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Anndrovette in track record NYSS win
August 31, 2010
New York Sire Stakes action continued Monday night, with Yonkers Raceway hosting the $276,912 Rye Pace for 3-year-old fillies.Anndrovette (Jason Bartlett), making her third start for trainer Mark Kesmodel, blitzed the first of three $92,304 divisions. Leaving from post position No. 3 and leaving eve
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No crying for Roy Orbisong in Harrington record
August 31, 2010
Daryl Bier’s Roy Orbisong ($13.20) equaled the all-aged track record at Harrington Raceway Monday, by winning the $20,000 Open Pace in 1:50.4. The 5-year-old Ft. Apache Hanover gelding equaled the mark set by Spirit of a Shark in 2006. Roy Orbison is also trained and driven by Bier.   Sn
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"It was like winning the Stanley Cup at home"
August 31, 2010
Fresh off Monday night's victory in the $161,250 Frank Ryan Memorial Trot at Rideau Carleton Raceway with Slave Dream, trainer Frank O'Reilly couldn't be any happier. O'Reilly is a native of Wolf Lake, Ontario which makes Rideau Carleton Raceway O'Reilly's home track growing up.Slave Dream now has s
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Former claimer Fox Valley Armor wins at The Meadows
August 31, 2010
A high-priced claimer for most of the year, Fox Valley Armor may have left those ranks behind forever when he captured Monday’s $22,500 Preferred Handicap Pace at The Meadows for his fifth consecutive victory. Fox Valley Armor won a single race in 2009 but has been much sharper this year, worki
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Brooks returns to federal detention center
August 31, 2010
Newsday.com is reporting that David Brooks is being transferred back to a federal detention center on Tuesday, Aug. 31 after spending more than a week in the Nassau County jail. Brooks had lodged a series of complaints about his treatment in the detention center. Brooks is still awaiting a verdict
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Mighty M will be the scene of the Caretakers Classic
August 31, 2010
Monticello Raceway, the Catskill Mountain racetrack that has offered  such “unforgettable” events as the Battle of the Bosses, the Legal Eagle Pace, The Elephantonian, the Little Grey Jug, the Au Revoir, the Lady Godiva, the Metamucil Mile, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Pace and the Passover
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Big night at Mohawk on Saturday
August 31, 2010
Many of North America’s best trotters and pacers will assemble at Mohawk Racetrack this Saturday night as the Campbellville oval plays host to one of the biggest programs of the season which includes the $1 million Metro Pace, $688,000 Shes A Great Lady Stakes and the $780,000 Canadian Pacing Derb
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