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Stud, qualifier news for Rock N Roll Heaven
September 15, 2010
When Rock N Roll Heaven concludes his racing season this fall, he will include a trip to Australia on his calendar. Pepper Tree Farm of Australia has announced that it will stand the horse at stud in the Southern Hemisphere in 2011. The horse does not yet have a home for the
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FBI issues release regarding Brooks trial
September 15, 2010
In an unusual move, the FBI issued a press release following yesterday's conviction of David Brooks and Sandra Hatfield after an eight month trial in New York. Brooks was found guilty of all 17 charges against him while Hatfield was found guilty of 14 of 16 counts. A link to the FBI release can be f
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P J Clark sparkles at Pocono
September 15, 2010
P J Clark matched his own track record for four-year-old trotting stallions in winning the featured Open Handicap trot on Tuesday night at Mohegan Sun at Pocono Downs.  The race carried the night’s top purse of $24,000.Leaving from post position #5 in a field of nine as a 5-2 third choice, P J
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Takter Looking For A 'Massive' Performance
September 15, 2010
The $1 million Canadian Trotting Classic will be showcased this Saturday at Mohawk Racetrack featuring North America's best three-year-old trotters. The Canadian Trotting Classic is the secondrichest trotting event for three-year-old trotters to be offered in North America, the richest is the $1.5 m
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Tioga shows increase in live and export handle
September 15, 2010
Tioga Downs wrapped up its 2010 racing season as the curtain fell on Saturday night, Sept. 11, in front of a house of fans and horsemen. Tioga made headlines earlier in the year when takeout rates were lowered to state minimums for the 2010 race meet, and as the final numbers came in the result
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Bongiorno carries on family tradition
September 15, 2010
Joe Bongiorno carried on a family tradition on Monday, Sept. 13 at Yonkers Raceway. The 16-year-old son of former trainer Robert Bongiorno and his wife Barbara Bongiorno, nee Dancer, won the first race of his young driving career. Driving Mister Lucky Vec for his mom in an $18,000 division of the C
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Horses headed for Colonial in accident
September 15, 2010
A horse was killed in a three-vehicle wreck on Interstate 95 in Spotsylvania County, Va., on Tuesday (Sept. 14).   According to a story in the Richmond Times-Dispatch, a tractor-trailer heading north on I-95 at mile marker 126 rear-ended a box truck, forcing that vehicle to run off the road,
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Tight Pants wins stakes at Freehold
September 15, 2010
Tight Pants coasted to a 2 3/4- length victory, capturing the $59,000 Marion Dancer Trot in 2:02 flat on Wednesday at Freehold Raceway. The Muscles Yankee filly was virtually unchallenged in picking up her second straight victory.  She has finished in-the-money in four of five career
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Ouellette likes Crys Dream's chances
September 15, 2010
This Saturday night Mohawk Racetrack will offer one of its richest race cards of the year. The $1 million Canadian Trotting Classic will be featured along with the $500,000 William Wellwood Memorial, $466,000 Peaceful Way Stakes and a lone elimination of the Milton Stakes for the continent's best ol
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Higher And Higher wins in 1:50.4 at Pocono
September 15, 2010
Higher And Higher, driven by Jim Morrill Jr., won her second straight race and fourth in eight starts this season Wednesday night at Mohegan Sun at Pocono Downs. The filly scored in 1:50.4, just a fifth of a second off of her lifetime mark.   The 3-year-old Western Terror filly, trained by Pa
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