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Giddy Up Lucky wins Yonkers Open
September 19, 2010
Favored Giddy Up Lucky (Eric Goodell) paid the usher for a better seat at intermission, then strolled away from the rest of the audience, making a Saturday night mockery of Yonkers Raceway's $42,500 Open Handicap Pace.Away third from post position No. 2, he moved to leading Psilvuheartbreaker (Cat M
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Winbak Dimensions a Vernon winner
September 19, 2010
Newcomer Winbak Dimensions came close to the track record for aged pacing horses with his 1:52 victory in Saturday night's $11,000 featured eighth event at Vernon Downs.Shuffled back to sixth in the early going, Winbak Dimensions ($5.20) advanced on the outside from fifth at the three-quarter mark,
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Vlos captures second straight at Pocono
September 19, 2010
Vlos, driven by George Napolitano Jr., overcame a broken head pole in winning his second straight $24,000 open handicap pace at Mohegan Sun at Pocono Downs Saturday evening.Assigned the nine post, Vlos was caught on the outside for the first three-eighths of a mile with the opening quarter clicked o
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Circle City divisions held at Indiana Downs
September 19, 2010
Saturday night's program at Indiana Downs had an appetizer as the $50,000 Circle City for 2-year-old filly pacers was held prior to the pari-mutuel card as a non-betting affair. Programmed later on the regular card were a pair of $35,000 Circle City divisions for 2-year-old colt and g
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Jezzy is a perfect 10
September 19, 2010
The 2010 New York Sire Stakes season ended with a bang on Saturday night with a pair of track records set and another impressive appearance by Jezzy, now a perfect ten for ten lifetime.The evening featured four divisions of 3-year-old colt and gelding trotters and three events for 2-year-old trottin
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Equine artist Doris Turbaugh dies
September 19, 2010
Equine artist Doris O. Turnbaugh, 83, of Richmond, Ind., who painted harness racing scenes and Standardbreds and had her work featured at the Harness Tracks of America art auction, died Sept. 15, at Friends Fellowship Community.   Ms. Turnbaugh was born Feb. 15, 1927, in Indianapolis to Rober
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Ohio Sire Stakes official has Jug connection
September 19, 2010
In November of 2009, a 9-year-old mare was purchased at auction for $1,400. Now, two years later, her foal Fools Gold is a starter in the 65th Little Brown Jug. Doug Thomas, administrator for the Ohio Sires Stakes, purchased the mare Trinketsntreasures.   “She had been barren for two years bu
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Jesse's Messenger wins OBC in 1:58.2
September 19, 2010
Jesse’s Messenger the defending Ohio Horse of the Year, gained some sweet revenge from Victory Is Coming by winning the $35,173 Ohio Breeders Championship for sophomore filly trotters on the opening day of the Grand Circuit meeting at the Delaware County Fairgrounds. Ryan Stahl sent the eventual wi
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$354,000 Quillen set for Harrington Monday
September 19, 2010
The richest race in Harrington Raceway’s 64-year history will take place Monday as a group of the sport’s elite older pacers will do battle in the $354,000 fourth annual Bobby Quillen Memorial.   Won the West (7/2, David Miller), will attempt to become the first repeat winner of the Quillen,
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Lisa America wins big; Viking Kronos 3YO sets mark
September 19, 2010
The Lou Guida-owned, Jerry Riordan-trained Lisa America defeated a top free-for-all field on Saturday at the Aby racetrack in Gothenburg, Sweden. The 5-year-old mare by Varenne won the Aby Greater Prize, defeating Torvald Palema in two heats to capture the race. Her heat victories were clo
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