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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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