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Triumphant Caviar turns in 1:51.4 mile
August 11, 2010
Triumphant Caviar dominated the Open trotting class at Mohawk Tuesday night with a 1:51.4 career best. The North American season's leaders for trotting speed are Buck I St. Pat, Arch Madness and Enough Talk, who have all won in 1:51 this year.   Driver and co-owner Luc Ouellete used rail
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PJ Clark sets Pocono record
August 11, 2010
PJ Clark established a new track record for a 4-year-old trotting stallion Tuesday night at Mohegan Sun at Pocono Downs in winning the featured trot of the week in 1:53.   Previous track mark was 1:53.3 and owned by Snazzy Hot Rod (Tim Tetrick). The date for this mile was April 22, 2008. &nb
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Mike Gulotta is a man with a plan for NJ racing
August 11, 2010
NJBiz.com reported in Friday, Aug. 6, that Mike Gulotta, prominent New Jersey horseman and owner and operator of Deo Volente Farms, has formulated a plan to revitalize the state’s horse racing industry and return it to profitability.   Elements of Gulotta’s proposal – a rebuttal to the
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With 12, 13 entered, byes for Sweetheart, Wilson
August 11, 2010
A $50,000 prep race for the William R. Haughton Memorial and eliminations races for the Sweetheart and Woodrow Wilson, for 2-year-old pacing fillies and colts, respectively, headline the Friday night card at the Meadowlands. The Sweetheart and Wilson elims were originally scheduled for Sat
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NJSS at Freehold Saturday
August 11, 2010
Part two of the 2010 New Jersey Sire Stakes Program begins this week at Freehold Raceway featuring top state-bred Premier Division 3-year-old colt trotters racing on Friday and 3-year-old pacers colts on Saturday.   The NJSS Freehold season actually opens on Thursday (August 12) with three Gr
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Enough Talk to compete at Scarborough
August 11, 2010
World Champion trotting sensation Enough Talk will head a stellar field of horses on Saturday for the ninth annual Joseph Ricci Memorial Trot at Scarborough Downs.   The 31-time winner, who has bankrolled over $1.4 million during his career, was a 13th hour addit
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Indy Downs offers 'Challenge' races Saturday
August 11, 2010
Indiana Downs will offer a card Saturday evening, August 14 featuring a mix of Indiana Sires Stakes contests as well as events that stray from the conventional one mile standard. Known as the “Dash and Distance Challenge” the card will be held in conjunction with the United States Trotting Associati
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BG's Folly supplemented to Confederation Cup
August 11, 2010
A deep field of 18 will converge on Flamboro Downs Sunday (August 15) in pursuit of the track’s most significant piece of hardware, Confederation Cup XXXIV.   "It’s the most competitive group that I’ve seen in my time -- and I’ve been here a while!,” said race Secretary Sheri Minler
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Keystone Tabby headlines Helen Smith elims
August 11, 2010
Keystone Tabby, who won a division of the Duenna at the Meadowlands last week, makes her next start on Friday, August 13 in the $10,000 elimination race for the $70,000 estimated Helen Smith Trot at Freehold Raceway. Five of the seven three-year-old fillies in the Helen Smith Elim will advance to t
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Centaur asks to sell interest in PA track project
August 11, 2010
The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette newspaper has reported that Centaur Inc.has filed a motion with a bankruptcy court for permission to sell its ownership in Valley View Downs LP." Valley View Downs is the proposed harness track in northwestern Pennsylvania. It has been in limbo since Centaur ran into fina
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Box closes at 9 am next Wednesday for Super Sunday
August 11, 2010
Harrah's Chester is reminding trainers that entries for Super Stakes Sunday (Aug. 22) close on Wednesday, August 18, at 9 am.   As in years past, entries for the Battle of the Brandywine, the Colonial Trot, and the Valley Forge will be determined by 2010 purse earnings. The finals w
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One More Laugh in PASS split Sunday
August 11, 2010
Meadowlands Pace winner One More Laugh heads the second of two divisions of the Pennsylvania Sire Stakes for 3-year-old pacing colts and geldings on Sunday at Harrah's Chester. The first division features eight horses while a seven-horse field will contest the second split.   The fields for t
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