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Latest Weekend Preview Available--FREE!
July 23, 2010
Extra, extra, read all about it! In the latest FREE HarnessRacing Weekend Preview, read about the trio of stakes events for older horses at Mohawk, including the Maple Leaf Trot and Armbro Flight. There is also an inside look at the eliminations for the Delvin Miller Adios for 3-year-old colt pacers
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Cat Manzi bombs out
July 23, 2010
To infer Yonkers Raceway called out the bomb squad Thursday night would be a cheap, attention-grabbing ploy...until you looked at Cat Manzi and the tote board.Manzi, securely sequestered in second place in local driver standings, threw down the gauntlet with four winners (from 11 drives) on the 12-r
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Driving title up for grabs at Tioga
July 23, 2010
The Driver Standings at Tioga Downs show a close race between three drivers on the money list, and with this being the final weekend to make a surge for the lead, it’s anyone’s to win. Corey Braden, Bruce Ranger, and Jim Morrill Jr. are all within $26,000 of each other with just this final weekend t
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Lauren repeats at Mohawk
July 23, 2010
Lauren was a repeat winner while Artic Byrd also emerged victorious in Thursday night’s second leg of the Whenuwishuponastar Pacing Series for two-year-old fillies at Mohawk Racetrack.Artic Byrd sat well off the pace in the first split for driver Chris Christoforou and was situated in fifth position
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Finley's take: racing told to "drop dead"
July 23, 2010
Writer Bill Finley, in a column published Thursday (July 22) on espn.com, sums up the report of New Jersey's special advisory committee on entertainment, sports and gaming, and he sums up the committee's treatment of horse racing with this observation: "A portion of the press release on th
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Buckeye Nation scores in Sydney
July 23, 2010
Ohio-bred and appropriately named Buckeye Nation won the $20,000(Aus.) Stallion Station Chariots of Fire preliminary over the seven-eighths mile Tabcorp Park Menangle oval north of Sydney on Friday night. He then drew post 10 for the $200,000 championship, set for next Friday night, July 30. 
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Could Boztheman be Boz the Hambo starter?
July 23, 2010
The entry box for this year’s Hambletonian closes Tuesday morning, July 27, but the number of possible starters grew unexpectedly by one Thursday night when the Trond Smedshammer-trained Boztheman scored an impressive 1:53.4 win in an overnight at the Meadowlands. Smedshammer told harnessracing.com
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We Will See surprises his trainer; ready for Adios
July 23, 2010
If the old adage about horses for courses is true, The Meadows Racetrack & Casino might as well place the Delvin Miller Adios celebratory blanket of orchids right now on We Will See. That's because the son of Western Hanover-Aberdakara, owned by Shannon DePinto and Earl Smith, is undefeated in t
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NY-sired 2YO trotting colts at Buffalo
July 23, 2010
The New York Sire Stakes circuit makes one last stop at Buffalo Raceway on Saturday night, first post time 6:40 pm.  Seven divisions of freshman colt trotters will take to the Hamburg Oval going for close to $20,000 in purse money.   In the first division, race 4, trainer and driver John
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Put On A Show headlines Tarport Hap field
July 23, 2010
Three-year-old filly pacers will step out in the $176,000 Tarport Hap on Saturday night at Meadowlands Racetrack, and the one to watch is Put On A Show.   Put On A Show looks to deliver another winning performance as the 7-5 favorite in the first of the two $88,000 splits (race three on the c
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Have you entered at the Meadowlands?
July 23, 2010
Some harness racing advocates in New Jersey are calling for horsemen to do everything they can to support the Meadowlands entry box, which in turn will spur handle and show that the state's harness racing industry is not expendable, as this week's recommendations by the Hanson commission suggests.
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Hannah Isabel, Y F Little Guy score at Yonkers
July 23, 2010
Hannah Isabel (Cat Manzi), Y F Little Guy (Jim Pantaleano) and Mother Nature (no help needed) led Yonkers Raceway's Friday night festivities.   After a weather delay, "Hannah" put on her best rain garb and went the distance in the co-featured $42,500 Filly and Mare Open Handicap Pace.  
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Gran Cameo a wire-to-wire winner at Scioto
July 23, 2010
When driver Jack Dailey got Gran Cameo to the front in the featured pace for females on Friday night at Scioto, he backed down the tempo and the six-year-old mare had more than enough left to sprint home ahead of her pursuers.   Gran Cameo won her third race in her last six starts for owner J
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Western Graduate sets Yonkers mark in victory
July 23, 2010
Western Graduate (Jim Pantaleano, four winners on the 13-race card) became Yonkers Raceway's fastest female ever Friday night, blowing away her final-race rivals in 1:51.3.   The track, after a mid-card rainstorm, was downgraded to "sloppy" for the final eight races.   Leaving from th
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Airzoom Lindy lowers Vernon trotting standard
July 23, 2010
Airzoom Lindy posted the fastest trotting mile of the 40-program meeting and a track record for 4-year-old diagonally gaited horses with his 1:54.1 triumph in Friday night’s $11,000 featured sixth race at Vernon Downs.   Trainer Frank Antonacci was on hand to drive Airzoom Lindy in his first
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Indiana Downs opens 80-day harness meet
July 23, 2010
Indiana Downs kicked off its 80-day harness meet Friday, July 23 with a 12-race opening night program. Peter Wrenn, fresh off successfully defending his driving title at Hoosier Park Racing & Casino, guided the Ron Otto-owned and trained Art Nation to victory in the evening’s first race. The Roy
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