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Real Amor rallies for Stallion Series win
August 24, 2010
Passed at the three-quarters and in danger of falling back, Real Amor showed real spunk and rallied to capture the fastest division of Monday’s $120,000 Pennsylvania Stallion Series stake at The Meadows. The event for freshman filly pacers was conducted over six divisions, with Highly Thought O
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Tactician fastest in freshman KYSS action
August 24, 2010
Kentucky Sire Stakes action began at The Red Mile on Monday night. Two year olds were on the track, with a single split going postward for the filly pacers and a pair of divisions for the filly trotters, colt trotters and colt pacers.   Feels Good, a daughter of Mr. Feelgood out of
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Freshmen fillies shine in NYSS
August 24, 2010
Monday night offered the first local look at the Empire's freshmen fillies, with Yonkers Raceway hosting  the $233,675 New York Sire Stakes Mike Cohen Trot.         A pair of off-card events featured a pair of on-form young ladies.Jezzy (Ray Schnittker) r
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Mattox’s Spencer wins Pocono feature
August 24, 2010
Mattox’s Spencer, moving up in the claiming ranks, produced a 1:53.1 victory over a sloppy racetrack Monday evening at Mohegan Sun at Pocono Downs.In the featured $20,000 claiming race for horses, colts and geldings, Mattox’s Spencer sat third for the opening split after leaving from the No. 1 post
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25 overnights added to Jug week in Ohio
August 24, 2010
The Delaware, Ohio County Fair has added 25 new overnight races to its 2010 schedule to provide more racing opportunities for Ohio-bred horses.   “Certainly we’ve had a reduction in the number of Ohio Breeders Championship and New Century-eligible horses,” said Tom Wright, director of racing.
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Galimony continues to impress in NYSS
August 24, 2010
Rain certainly put a damper on the afternoon card at Monticello Race way on Monday, one which featured over $180,000 up for grabs for sophomore pacing fillies in the rich New York Sire Stakes program. Still, the series stalwart, Galimony, did her usual thing when she won her $60,
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Four eliminations for Metro Pace
August 24, 2010
There will be four Metro Stakes eliminations taking place this Saturday at Mohawk Racetrack along with three She's A Great Lady Stakes eliminations and just one Canadian Pacing Derby elimination.   Headlining the $40,000 Metro Stakes elimination is the local horse, Big Jim. The son of West
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Ky. anti-gambling group against Instant Racing
August 24, 2010
The Family Foundation of Kentucky, which is opposed to gambling, has reportedly asked to intervene in Franklin Circuit Court in its case involving the introduction of Instant Racing machines at racetracks in the state. The Kentucky Horse Racing Commission last month approved changes in its rules tha
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PASS for 2YO pacing fillies held at The Meadows
August 24, 2010
Four divisions of Pennsylvania Sire Stakes for 2-year-old pacing fillies were contested at The Meadows Tuesday afternoon. The fastest winner was Hasty Pulse, a filly from the first crop of Quik Pulse Mindale. She took the second split in 1:54.1. But offspring from the first crop of another sire, Pon
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Kentuckiana tops rich Indy Downs program
August 24, 2010
A group of 10 freshman filly trotters will contest the $161,800 Kentuckiana Stallion Management Stake Wednesday, August 25 at Indiana Downs, the feature of a 14-race card that will offer nearly $670,000 in purses. The program also includes the $50,000 Circle City for two-year-old colt and gelding tr
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Frosty Flirt's 1:58 tally fastest in NYSS
August 24, 2010
A night after the freshmen came to play, Yonkers Raceway welcomed the 3-year-old trotting fillies in New York Sire Stakes action Tuesday, with five divisions.   Munis Blue Chip (Ray Schnittker) did nothing to diminish her standing in the sire stakes sewing circle, strolling in the second non-
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Museum receives important grant
August 24, 2010
The Harness Racing Museum & Hall of Fame has been awarded a grant of $3,340 for treatment of its 1865 oil painting Rysdyk’s Hambletonian, by J.H. Wright. The conservation will be undertaken by the Museum’s paintings’ conservator Alexander Katlan, Alexander Katlan Conservator, Inc. of Flushing, N
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