shines bright at Pocono
June 23, 2010
Scorpion Moon, driven by Jim Morrill Jr., captured the $24,000 Open I Handicap Trot Tuesday night at Mohegan Sun at Pocono Downs. This marked the second straight victory at the Northeastern Pennsylvania track in this condition, trotting the mile 1:54.1 over a sloppy surface.Grain Of Truth (Tom Jacks
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NYSS 3YOFT to compete Saturday at Yonkers
June 23, 2010
New York Sire Stakes are on tap again at Yonkers Raceway on Saturday night with 3-year-old trotting fillies competing for $280,752.   Saturday night's sire stakes six-pack (races 2,4,6,8,9 and 11) includes several ladies who already flaunt gaudy resumes.   Southwind Samurai (Pat Berry,
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Repeat winners in DSBF splits
June 23, 2010
Three $20,000 divisions of the Delaware Standardbred Breeders Fund (DSBF) stakes for 3 year olds took center stage Tuesday on Miss Delaware night at Harrington Raceway.   Bryan O. Truitt and Bryan J. Truitt’s Iosmio (Bryan Truitt, $7) won the first division, one of three fillies on the night
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Mohawk adds live video streaming of races
June 23, 2010
Woodbine Entertainment Group (WEG) has announced that free live video streaming of its Standardbred simulcast is now available on the Mohawk website.   The move comes just in time for this Saturday night’s $1.5 million Pepsi North America Cup at Mohawk, which features the best 3-year-old co
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NJ-sired 2 years olds debut
June 23, 2010
A group of 58 New Jersey-bred two-year-olds, 34 trotters and 24 pacers, make their pari-mutuel debut this week to become New Jersey Sire Stakes Premier Division Champions for 2010 at The Meadowlands. There will be two divisions each of the trotting fillies and trotting colts and geldings on Th
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Richard Sams named director of Kentucky testing lab
June 23, 2010
HFL Sport Science previously announced that it has been selected by the Kentucky Horse Racing Commission to perform drug testing and analysis from February 2011 at its new laboratory facilities in Lexington, Kentucky, the “Horse Capital of the Word.”  HFL is now proud to announce that the inaug
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Rick Sams to head new laboratory in Kentucky
June 23, 2010
Following HFL Sport Science’s announcement that it has been awarded the Kentucky Horse Racing Commission’s drug testing program from 2011, it can now announce that the Laboratory Director is to be Professor Rick Sams - currently  the Program Director at the Florida Racing Laboratory.   D
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Opportunity knocking in Big M PIck 4
June 23, 2010
Meadowlands players will likely have bonus money to aim at in the Pick Four pool this Saturday.  For the first time in 2010, the Meadowlands Pick Four fell short of the guaranteed pool amount on Saturday, June 19. The Meadowlands Pick Four offers a $75,000 guaranteed pool every Saturday,
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Clint Galbraith in rehab recovering from injuries
June 23, 2010
Hall of Fame trainer/driver Clint Galbraith is in an upstate New York rehabilitation facility after a serious head injury on May 16.   Galbraith had returned home from racing four horses at Tioga Downs when he was knocked over and fell to the ground, striking his head. He was admitted to Stro
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Shark Gesture 5-2 favorite in Dan Patch Invite
June 23, 2010
A field of nine will go to post Saturday in the 17th edition of the $200,000 Dan Patch Invitational for older pacers. The race is part of a special evening tagged as Thrillyard 200, presented by the membership of the Indiana Standardbred Association. The evening will also include several divisions o
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Real Joke qualifies in 1:49.3
June 22, 2010
Real Joke, a 4-year-old Bettor's Delight gelding, whose last two pari-mutuel starts were a pair of 1:47.3 wins at the Meadowlands, qualified at Gaitway Farms on Monday, June 21, in 1:49.3. George Brennan was in the bike for trainer Lou Pena and owners the Lightning Lane Stable as Real Joke already
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Chicago's Johnston says he was pressured for donation
June 22, 2010
Maywood and Balmoral Park owner John Johnston testified Monday at the alleged corruption trial of former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich that he felt pressured by his own lobbyist to make a $100,000 campaign contribution in exchange for the governor’s signature on a bill that required the riverboat ca
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Terry Todd Millhoan 2010 Lady Pace honoree
June 22, 2010
Terry Todd Millhoan, a harness horse owner, trainer and champion amateur driver, is the 2010 Lady Pace honoree at the Delaware, Ohio County Fair. The widow of the late William Millhoan will be honored in winner’s circle ceremonies following a 3-year-old pacing filly division of the Ohio Breeder
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Meadows lowers purses 10 percent
June 22, 2010
Because Pennsylvania legislators passed a bill earlier this year diverting money meant to boost the horse racing industry into the state’s general fund, The Meadows will take a 10 percent purse cut effective July 1.   Earlier this year, before their meets opened, Mohegan Sun and Har
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Silverman and Dube progressing
June 22, 2010
Drivers Richie Silverman and Daniel Dube, two of the six drivers most severely injured in a Friday, June 18 crash at the Meadowlands, are each making progress recovering from their injuries. Dube, 41, fractured two vertebrae in his lower back and a carpal bone in his right hand.  He also recei
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Draw complete for North America Cup
June 22, 2010
Pepsi North America Cup elimination winners We Will See, Rock N Roll Heaven and All Speed Hanover will leave from posts one, three and four, respectively, after their connections chose their starting slots at the Tuesday afternoon press conference for this Saturday's $1.5 million final at Mohawk Rac
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Rock N Roll Heaven favored in NA Cup
June 22, 2010
Ten of the continent's finest 3-year-old pacers, headed by Rock N Roll Heaven and All Speed Hanover, will contest Saturday's $1.5 million Pepsi North America Cup at Mohawk Racetrack. Post time for the 27th edition of the Cup, the richest pacing event in the world, is 9:40 pm, with the winner earni
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Charity Chariots out of the gate at Hoosier
June 21, 2010
The second annual Charity Chariots, featuring Hoosier Park Racing & Casino’s Fab Five and Challenger Peter Wrenn, got underway Saturday, June 19. The event raises money for the drivers’ selected charities while offering race fans a unique opportunity to sit behind a racehorse around Hoosier Park
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Records fall at Running Aces
June 21, 2010
An unprecedented three track records fell Sunday (June 20) at Running Aces Harness Park, as horses strutted their stuff before a packed Father's Day crowd at the lightning quick Minnesota five-eighths-mile oval.Carol Jean (Jon Anderson) got the ball rolling in the very first race with a three length
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Windfall Blue Chip's 1:54.4 fastest in NYSS
June 21, 2010
He's Gorgeous, last year’s 2-year-old New York Sire Stakes champion pacer, won for the first time this year in 1:55.4 for owner Ken Jacobs here at Buffalo Raceway Sunday afternoon (June 20). With only four divisions contested, each division was worth $39,638.   The prohibitive favorite i
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Campbell drives Rock N Roll Heaven in NA Cup
June 21, 2010
Trainer Bruce Saunders told harnessracing.com Monday morning that John Campbell will drive Rock N Roll Heaven in the $1.5 million Pepsi North America Cup Saturday night at Mohawk Racetrack. The decision came after Rock N Roll Heaven’s regular driver, Daniel Dube, was injured in a race accident at th
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Member of NJ gaming committee met with casino officials
June 21, 2010
The Press of Atlantic City is reporting that communications in the form of letters and email show that a member of Gov. Chris Christie’s gaming advisory committee met with representatives of an Atlantic City casino project and then helped guide the administration’s planned policy on casino issues
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Takeout reduction at Tioga shows positive results
June 21, 2010
Tioga Downs made headlines this spring when a reduction in take-out on wagers to the minimum allowed by the NYSR&WB was announced. The results are in for the first 18 live cards (May 1-June 13) and, in the face of handle declines across the entirety of North American horse racing, it a
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More than $12,000 raised for Ingrassia family
June 21, 2010
By all accounts the Richie Ingrassia Fundraiser Breakfast, held on Sunday, June 20, at the Hall of Fame in Goshen, NY,  was a success as more than $12,000 was raised from the event alone. In a magnanimous gesture, Jeff Gural owner and chairman of America Racing Entertainment, which operate
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Sign up NOW for Weekend Preview news!
June 21, 2010
If you’re a racing fan, especially on the weekend, you’ll want to sign up now for the new HarnessRacing Weekend Preview, set to launch on Friday morning, June 25.   HarnessRacing Weekend Preview is published by Horseman Publishing Company, which also publishes The Horseman And Fair World maga
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Gingras to drive Art Professor in NA Cup
June 21, 2010
Yannick Gingras, who could only manage a fourth-place finish behind Power Of A Moment and a ninth with Woodstock in last Saturday’s Pepsi North America Cup eliminations at Mohawk, will still have a chance to participate in his first-ever $1.5 million final. Trainer Steve Elliott told harnessracing.c
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Venerable I'm Just A Lady repeats at The Meadows
June 21, 2010
Every other horse in the field was at least four years her junior, but that didn’t stop I’m Justa Lady from showing the youngsters how it’s done, as she captured her second straight $25,000 Filly & Mare Preferred Handicap Trot Monday at The Meadows. I’m Justa Lady got away well but found he
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Twitter the NA Cup
June 21, 2010
The post position draw for the $1.5 million Pepsi North America Cup will be held on Tuesday at Mohawk Racetrack, beginning at 12:00 p.m.The drawmaster for this year’s event is young Montreal Canadiens superstar defenseman P.K. Subban.WEG racing analyst Mike Hamilton will have instant coverage of the
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Rock N Roll Heaven rules in NA Cup elims
June 20, 2010
Rock N Roll Heaven, All Speed Hanover and We Will See each scored impressive wins Saturday at Mohawk in eliminations for next week's $1.5 million Pepsi North America Cup, the richest pacing event in the world.But it was Rock N Roll Heaven who stamped himself the likely Cup favourite after a thrillin
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Posts available for Fan Hanover, plus 3YO trots
June 20, 2010
With the eliminations for the rich North America Cup, Fan Hanover Stakes, Elegantimage and Goodtimes in the books, the fields are set for next Saturday's big night of racing at Mohawk Racetrack. The draw for post positions for the North America Cup will take place on Tuesday, but the draws for the G
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3YO PA-sired fillies in Stallion Series action
June 20, 2010
The Pennsylvania’s Stallion Series for 3-year-old filly trotters was contested at Harrah’s Chester on Sunday afternoon in 90-plus degree weather, and three of the four winners took new lifetime marks.   Photo Charm, who already sported a 1:55.3 speed badge taken at the Meadowlands earlier thi
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Harrington features Delaware-sired trotters
June 20, 2010
Four divisions of Delaware Standardbred (DSBF) trotting stakes were contested Sunday at Harrington Raceway.   Nanticoke Racing’s Miss Snazz was the fastest winner for both sexes, as the Loge filly utilized a two-hole trip to score in 1:59.4 over What Would You Do and Punks Embrace. The winner
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2 straight Tioga wins for A Crown For Lindy
June 20, 2010
A Crown For Lindy won for the second week in a row at Tioga Downs in the second leg of the Williams Auto late-closer on Sunday. The 4-year-old stallion scored in 1:55.1 for his third win in six starts this season.   In other news from Tioga Downs on Sunday afternoon, there were no winner
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Another win for Foiled Again; new mark for "Dial"
June 20, 2010
Foiled Again earned his 39th career win on Sunday afternoon at Harrah's Chester. With Yannick Gingras driving, Foiled Again raced on the engine and scored in 1:48.4, blazing home in :27 to miss his lifetime mark by one-fifth of a second.   The Lou Pena-trained Keep It Real finished secon
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Big payoffs for Balmoral 2YO winners
June 20, 2010
A stakes for Illinois conceived and foaled 2-year-old pacers produced big payoffs for those lucky enough to pick the winners Sunday night at Balmoral Park. In the first of the two divisions, Filled With Wonder eked out a neck victory in 1:56.3 and lit up the toteboard at $61.20. The second split was
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Silverman suffers concussion in accident
June 19, 2010
Driver Richard Silverman was admitted to Hackensack University Medical Center with a severe concussion following an accident in the second race Friday night at Meadowlands Racetrack. Though Silverman suffered seizures on the way to the hospital, preliminary scans showed no fractures or internal blee
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Four Starz Sue wins in 1:49.4 at Pocono
June 19, 2010
Four Starz Sue, past Pacer of the Year at Mohegan Sun at Pocono Downs, captured the Saturday (June 19) night feature at t he Northeastern Pennsylvania racetrack with a sizzling 1:49.4 clocking.Returning to Mohegan Sun at Pocono Downs after three starts at the Meadowlands, George Napolitano Jr. made
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Friday surgery for Merriman--'I will be back'
June 18, 2010
Aaron Merriman was scheduled to have surgery Friday morning at the Cleveland Clinic to repair his broken left elbow he suffered in a June 11 race accident at The Meadows. Merriman told harnessracing.com late Thursday afternoon that the accident—and injuries that also included two broken wrists—has t
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More NA Cup happenings
June 18, 2010
In addition to a trio of Pepsi North America Cup eliminations this Saturday night, Mohawk Racetrack will play host to the first of four Extreme Handicapping Challenges with advance registration still available up until 11:00 p.m. Friday night.The entry fee is $25 in addition to a bankroll of $50 to
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Metro 6 Shooter web site launched
June 18, 2010
The most exciting new wager in harness racing, the $30,000 added Metro 6 Shooter, now has a web site designed to help horseplayers find pool and payout information, links to free Trackmaster past performance pages and the latest news associated with the dual-track pick six wager.The details of the e
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Chris Page has hot hand in Scioto features
June 18, 2010
Driver Chris Page showed why he's the defending champion driver at Scioto Downs as he captured three of the track's four features on Thursday night. Page drove the winners of both divisions of the Floating Dream Series and added a division of the Steamin' Demon Series. He scored an easy wi
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Real Desire filly fastest baby at Meadows
June 18, 2010
Nineteen groups of 2-year-old pacers and trotters faced the starter on Thursday morning at The Meadows, with a trio of pacers from the Ron Burke Stable taking top honors with the fastest times of the day.   Foxy Lady, a filly by Real Desire, won her event in 1:57.2, with a last
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N.J. committee approves exchange betting bill
June 18, 2010
The Regulatory Oversight and Gaming Committee of the New Jersey Assembly on Thursday approved a bill that would allow the New Jersey Sports and Exposition Authority to establish exchange betting on horse racing. Exchange betting allows bettors to wager against each other on the outcome of a race.&nb
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Penn National files suit to build N.J. OTB
June 18, 2010
In a release issued Thursday, Penn National Gaming Inc. announced that it has filed suit in Camden County, N.J., to force its joint venture partner in Freehold Raceway--Greenwood Racing Inc.--to compel development of an Off-Track Wagering location in that county. The release continued
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Tioga Downs adding 'Pick 6 Sundays'
June 18, 2010
Tioga Downs is proud to announce that it has partnered with the Southern Tier Harness Horsemen’s Association (STHHA) and Peter Kleinhans to offer its bettors a $6,000 Guaranteed Pick 6 on Sunday afternoons being tagged “Pick 6 Sundays” at Tioga Downs.   Beginning Sunday, June 20, Tioga D
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Vernon Downs increases purses
June 18, 2010
The overnight purses at Vernon have been increased by approximately 15 percent effective with the Thursday, June 24, race card. The top horses, Miracle Mile Class "A", will now race for $11,000 if seven or more start, $10,000 if fewer than seven and the NW 1 PM and $4,000 claimers have been rai
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Poof Shes Gone, Ultimate Cameron win at Mohawk
June 18, 2010
Poof Shes Gone and Ultimate Cameron both scored decisive victories in their respective eliminations for thisyear’s Elegantimage Stakes on what was a beautiful Friday night at Mohawk Racetrack.Poof Shes Gone looked much more like herself in Friday’s opening $35,000 division as she won handily for dri
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Rembrandt Spur wins again
June 18, 2010
World Champion Rembrandt Spur called on every bit of his talent and moxie Friday to thwart two serious challenges and capture the $25,000 Preferred Handicap Trot at The Meadows. Rembrandt Spur shares (with Shermans Mountain) the world record of 1:53.3 for 3-year-old geldings on a 5/8-mile track
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Big M drivers Dube, Silverman involved in accident
June 18, 2010
Drivers Richard Silverman, Daniel Dube and Ron Pierce were transported to Hackensack University Medical Center following an accident that unseated six drivers in the second race Friday night at Meadowlands Racetrack. The accident occurred early in the race when Four Starzz Lefty stumbled to the grou
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Ubetteruthink captures Tioga feature
June 18, 2010
Bruce Ranger and Ubetterthink Think took home the featured $15,000 Fillies and Mares Open Handicap pace at Tioga Downs on Friday night. Ranger sent the mare to the front from post position number five through fractions of 26.4, 56.4, and 1:25 before Allamerican Celeb (Fern Paquet Jr.) took a shot fi
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Charity chariots return to Hoosier
June 17, 2010
Following a successful kickoff with the Fab Five drivers in 2009, Charity Chariots is back at Hoosier Park Racing & Casino. The event will get underway Saturday, June 19, allowing racing fans to experience a seat behind a real racehorse. Fans will take a spin around the seven-eighths mile oval a
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A superbad effort at Harrington
June 17, 2010
Kostas Tsanakos’ Superbad Hanover ($3.20, Ross Wolfenden) equaled the track record for 3-year-old pacing colts Wednesday with a blistering 1:52.2 triumph in his $20,000 divisional elimination of the Delaware Standardbred Breeders Fund (DSBF) stakes.   The Badlands Hanover colt assumed command
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Omen Hanover top gal at Pocono
June 17, 2010
Omen Hanover came from last to first to win the $24,000 open handicap pace for fillies and mares Wednesday (June 16) night at Mohegan Sun at Pocono Downs.Down the backstretch, Omen Hanover (Matt Kakaley) was shuffled back to last with Makerbark (Roger Hammer) taking the seven-horse field of fillies
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War Boots marches on at The Meadows
June 17, 2010
Trailing by 6-1/2 lengths at the half, War Boots worked out a textbook second-over trip that carried him to victory in Wednesday’s $25,000 Preferred Handicap Pace at The Meadows. War Boots picked up the live cover of Armbro Billow before trainer/driver Ray Paver sent him wide for the stretch dr
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Showmeyourstuff solves Mikes A Mystery
June 17, 2010
Taking full advantage of miscues by several of the top contenders in Wednesday’s featured $9,000 Mikes A Mystery Stake, Sue Phillips and Jerald & Donna Viviani’s Showmeyourstuff trotted to his third victory of the year as he reported home with a half-length triumph in 1:57.1. Sent right to the f
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21 Jug eligibles in NA Cup
June 17, 2010
Little Brown Jug Fantasy Stable Contest players have until 10 a.m. Saturday, June 19, to activate five horses from their 10-horse stables to be eligible to earn points in Saturday’s three $50,000 Pepsi North America Cup eliminatons at Mohawk Raceway. Twenty-one of the 30 three-year-old colt and geld
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The road traveled in the Burlington divisions
June 17, 2010
If you think Ideal Matters and Kyle Major paced their miles in 1:50.1 to win their respective Burlington divisions last Saturday night at Mohawk Racetrack, think again. If you think Keystone Raptor paced his mile in 1:50.3 to spring his 39-1 upset, think again.   All three Burlington winners
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Brennan, Campbell left out of 2010 NA Cup
June 17, 2010
With six of the top-10 dash leaders competing on the North America Cup elimination card at Mohawk Saturday night, the drivers’ colony at the Meadowlands has been left a bit sparse. Interestingly, two of those drivers still at the Big M on Saturday and without an NA Cup mount this year are the track’
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Metro 6 Shooter rolls into week 3
June 17, 2010
The Metro 6 Shooter, the pick six wager teaming races from Yonkers Raceway and the Meadowlands on Saturday nights, is gaining popularity and momentum among horseplayers. In its first two weeks, the $1 wager has returned $43,000 and $50,000, each to one lucky winner in the first two weeks. The w
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8 repeat in Big M baby races; 11 sires score
June 17, 2010
It was a big Thursday morning for trainer George Teague Jr. has his stable sent out seven winners among the 16 baby races held at the Meadowlands. Eleven different sires were represented among the winners, with eight making repeat trips to the winner’s circle.  Speed-badge honors on the day we
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Cotton Candy favored in Filly Maywood Pace
June 17, 2010
One of Maywood Park’s signature events, the $100,000 Filly Maywood Pace, highlight’s Friday’s 14-race program. Also on tap is a $10,000 Maywood Pace elimination. The $100,000 final of that stake will be contested on Friday, June 25th. Friday’s Filly Maywood Pace has been carded as the 11th race on
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Action-Broadway Meets Poof She’s Gone
June 17, 2010
On Friday night, June 18, at Mohawk, 3-year-old trotting fillies step out in a pair of $35,000 (C) eliminations for the Elegantimage Stakes. The center of attention could well be 2009 divisional champ Poof She’s Gone, who won her June 11 Casual Breeze split at Mohawk by a mere head in 1:54.4,--the s
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NA Cup handicapping, TV news
June 17, 2010
In addition to a trio of Pepsi North America Cup eliminations this Saturday night, Mohawk Racetrack will play host to the first of four Extreme Handicapping Challenges with advance registration still available up until 11:00 p.m. Friday night.   Also, there will be full television coverage of
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Rosecroft to close on July 1
June 16, 2010
Officials at Rosecroft Raceway have told its horsemen that the track will close on July 1. In a memo sent by Cloverleaf Enterprises Inc. president Kelley Rogers, it was noted that “our long struggle is finally over and we have come to an end. Unfortunately, despite all of our best efforts we could n
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Scorpion Moon rallies for win at Pocono
June 16, 2010
Scorpion Moon rallied from out of the pocket to get up in time and win the featured Open trot on Tuesday night at Mohegan Sun at Pocono Downs.  The race carried the night’s top purse of $24,000.Starting from post position #5 in a field of nine trotters at odds of 5-1, Scorpion Moon was hustled
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Mohawk changes qualifying schedule
June 16, 2010
Woodbine Entertainment reminds horsemen that the qualifying schedule for next week at Mohawk has been changed due to the Pepsi North America Cup post draw on Tuesday and the Pepsi North America Cup race program on Saturday.For next week only, normal qualifying races will be held on Monday morning, J
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Red Star Hottie is red hot
June 16, 2010
Forced to tuck by a blistering early pace, Red Star Hottie raced powerfully first over to capture Tuesday’s $25,000 Filly & Mare Preferred Handicap in 1:50.3, shaving a tick from her own Meadows track record for older pacing mares. With McGibson taking the field through a demanding first ha
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Changes for Maryland stakes races
June 16, 2010
The Maryland Racing Commission has approved the following changes to the Maryland Standardbred Race Fund stakes program for 2010.   The following races will be conducted at Ocean Downs on Saturday afternoons. Detailed race info will be available soon.   The new dates are as follows: S
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Teague optimistic with NA Cup chances
June 16, 2010
Trainer George Teague has a pair of entries in Saturday night's North America Cup eliminations at Mohawk Racetrack—Dr. Dreamy and Delmarvalous—but he admits he needs a little bit of luck for either to advance to the $1.5 million final on June 26. Teague has named Brian Sears to drive both
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Almost An Angel euthanized at age 21
June 16, 2010
Almost An Angel 2,1:57.1; 3,1:56, a winner of ($498,577 at ages two and three and $959,695 internationally, was euthanized at Hanover Shoe Farms on Monday, June 14. The 21-year-old mare had been suffering from several assorted ailments relating to old age.   Almost An Angel was vote
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Registration Open For Meadowlands/Mohawk Handicapping Challenge
June 16, 2010
Prize money and a seat in the 2011 National Harness Handicapping Championship are up for grabs in the second annual Meadowlands/Mohawk Handicapping Challenge on Saturday, June 26.   The tournament, which showcases the $1.5 million Pepsi North America Cup simulcast from Mohawk Racetrack, will
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Ultimate Cameron wants to be like her mom
June 15, 2010
The best three-year-old trotting fillies in North America will be showcased Saturday night in the Elegantimage Stakes and trainer Bob Stewart is looking for a large payday.  After winning the 2002 event with double-millionaire Cameron Hall, Stewart is back with her daughter, Ultimate Cameron.
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Hamilton is crunching the NA Cup
June 15, 2010
Woodbine Entertainment Group harness racing analyst Mike Hamilton has been busy over the last few days crunching the numbers for this year’s $1.5 million Pepsi North America Cup, with eliminations slated for this Saturday night.   The statistical guru has compiled a comprehensive look back at
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Larry Stalbaum gets win 4,000
June 15, 2010
Larry Stalbaum won the 4,000th win of his harness racing career Monday (June 14) night at Mohegan Sun at Pocono Downs. It came in Race 4 with Mountain Air, a horse trained by his partner Kimberly Asher.   The 46-year-old Stalbaum left quickly and got the 11-1 longshot to the front right from
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Pilgrims Chuckie equals world record
June 15, 2010
Pilgrims Chuckie equaled the world record of 1:53 for a three-year-old trotting colt on a five-eighths mile oval in winning an $86,245 division of the Pennsylvania Sire Stakes Monday (June 14) night at Mohegan Sun at Pocono Downs.Trained by Scott Andrews and driven by Mike LaChance, Pilgrims Chuckie
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Three elims for North America Cup
June 15, 2010
Thirty sophomore colt pacers have been divided into three eliminations this Saturday night at Mohawk Racetrack for the $1.5 million Pepsi North America Cup on June 26. The connections of each elim winner will have the chance to select their horse’s post position for the final, with all the second– a
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Tell All latest stud to shuttle to Australia
June 15, 2010
Tell All p,3, 1:48.3; 150.3h, the 2007 Pacer of the Year, will be stamping his passport this year. Brittany Stallion Management has announced that he will travel to David James’ Empire Stallions in Arcadia, Victoria, Australia, for the Down Under breeding season.   Tell All earned m
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2010 Scholarship race a success at Tioga Downs
June 15, 2010
Sunday afternoon held a few firsts for Tioga Downs in Nichols, New York. It had its first sub 1:49 mile in history, and also held its first High School Scholarship race for five high school seniors from the local area.  The students worked on three separate occasions with trainers from the Tiog
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Rock N Roll Heaven wins qualifier
June 15, 2010
Rock N Roll Heaven rebounded from an unfortunate break in his division of the Burlington on Saturday, June 12 with a winning qualifier on Tuesday, June 15 at Mohawk. The talented sophomore was placed on the judge’s list after his Burlington break and was forced to qualify in order to be able to drop
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Blagojevich trial focuses on Johnston contribution
June 15, 2010
The Chicago Tribune reported today that in testimony given Monday in the trial of former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich on alleged corruption charges, a lobbyist told how he and Blagojevich rehearsed how they were going to get a $100,000 contribution from Maywood and Balmoral Park owner John Johnston
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SOA of NY announces scholarship winners
June 15, 2010
Bob MacDougall, Chairman of the SOA of New York Scholarship Committee, has announced that Christine Miecuna is the winner of the Association’s 2010-2011 Scholarship Award in the amount of $2,500 and Carrie Silver is the winner of the Association’s $1,500 award. Christine Miecuna has just completed
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Do you have the funniest horse racing video?
June 15, 2010
The Race Track Industry Program (RTIP) at the University of Arizona has announced the “$1,500 Funniest Horse Racing Video Contest” that encourages racing fans to use their camcorders or camera phones to capture or create clips that reflect the lighter side of horse racing.   This is the first
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DSBF 3CT elims held at Harrington
June 14, 2010
Four $20,000 elimination divisions of the first leg of the Delaware Standardbred Breeders Fund (DSBF) stakes for 3-year-old trotters were contested at Harrington Raceway Sunday.   Rod Allen’s Airborne Commando (2:01, Allen) was the fastest of the two colt divisions with a front-stepping seven
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Rock N Roll Heaven must qualify
June 14, 2010
After making an unexpected break in his $97,000 Burlington division on Saturday, June 12, and being charted as not finishing the race, Rock N Roll Heaven was placed on the judge’s list. That means trainer Bruce Saunder must race him in a qualifier at Mohawk Raceway on Tuesday, June 15 in order to dr
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Poll of voters shows support for slots at Big M
June 14, 2010
The addition of slot machines to the Meadowlands and other existing racetracks in the state is favored by New Jerseyans, according to a recent poll by Fairleigh Dickinson University’s (FDU) PublicMind.   Voters support the proposal to expand slots to the Meadowlands by 52 to 37 percent, and a
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Metro 6 Shooter pays $50,847
June 13, 2010
A Saturday night dominated by longshots yielded a $50,847 payday for one lucky bettor who took down the entire Metro 6 Shooter pool. Comprised of four races at the Meadowlands (four through seven) and two at Yonkers (five and seven), the winning 6-of-6 sequence was (9-5-5-6-2-4).   There
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Shark Gesture's 1:48.3 sets Tioga record
June 13, 2010
Getting close to Shark Gesture at the finish line is one thing. Getting past the 7-year-old pacer is another. Shark Gesture, with regular driver George Brennan at the lines, won Sunday’s $228,000 Bettor’s Delight at Tioga Downs by a neck over Hypnotic Blue Chip in 1:48.3.   The time was
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ABC Photo wins Indy sire stake
June 12, 2010
ABC Photo and Lemoyne “Mooney” Svendsen embarked on a fierce stretch battle with race favorite Solvent and Jay Cross Friday, June 11. They were successful in their quest, taking home the prize in the third round of Indiana Sires Stakes action at Hoosier Park Racing & Casino.Starting from post th
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One More Laugh wins Rooney
June 12, 2010
One More Laugh (Tim Tetrick) outsprinted He's Gorgeous (Jason Bartlett) Saturday night, winning  Yonkers Raceway's $250,000 Art Rooney Pace in 1:53.3    The four-horse, non-wagering event for 3 year olds (three colts and one gelding) saw pole-sitting He's Gorgeous meander through fr
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Fred And Ginger dances to Meadows mark
June 12, 2010
Fred And Ginger danced through the wire Saturday in 1:48.4, fastest mile ever at The Meadows, in a Pennsylvania Sires Stake division. The time shaved a tick from the previous all-age Meadows mark set by Well Said last year in an Adios elimination. The $265,920 stake for 3-year-old colt and gelding
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Ombre Art paints a Hoosier win
June 12, 2010
The Binkley Stable had another successful Indiana Sires Stakes evening, this time with a different horse making it to the winner’s circle. Ombre Art bested a field of eight in a division of the $40,000 event for three-year-old pacing colts Friday, June 11 at Hoosier Park Racing & Casino.Driven b
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Buckeye Man repeats in Dream Of Glory
June 12, 2010
Buckeye Man won the fastest of three divisions of the Dream Of Glory Series at Scioto Downs on Friday night. He hit the wire in 1:56.4 for Ohio Hall of Famer Chip Noble.Noble moved Buckeye Man before the half-mile marker and then the 3-year-old gelding sprinted to the lead in the third quarter. From
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First-time sires Glidemaster, Cash Hall have Big M baby winners
June 12, 2010
My Girls A Star, a daughter of Art Major from the Ray Schnittker barn, scored a 1:56.3 victory to take pacing speed-badge honors among 13 baby races Saturday morning at the Meadowlands. The Gorgeous One, a son of Art Major trained by George Teague Jr., won in 1:57.2, while the Teague-trained&nb
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Merriman undergoes surgery; likely out awhile
June 12, 2010
Aaron Merriman, harness racing's leading dash driver in 2010 who was injured Friday in a spectacular four-horse pile-up at The Meadows, is being treated for two broken wrists and a broken left elbow.   His sister, Kerry Merriman, said he underwent successful surgery on his right wrist shortly
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World record for Dreamfair Eternal in Ellamony elim
June 12, 2010
Dreamfair Eternal, Canada’s 2009 Older Pacing Mare of the Year, blazed her way to a 1:51.4 mile equaling the world record for older pacing mares on a half-mile track in the first of two $20,000(C) Ellamony Stake eliminations at Flamboro Downs on Saturday afternoon. The Patrick Fletcher-trained
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BG's Folly, Put On A Show reign in Jersey
June 12, 2010
BG's Folly held off All Speed Hanover by a nose to win the $500,000 Anthony Abbatiello New Jersey Classic for 3-year-old colt pacers Saturday night at Meadowlands Racetrack.     BG's Folly ($18.40) was forced to come first-up at the half, towing All Speed Hanover into perfect,
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Trotters step out to NJSS victories
June 12, 2010
A pair of $200,000 New Jersey Sire Stakes Championships for 3-year-old trotters also shared the marquee at the Meadowlands Saturday night. Trainer Jan Johnson netted the lion's share of the jackpot in the fillies division as Glide Power held off her stablemate Springtime Volo by a neck in 1:54.
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Burlington upsets throw NA Cup into a fog
June 12, 2010
The Pepsi North America picture became more murky after all three favorites faltered in Saturday’s trio of Burlington Stakes divisions on a foggy night at Mohawk Racetrack.   Kyle Major left sharply in the opening $100,000(C) split from post three and landed in third position through a first
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Trotter hoping to break the bank in NJSS final
June 11, 2010
A pair of $200,000 New Jersey Sire Stakes finals for 3-year-old trotters will be contested on Saturday at the Meadowlands.   Break The Bank K was installed the 5-2 favorite in the final for trotting colts and geldings. The colt by Revenue won his 2010 debut in 1:56.3 on May 28, but came up
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Peeeeyouuuuuuuu impressive at Scioto
June 11, 2010
The sophomore pacing lass Peeeeyouuuuuuuu broke her maiden impressively in taking a leg of the Floating Dream Series at Scioto Downs on Thursday. She was clocked in 1:57.4 and won by 3-1/4 lengths.Trainer-driver Billy Walters sent his Yankee Cruiser filly to the lead at the start and never looked ba
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Cotton Candy in sweet Maywood win
June 11, 2010
Sophomore pacing fillies were the center of attention on Thursday night at Maywood Park as Peggy Hood & Mystical Marker Farms Cotton Candy knocked off seven other Illinois conceived and foaled three-year-olds by a half-length in 1:55.1 to take the $10,000 Filly Maywood Pace elimination.  Th
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Plano wins seven on the card
June 11, 2010
The ageless veteran put on a show on Thursday night (June 10) when he won the last seven races on the card.Featured on the program were claiming distaffers, on which Stick Up repeated for the star of the night.Leaving from post six in the field of the same number and racing three-wide for the first
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Meadows qualifier video now online
June 11, 2010
The Meadows Standardbred Owners Association (MSOA), which represents horsemen and owners at The Meadows, has announced that effective immediately, video of all qualifying races held at The Meadows will now be available on its website, www.themsoa.com.  Videos will generally be available wi
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SBOANJ scholarship deadline is Tuesday
June 11, 2010
The deadline is this Tuesday, June 15 for applicants wishing to be considered for the Standardbred Breeders & Owners Association of New Jersey 2010 college scholarships.   Scholarships, which are valued at up to $5,000, are for qualified students who plan to attend a two or four-year coll
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2YO trotting filly in 1:58.2 at Pocono
June 11, 2010
Qualifying races for 2 year olds were held at Mohegan Sun at Pocono Downs on Friday morning and among the winners was Reflection Of Blue, a colt by Bettor's Delight out of 2004 Horse of the Year Rainbow Blue.   Jason Bartlett drove Reflection Of Blue for trainer George Teague, and he put the
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Lucky Chucky, Holiday Road win qualifiers
June 11, 2010
A pair of 2010 Hambletonian contenders were in action Friday morning at the Meadowlands as Lucky Chucky, the reigning divisional champion among 3-year-old colt trotters, and Peter Haughton Memorial winner Holiday Road won their respective qualifiers.   Lucky Chucky made his first appearance o
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RMTC says there is support for lowering bute threshold
June 11, 2010
The Racing Medication and Testing Consortium (RMTC) has issued a press release regarding an upcoming panel session at the National Horsemen's Benevolent and Protective Association (HBPA) Summer Convention. The RMTC release reads, "a report previewing the National Horsemen’s Benevolent and Prote
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Panesthetic rewards owners with PA Stallion win
June 11, 2010
Panesthetic, a horse so disappointing at two he was sold, gave his new owners a breakthrough win Friday at The Meadows by capturing the fastest division of a $140,000 Pennsylvania Stallion Series stake for 3-year-old pacing colts and geldings.   The event was conducted over seven divisions, w
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Merriman hurt in Meadows spill
June 11, 2010
Aaron Merriman, the leading dash-winning driver in North America, suffered what is believed to be a broken wrist in a multi-horse accident Friday afternoon at The Meadows. Merriman was driving Sound Dragin in the 11th race and was first-over with the horse when he made a break and fell, with several
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Fillies fly in Casual Breeze splits
June 11, 2010
Three-year-old trotting fillies put on a speed show Friday night at Mohawk Racetrack in a trio of Casual Breeze Stakes divisions, one of which produced a new Canadian record.   Although world champion Poof She's Gone captured her split, she was the slowest of the three winners.  After s
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Wins for the 'little' guys and gals at Yonkers
June 11, 2010
Friday night found Yonkers Raceway hosting its usual pair of $37,000 Open Handicaps, for trotters and distaff pacers. The week's featured trot had 3-2 favorite YF Little Guy (Jim Pantaleano) go from first-up to first home.   After Stonebridge Diablo (Cat Manzi) led through early interval
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Brennan gets win 6,000
June 10, 2010
Driver George Brennan reached his latest milestone at his second home Wednesday night.Brennan won his 6,000th career race, leading at every waterlogged Yonkers Raceway pylon with Rydeabout ($6.80) in the $12,000, second-race trot.Say this much for Brennan...he did away with the suspense early. Needi
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Mac Martini wins Pocono feature
June 10, 2010
Mac Martini won the featured Wednesday (June 9) $20,000-$25,000 claiming handicap pace for fillies and mares at Mohegan Sun at Pocono Downs. Howard Parker was in the sulky.The win was the second in the last three starts for the four-year-old mare trained by Clarence Martin Jr. A 30-1 longshot in the
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Jojo Goliath a repeat winner at The Meadows
June 10, 2010
Jojo N Goliath effectively used cover to set up a spirited stretch drive that carried him to victory in Wednesday’s $25,000 Winners Over $10,000 Life/Preferred Handicap at The Meadows, his second straight win in the track’s top pace. Leaving from post 7, Jojo N Goliath got away fifth before Eri
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Phil Terry named to Delaware Wall of Fame
June 10, 2010
Phil Terry, general manager and director of marketing for the Delaware, OH County Fair, has been elected as the 26th Little Brown Jug Wall of Fame honoree.   In 1968, as a student at Ohio Wesleyan University, Phil helped direct traffic at the Delaware Fairgrounds.  Now, 42 years later, h
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Reminder about upcoming PASS races
June 10, 2010
Pennsylvania Sire Stakes horsemen are again being alerted of unavoidable Sire Stakes date switches that came after the USTA Stakes Guide was printed.   The 3-year-old trotting filly class will be affected twice before the end of June: the next Sire Stakes race date is June 23 at Chester, whil
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Secret Credit upsets Southwind Samurai
June 10, 2010
Wednesday afternoon started out cold and windy at Monticello Raceway and by the third race rain began falling. By the sixth race the track was muddy, which hampered some of the sophomore trotting fillies who were racing in the seven divisions of the $188,000 New York Sire Stakes.   Divisional
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15 sires represented in Big M baby races
June 10, 2010
Fifteen different sires were represented in the winner’s circle over the course of 18 baby races Thursday at the Meadowlands, with trainers Ray Schnittker and Jimmy Takter each sending out four winners, and the stables of Jim Campbell and George Teague Jr. having three winners each. Speed-badge
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Joey The Czar's 1:55.1 fastest NYSS split
June 10, 2010
The rain was again part of the Thursday, June 10, afternoon race card at Monticello Raceway, but the five divisions of the  3-year-old  pacing colts and geldings in the $185,000 New York Sire Stakes got along well before any deluge came.   Art For Art’s Sake won in 1:56.1; Screenpla
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Piece Of The Rock bids for NJ Classic
June 10, 2010
Frustration prompted trainer Bob Young to send Piece Of The Rock to the Meadowlands Racetrack earlier than he expected this season, but the 3-year-old gelding has made steady progress since his arrival.   On Saturday night, the son of Rocknroll Hanover bids for his biggest career win in the $
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Arch Madness fastest ever at Pocono
June 09, 2010
Arch Madness, driven by Brian Sears, made harness racing history Tuesday (June 8) night at Mohegan Sun at Pocono Downs when the aged trotter stopped the timer in 1:51. The 1:51 mile is the fastest ever produced on a five-eighths mile oval in the history of harness racing.Assigned the nine hole in a
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Wisconsin's LaVern Wesley Adams dies
June 09, 2010
LaVern Wesley Adams died Friday, June 4. He was 89.   He was born April 14, 1921 in Waukesha, Wis., to Wesley Chapman Adams and Agnes Morris Adams. He spent his early years on his parent’s farm developing his agricultural skills, but his boyhood avocation was baseball and he developed a
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San Pail is Canada's fastest
June 09, 2010
San Pail turned in the fastest trotting mile in Canada this season and equaled his career best clocking with a dominant 1:52.1 victory in Tuesday’s $42,000 Open Trot at Mohawk Racetrack.Randy Waples eased the six-year-old San Pellegrino gelding off the gate from post four and when things settled in
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Sand Windsor named Ohio's best in May
June 09, 2010
Sand Windsor, the winner of the $109,000 Courageous Lady at Northfield Park, was selected by members of the Ohio chapter of the U.S. Harness Writers Association as Ohio Horse of the Month in May.The sophomore daughter of Real Desire made her seasonal debut by winning a conditioned event at Northfiel
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Rock N Roll Heaven ready for Burlington
June 09, 2010
Many of the top 3-year-old colt pacers in North America will clash this Saturday night at Mohawk in a trio of divisions of the Burlington Stakes--the final local prep for the $1.5 million Pepsi North America Cup on Saturday, June 26.   One of the headliners is Rock N Roll Heaven who has dra
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Art Colony to stand at Winbak Farm
June 09, 2010
Winbak Farm of Canada has announced that Art Colony will be standing at the Ontario based farm in 2011. The son of Artsplace has a mark of 1:51, has earned $863,750 and was trained by O’Brien Award winning trainer Casie Coleman.   In April of this year Art Colony was officially retired b
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Rekali comments on chances in Casual Breeze
June 09, 2010
Sending out two charges in three divisions of the Casual Breeze this Friday night at Mohawk Racetrack, trainer/driver Riina Rekila remains optimistic about her contenders.   Random Destiny, who upset Poof Shes Gone in her most recent outing in an Ontario Sire Stakes Gold Final, drew post&nb
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Post time change for Springfield Summer Preview
June 09, 2010
There has been a post time change for the Summer Preview at Springfield, Ill., on Saturday, June 12.  The new post time is 3 pm to accomodate horsemen who are also racing at the Decatur-Macon County Fair in Decatur. on Saturday.  Decatur hosts the Downstate Classic for 3-year-old
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Teague sends out four in Burlington
June 09, 2010
George and Brenda Teague will be busy Saturday night at Mohawk Racetrack sending out four entries in three divisions of the Burlington Stakes. The $217,250 Empire Breeders stakes winner Dr. Dreamy will headline the quartet.   The 3-year-old son of Art Major has been given post two in the fi
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All Speed Hanover headlines NJ Classic
June 09, 2010
All Speed Hanover, one of the top 2-year-old colts of 2009, was installed the 2-1 favorite in the $500,000 Anthony Abbatiello New Jersey Classic on Saturday, June 12 at Meadowlands Racetrack. The New Jersey Classic for 3-year-old colt and gelding pacers tops $1.1 million in stakes for New Jerse
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WEG tracks now available for wagering in Vegas
June 09, 2010
Woodbine Entertainment Group (WEG) has announced that wagering on its tracks, Woodbine and Mohawk, is now available in racebooks throughout the state of Nevada.   Five Thoroughbred cards and five Standardbred cards per week are being beamed into most of the state's 83 racebooks, includi
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National season's mark for Windsong Soprano
June 08, 2010
Windsong Soprano charged to a 1:53.3 national seasons record in an overnight event Monday at Mohawk Racetrack. The millionaire daughter of Windsongs Legacy took command past the quarter pole and never looked back setting fractions of :55.3 and 1:24.3 before defeating her rivals by five lengths. &
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NA Cup website up and running
June 08, 2010
he $1.5 million Pepsi North America Cup is now less than three weeks away with the event slated for Saturday, June 26 at Mohawk Racetrack. The Pepsi NA Cup website is now in full swing, featuring everything you need to know about North America’s richest race for pacers.   All the latest new
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White Plains Trot at Yonkers
June 08, 2010
The New York Sire Stakes caravan grabbed their E-ZPass toll tags and went downstate for the first time this season, with Yonkers Raceway hosting Monday night's $281,844 White Plains Trot.Six divisions of 3-year-old colts and gelding went at it, and Jeff Gregory threw down the evening's two fastest g
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Court Jester wins in 1:51.4 at Pocono
June 08, 2010
Court Jester, with George Napolitano Jr. in the sulky, established a new life mark of 1:51.4 in winning the $20,000-$25,000 claiming handicap pace Monday (June 7) at  Mohegan Sun at Pocono Downs.Mohegan Sun at Pocono Downs added Monday nights to its racing card for the months of June, July and
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American Pride wins at The Meadows
June 08, 2010
American Pride sat snugly behind the dueling leaders, then blew by them in the stretch to capture Monday’s $25,000 Filly & Mare Preferred Handicap Trot at The Meadows.After Brett Miller guided American Pride to the front from post 8, she settled in the pocket behind Caviar Forthe Lady. When 7-10
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Chocolatier has first winner for Ackerman
June 08, 2010
The 2005 Two-Year-Old Colt Trotter of the Year Chocolatier had his first winning progeny Monday night, June 7, at Hazel Park Raceway as Creme De Cocoa won a non-wagering baby race. With Hall of Fame horseman Doug Ackerman driving, the freshman filly Creme De Cocoa led start to finish to win in 2:04.
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June Bergstein dies at 84
June 08, 2010
June Carol Bergstein, wife of HTA Executive Vice President Stan Bergstein, died early this morning at Hospice Family Care in Tucson, four days after the couple’s 60th wedding anniversary. A regal and elegant popular model in her youth, June had worked at Mme. Marguerite Pick’s Michigan Ave. salon i
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Burlington draws 31 in 3 divisions
June 08, 2010
With 31 sophomore colt pacers entered for Saturday night’s Burlington at Mohawk Racetrack, three $100,000(C) divisions will go postward with Dan Patch and O’Brien Award winner Sportswriter drawing post four in the first split. The son of Artsplace will have his work cut out for him as drawing the tr
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Mr Thinker wins 8th straight Monticello race
June 08, 2010
Mr Thinker just keeps rolling along. On Tuesday afternoon the veteran sidewheeler rambled to yet another victory when Zeke Parker guided the pacer to an easy 1:57.3 victory, which was Mr Thinker’s  eighth consecutive triumph.   With this latest victory, Mr Thinker now needs just two
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Red Star Hottie sizzles at The Meadows
June 08, 2010
Red Star Hottie continued her dominance of elite distaff pacers at The Meadows as she easily captured Tuesday’s $25,000 Filly & Mare Preferred Handicap. Away third, Red Star Hottie made the decisive quarter-pole move to the lead for Dave Palone and was not seriously challenged thereafter. T
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Posts drawn for Rooney, Lismore at Yonkers
June 08, 2010
Post positions have been drawn for Yonkers Raceway's pair of Saturday night pacing stakes for 3-year-olds, the $250,000 Art Rooney (colts/geldings) and $150,000 Lismore (fillies). The field for the Rooney, with declared drivers is as follows--1-He's Gorgeous (Jason Bartlett); 2-Tobago Cays (Cat Manz
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NYSS gets underway at Buffalo
June 07, 2010
The New York Sire Stakes season got underway at Buffalo Raceway on Sunday. Three divisions of 3-year-old filly pacers competed over the half-mile oval, with each division racing for more than $53,000.   In the first division Androvette, owned by John DiSomma and Taylor Gower, set a
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Hockey star Subban named NA Cup drawmaster
June 07, 2010
Two-time World Junior Hockey gold medalist P.K. Subban will be the drawmaster for this year’s $1.5 million Pepsi North America Cup which takes place on Saturday, June 26. Subban will be on hand to assist with the post position draw on Tuesday, June 22, at Mohawk Racetrack.   The native of
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Chester world record for Vintage Master
June 07, 2010
Of the 14 races contested on Sunday afternoon at Harrah's Chester, four of them eclipsed the 1:50 mark. Additionally, two were track record performances, with one of them a world record as well.   Vintage Master ($4.40) turned in a dazzling 1:48.4 mile in the sub-featured $28,000 Four-Ye
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Artiscape returning to Winbak Farms
June 07, 2010
Artiscape was released from the New England Equine Practice (NEEP) Monday morning and will return to Winbak Farms of  New York. He has been clinically normal for seven days in a row and is in excellent shape.   “I have been very impressed and appreciative of the work done
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Back To The Track Day adds $50,000 Pick-4
June 07, 2010
If you want fans to return to the sport of harness racing, dangling a five- or perhaps six-figure, must-win wagering jackpot in front of them should be a good way to start.   The U.S. Trotting Association, in concert with the 20 racetracks participating in the USTA’s “Back to the Track” prom
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Michigan owner-breeder Marshall Field dies
June 07, 2010
Longtime Michigan-based Standardbred owner-breeder Marshall Field, whose top horses included Royal Strength, Band’s Gold Chip, Speedy Shopper, Precious Shopper and Fifty Percent, died Sunday morning, June 6 after a five-year battle with myasthenia gravis. He had just turned 78 on May 23.   Mr
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Norm Barron dies in Ohio
June 07, 2010
Norman Barron, 74, the former chairman of the Ohio State Racing Commission, died Saturday June 5.   Mr. Barron served on the Ohio State Racing Commission for more than 20 years. In 1983, he was appointed to the Ohio State Racing Commission and never missed a meeting. For six of those years, h
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New York-sired 3YO filly trotters at Monticello
June 07, 2010
For the first time in the 52-year history of Monticello Raceway, 15 races are carded on a single afternoon race program. The barn-burning action will get underway on Wednesday, June 9, bolstered by seven divisions of the $188,000 NY Sire Stakes for sophomore trotting fillies. The fillies will s
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Grismore takes four and feature at Scioto
June 06, 2010
Driver Greg Grismore rallied Alex Capital off cover in the final turn and the game pacer sprinted home to win the final of the Falcon Almahurst Series at Scioto Downs on Saturday night.The mile was in 1:57.3 over a wet and slippery track as rains hit just prior to post time.Resort Art, winner of her
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Mixing It Up wins at Cal-Expo
June 06, 2010
It was supposed to be a needed start, but the action was fast and furious and Living It Up took full advantage of it.A field of six pacers, five in on a condition, and one in for a claiming tag, were featured at Cal-Expo on Saturday night (June 5), on which the lone claimer Living It Up closed from
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Psiluvuheartbreaker wins Yonkers open
June 06, 2010
Psilvuheartbreaker (Cat Manzi) put forth a season's-best effort Saturday night, winning Yonkers Raceway's featured $37,000 Open Handicap Pace in 1:51.4.Assigned post position No. 7, "Heartbreaker" worked around longshot  pole-sitter The Awful Truth (Jordan Stratton) before a 27-second opening q
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Valentino, All Speed Hanover take NJ Classic elims
June 06, 2010
The field for the $500,000 Anthony Abbatiello New Jersey Classic, the richest race for New Jersey-sired horses, was decided by a pair of elimination races held Saturday night at Meadowlands Racetrack. Valentino burst through on the pylons to best Allthatgltrsisgold by a nose in the first of the $25,
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Power Of A Moment splashes to win
June 06, 2010
Although a heavy downpour turned the track into a sea of mud, the rain could not dampen the spirits of conditioner Ervin Miller as his trainee’s, Power Of A Moment and Iam Bonasera, finished first and second with Power Of  A Moment capturing the $56,700 Cardinal Stake Final by a half-length in
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Dreamfair Eternal captures $160,000 Artiscape Pace
June 06, 2010
The dust never settled in the $160,000 Artiscape Pace on Sunday afternoon at Tioga Downs, and the quick fractions led to a track record time of 1:49.4 for Dreamfair Eternal and Anthony Kerwood.     On The Glass (Yannick Gingras) fired out of the gate from post position seven and cut t
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It's as easy as ABC Mercedes
June 06, 2010
ABC Mercedes and Joe Putnam were untouchable in the week’s top trot. The duo rallied down the stretch to take advantage of a recent purse increase and claim the lion’s share of the $25,000 purse in the Invitational Trot.Starting from post six, Putnam looked over to see what others in the race had pl
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Artiscape Pace set for Sunday at Tioga
June 05, 2010
$8,731,860 in career earnings, 181 career wins, multiple world champions, and three divisional honors are just a few of the highlights of the combined resume of the ten pacing mares that will be at Tioga Downs on Sunday afternoon (June 6th) battling it out in the $160,000 Artiscape Pace. The fifth e
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Best Of Ball dances to Scioto win
June 05, 2010
Best Of Ball showed her heels to eight other pacing mares in the Friday night feature at Scioto Downs. Trainer-driver Jim Dailey piloted her to a 1:53.4 victory for the Down The Lane Stable.Dailey rocketed his mare away from the gate to trip the time after a quarter-mile in 27.1, then yielded to Don
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Widger gets a Hoosier hat trick
June 05, 2010
Joinusforsomefun kicked off a driving triple for Sam Widger in the $25,000 Fillies and Mares Invitational Pace Friday, June 4 at Hoosier Park Racing & Casino. The four-year-old Illinois bred mare swooped from last to first, winning by two lengths in a time of 1:53.2, a new seasonal best.Starting
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Midwest star could shine at Meadowlands
June 05, 2010
Hoosier Cup runner-up Allthatgltrsisgold makes his Meadowlands debut for trainer Bobby Brower in Saturday night's eliminations for the $500,000 Anthony Abbatiello New Jersey Classic. The colt is one of 17 entrants vying for a starting berth in the New Jersey Classic Final, which is restricted to New
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Funding restored for Illinois Summer Previews
June 05, 2010
ISOBA Executive Director John Cisna announced on Saturday the restoration of funding to the Illinois Standardbred Owners and Breeders Association by the State of Illinois, Department of Agriculture, Horse Racing Program. Those funds will be used to conduct ISOBA Summer Previews for Illinois c
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2YO paces 2:00.1 at The Meadows
June 05, 2010
A total of 15 qualifying races were held at The Meadows on a rainy Saturday morning session, the first six of which featured 2-year-old trotters and pacers, most making their career debuts.   In the first race, Keystone Reactor, owned and driven by Cory Kreiser, was a wire to wire winner.&nbs
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Fancy Filly wins $250,072 Lynch Pace
June 05, 2010
Fancy Filly certainly lived up to her name as she scored an easy victory Saturday night (June 5) in the $250,072 James M. Lynch Memorial Pace at Mohegan Sun at Pocono Downs.In producing the victory from the nine hole, Fancy Filly stopped the timer in 1:49.4, just one tick off the track and stakes
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Shetler Scores Win 1,000
June 05, 2010
In so many ways, it was just another trip to the winners circle, but in one way it was a little more memorable. Andy Shetler earned his 1,000th career win Saturday, June 5 and could not have been happier.Shetler drove Brandon’s Secret to a close finish in the evening’s 11th race to beat out Noble Co
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Lifetime best for Keystone Horatio
June 05, 2010
With regular pilot Randy Waples in the bike Keystone Horatio circled his rivals to win the $42,000 Open Pace in a lifetime best of 1:48.4 on Saturday night at Mohawk Racetrack.The Ontario Sire Stakes graduate used a :26.4 final quarter to defeat millionaire Bigtime Ball and Major Hottie, who set a 1
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Metro 6 Shooter pays $43,000
June 05, 2010
The Metro 6 Shooter, a pick six wager comprised of races from the Meadowlands and Yonkers, returned a hefty $43,131 payoff in its first week. The winning sequence (1-9-4-3-2-8) returned $43,181, while the five-of-six consolation paid $232.  The Metro 6 Shooter began with $30,000 added to the ne
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Boinga bounces to NJSS win
June 04, 2010
Three divisions of the second leg of the New Jersey Sire Stakes for 3-year-old trotting fillies were contested Thursday night at Meadowlands Racetrack.Under the guidance of Tim Tetrick, Unefoisdasnmavie shook off a final stretch run from IPO Blue Chip [second place] to win the $20,200 first division
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Jesse's Messenger 10 for 10
June 04, 2010
Jesse’s Messenger remained undefeated in 10 career starts after effortlessly capturing a division of the $121,000 Currier & Ives for 3-year-old filly trotters Thursday at The Meadows. The event was conducted over three divisions, with Christiana Hanover and Barham Hanover taking the other s
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Rose Run Leah beats older trotters at Scioto
June 04, 2010
The 3-year-old trotting filly Rose Run Leah gutted out a determined victory over the 5-year-old  gelding S T’s Hooray at Scioto Downs on Thursday night. She triumphed in 1:59.3 for driver Jim Dailey.Dailey shot the bay filly to the top out of the gate, then yielded to S T’s Hooray, driven by br
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Roger J overlooked at Cal-Expo
June 04, 2010
He was facing tougher, but no one told that to a repeat winning Roger J. Claiming pacers were featured at Cal-Expo on Thursday night (June 3), on which Roger J scored in an upset.Leaving a bit from post-one in the field of six before yielding into the first-turn for driver Anthony Succarotte, the pa
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Past performances available for Metro 6 shooter
June 04, 2010
Free online past performances are now available for the Metro 6 Shooter, which launches with a $30,000 carryover this Saturday. Each week, TrackMaster will supply free Platinum Past Performances and selections for the Metro 6 Shooter races at www.Trackmaster.com/metro6.  The pick six wager begi
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Standardbred claiming rule changed by ORC
June 04, 2010
At its meeting on May 27, the Board of the Ontario Racing Commission responded to calls from the industry and, effective immediately, made changes to the claiming rules in Ontario Standardbred racing. The changes will see the elimination of Rule 15.09 (b) that required a claimed horse to be entered
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Holiday Road wins qualifier, Lucky Chucky almost ready
June 04, 2010
The 2009 Haughton winner, Holiday Road, qualified today, Friday, June 2, at the Meadowlands. Driven by Brian Sears for trainer Greg Peck, the son of Yankee Glide left from post two. Opening up a 2-1/2  length lead by the quarter in :28.1, Holiday Road increased his lead to to 2-3/4 by the half
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It's official: Eaves new WEG CEO
June 04, 2010
David S. Willmot, chairman of Woodbine Entertainment Group (WEG), announced the appointment of Nick Eaves as the company's Chief Executive Officer, effective Friday, June 4.   Eaves, who joined Woodbine Entertainment Group in 1994, succeeds Willmot, who has served as Chief Executi
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Nick Eaves appointed CEO of WEG
June 04, 2010
David S. Willmot, Chairman of Woodbine Entertainment Group (WEG), is pleased to announce the appointment of Nick Eaves as the company's Chief Executive Officer, effective Friday, June 4, 2010. Mr. Eaves, who joined Woodbine Entertainment Group in 1994, succeeds Mr. Willmot, who has served as Chief
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Shark Gesture qualifies in 1:48.2
June 04, 2010
Shark Gesture turned in the fastest qualifying effort in history when he won at the Meadowlands Friday morning in 1:48.2. With George Brennan in the sulky, Shark Gesture started from post six but was immediately put on the engine.   Shark Gesture, a son of Cam's Card Shark, cranked out fracti
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Jim Campbell in the bike in Metro 6 Shooter?
June 04, 2010
When perusing the past performances for Saturday's seventh race at the Meadowlands, a $30,000 12-horse field that is Leg 5 of the Metro 6 Shooter wager, handicappers might have noticed an unusual sight: Brothers John and Jim Campbell were both named to drive in the race. Jim Campbell was down to d
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Trotting mare Classic Lane dies in NJ
June 04, 2010
Classic Lane, the winner of the 2009 Classic Oaks Trot and Perretti Matchmaker Trot, died Friday morning in New Jersey, apparently of a ruptured stomach. She was a 5-year-old daughter of Lindy Lane-Heartland Classic (by Super Bowl).   Classic Lane took a mark of 1:52 at age four and earned $7
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Muscle Massive, Priority Photo move forward in NJSS
June 04, 2010
Muscle Massive made an early move to the lead and gamely dug in to win the first of two $28,200 New Jersey Sire Stakes divisions for 3-year-old trotting colts Friday night at Meadowlands Racetrack. Plan Of Action took the field to the quarter-pole in a tepid :29 seconds, prompting driver Ron Pierce
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Levi's Lady turns gaffe to gold in C&I win
June 04, 2010
Forced to race against the boys when her connections missed the entry deadline for the Currier & Ives filly division, Levi’s Lady turned gaffe to gold Friday at The Meadows when she captured the fastest split in the stake’s open division. The $150,000 event was contested over three division
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Ashtoreth Hanover wins claiming handicap at Pocono
June 03, 2010
Ashtoreth Hanover, reined by Jim Morrill Jr., came from off the pace Wednesday (June 2) to win the $20,000-$25,000 claiming handicap pace at Mohegan Sun at Pocono Downs.Paper Cut (Andrew McCarthy) cut out the first-half of the mile with times of 26 and 55.2, respectively, before tiring down the back
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Jojo N Goliath slingshots to victory
June 03, 2010
Jojo N Goliath slingshot past a tough field with a brilliant backside burst that carried him to a convincing 1:50 victory in Wednesday’s $25,000 Preferred Pace at The Meadows. Sent off at a middling 7-1, Jojo N Goliath settled into third before Eric Ledford asked him for pace halfway down the b
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Camlit lights up tote
June 03, 2010
Lightning lit up the sky in central Ohio on Wednesday night and Camlit lit up the tote board at Scioto Downs in winning the feature. The 4-year-old son of Cambest paid $106.20 to win.Driver Chris Page confidently sent Camlit for the lead from post eight. He was parked to the opening quarter, but the
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SRF golf outing a great success
June 03, 2010
It was the third year with threatening weather for the Standardbred Retirement Foundation's (SRF) golf outing at Knob Hill Country Club, in Manalapan, NJ, but it didn't put a damper on the day or the evening. One hundred twenty-six golfers enjoyed a grilled lunch, a day on the greens, cocktails, din
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Hemoglobin study to be conducted in Ontario
June 03, 2010
With the support of the Ontario Racing Commission (ORC) and industry members of the Medication Control Advisory Group, the University of Guelph (U of G) will be conducting a research study into hemoglobin levels in Ontario racehorses. The program will collect 200 pre-race and 200 post-race blood s
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NJRC conducts out-of-competition testing at Pena barn
June 03, 2010
Sources tell harnessracing.com that the New Jersey Racing Commission conducted out-of-competition testing at the barn of Lou Pena at Gaitway Farm in Englishtown, NJ on Wednesday, June 2.   Blood was drawn from every horse that was in the barn at the time in consistency with New Jersey’s out-
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Kid Carson a spoiler
June 03, 2010
Not only did Kid Carson spoil the debut of Pepsi NA Cup eligible Sportswriter this past Saturday night, but he also returned the largest win payout of the week at $81.40. The win was one of three on the Saturday program from young reinsman Simon Allard who currently leads all Canadian drivers with
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Last call for HOF souvenir journal
June 03, 2010
The deadline has passed and time is running out to honor, congratulate and remember, in this year’s journal, those who have made significant contributions to the world of Harness Racing. The Sunday, July 4, 2010 honorees are Living Hall of Fame: Hal S. Jones and Dave Palone; Bunny Lake and Varenne.
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Rocknroll's sons look to repeat in NJ Classic
June 03, 2010
It was spring of 2005 and Rocknroll Hanover was beginning his three-year-old campaign with three starts at the Meadowlands.  He won all three – a New Jersey Sire Stakes on May 14, his elimination division of the New Jersey Classic on May 21 and the $500,000 New Jersey Classic Final on May 28.
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Konchie in Monti track record
June 03, 2010
Bruce Aldrich, Jr. has had many  good days in the sulky this year at Monticello Raceway  and his 168 wins(prior to today) continues to lead the driving colony. But the afternoon of June 3 could possibly be his best thus far. Not only did he rein six winners on the card, his 1:57:4 triumph
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Yonkers returns Saturday with 6-shooter
June 02, 2010
Yonkers Raceway returns from its brief hiatus Saturday night...and not a moment too soon. Saturday night's 12-race extravaganza (first post 7:10 PM) launches the Metro 6-Shooter, a unique Pick-6 wager featuring a pair of Yonkers races and  four races from the Meadowlands.   The $1 base
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You’re Next wins open trot at Pocono
June 02, 2010
You’re Next, driven by Joe Pavia Jr., won his second consecutive open handicap trot race Tuesday (June 1) at Mohegan Sun at Pocono Downs.The eight-year-old Yankee Paco gelding trotter, trained by Chris Carrubba, came charging down the stretch after Pavia Jr. found racing room on the outside, going t
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Scioto dropping Wednesdays
June 02, 2010
After its June 2 racing program, Scioto Downs will drop the three remaining Wednesdays that it is scheduled to race during the 2010 season. The track was slated to race on June 9, 16, and 23, but those race nights will be dropped.
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New Jersey Classic elims top Saturday Big M card
June 02, 2010
 The $500,000 Anthony Abbatiello New Jersey Classic, the richest race for New Jersey-sired horses, drew 17 entrants for Saturday's elimination races at Meadowlands Racetrack. The top five finishers in each of the $25,000 eliminations will advance to the final on Saturday, June 12.  Ea
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Bulletproof sues New Jersey commission
June 01, 2010
In a blockbuster complaint dated May 12, 2010, plaintiffs Jeffrey Brooks and Bulletproof are suing Frank Zanzuccki, both individually and in his capacity as executive director of the New Jersey Racing Commission (NJRC or Commission), and the following, all both individually and in their respective c
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Metro 6 Shooter starts on Saturday
June 01, 2010
The Metro 6 Shooter, a cooperative effort of Yonkers Raceway, the Meadowlands and the Standardbred Owners Association of New York, is set to begin on Saturday, June 5. The SOA of New York has begun publicizing the new wager and has assembled some quick facts about it.   Of particular note, tw
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Only 4 entered in Rooney Pace at Yonkers
June 01, 2010
Only four 3-year-old were entered for Yonkers Raceway's Art Rooney Pace, and only four fillies were entered in its companion event, the Lismore. Both races shall be contested a week from Saturday night, June 12. The purse of the Rooney is $250,000, while the Lismore goes for $150,000. Post
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I’m Justa Lady makes career start 200 a winner
June 01, 2010
In the 200th start of her distinguished career, I’m Justa Lady showed that she still can trot with The Meadows’ elite, as she captured Tuesday’s $25,000 Filly & Mare Preferred Handicap with a Lighting Lane charge.Tony Hall hustled I’m Justa Lady to the lead, where the 9-year-old daughter of Inqu
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63 remain eligible to North America Cup
June 01, 2010
The connections of 63 colts made the final May 15th sustaining payment to this year’s $1.5 million Pepsi North America Cup and remain eligible to North America’s richest race for pacers.Headlining the group is Metro Pace champion Sportswriter and Rock N Roll Heaven, who recently won a NJSS final at
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Richie Ingrassia memorial breakfast at the Harness Racing Museum
June 01, 2010
Richie Ingrassia was taken away suddenly on March 30 and left a loving wife and two adorable children who will need help. They will face a future of some uncertainty.Alan Schwartz, President of the Monticello Harness Horsemen's Association, organized a Breakfast fund-raiser at the suggestion and, wi
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