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Pierce wins Tioga Drivers' Championship
August 01, 2010
Ron Pierce was a bridesmaid no more on Sunday as the Hall of Famer took home the $25,000 first-place prize in the fourth annual Drivers’ Championship at Tioga Downs.   Pierce ended the six-race championship with 33 points on the day, and earned 10 points each for driving winners Han
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Crys Dream sets In Free stakes record
August 01, 2010
Crys Dream established a new In Free Trotting Series stakes record with a 1:57.4 victory in the $50,000© final on Sunday night at Mohawk Racetrack.   With owner Jean Pierre Dubois in the driver’s seat, the daughter of Taurus Dream–Crystas Image, racing as part of a four-horse entry, left har
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Communicators Corner member Virginia O'Brien dies
August 01, 2010
Virginia O'Brien, the first woman elected to harness racing's Communicators Hall of Fame, died Saturday in her beloved Saratoga Springs, N.Y. She was 91.   Ms. O'Brien assisted and helped develop generations of publicists, writers, and racetrack executives while working in various c
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Hambletonian elims go to Cassis, Chucky and Taj
August 01, 2010
Ray Schnittker is well-poised to make harness racing history after Cassis won the fastest of three $70,000 Hambletonian eliminations on Saturday night at Meadowlands Racetrack.   Schnittker will try to become the first trainer to win the $1 million Meadowlands Pace and $1.5 million Hamblet
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Only 3 double winners so far in Jug Fantasy Contest
August 01, 2010
So far this season, there have been eight stakes races in the Little Brown Jug Fantasy Contest. One More Laugh, who captured the Art Rooney final and the Meadowlands Pace final, Rock N Roll Heaven, who won eliminations for the North America Cup and Meadowlands Pace, and Rockin Image, winner of
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Put On A Show, Seriously are first in Mistletoe Shalee elims
August 01, 2010
Heavily-favored Put On A Show won the first of two $25,000 eliminations for the Mistletoe Shalee for 3-year-old filly pacers, while Seriously posted a mild upset in the second split. Put On A Show, sent off the 1-9 bettors' choice, crossed the wire first in 1:50, with Seriously scoring in 1:50.1. &
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Chalk is best in OSS 3CP Gold elims
August 01, 2010
Both favorites emerged victorious in their respective Ontario Sires Stakes Gold eliminations for 3-year-old colt and gelding pacers over a track rated "good" on Saturday night at Mohawk Racetrack.   Big Bay Point ran his current unbeaten streak to three with another front-end victory in
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Dancin Barefoot steps to fastest Adioo volo score
August 01, 2010
Dancin Barefoot twirled up a storm in Saturday’s $227,913 Adioo Volo stake for 3-year-old pacing fillies at The Meadows, taking the fastest division in a career-best 1:51.4. Also taking splits in the stake, known as the Quinton Patterson Adioo Volo, were Farouche Hanover and Northwest Hanover.
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Lightning Elvis strikes at Pocono
August 01, 2010
Lightning Elvis, driven by North America’s leading driver George Napolitano Jr., won the featured Saturday night race at Mohegan Sun at Pocono Downs.The 4-year-old McArdle gelding stopped the timer in 1:51. Lou Pena trains this winner.Rader Detector (Larry Stalbaum) finished second with third-place
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Sprouts wins at Northfield
August 01, 2010
Bob Schlabach's Muscle Sprouts ($4.00) cruised to a comfortable victory in Northfield's $5,500 Open Handicap Trot Saturday night. A crafty drive by Robin Miller secured the win for the ten-year-old Muscles Yankee gelding who missed all of 2008 and 2009. Miller put Muscle Sprouts on the lead and walk
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