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Centaur gets extension on PA track project
July 29, 2010
The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette has reported that Centaur LLC, the owner of Hoosier Park, is still trying to find a way to build a racino in Pennsylvania, even though it is in Chapter 11 bankruptcy.   On Wednesday the company asked the Pennsylvania State Harness Racing Commission for another two-
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USTA sends letter to New Jersey governor
July 29, 2010
 The US Trotting Association has posted the following letter on its website, which it sent to New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie.   Dear Governor Christie:   On behalf of the United States Trotting Association’s members in New Jersey, our thousands of members nationwide, and the hundr
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Governor's Day card held at Harrington
July 29, 2010
More than $600,000 in purses were up for grabs Thursday as part of the annual Governor’s Day of racing at Harrington Raceway during the Delaware State Fair. Four $100,000 Delaware Standardbred Breeders Fund (DSBF) finals were contested for 3 year olds, as well as four $20,000 consolation events
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My Miss Caroline is a Fox Valley Flan winner
July 29, 2010
Making it look even easier than she did while taking her career debut by five lengths La Bella Vita Stables, Robert Taylor & Kevin Dixon’s My Miss Caroline completely overwhelmed nine rivals as she rolled to an 8 ½ length victory in Wednesday’s $7,000 Fox Valley Flan Stake elimination. The top n
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Jogging Home Jogs in $100,000 Grand Circuit at Meadows
July 29, 2010
Jogging Home flew home for trainer/driver Marty Wollam to win a division of Wednesday’s $100,000 Grand Circuit stake for 2-year-old filly trotters at The Meadows. The event, known as the Judge Joe McGraw, was contested over five divisions, with Hall-N-Flori, Swing Anna Cash, Catching Katie and
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Not Nice is very nice to Dave Palone
July 29, 2010
Abandoning his front-end style, Not Nice came first over to capture a division of Wednesday’s $60,000 Grand Circuit stake for 2-year-old colt and gelding trotters at The Meadows and help Dave Palone to a driving sweep of the three-split event. Mythical Hall and Triomphe De Vie also took divisio
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Dube back, second at Monticello
July 29, 2010
A little over six weeks after driver Dan Dube, 41, fractured two vertebrae in his lower back and a carpal bone in his right hand in a June 18th racing accident at the Meadowlands, he is more than ready to get back to work. Dube finished second in a New York Sire Stakes at Monticello Raceway Thursda
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SC announces initiatiave for "sustainability" plan
July 29, 2010
Standardbred Canada today announced the development of a comprehensive plan to revitalize Ontario’s harness racing industry, and it's asking for help.   The formation of the Ontario Racing Development and Sustainability Plan has been in the works for well over a year and is the result of two
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Margarita Man wins by 16 in NYSS
July 29, 2010
Guy Howard is a happy man. And why shouldn’t he be afterl his sophomore trotting colt Aruba Vacation scored his third consecutive triumph in a New York Sire Stakes at Monticello Raceway on Thursday.   Fern Paquet, Jr. guided the Dream Vacation gelding to a solid 1:58.4 victory in his division
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SBOANJ spearheads Hanson Report opposition
July 29, 2010
A large crowd gathered in the Meadowlands back paddock on Thursday, July 29, to attend a meeting called by the SBOA of New Jersey to discuss a response to the Hanson Report, which called for selling off or closing of the Meadowlands.SBOA president Tom Luchento and members of the board of direct
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Rosenheim taking a shot with Temple Of Doom
July 29, 2010
Robert Rosenheim,has made the 2010 Hambletonian cast with his colt, Temple Of Doom.   The Yankee Glide son drew the 3 hole in the third “Hambo” elimination at the Meadowlands on July 31. Rosenheim knows anything can happen in that race but remains confident that “Doom” will make the final.
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Merrie Annabelle eliminations contested
July 29, 2010
Thatsnotmyname, a half sister to world champion Muscle Mass and 2010 Hambletonian starter Muscle Massive, and Hey Mister, out of the Malabar Man mare Pick Me Up, winner of the 2002 Breeders Crown 2-Year-Old Filly Trot, won their respective Merrie Annabelle eliminations Thursday night at the Meadowla
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