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Hoosier Classic Sale posts significant increases
October 31, 2010
Hoosier Classic Yearling Sale followed a strong first session with an equally solid second session Saturday, October 30 at the Indiana State Fairgrounds. Bidding again reached new heights as I Scoot Hanover colt Robins Rocket sold for a record $125,000 and the two-day sale saw the sale average impro
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Amante Stable triples up at Pompano
October 31, 2010
A flawless performance by three year old filly trotter Pocohontas Fame on the final October program at The Isle Casino-Racing Pompano Park capped an unforgettable weekend for the Amante Standardbreds Stable of Delray Beach, FL.   “To come up with three winners that we bred and raised in stake
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Dreamfair Eternal wins Forest City Pace
October 31, 2010
Dreamfair Eternal continued to dominate the aged pacing mare division with a victory in the second edition of the $167,000 Forest City Pace at Western Fair Raceway on Saturday night. With driver Chris Christoforou subbing in for regular reinsman Randy Waples, Breeders Crown champion Dreamfair Eterna
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Drop Red lowers Pocono Downs track record
October 30, 2010
Drop Red broke his own track record for 4-year-old pacing stallions in winning the featured Open Handicap pace on Saturday 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 eight, Drop Red, a 6-1 choice, was
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Aliveandwell scores Yonkers feature in 1:53.2
October 30, 2010
Favored Aliveandwell N (Ryan Anderson) conquered the cavalry Saturday night, winning Yonkers Raceway's $38,000 Open Handicap Pace   Leaving from post position No. 5, Aliveandwell N moved around Forensic Z Tam (Pat Lachance), securing the lead before a :27.3 opening quarter-mile. After a :56.4
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Shadyshark Hanover wins Governors Cup elim
October 30, 2010
Shadyshark Hanover delivered in the lone $25,000 Governors Cup elimination for driver Jody Jamieson Saturday night at Woodbine Racetrack.   Rollwithitharry (Yannick Gingras) and Ohmygosh Hanover (Mark MacDonald) were both quickest off the gate and battling for position but it was Rollwithitha
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Buckeye Man takes open trot at Northfield
October 30, 2010
Ron Fuller and Dee Hotton’s Buckeye Man ($3.60) won Northfield’s $5,500 Open Trot Saturday with an impressive 1:57.2 effort. Dan Charlino pulled the pocket to challenge leader That Fly’n Angel past the half and won the battle, as That Fly’n Angel finished second, while Master Wheels closed for third
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Burke barn doubles In Escort Series
October 30, 2010
Ron Burke trainees Meirs Hanover and No Monkeys Allowed swept the early double, a pair of $15,000 Escort Series divisions for 3-year-old colt pacers, on Saturday night at Meadowlands Racetrack.   Meirs Hanover took the lead before the half and drew off to a decisive 1:51.2 score in the first
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Blue Porsche sets record in Valley Victory elims
October 30, 2010
A pair of $25,000 Valley Victory eliminations took place Saturday night at Woodbine Racetrack featuring the best two-year-old trotting colts in North America. Blue Porsche and Luckycharm Hanover captured their eliminations respectively for their connections.   Luckycharm Hanover del
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Sheer Brilliance sparkles at Vernon Downs
October 30, 2010
Sheer Brilliance repulsed last week’s top pacing class winner, Daley Deposit Only, in the final stride to capture Saturday night’s $12,000 featured eighth event at Vernon Downs.   After having a three-race Vernon win skein snapped at Pocono Downs last Saturday, Sheer Brilliance ($3.30) return
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Stonebridge Tonic picks up OSS Gold Elim win
October 30, 2010
Western Fair Raceway’s leading reinsman Doug McNair put his knowledge of the half-mile oval to work in Saturday’s $40,000 Gold Elimination and drove lightly rated three-year-old pacing colt Stonebridge Tonic straight to the winner’s circle.   Drawing Post 7, McNair knew Stonebridge Tonic woul
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Wolfenden, Crissman take Harrington titles
October 29, 2010
Harrington Raceway’s 64th season came to a close Thursday night as a variety of season-ending honors were awarded.   For the first time since 2006, Harrington had a leading driver not named Tony Morgan as Ross Wolfenden (233 wins) took the 2010 title, with a comfortable lead over Morgan (185)
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O'Brien Award winner Elusive Desire retired
October 29, 2010
Trainer Mike Keeling has announced that two-time O'Brien Award winner Elusive Desire has been retired from racing and that breeder Valley High Stable has agreed to purchase the mare. The announcement comes in the form of a video interview with WEG's media department.   Elusive Desire, a daugh
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Pardon to be supplemented to Am-Nat
October 29, 2010
Pardon, the number one freshman filly pacer in Illinois, will get the chance to compete on next month’s American-National Night at Balmoral Park.   “Dick (owner Balog) has decided to supplement Pardon to the American-National,” said the talented filly’s trainer Dirk Simpson. “We tal
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Western Silk back in winner's circle
October 29, 2010
Fan Hanover Stakes winner Western Silk scored the victory in tonight's single OSS Gold elimination for three year old pacing fillies getting the measure of stablemate Bay Girl in a time of 1:51. Trained by Casie Coleman, the pair of fillies will headline the last $130,000 Gold Final for the division
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Holiday Road to stand at Seelster Farms
October 29, 2010
Seelster Farms announced Friday that they have acquired an interest in Holiday Road 2,1:54; 3,1:52.4 ($426,200), who will stand at their Lucan, Ont. farm starting with the 2011 breeding season.   A $115,000 yearling purchase, Holiday Road is the full brother to former Ontario sire a
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Ontario suspends Morrill indefinitely
October 29, 2010
The Ontario Racing Commission has suspended driver Jim Morrill Jr. from racing indefinitely. The action was taken Thursday, Oct. 28.   Last Saturday Kentucky stewards asked Morrill  to turn in his Kentucky Racing Commission license when he refused to take a breathalyzer test at The
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Sammy Syd set to tackle best in Forest City final
October 29, 2010
"She is basically a part of the family and is spoiled rotten," noted Gord Young of Sammy Syd who will tackle some of the best pacing mares in North America in Saturday night’s $167,000 Forest City Pace Final at Western Fair.   "We’ve been lucky to have her and have turned down some pr
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Red Star Hottie wins Meadows feature in 1:53.3
October 29, 2010
Red Star Hottie charged right to the lead and scored a facile front-end victory — her 10th win this season — in Friday’s $22,500 Filly & Mare Preferred Handicap Pace at The Meadows.Although Red Star Hottie hadn’t raced since Oct. 11, Dave Palone sent her forward from post 7. She encountered a co
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Flirtiscape, J T's Mr. Lavec win at Yonkers
October 29, 2010
Flirtiscape (George Brennan) patrolled a Friday night pocket, winning Yonkers Raceway's co-featured $38,000 Filly and Mare Open Handicap Pace.   It was a two-speed number, as Flirtiscape was in play from post position No. 4. He was stuffed in behind 9-10 favorite Symphony in Motion (Jeff Gre
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Indiana-bred yearling brings $107,000 final bid
October 29, 2010
Hoosier Classic Yearling Sale kicked off its two-day event Friday, October 29 with a strong first session. Bolstered by notable out-of-state horsemen looking to invest in Indiana’s lucrative program, yearlings brought record prices Friday, with a Southwind Elian filly bringing a $107,000 final bid.
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Crys Dream sets mark in Goldsmith Maid elim
October 29, 2010
A pair of $25,000 Goldsmith Maid eliminations took place Friday night featuring the best two-year-old trotting fillies in North America. Crys Dream scored in a new Woodbine Racetrack track record in the first elimination with Massive Drama posting an upset in the second.   Driver Luc Ouellett
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Extreme Yankee triumphs in Vernon feature
October 29, 2010
Extreme Yankee parlayed a pocket trip into a 1:57.4 victory in Friday night’s $13,200 featured seventh race at Vernon Downs.   With Claude Huckabone, III doing the steering for owner and trainer Brett Smith in the week’s top Miracle Mile trotting test, Extreme Yankee ($21.60) drafted along in
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Takter trainees sweep Big M series divisions
October 29, 2010
Although he is known as a trotting master, trainer Jimmy Takter sent out a trio of young pacers to victory as Meadowlands Racetrack's fall stakes series kicked off Friday night.   Takter swept two of the three $15,000 divisons of the No No Yankee for 2-year-old colts with High Noon and Rocks
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Monticello moves post to 12:25 on Nov. 1
October 27, 2010
Beginning Monday, Nov. 1, and continuing throughout the remainder of the year all post times at Monticello Gaming & Raceway will be at 12:25 p.m.   "With the change to Eastern Standard Time forthcoming we will begin our racing programs 25 minutes earlier starting in November,” noted trac
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SJ's Minolta gets picture taken at The Meadows
October 27, 2010
SJ’s Minolta used a quarter-pole move to make the lead, then held on late to capture Tuesday’s $22,500 Fillies and Mares Preferred Handicap--her second straight victory in The Meadows’ top distaff trot. SJ’s Minolta defeated BV’s Sister by a head in 1:55, with Pilgrims Stunner third.   David
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Handle up 3.3% at Grand River meet
October 27, 2010
Grand River Raceway concluded its 2010 race season on October 25, posting an increase in handle, dining room sales and attendance.   In 2010, the on-track wager for Grand River’s live racing product increased 3.3 percent over the previous year, returning wagering on live racing to the level o
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Hanover yearlings available for x-ray & scoping
October 27, 2010
Hanover Shoe Farms has announced that approved customers will be permitted to make radiographic (x-ray) and endoscopic (scoping) examinations of Hanover Shoe Farms yearlings at the Hanover Fairgrounds prior to their being shipped to Harrisburg.   Such examinations will not be permitted after
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Despite suspension, Morrill drives at Pocono
October 27, 2010
Although driver Jim Morrill Jr. was taken off his drives midway through last Saturday afternoon’s card at The Red Mile for allegedly being drunk and refusing to take a breathalyzer test, which led to his indefinite suspension by the Kentucky Horse Racing Commission, he was allowed to drive Tuesday n
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Southwind Tempo, Tug River Princess Retired
October 27, 2010
Owner Eric Cherry told harnessracing.com today that the planned retirement of Southwind Tempo, who set a world record of 1:48.2 in winning a division of the Allerage on closing day at The Red Mile, was official and that she would be joined in retirement by his other award-winning mare, Tug River Pri
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Faraldo addresses Gural's points in new letter
October 27, 2010
Joe Faraldo, the president of the Standardbred Owners Association (SOA) of New York, has written the following letter, dated Oct. 27, to the New York State Assembly and Senate members. Faraldo's letter comes just two days after Jeff Gural, the owner of Tioga and Vernon Downs and a Standardbred breed
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Ten straight for Northern Chief at Monticello
October 27, 2010
Northern Chief equaled the  Monticello Raceway track record of 10 consecutive victories on Wednesday when Mike Merton drove the 7-year-old Apache’s Fame gelding to a 1:59.3 triumph over the muddy racetrack. Northern Chief’s victory tied him with Hogies Cam (2008) and Mr. Thi
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Western Graduate gives Napolitano a milestone
October 27, 2010
Western Graduate, the 2007 Jugette winner, made her initial appearance of the season at Mohegan Sun at Pocono Downs Wednesday night a successful one. Driven by George Napolitano Jr. and trained by Lou Pena, Western Graduate captured the $24,000 Open Handicap Pace for fillies and mares in 1:51.4
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Nordic Venture wins ninth of season
October 27, 2010
Amy and Steward Oldford’s Nordic Venture ($3, Vince Copeland) kept his stellar run at Harrington Raceway going Wednesday with a 1:56.4 triumph in the $22,000 Open Trot on a track listed as ‘good.’   The 5-year-old Keystone Nordic gelding has 13 starts at Harrington this year with seven wins a
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Lots of series action at Meadowlands Friday
October 27, 2010
Racing resumes at Meadowlands Racetrack Friday night with the opening legs of three series for 2 and 3-year-old horses. Filly pacers will step out in three $15,000 divisions of the Savilla Lobell.  Among them is Whats New Pussycat, an Art Major-sired daughter of Molly Can Do It, winne
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World record equaled in DSBF final
October 26, 2010
Four $100,000 Delaware Standardbred Breeders Fund (DSBF) final events for 2 year olds were contested on a rich Monday program at Harrington Raceway and one produced a world record-equaling performance.   The most impressive winner came in the 2-year-old pacing colt final when Legacy Racing of
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JJ's Gazette survives inquiry at Pompano
October 26, 2010
His connections had several anxious minutes after the field crossed under the wire but JJ’s Gazette survived a judges’ inquiry to become a repeat winner in the top pacing class at The Isle Casino-Racing Monday night at Pompano Park.   Driver Dan Clements had the 8-year-old Whiteland Fella-Alm
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Jojo N Goliath strong in Meadows win
October 26, 2010
Oblivious to the sloppy conditions, the first-over Jojo N Goliath blistered the back half in :54.4 en route to a convincing 10-1 victory in Monday’s $22,500 Preferred Handicap Pace at The Meadows.   Moving from fourth for Brett Miller, Jojo N Goliath wore down the leader, Johnny Z, and cleare
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Burke appeals Jugette DMSO positive
October 26, 2010
Rock N Soul’s spot as the national season’s leader for 3-year-old filly pacers on a half-mile track set in her Jugette elimination last month is in jeopardy as tests taken that day found an excessive level of Dimethyl Sulfoxide (DMSO). Harnessracing.com has learned trainer Ron Burke has appealed the
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Dreamfair Eternal favored in Forest City final
October 26, 2010
The richest race for mares at Western Fair Raceway in 2010, the $167,000 Forest City Pace final, goes postward Saturday night at the London, Ontario half-miler. Judging by last week’s eliminations, the final should be a very competitive event. Breeders Crown winner Dreamfair Eternal battled with A
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No Tioga simulcasting Mondays & Tuesdays
October 26, 2010
Tioga Downs will be closing its simulcast operations on Mondays and Tuesdays beginning on Monday, Nov. 8. The simulcast facility will be open on Mondays and Tuesdays on certain occasions when NYRA is racing, or when there is a holiday.  The decision was made by management after handle numbers
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Rock N Roll Heaven supplemented to Messenger
October 26, 2010
Rock N Roll Heaven, the richest harness horse this season, leads five 3-year-olds who were entered  Tuesday for the 55th edition of Yonkers Raceway's Messenger Stakes, third jewel of the Pacing Triple Crown. The final is scheduled for a week from Saturday,  Nov. 6.   The limited num
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Woodbine draws for rich 2YO races
October 26, 2010
Two-year-olds take centerstage this weekend at Woodbine Racetrack in eliminations for the $2.2 million Fall Final Four on Nov. 6 at Woodbine Racetrack. The Fall Final Four is comprised of the $709,000 Governor’s Cup for pacing colts, $501,000 Three Diamonds for pacing fillies, $539,700 Valley Victor
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Four-win day for Burke/Gingras at Chester
October 25, 2010
It was a banner day for trainer Ron Burke and driver Yannick Gingras, as the two teamed up for four wins on the Sunday afternoon 12-race card at Harrah's Chester Casino and Racetrack.   Transcending ($18.60) was a tenacious winner for the Burke/Gingras pairing in the featured $28,000 w
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Campbell moves into second in Grand Circuit standings
October 25, 2010
John Campbell was the driving star during the second week of Grand Circuit racing at The Red Mile in Lexington with four stakes wins. He was triumphant behind Lucky Chucky in a $121,500 division of the Bluegrass Stakes for 3-year-old colt trotters, Strike An Attitude in a $117,000 International Stal
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$5.6 million bid successful for Centaur license
October 25, 2010
American Harness Tracks LLC, a Pittsburgh-based harness racing consortium, has reportedly been the successful bidder with an offer of $5.6 million for Centaur Gaming's license to build a racetrack and casino in Lawrence Coutny in Pennsylvania.   In making the annoucement, Centaur said the off
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Schick has big marketing/wagering plan
October 25, 2010
Chris Schick, a director of the U.S. Trotting Association (USTA), plans to attend the USTA's Executive/Finance Committee on Saturday in Columbus and introduce a proposal to market wagering on harness racing using guaranteed pools.   "I hope this generates some discussion," said Schnick, who h
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Gural offers his opinion on NYC OTB plan
October 25, 2010
 Earlier this month Joe Faraldo, president of the Standardbred Owners Association of New York, and Tom Grossman, owner of Blue Chip Farms, wrote letters critical of the reorganization plan to save New York City OTB. Now Jeffrey Gural, who owns Tioga Downs and Vernon Downs as well as many Standa
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Indiana Sires Stakes finals produce upset winners
October 24, 2010
Favorites didn’t fare well Saturday, October 23 at Indiana Downs. The Shelbyville track played host to four Indiana Sires Stakes finals for freshman trotters and pacers, with only one bettors’ choice reaching the winner’s circle. With $800,000 in purses at stake, upsets and exciting finishes were gu
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Chocolatier has winner in Europe
October 24, 2010
Chocolatier had a big winner in Europe as the 2-year-old Criterium Partenopeo Filly was captured by his daughter Olga di Azzurra. The filly out of Creole Ferm (by Ata Star L. Pam’s Key) was driven by Natale Cintura. The winning filly was timed in a mile rate of 2:02 over 1,600 meters.
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Lucky Jim, Buck I St. Pat win Allerage trots
October 23, 2010
Reigning Trotter of the Year Lucky Jim tipped first-over midway through the final turn for driver Andy Miller and the 5-year-old gelding went on to a 1:51.1 victory in the $143,600 Allerage Farms Open Trot Saturday afternon at The Red Mile. Buck I St. Pat followed second-over around the final turn a
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Little Peanut cracks Pompano winner's circle
October 23, 2010
It was a joyous moment for trainer Linda Kakaley in the winner’s circle at the Isle Casino-Racing Pompano Park on Friday evening as her pet project Little Peanut came through with her first lifetime victory.   Kakaley’s ties run deep for the family of the 2-year-old trotting filly by Wew
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Modern Connection scores Ontario Gold
October 23, 2010
Modern Connection posted her second Ontario Sire Stakes Gold final victory of the year as she delivered in her 2-year-old filly division on Friday at Woodbine Racetrack. Stonebridge Damsel was quickest off the gate from post nine but released Imagine Semalu (Mario Baillargeon) to the lead just as t
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Sat. Backstretch with Gordon--and a Pick 4 play
October 23, 2010
As my boss, Kathy Parker, likes to say: Holy Cow, Batman! The Weather Channel says it’s supposed to reach a near-record 80 degrees this glorious Saturday afternoon in Lexington, and even if the local forecasters are more accurate with their high of “just” 75, once again, Holy Cow, Batman! It’s a te
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Southwind Tempo goes out a world champion
October 23, 2010
Tim Tetrick rallied Southwind Tempo off cover at the top of the stretch and the 6-year-old daughter of Bettor's Delight responded with a world-record 1:48.2 victory in the $77,000 Allerage Farms for older pacing mares Saturday afternoon at The Red Mile. Under picture-perfect conditions, Southwind Te
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Big Bad John, Feel Like A Fool win in ISS 2CP
October 23, 2010
Exactly one month after his world record-equaling effort in the Standardbred at the Delaware, Ohio County Fairgrounds, Big Bad John scored a 1:50.4 victory in the first of two divisions of the $291,000 International Stallion Stakes (ISS) for 2-year-old colt and gelding pacers Saturday afternoon at T
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Dial Or Nodial takes inside to Allerage Open win
October 23, 2010
George Brennan found room up the pylons in midstretch with Dial Or Nodial and the 4-year-old gelded son of Western Ideal scored a career-best 1:49,2 victory in the $144,100 Allerage Farms for open pacers Saturday afternoon at The Red Mile.   Sent off at odds of 11-1 in the field of eight, Dia
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Morrill taken off Red Mile drives due to breathalyzer
October 23, 2010
Although Jim Morrill Jr. drove Winning Fireworks to a third-place finish in the first of two divisions of the Bluegrass for 3-year-old colt trotters Saturday afternoon at The Red Mile, he was taken off the rest of his three remaining drives on the card after refusing to take a breathalyzer test
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Rock N Roll Heaven again in Tattersalls
October 23, 2010
Rock N Roll Heaven (3) holds off One More Laugh
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Milestones set by Lucky Chucky, Break The Bank K
October 23, 2010
Lucky Chucky, second in last week's decisive second heat of the Kentucky Futurity behind Wishing Stone, turned the tables on his rival with a career-best 1:50.4 victory in the second $121,500 division of the Bluegrass for 3-year-old colt and gelding trotters at The Red Mile. The time was the fastest
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Racing recap: Vlos wins again at Pocono
October 23, 2010
Despite being parked two turns Saturday night,.millionaire Psilvuheartbreaker (Cat Manzi) added to his resume and his bank account. He captured the featured $38,000 Open Handicap Pace, matching his season's best mile for trainer Bruce Saunders and owner Frank Bellino, who earlier in the day enjoyed
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Big win for Martha Brown--the pacing mare
October 23, 2010
A field of eight mares was assembled to contest the $12,000 top purse on Saturday night iat the isle Pompano Park. When the work of the photo finish camera completed its job, the flare of a nose was all that separated the winner Martha Brown with Bruce Ranger over the runner-up Prince
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Top fair performers race at Northfield
October 23, 2010
The Buckeye State’s top county fair competitors contested eight season-ending finals at Northfield Park Saturday night and the racing was very competitive. The evening started with a $13,800 event for two-year-old trotting fillies and 3-5 favorite Minnie Spur rolled late to a 2:00.1 lifetime best wi
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Owner John Fodera's Interesting Weekend
October 22, 2010
Owner John Fodera, has owned scores of successful horses over the years, including millionaire pacer and 2006 Little Brown Jug winner Mr. Feelgood. Although he is the principal of St. Peter’s Boys High School in New Brighton, N.Y., and has been since 1990,  he  regularly attends the Lexing
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Purse increase at Vernon
October 22, 2010
Vernon Downs is proud to announce that due to the increased volume in slot play at the Vernon Downs Casino, which is up 12 percent, the purses as of last weekend have been raised 20 percent and will continue at this level through the end of the meet.   The 2010 Vernon Downs race meet com
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Indiana Downs to host quartet of ISS finals
October 22, 2010
A quartet of Indiana Sires Stakes finals for freshman trotters and pacers will be decided at Indiana Downs Saturday, October 23, with $800,000 in purses up for grabs. The four championship races will signal the conclusion of ISS action for 2010, as well as help determine divisional honors in each tw
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Chilly Friday Backstretch with Gordon
October 22, 2010
Brrrrr! It’s downright cold at The Red Mile on Friday morning—35 degrees the man on the radio said—but the sun is out and the temperature is supposed to reach the low 70s. I definitely had my jacket on this morning and it’s a good thing I did as the first person I saw was Jimmy Takter, who scolded m
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Delaware's Romona Hubbard retires after 42 years
October 22, 2010
Since opening day in 1968, Romona Hubbard has worked each season at the Dover Downs meet, but all will change with the start of the track's 43rd season on Sunday, Oct. 31. At the conclusion of the on-going Harrington meet, she will retire from the Delaware capital city raceway race office.  
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Freshman colts post strong wins in ISS splits
October 22, 2010
Luckycharm Hanover opened up Friday afternoon's race card at The Red Mile with a 1:55.3 victory in the first of three divisions of the $265,900 International Stallion Stakes (ISS) for 2-year-old colt and gelding trotters, while recent Breeders Crown champion Manofmanymissions scored a 1:55 win in th
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Big efforts rewarded in Bluegrass 3FT divisions
October 22, 2010
Behindclosedoors, who made a break well before the start in her elimination of the Kentucky Filly Futurity after she hit the starting gate, according to trainer Chuck Sylvester, redeemed herself on Friday afternoon at The Red Mile with a 1:55.1 victory in the first of three divisions of the $211,500
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68-1 upsetter over Put On A Show in Garnsey
October 22, 2010
David Miller found room in midstretch to angle Ticket To Rock off the pylons from third and the move paid off as the daughter of Rocknroll Hanover rallied to a 1:52 victory in the first of two $159,000 divisions of the Glen Garnsey Memorial for 3-year-old filly pacers Friday afternoon at The Red Mil
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Strike An Attitude, So Perfect win ISS 2FP splits
October 22, 2010
Strike An Attitude went from last to first in the first of two $117,000 divisions of the International Stallion Stakes (ISS) for 2-year-old filly pacers Friday afternoon at The Red Mile, while So Perfect was an open-lengths winner in the second division.   Driven by John Campbell, Strike
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Big mandatory payoff for Pick 4 at Red Mile
October 22, 2010
The Red Mile will have a mandatory payoff for the Pick 4 on Saturday, with a carryover pool of $8,507. The Pick 4 begins with race 5 and continues through race 8. The first race in the Pick 4 is the International Stallion Stakes for 2-year-old pacing colts, with a post time estimated at 1:50 pm
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RCI lowers bute threshold
October 22, 2010
 In an effort to improve the pre-race examinations of racehorse, the Board of Directors of the Association of Racing Commissioners International (RCI) gave final approval today to lower the allowable level of phenylbutazone.   The board voted 16-0 in favor of lowering the threshold for p
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Thursday Backstretch with Gordon
October 21, 2010
It’s another chilly Thursday morning at The Red Mile, but another terrific fall afternoon on top for today’s races. We almost reached 70 degrees yesterday, and it’s supposed to be in the mid 60s this afternoon, although the winds are expected to be steady near 20 miles an hour so it may feel cooler.
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2YO filly My Miss Caroline now 10 for 11
October 21, 2010
Even though she wasn’t hearing much from her rivals as she quickly opened up a four-length lead, My Miss Caroline continued to put space between herself and her opponents as she cruised under the wire with her 10th win in 11 career starts on  Wednesday night at Balmoral Park in the $45,850 Viol
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Wishing Stone in; Muscle Massive out
October 21, 2010
Sixteen 3-year-old colt trotters have been entered for Saturday’s Bluegrass Stakes at The Red Mile, with the field having one surprise entrant and one notable omission.   The addition is Wishing Stone, the winner of last Saturday’s Kentucky Futurity in straight heats, who was expected to bypa
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Good news! Handle up for Mohawk meet
October 21, 2010
The average nightly wagering handle on the 2010 Mohawk Standardbred meet, which concluded Saturday, was up over last year.   The "all-sources" average nightly betting total of $1,219,867 vs. $1,201,513 in 2009, represents a 1.5% increase year over year, despite smaller average field si
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Strike An Attitude strikes big in Lexington
October 21, 2010
With no disrespect to all of the non-winning horses who competed in the 12 Breeders Crown finals Oct. 9 at Mohegan Sun at Pocono Downs, if an award was given for “The Best Effort In Defeat,” it would have gone to Strike An Attitude, who finished a late-closing second to the odds-on choice See You At
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ISS 2FT splits highlight Red Mile Thursday races
October 21, 2010
The first of three divisions of the $272,000 International Stallion Stakes (ISS) for 2-year-old filly trotters on a sunny and windy Thursday afternoon at The Red Mile went to Miss Sue V in 1:56.1, who raced barefoot behind after trainer Paul Kelley pulled her hind shoes before the race. Massive Dram
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Air Stewart takes home OSS gold
October 21, 2010
The Ben Wallace trainee, Air Stewart committed first over at the half and overtook heavily favored Buckhams Bay down the stretch to score in Thursday night’s $130,000 OSS Gold final for 2-year-old trotting colts at Mohawk Racetrack.   Imperial Count (Steve Condren) took command off the gate
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Wednesday Backstretch with Gordon
October 20, 2010
It’s back to the track on Wednesday morning, although it’s a little chilly and a jacket was required. But I plan on shedding that later for the races as the high today, as well as tomorrow, is expected to reach the mid 60s, and on Friday and Saturday it is supposed to be in the low 70s. More picture
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RMTC issues new withdrawal guidelines
October 20, 2010
Based on the recommendation of its Scientific Advisory Committee, the Racing Medication and Testing Consortium (RMTC) board of directors has recommended scientifically identified withdrawal guidelines and plasma thresholds for the short-acting bronchodilator glycopyrrolate, the muscle relaxant metho
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Red Mile action: Intense America sets mark
October 20, 2010
Intense America trotted to a national season's best of 1:54.4 while capturing the first of three $10,000 divisions of the Winky's Goal late-closing series for 2-year-old fillies Wednesday afternoon at The Red Mile. The other two splits went to Decolletage in 1:57.3 and Whatsamata Hanover in 1:58.3.
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Admiral's Express dies after breaking leg
October 20, 2010
MIchigan owner Ed Sayfie is grieving after learning this morning that his beloved horse Admiral's Express had to be euthanized after breaking a leg Tuesday night. The 14-year-old gelding was retired from racing earlier this year after compiling an incredible record of 353-86-53-44, taking a mark of
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Meadowlands opens with $50,000 Pick 4 pool
October 20, 2010
 Meadowlands Racetrack's fall meet kicks off Saturday with an Oktoberfest celebration, a $50,000 guaranteed Pick Four pool, and bonus player rewards.   Post time for the 11-race card is 7 p.m. The Pick Four returns in race six with a $50,000 guaranteed pool. The Pick Four payout average
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Dreamfair Eternal set to go in Forest City elims
October 19, 2010
The best pacing mare in North America right now, Breeders Crown champion Dreamfair Eternal, is one of 10 top performers set to contest two eliminations of the Forest City Pace on Saturday night at Western Fair Raceway, the richest card ever in the track’s history.   In addition to hosting t
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NJ Democrats announce plans for AC, racing
October 19, 2010
New Jersey Democratic lawmakers announced Monday that they have a plan to revitalize Atlantic City and horse racing in the state, and it includes a push for legalized internet betting for Atlantic City's casinos.   According to a story in the Newark Star Ledger, the proposal also calls f
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Mike Stevenson suspended five years
October 19, 2010
Mike Stevenson, who was born in New Brunswick and returned to the Maritimes following the 2002 racing season after competing for many years in the United States, has been suspended for five years after testing positive for a controlled substance at Summerside Raceway in Prince Edward Island. Steven
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Hanover's yearling videos now online
October 19, 2010
The Hanover Shoe Farms videos for those yearlings selling at Harrisburg from Monday, Nov. 8 through Thursday, Nov. 11 are now available at the Hanover website www.hanoverpa.com.    To access the videos please click on “Harrisburg Yearling Videos now Online” select HARRISBURG 2010 YEARLIN
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Today tells story of owner whose horses pay for wells
October 19, 2010
Harness horse owner Ken Wood, whose story was told in The Horseman And Fair World magazine two years ago by Delaware journalist Heather Moffett, was featured on NBC's Today show on Tuesday morning. The Today show segment was titled "Your Life Calling Today," and Jane Pauley interviewed Wood about hi
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Horseman suspended after animal cruelty charges
October 18, 2010
The New York State Racing and Wagering Board has summarily suspended the occupational license of an owner-trainer who has been charged with beating a horse in Orange County, NY. The story made local news reports.   Dean M. Eckley, 27, of Loda, Ill., was arrested on Oct. 8 by the Mount Hope (N
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Delaware trotters compete in DSBF
October 18, 2010
Four divisions of 2-year-old trotters competed in $20,000 divisions Sunday in the second leg of the Delaware Standardbred Breeders Fund (DSBF) stakes at Harrington Raceway. The $100,000 finals for both pacers and trotters will take place Monday, Oct. 25.   In the first division for colts
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Peach Martini takes OSS Gold at Woodbine
October 18, 2010
Peach Martini (above) was able to overcome post 10 to score her first Ontario Sire Stakes Gold final victory of the year Monday night at Mohawk Racetrack, hitting the wire first in 1:57.2. The 2-year-old filly had won four Gold eliminations earlier this year.   The daughter of Striking S
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Powerful Mist 1:55.2 winner at Harrington
October 18, 2010
Six $20,000 divisions of the second leg of the Delaware Standardbred Breeders Fund (DSBF) stakes for pacers were contested Monday at Harrington Raceway. The fastest winner came in the 10th race when Legacy Racing of Delaware, Niel Gargiulo and Louie Paglierani’s Powerful Mist scored his second
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4 straight wins for Transcending
October 18, 2010
Neither his rivals nor a three-week layoff could snap Transcending’s streak as he captured his fourth straight victory in Monday’s $22,500 Preferred Handicap Pace at The Meadows.   Although Transcending had been off since Sept. 27, Dave Palone sent him confidently to the lead from post seven.
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Mr Feelgood beats Blacks A Fake again
October 17, 2010
The 2006 Little Brown Jug winner Mr Feelgood’s push to claim the title as Down Under’s best pacer is gathering momentum. He beat four-time Inter Dominion champion Blacks A Fake for the second successive time in last Saturday night’s Be Good Johnny Sprint (1,660 meters) at Brisbane’s A
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Lexington Selected Sale finishes down 11.4%
October 17, 2010
The Lexington Selected Yearling Sale concluded late Sunday afternoon, with the average price for the five sessions finally settling at $31,107, a drop of 11.4 percent from last year's average of $35,003. The median price--the dollar figure at which half the horses sell for more and half for less--wa
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Average price drops at Friday Lexington sale
October 16, 2010
The third session of the Lexington Selected Yearling Sale continued the decline that was posted Thursday night in the second session as the 164 yearlings that went through the ring generated an average of $27,060, down 21.9 percent from last year’s average of $34,628 for the same session.   T
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Saturday Backstretch with Gordon
October 16, 2010
It's finally Kentucky Futurity day at The Red Mile and what a glorious day it is. The wind that wouldn't quit over the past two days has completly subsided. And after two days of wearing a long-sleeve shirt, I have a short-sleeve one on and don't even need a jacket. The high is expected to reach 70
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Feel Like A Fool wins Bluegrass split in 1:49.4
October 16, 2010
Feel Like A Fool scored a 1:49.4 victory in the second of three divisions of the $386,000 Bluegrass for 2-year-old colt and gelding pacers on a sunny Saturday afternoon at The Red Mile, the fastest mile by a freshman in 2010. The time lowered the previous national season's mark for first-year p
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Fashion Feline wins Filly Futurity
October 16, 2010
Arlene and Jules Siegel's Fashion Farms' Fashion Feline was a straight-heat winner Saturday in the 45th $311,000 Kentucky Filly Futurity for 3-year-old trotters at The Red Mile. Dave Palone, celebrating his fifth wedding anniversary on Saturday, was in the sulky behind the daughter of Broadway
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Wishing Stone wins 118th Kentucky Futurity
October 16, 2010
Wishing Stone won the $501,000 Kentucky Futurity in 1:51.2 Saturday afternoon at The Red Mile, turning in an authoritative effort. After winning the first heat in 1:52.3, driver George Brennan went for the win in the second heat by following Ron Pierce's move up backstretch with Muscle Massive. Afte
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One More Laugh, Rock N Roll Heaven win big
October 16, 2010
One More Laugh rallied to a 1:49 victory in the first of two $111,500 divisions of the Bluegrass for 3-year-old colt and gelding pacers Saturday afternoon at The Red Mile. The second split went to Rock N Roll Heaven, who overcame the outside post 10 to score in 1:48.2, his sixth straight win and fif
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Green Acres Series wraps up at Freehold
October 16, 2010
A pair of Rocknroll Hanover pacing colts won $35,000 Green Acres Championships Saturday afternoon at Freehold Raceway that closed out the 2010 New Jersey Sire Stakes racing season.   Tobago Cays, with Hall of Famer Cat Manzi driving, took the lead at the quarter-mile pole and never looke
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Merriman returns to sulky at Northfield
October 16, 2010
Aaron Merriman, who led all North American harness drivers when he was seriously injured in a racing spill at The Meadows on June 11, returned to the sulky at Northfield Park Friday night. The return is coming several months earlier than was originally thought.   "I've never been nervous
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PA Fair Finals at The Meadows
October 16, 2010
McDickerson, who squeaked into the field as the final qualifier, made the most of his opportunity Saturday by capturing — through disqualification — the Pennsylvania Fairs Championship for 3-year-old colt and gelding pacers, becoming the ninth repeat champion in PA fairs recorded history.   O
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MacDonald, Coleman take Mohawk titles
October 16, 2010
The 2010 meet at Mohawk Racetrack wrapped up Saturday night with some very familiar faces atop the drivers' and trainers' leaderboards. Mark MacDonald was once again the leading reinsman during the harness racing meet, which ran from May 20 to October 16. The 31-year-old driver who won the O’Brien A
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Pompano opens 47th season of racing
October 16, 2010
Greeted by a bustling large crowd and a temperature of 84 degrees under blue skies, the trotters and pacers returned to action on Saturday evening to kick off the 47th season of live harness racing action at the Isle Casino Racing Pompano Park.   Bruce Ranger served notice he intends to defen
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Coleman buys Jereme's Jet filly for $92,000
October 16, 2010
The Saturday night session of the Lexington Selected Yearling Sale got underway about three hours after Wishing Stone captured the Kentucky Futurity. A total of 166 horses were sold in the fourth session and they generated an average price of $20,078, down 12.4 percent from the average of $22,912 in
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Scarborough postpones Friday opener til Saturday
October 15, 2010
High winds and torrential rain have conspired to force the cancellation of Friday afternoon's program at Scarborough Downs, delaying the opening day of the autumn meet until Saturday.   Qualifying races have been carried over to Saturday, at 10:30 a.m., eastern, with first post for tomorrow'
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Friday Backstretch with Gordon
October 15, 2010
Hold your horses everybody! Before we get to the news of the day from The Red Mile, it's important to tell you that you might want to avoid downtown Lexington Friday night as it's one of the most important days in the Bluegrass--Big Blue Madness. The University of Kentucky unveils its men's and
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Poof She's Gone romps in Red Mile qualifier
October 15, 2010
The 2009 Two-Year-Old Filly Trotter of the Year Poof She's Gone scored an open-lengths victory in a qualifier Friday morning at The Red Mile, crossing the finish line in 1:57 with driver David Miller. Miller got away third with Poof She's Gone in the six-horse field and sat through fractions of :30.
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5 Red Mile horses tested out-of-competition
October 15, 2010
Rich Williams, the presiding judge at The Red Mile, told harnessracing.com Friday that five horses had been tested earlier in the day on the first day of out-of-competition drug testing that was recently approved by the Kentucky Horse Racing Commission. Williams said the horses were picked at random
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Season's mark set in Bluegrass 2CT split
October 15, 2010
Big Rigs had an easy time of it in the first of four divisions of the $354,000 Bluegrass for 2-year-old colt and gelding trotters Friday afternoon at The Red Mile, leading gate to wire to score in 1:56.1. Also scoring victories were Blue Porsche, Spring Goal and Neal, the latter of whom set a nation
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Fillies post big wins in Bluegrass 2FP divisions
October 15, 2010
Pennsylvania Sire Stakes champion Cold Mist edged Sweetheart Pace winner Honky Tonk Woman by a nose in the first of three divisions of the $315,000 Bluegrass for 2-year-old filly pacers Friday afternoon at The Red Mile.  Posting wins in the other two splits were Southwind Jazmin and recent Bree
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Harrah's Chester announces late closers
October 15, 2010
Summer may be stakes season, but Harrah’s Chester Casino & Racetrack will keep the excitement alive through late December with their new Road To Riches Late Closing Series.   Approximately $870,000 in purses is up for grabs. All seven events – four for pacers, three for trotters – feature
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Ticket To Rock wins Bluegrass 3FP in 1:51
October 15, 2010
Twelve 3-year-old filly pacers lined up behind the gate in a single $185,000 Bluegrass division Friday afternoon at The Red Mile, and it was Ticket To Rock who rallied late after starting from the trailing 11 post for driver David Miller to score in a career-best 1:51.   Seriously and dr
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Red-hot NJSS win for My Red Hot Mama
October 15, 2010
My Red Hot Mama, taking advantage of post position one, led from start to finish to win the $35,000 New Jersey Sire Stakes Green Acres final for 2-year-old pacing fillies in 1:57.4 on a windy Friday afternoon at Freehold Raceway.   Steve Smith piloted the daughter of Red River Hanover to
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Ontario Gold to Imagine Semalu, Modern Connection
October 15, 2010
A pair of Ontario Sires Stakes Gold eliminations for 2-year-old pacing fillies took place Friday night at Mohawk Racetrack with Imagine Semalu and Modern Connection finding the winners circle. In the first elimination, Imagine Semalu (Mario Baillargeon) took over command just past the opening panel
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Thursday Backstretch with Gordon
October 14, 2010
Before we get to Thursday morning at The Red Mile, we have to take a look back at last night, when something truly remarkable happened in Lexington—IT RAINED! Sure, it doesn’t compare to the Chilean miners being rescued or even my beloved Detroit Lions actually winning a football game by the score o
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Russell, Simpson elected to Hall of Fame
October 14, 2010
“Judge” Walter Russell, who set new standards of excellence for harness racing officials during his time in the stand, and Jim Simpson, who posted a successful career as a trainer/driver, and is now posting an even better one as head of Hanover Shoe Farms, have been elected to membership in the spor
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Bluegrass 2FTs contested at Red Mile
October 14, 2010
Lady Rainbow (outside) and Wincinnatti dead heat in the Bluegrass
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Pompano Park opens meet Saturday
October 14, 2010
The 47th season of live on-track action at The Isle Casino Racing Pompano Park will commence at 7:05 p.m. (EST) on Saturday, Oct. 16. Fans of South Florida harness racing will be greeted with major enhancements at the track or when viewing the off-track simulcast TV signal.   "The main floo
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OSS Gold 2YOCT elims at Mohawk
October 14, 2010
A pair of Ontario Sires Stakes Gold eliminations for 2-year-old trotting colts took place Thursday night at Mohawk Racetrack with Buckhams Bay and Imperial Count finding the winner's circle, both with career best efforts.   Buckhams Bay blasted to the front and never looked back as drive
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Yankee Glide colt tops 2nd session at $170,000
October 14, 2010
The Thursday night session of the Lexington Selected Yearling Sale had a bigger crowd than opening night and more horses for sale. The 154 horses that went through the auction ring generated an average price of $46,065, down 13 percent from the second session in 2009. The median price—the point wher
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Rock N Roll Heaven to race Saturday
October 13, 2010
Frank Bellino, the owner of Rock N Roll Heaven, and Perretti Farms have reached an agreement in principle for the horse to stand at stud at Perretti Farms in 2011. Rock N Roll Heaven joins the stallion roster at Perretti, where his sire Rocknroll Hanover already stands at stud.   Meanwhile, R
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Wednesday Backstretch with Gordon
October 13, 2010
First thing this Wednesday morning if you’re headed to The Red Mile-SLOW DOWN! There was a police car stationed in the median near the track as I was going and still as I was leaving. That’s my public service announcement for today. Also, there are 10 entries for Saturday’s Kentucky Futurity and 20
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Ten entered in 118th Kentucky Futurity
October 13, 2010
Hambletonian winner Muscle Massive drew post one for Saturday's $501,000 Kentucky Futurity for 3-year-old colt trotters at The Red Mile, while Hambo runner-up and Canadian Trotting Classic winner Lucky Chucky drew post six and Breeders Crown winner Break The Bank K post nine. All 10 trotte
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Viva Las Lindy, Pink Caviar win Red Mile splits
October 13, 2010
Viva Las Lindy and Pink Caviar scored victories in their respective $10,000 divisions of the Grades Singing late-closing series for 3 to 5-year olds fillies Wednesday afternoon at The Red Mile. The card is the first of eight days of Grand Circuit racing at the famed clay over in Lexington, Ky.
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Rock N Roll Heaven draws post 10 in Bluegrass
October 13, 2010
Breeders Crown and Little Brown Jug winner Rock N Roll Heaven will have his work cut out for him on Saturday at The Red Mile as the son of Rocknroll Hanover drew the outside post 10 in the second of two $111,500 Bluegrass divisions for 3-year-old colt and gelding pacers. The Meadowlands Pace winner
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Freshman fillies sparkle in Red Mile late-closers
October 13, 2010
Intense America, recent runner-up in the $452,020 Peaceful Way final at Mohawk Racetrack, cruised to an easy 1:56.2 victory in the last of four $10,000 divisionsof the Pizza Dolce Series for 2-year-old filly trotters Wednesday afternoon at The Red Mile.   With Tim Tetrick driving for trainer
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Airzoom Lindy wins Mr. Muscleman in 1:54.2
October 13, 2010
Airzoom Lindy held on by a neck over Blueridge Legacy to capture the single $10,000 division of the Mr. Muscleman Series for trotters Wednesday afternoon at The Red Mile. The 4-year-old son of Cantab Hall was driven by Tim Tetrick to the 1:54.3 victory, the second journey into the winner's circle in
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$350,000 top price at Lexington Selected
October 13, 2010
The Lexington Selected Yearling Sale got underway Wednesday night and despite concerns that the crowd might be light, the inside sale pavilion was full shortly after the first horse was brought into the ring. Prices held their own compared to 2009, but the top price of $350,000 eclipsed the highest
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A trio of Gold elims contested at Mohawk
October 12, 2010
Despite dirty weather conditions, a trio of OSS Gold eliminations for two-year-old trotting fillies were contested tonight at Mohawk Racetrack.Race-time favorite, Peach Martini delivered in the first elimination for trainer/driver Rick Zeron.My Whispering Eye (Anthony MacDonald) was the quickest off
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Melnichenko, Bongiorno are Billings winners
October 12, 2010
"Joey The Lad” Bongiorno and Vladimir “Butch” Melnichenko each copped their respective divisions of  Billings Trots  at Saratoga Raceway on October 11.   For Bongiorno, perhaps it was fitting that 17 year old won on Columbus Day. However, for  the New Jersey High School student
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Taylor Vit dies after Lexington accident
October 12, 2010
Taylor Vit, 22, the son of Standardbred owner-breeder Bill Vit, who races his horses under the name Bowl Stables, died Monday afternoon after a crash Sunday in which the sport utility vehicle he was driving rear-ended a LexTran bus in Lexington. Vit was an assistant captain of the University of
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Tuesday Backstretch with Gordon
October 12, 2010
So here we are on another sun-drenched morning at The Red Mile on Tuesday. I say “we” because it’s not just me who is walking around the backstretch but I feel I am taking all of you readers on my travels as well. Remember, “we” can often be imitated but never duplicated, and what a wealth of inform
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Merriman to return to action Friday
October 12, 2010
Aaron Merriman, who led all North American harness drivers when he was seriously injured in a racing spill at The Meadows on June 11, will return to the sulky at Northfield Park, his home track, on Friday, Oct. 15. The return is coming several months earlier than was originally thought.   "I
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Meadowlands opens Oct. 23; plans for 2011
October 12, 2010
As the Meadowlands readies for this fall’s harness meet, plans are also underway for 2011. “No one should doubt that there will be a 2011 meet at the Meadowlands – anywhere from 100 to 141 dates -- and it will feature the highest quality of racing with purses ranging from good to industry leading, d
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Backstretch With Gordon
October 11, 2010
Now that the Games are over, let the Games begin! Delayed two weeks due to the World Equestrian Games being held at the Kentucky Horse Park in Lexington, the Grand Circuit stand at The Red Mile is set to get underway Wednesday, although the first of the big stakes races—the Bluegrass 2-Year-Old Fill
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Despite sore foot, Chucky headed to Red Mile
October 11, 2010
Trainer Chuck Sylvester, reached by cell phone Monday afternoon by harnessracing.com while he was traveling from his home in New Jersey to Kentucky, where the two-week Grand Circuit stand at The Red Mile begins on Wednesday, said his 3-year-old colt trotter Lucky Chucky is also headed to the Bl
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Shark Gesture retired from racing
October 11, 2010
The 7-year-old pacing stallion Shark Gesture p, 2, 1:51.3; 3, 1:49.1; 1:48.1, a winner of $2.8 million, has been retired from racing following his unfortunate break in stride in a Breeders Crown championship on Saturday night at Mohegan Sun at Pocono Downs.   "The high check ligament problem
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Ohio horseman Frank Todd Jr. dies
October 11, 2010
Frank Todd Jr., 66, died Sunday night or early Monday morning in a fire in Delaware, Ohio. The Ohio horseman trained and drove such notable Ohio Sire Stakes performers as Oopsie, Ataxia, and Flashy Message.   Additional details, including survivors, will be posted when available. 
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Fox Valley Armor wins Meadows feature
October 11, 2010
Getting the pocket trip he needed following a month’s layoff, Fox Valley Armor charged through the Lightning Lane to capture Monday’s $22,500 Preferred Pace at The Meadows — his 11th victory this year.   Although Fox Valley Armor hadn’t competed since Sept. 13, Tony Hall sent him toward the f
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Meadowlands LC nominations due Friday
October 11, 2010
Nominations for Meadowlands Racetrack's six fall stakes series close Friday, Oct. 15. Applications for the late-closing series are available under the Horsemen section of Meadowlands Racetrack.com http://www.meadowlandsracetrack.com/content.aspx?id=1509 . The fall meet begins Saturday, Oct. 23 and r
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$2.25 million handled on Crown card at Pocono
October 10, 2010
A Pennsylvania harness racing wagering record was set at Mohegan Sun at Pocono Downs on Breeders Crown night as approximately $2.25 million was wagered in North America on the card. The previous Pocono Downs handle record was approximately $975,000 on a Kentucky Derby day about 10 years ago.  
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Division leaders shine in Illinois
October 09, 2010
Illinois conceived and foaled freshmen took center stage on Friday, Oct. 8th at Maywood Park as a full field of eight two-year-old pacing colts battled in the $60,350 Cardinal Stake Final while their female counterparts slugged it out in the $54,800 Violet Stake Final.     Proving onc
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A Ps Money Maker in Mohawk track record
October 09, 2010
Fresh off a second place effort in the Milton Stakes final on September 25, A Ps Money Maker wore down pace-setter Arts Diva down the stretch to capture the $38,000 Fillies & Mares Open Pace setting a new track record of 1:49.1 in the process.Arts Diva (Paul MacDonell) blasted to the lead off th
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Bongiorno wins AHDC event at Freehold
October 09, 2010
For most high school students, leaving early from school usually involves a trip to the doctor, dentist or some other mundane adventure. However, when 17-year-old Joe Bongiorno left Colts Neck Regional High School in New Jersey for a few hours on Friday afternoon (Oct. 8), his story may have raised
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Buck I St. Pat, Enough Talk post Crown wins
October 09, 2010
Enough Talk wins Breeders Crown
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Upsets in Breeders Crown 2-year-old trots
October 09, 2010
Manofmanymissions (outside) edges Pastor Stephen in BC 2CT. (Racehorse Photo)
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Break The Bank K, Impressive Kemp upset
October 09, 2010
Break The Bank K upsets in Crown 3CT
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Big wins for See You At Peelers, Big Jim
October 09, 2010
See You At Peelers wins her 13th straight in Crown final.
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Ohio Sire Stakes finals held at Lebanon
October 09, 2010
Lebanon Raceway hosted its first-ever Ohio Sire Stakes championship program on Saturday, with eight $75,000 finals for 2 and 3 year olds going postward over the half-mile oval located just northeast of Cincinnati. The day started out a bit shaky as six of the eight starters in the 2-year-old filly t
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Won The West, Dreamfair Eternal win Paces
October 09, 2010
Won The West wins back-to-back Breeders Crowns.
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Put On A Show wins Crown 3FP
October 09, 2010
Through torrid fractions, Put On A Show continued her dominance of her peers Saturday night at Mohegan Sun at Pocono Downs in winning the $500,000 Breeders Crown 3-Year-Old Filly Pace in 1:50.1, her 12th win in 14 starts this season. Her earnings now total $1,822,040, making her the richest filly of
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Rock N Roll Heaven huge in Crown win
October 09, 2010
Rock N Roll Heaven made a resounding statement toward Horse of the Year honors with a dominating 1:49 victory in the $500,000 Breeders Crown final for 3-year-old colt pacers Saturday night at Mohegan Sun at Pocono Downs. The event wrapped up the 12-race Crown extravaganza that resulted in all 12 div
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BC starter Take My Picture a turnpike treat
October 08, 2010
The toll cost was worth every cent for Joe Davino. A couple years ago, Davino was driving down the New Jersey Turnpike to the Standardbred Horse Sale in Harrisburg, Pa.   "I had a friend there and I called him and asked where they were in the order," Davino said. "I asked him if there was a
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Dreamfair Eternal is a dream for Waples
October 08, 2010
Come Saturday night at The Mohegan Sun at Pocono Downs, Dreamfair Eternal will be looking to add to her already 2010 resume.After accepting a bye in last weeks elimination, the daughter of Camluck will be seeking her first Breeders Crown title.A winner of 11 starts this year from 17 efforts, the Pat
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Don't Cry Lindy and Tap Tap Dance win Simpson splits
October 08, 2010
Don't Cry Lindy and Tap Tap Dance were divisional winners in Thursday night's $32,992 John F. Simpson Memorial Stake for 2-year-old filly trotters, Pickmeamerigold captured the week's top contest for female pacers and Howard Okusko, Jr. posted four winners for the first time this season at Vernon Do
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Zeron looking for first Breeders Crown
October 08, 2010
This Saturday at The Mohegan Sun at Pocono Downs, Canadian trainer/driver will be looking to capture his first Breeders Crown victory steering Lady Rainbow.The two-year-old daughter of Muscles Yankee was victorious in her elimination last week stopping the clock in 1:56.4, which was a new lifetime b
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Ducharme dominates MASS frosh sire stakes
October 08, 2010
Thursday’s Massachusetts 2-year-old sire stake races at Plainridge Racecourse were dominated by trainer George Ducharme. He had three winners and one third in the four non-betting races. The 2-year-old colts & geldings pace was won by Denver Dolly, driven by Fern Paquet Jr., for trainer Geo
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Live USA Breeders Crown coverage for Australia
October 08, 2010
Australian harness racing fans and punters alike enter a new phase of action this weekend. Harness Racing Australia in conjunction with Sky Channel and the TAB organizations throughout the country will beam “Live” action from North America on Sunday morning. And it’s not just any meeting.T
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Morrill excited about Crown chances
October 08, 2010
Jim Morrill Jr., no stranger to racing fans at Mohegan Sun at Pocono Downs and a perennial top driver here, will be displaying his driving talents in seven Breeders Crown races Saturday.   “I’m excited about it,” said the veteran Morrill Jr. “It’s great that the Hambletonian Society chose our
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Last chance to see HHYF at WEG
October 08, 2010
The Harness Racing Museum has partnered with the Harness Horse Youth Foundation to help promote the sport of harness racing during the World Equestrian Games at the Kentucky Horse Park in Lexington. It is the first time the Games, which take place once every four years, have been held outside Europe
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'Hypnotic' ready to battle 'The Shark'
October 08, 2010
Hypnotic Blue Chip will be making his first ever Breeders Crown appearance tomorrow night at Pocono Downs and driver Jody Jamieson likes his chances with the four-year-old son of Art Major.The Kevin McDermott trainee has won $730,605 this season with a 1:47.2 World Record performance taken earlier t
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Giwner; Ciuffetelli; NAADA winners at Yonkers
October 08, 2010
The second leg of the North American Amateur Drivers Fall Trotting Series went on Thursday, October 7 in two divisions at Yonkers raceway and when the judges declared the events official Derick Giwner and Anthony Ciuffetelli won their respective divisions. Giwner ,  the editor of Harness Eye, s
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Western Graduate, Wind Surfer win at Yonkers
October 08, 2010
Western Graduate (George Brennan) rallied from well off hot Friday night fractions, winning Yonkers  Raceway's co-featured $42,500 Filly and Mare Open Handicap Pace.Leaving from the always-popular eight-hole, Western Graduate spectated early. Up Front Kelli Jo (Jordan Stratton) made the lead ju
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Pocono all-age mark tied on eve of Crown finals
October 08, 2010
Vlos, a 6-year-old Dragon Again stallion, put on a pre-Breeders Crown show on Friday night at Mohegan Sun at Pocono Downs in the $24,000 Open Handicap Pace, pacing a mile in 1:48.2, which equaled the all-time track mark of Shadow Play and Pilgrims Toner.   With George Napolitan
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Easy winners in Vernon Simpson splits
October 08, 2010
The Evictor romped to a 14 3/4-length victory in the second of two $15,447 divisions of the John Simpson Memoria for 2-year-old colt trotters Friday  night at Vernon Downs, while Surface Tension cruised to a 4 1/4-length win in the opening split.   A son of Valley Victor, The Evictor eas
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Rock N Roll Heaven could be headed to Perretti
October 07, 2010
It appears that Rock N Roll Heaven will be joining his sire Rocknroll Hanover at Perretti Farms in New Jersey. Owner Frank Bellino and Perretti Farms have been talking for weeks and while a deal has not been finalized, Rock N Roll Heaven could be the latest son to join a successful father in the sam
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Boo’s Boy wins Pocono's Wednesday feature
October 07, 2010
Boo’s Boy, driven by George Napolitano Jr., won the Wednesday night featured race at Mohegan Sun at Pocono Downs.Trained by Carmine Fusco, the nine-year-old gelding was winning the $20,000 claiming pacers for horses, colts and geldings with a time of 1:54 over a sloppy racing surface.It was the seco
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Sir Caviar repeats in Meadows top trot
October 07, 2010
Abandoning the pocket before the five-eighths, Sir Caviar opened a daylight lead and cruised to victory — his second straight — in Wednesday’s $22.500 Preferred Handicap Trot at The Meadows. Brian Zendt guided Sir Caviar, the 4-5 favorite, to the pocket from post 6. But with a handful of trotte
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Bergstein writes about Jersey for DRF
October 07, 2010
Writing for the Daily Racing Form, Harness Tracks of America's Stan Bergstein has painted Jon Hanson, chairman of the New Jersey commission calling for the Meadowlands Racetrack to be closed, as a bear who finally came out of the cave for last week's Democratic-led Summit on
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Maintenance completed at Spring Garden
October 07, 2010
The annual project to rejuvenate the racetracks at Spring Garden Ranch Training Center in Florida has been completed. Track manager Greg Coon explains the process.   "Every fall, two to three weeks are spent removing the grass from the tracks," said Coon. "The mile clay track is then scarifie
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Black Book 2 now online
October 07, 2010
The 2010 edition of The Black Book 2 can now be found on Standardbred Horse Sales Company's website www.theblackbook.com. Hard copy volumes of the catalog are expected to be available on October 16.   The mixed portion of the Harrisburg sale begins on Friday, Nov. 12 and ends on Saturday, Nov
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BC starter Swan In A Million a late bloomer
October 07, 2010
The 2-year-old colt trotter Swan In A Million finished second behind Broad Bahn in the first of three Breeders Crown eliminations last Friday night at Mohegan Sun at Pocono Downs, and placed in the open draw among the group of non-winners, landed post nine for Saturday’s $600,000 final. Althou
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World of Rocknroll to stand in Indiana
October 07, 2010
World of Rocknroll (Rocknroll Hanover – Worldly Beauty – Artsplace) is coming back to Indiana. Deo Volente Farms, LLC, Flemington, NJ has reached an agreement with Victory Hill Farm, Lagrange, IN, where World of Rocknroll will stand stud beginning with the 2011 breeding season.World of Rocknroll was
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The ones to beat in BC Open Trots?
October 07, 2010
In both divisions of the Breeders Crown for older trotters – the $250,000 Mare Trot and the $600,000 Open Trot – the two horses many consider the ones to beat are Buck I St. Pat and Lucky Jim. Each horse was a handy winner in their 2009 Crown races and each went on to divisional honors.But driver Ro
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Dan Coon putting finishing touches on new track
October 07, 2010
Charles E. Coon & Sons Inc., the leading builder of Standardbred tracks in North America, is putting the finishing touches on Palema Trotting, a 58-acre training facility in Vero Beach, Fla., which hopes to attract young horses for the winter training months. Dan Coon is scheduled to p
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Beer-drinking pacer fav of Mohawk track crew
October 07, 2010
Evidently, Art N Charm lives up to his name. He seems to have made an art of charming everyone around him. “He’s spoiled rotten,” owner/trainer Kathe Troy said. “Everybody at Mohawk loves him. He’s got more fans over there. He’ll drink beer with the boys and begs for candy. He’s a real ham.”  
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The Lindy Reserve tops Simpson 2CT entries
October 06, 2010
The $500,000 Peter Haughton champion The Lindy Reserve leads 14 freshman trotting colts in the John F. Simpson Memorial Stakes on Friday night at Vernon Downs. Split into two divisions with six betting interests as the Antonacci barn has four in to go on Friday, the purse for each division
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The Quiet Village makes noise at Pocono
October 06, 2010
The Quiet Village, driven and trained by Matt Romano, was making some “noise” at Mohegan Sun at Pocono Downs Tuesday night.Sitting fourth for the first half of the mile, Romano came first over with The Quiet Village down the backstretch on a sloppy track and kept grinding it out before winning the $
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Crowns being simulcast Down Under
October 06, 2010
For the first time ever, the Breeders Crown championship races will be simulcast Down Under, to the countries of Australia and New Zealand. The races will available through the UNiTAB, NSW TAB and New Zealand wagering systems. The races will also be televised through Australia's wide-reaching Sky Ra
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Local media coverage for Crown night
October 06, 2010
The local newspaper is promoting Saturday's big Breeders Crown championship night at Mohegan Sun at Pocono Downs. In today's edition of The Times-Leader, longtime track executive Dale Rapson says the event is the biggest thing that's ever come to the track.   The big night of 12 Crown champio
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Breeders Select results now available
October 06, 2010
The Breeders Select Sale, held Monday in the paddock at Mohegan Sun at Pocono Downs, generated a 10 percent boost in average price, with the 90 yearlings sold selling for an average of $4,575.   The top price was for hip number 79, a Tom Ridge-sired filly who was bought with a bid o
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Jay Auto Group title sponsor at Northfield
October 06, 2010
Northfield Park has announced that Jay Auto Group of Bedford, Ohio, has signed on as the title sponsor of the track’s richest race, the 21st annual $150,000 Cleveland Classic, scheduled for Saturday, Dec. 4. Along with its sponsorship of the Cleveland Classic, Jay Auto Group will be involved in a ye
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BC Open Mare Pace draw tipped to Dreamfair Eternal
October 06, 2010
With elimination race winner Not Enough selecting the rail for Saturday’s $300,000 Breeders Crown Mare Pace at Mohegan Sun at Pocono Downs, eight other positions were available. The draw tipped to Dreamfair Eternal’s side with the standout Camluck-sired mare landing post four. On the far outside of
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Behind the scenes with the 3YO filly trotters
October 06, 2010
She may have trotted the fastest of three elimination heats a week ago, but it seems that Ultimate Cameron will have her work cut out this weekend when she meets a solid group in the $500,000 Breeders Crown Trot for sophomore fillies at Mohegan Sun at Pocono Downs.   Ultimate Cameron, an&nb
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Big Bad John scratched from Crown 2YO Pace
October 05, 2010
Big Bad John, who finished second in a Breeders Crown 2-Year-Old Colt Pace elimination last Friday after battling through the homestretch with Fashion Delight, has been scratched from the championship race this Saturday.   "We're not going. He's sick," trainer Ron Potter told harnessraci
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Lexis Noah Upsets in OSS Gold final
October 05, 2010
Lexis Noah, driven by Jack Moiseyev, defeated post time favourite Text Me in the final strides to capture the $130,000 OSS Gold Final for three-year-old trotting colts and geldings tonight at Mohawk Racetrack.Windsong Geant (Mark MacDonald) was the quickest off the gate from post seven taking his ri
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Bad Rusty scores in Open, Wolfenden wins six at Harrington
October 05, 2010
Rodney Long’s Bad Rusty ($5.20, Ross Wolfenden) earned his eighth win of the season on Monday in the $22,000 Open Pace at Harrington Raceway in 1:52.4. The Joe Hundertpfund, Jr.-trainee mounted his attack first over and wore down pacesetter Southwind Lynx for a two length win over Sniper Hall a
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Autumn Escapade a new thrill for Millers
October 05, 2010
David Miller has earned nearly $140 million in career purses as a driver and is on his way to a sixth consecutive season with at least $10 million. So it might be surprising to learn that when he drove Autumn Escapade to a world-record-equaling mile of 1:53.2 in the $93,500 Ms Versatility on Septemb
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Breeders Crown on MavTV, HRTV
October 05, 2010
Harness racing fans who can't be at Mohegan Sun at Pocono Downs on Saturday night for the Breeders Crown championship program can watch the races in full high definition television on MavTV and the entire Pocono card on HRTV.   "If any harness racing event deserves the full HD treatment,
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Broad Bahn scratched from Crown 2CT
October 05, 2010
The 2-year-old colt trotter Broad Bahn, who won his Breeders Crown elimination last weekend at Mohegan Sun at Pocono Downs and was considered one of the favorites to capture Saturday night’s $600,000 final, has been scratched after x-rays taken Tuesday morning revealed a small fracture in his right
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Centaur's PA license to be auctioned off
October 05, 2010
Centaur Inc., the owner of Hoosier Park racetrack and casino, will be giving up its chance to build a racino in Pennsylvania. The bankrupt gaming company is now poised to sell its Pennsylvania racing license at auction. Centaur wanted to build a racetrack casino in Lawrence County in northweste
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Posts drawn for Crown 3-year-old colt finals
October 05, 2010
Post positions for Saturday’s Breeders Crown finals for 3-year-old colt trotters and 3-year-old colt pacers were drawn Tuesday afternoon at a press conference/luncheon at Mohegan Sun at Pocono Downs. The Pennsylvania racetrack will make history on Saturday when it becomes the first site to host all
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Lucky Chucky on Lasix for Crown
October 05, 2010
Lucky Chucky will be racing on Lasix, or Salix (the anti-bleeder medication) in the Breeders Crown. Trainer Chuck Sylvester told harnessracing.com Tuesday morning that he had the colt scoped after winning the Canadian Trotting Classic and bleeding was visible.   Lucky Chuc
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BC preview in HarnessRacing Weekend Preview!
October 05, 2010
There may not be quite a million stories to be told of Saturday’s Breeders Crown championship races at Mohegan Sun at Pocono Downs in the city of Wilkes-Barre, Pa., but there are plenty to be read in this Friday’s HarnessRacing Weekend Preview. Be the first to know all the inside scoop for this year
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Myluvmylife a sentimental choice in Crown
October 05, 2010
Clara Molski’s late husband David told her back in the early 90’s “You can’t make money in the horse business.” But after the pair bought into Yankee Dreamboat and the promising trotting filly captured the Goldsmith Maid at Garden State Park in 1992, Clara had convinced her husband that indeed you c
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5 straight wins for Tom's OK Lady
October 05, 2010
Assigned post nine because of her recent dominance, Tom’s OK Lady overcame a tough first quarter and held on late to capture her fifth consecutive victory in Tuesday’s $22,500 Filly & Mare Preferred Handicap Trot at The Meadows.   Tom’s OK Lady had shrugged off post 9 once before during h
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Change in detention for Ohio championships
October 04, 2010
Lebanon Raceway will be hosting the Ohio Sires Stakes championships on Saturday (Oct. 9) with a special post time of 3:30 pm. Due to the early post time, there is a correction on the detention time for horses that will be racing in the championships that day. Detention time will be 8 am on Saturday.
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Qualifying standards in place for PA Fair Championships
October 04, 2010
Pennsylvania fair horsemen looking forward to competing in the $160,000 Pennsylvania Fair Sire Stakes Championships on Saturday afternoon, Oct. 16, at The Meadows should be aware of the qualifying standards that will be required at this pari-mutuel track. The basic Sire Stakes time parameters
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A rollercoaster year for Pilgrims Taj
October 04, 2010
One year ago, owner Barbara Bongiorno was part of a large and happy crowd, beaming from the Woodbine winner’s circle after Pilgrims Taj won the Breeders Crown for freshman colt trotters over the favored Lucky Chucky. That win was the culmination of a season that saw the Broadway Hall colt win seven
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Fox Valley Escort splashes to victory
October 03, 2010
Sophomore pacing colts took center stage on a cold and rainy night Saturday at Balmoral Park as a field of seven Illinois conceived and foaled three-year-olds battled in the $12,300 Bye Bye Byrd Stake. Taking to the wet conditions like a duck to water Engel Stable & Rucker Stables Fox Valley Esc
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Yonkers hosts Fall Harvest Festival
October 03, 2010
Yonkers Raceway Saturday night played host the second annual Fall Harvest Festival, showcasing the thriving relationship between horse racing and agriculture all across New York State.   Eight, $50,000 events--2- and 3-year-olds of both sexes and gaits who were eligible for last week's New Yo
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Mr. Feelgood beats Blacks A Fake
October 03, 2010
Mr. Feelgood upstaged four-time Inter Dominion champion Blacks A Fake Saturday night in Brisbane, Australia, winning over 1,660 meters in a mile rate time of 1:53 2/10ths.   Luke McCarthy is now training Mr. Feelgood and he believes the 2006 Little Brown Jug winner can challeng
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Corey Braden wins 5 straight at Colonial
October 03, 2010
Corey Braden, the leading driver at Colonial Downs’ current fall harness meet, won five consecutive races on a drizzly Sunday afternoon at the New Kent track.   The streak began in the fifth race with Hurrikane Shannonk ($31.20) and ended with Odds On Diamant ($5.80) in the finale. Inbetween,
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Steep drop at Swedish sale; Varenne colt tops
October 03, 2010
During the Swedish Kriterium racing weekend, the traditional yearling sale got underway Thursday night (Sept. 30) and concluded Sunday. A total of 623 yearlings were supposed to be sold, but never have so many breeders returned disappointed.   The average price at the sale was
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Favorites roll in Violet and Cardinal elims
October 02, 2010
The state’s top two-year-olds were in action on Friday night at Maywood Park as eliminations for next week’s Cardinal & Violet Stake Finals were contested. With each race drawing three elimination fields the top two finishers in each battle along with two third place finishers (drawn by lot) wil
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Battle lines drawn in $500,000 BC Pace
October 02, 2010
Hypnotic Blue Chip has provided trainer Kevin McDermott with memorable performances this season while testing himself against the best older pacers in North America. McDermott hopes the 4-year-old horse give another top effort in next Saturday’s $500,000 Breeders Crown Open Pace at Mohegan Sun at Po
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Posts drawn for BC Open and Mare Trot
October 02, 2010
The Breeders Crown Open Trot and Mare Trot were drawn on Saturday, Oct. 2. Nine will go to the post in the $600,000 Open Trot and seven make up the $250,000 Mare Trot, both part of the $6 million 12-race final program at Mohegan at Pocono Downs on Oct. 9 with a special post of 5:00 p.m.　Here
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Field set for $600,000 Breeders Crown Colt Pace
October 02, 2010
The $600,000 Breeders Crown two-year-old pacing colt final is shaping up as the race of the year. Friday’s eliminations yielded some surprises that is certain to add balance to this year’s final. Fashion Delight selected post two after his courageous front-end victory. The Woodrow Wilson champion, o
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Undefeated fillies to tangle in $600,000 BC Pace
October 02, 2010
Two undefeated fillies will battle eye-to-eye for the $600,000 Breeders Crown two-year-old pace final at Mohgan Sun Pocono Downs on Saturday, October 9. That was assured following the post position selection. Elimination winner See You At Peelers, unbeaten in a dozen lifetime starts, chose the pole
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Sweet Love takes rail in $600,000 Fillly Trot
October 02, 2010
Sweet Love, who equaled the 1:56.2 track record for two-year-old trotting fillies in her Breeders Crown elimination, selected the rail as her starting spot as she takes on eight other talented misses in the $600,000 2YO Trotting Filly Breeders Crown Championship, the third race on the Championship c
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Trio of BC sophomore filly trot elims contested
October 02, 2010
Ultimate Cameron, the 1-2 choice, won the first Breeders Crown soph-filly trot elim at Pocono Downs, Oct. 2, going the mile in 1:54.   Taking the top from the start, “Cameron” had a few threats. First, long shot Levi’s Lady left with her and challenged before breaking and then coming back a s
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Dejarmbro, Broad Bahn to square off in $600,000 Colt Trot
October 02, 2010
New York invader Dejarmbro, who equaled the world record for two-year-old colt trotters with a 1:55 tally upon coming to Mohegan Sun at Pocono Downs last Friday, will have no easy task to repeat in this coming Saturday’s $600,000 Breeders Crown Championship, but driver Jeff Gregory was impressed aft
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One More Laugh scores first BC colt pace elim
October 02, 2010
One More Laugh returned to form and won the first Breeders Crown soph-colt pace elim at Pocono Downs, Oct. 2, going the mile in 1:50.   The Ray Schnittker-trained colt just about went wire to wire, while dismissing early challenges from BG’s Folly and Art N Charm.   “Folly” got the le
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Not Enough withstands late challenge in 1:50.2
October 02, 2010
Not Enough won the battle of the shuffling in the solo elim for Breeders Crown Mare Pace at Pocono Downs, Oct. 2, going the mile in 1:50.2.   Steve Elliot’s mare came around to take the top after she lost it to Tug River Princess, who lost it to On The Glass, who fought off “Tug” trying to ta
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Rock N Roll Heaven wins in 1:49.1
October 02, 2010
His foes tried to make a drama of this, the second colt-pacer elim for the Breeders Crown at Pocono Downs, Oct. 2, but Rock N Roll Heaven took control and sped up to leave tons of space between the wire and We Will See, who finished second.   The mile went in 1:49.1.   “He got real goo
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Put On A Show, Cannae Cammie win filly elims
October 02, 2010
The first of two filly-pacer elims for the Breeders Crown sophs went to the big choice, Put On A Show in 1:50.2.   Northwest Hanover bravely took the lead early but lost it to Put On A Show at the :55.1 half. “Northwest” was done at three-quarters, finishing fourth.   Naughtytiltheend
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Classic Alana wins NJ Futurity
October 01, 2010
Classic Alana was an easy winner of a $40,000 New Jersey Futurity for 3-year-old trotters of both sexes at Freehold Raceway on Friday, Oct. 1. The non-betting race was contested before the day’s card. Classic Alana, one of two fillies in the five-horse field, made full use of the rail, stepping out
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Mach Dreamer hoping for third OSS Gold
October 01, 2010
Mach Dreamer has not been bested in Ontario Sire Stakes competition since July 3, and driver Rick Zeron sees no reason why that statistic should look different after the Tuesday, Oct. 5, Gold final at Windsor Raceway.   "What can I say about him. He’s a perfect, perfect colt to drive. He jus
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Denver Dolly splashes to Vernon win
October 01, 2010
Denver Dolly overcame driving rain and a sloppy track to deliver a career-best 1:56.4 victory in Thursday night's second division of a $39,400 New York Sires Stake late-closing contest for 2-year-old male pacers at Vernon Downs.Snapping a string of three consecutive second-place finishes in the thir
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Zeron looking for a Crown Rainbow
October 01, 2010
The Rick Zeron trainee, Lady Rainbow has had a rocky road leading up to her $25,000 Breeders Crown elimination this Friday at The Mohegan Sun at Pocono Downs in Wilkes Barre, PA.The two-year-old daughter of Muscles Yankee made a break in stride in her Peaceful Way Stakes elimination (September 9) bu
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Berkshire back on track at Cal-Expo
October 01, 2010
He didn't keep a straight course in his last and it cost him. On this night he was much straighter and Berkshire scored nicely.Open 2 Handicap trotters, racing for a purse of $5,200, were featured at Cal-Expo on Thursday night (September 30), on which Berkshire made it three of his last four.Prior t
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Vernon alters upcoming race schedule
October 01, 2010
Vernon Downs has changed its closing weekend for the 2010 race meet, and will now close for the year on Saturday, Nov. 20, with a 6:55 p.m. post time. Vernon has taken the two days that were supposed to be raced on Nov. 26 and 27 and moved them to Thursday, Oct. 21 and Thursday,
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Cardinal, Violet elims on tap at Maywood
October 01, 2010
The top 2-year-old pacers in Illinois will be showcased on Friday night as Maywood Park presents eliminations for the Cardinal and Violet Stakes. The finals of these two prestigious events will take place Friday night, Oct. 8.   With a total of 21 two-year-old pacing colts ente
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Ohio Sires Stakes action at Northfield
October 01, 2010
Two-year-old fillies contested their final Ohio Sires Stakes preliminaries at Northfield Park Friday night, leading up to the rich Ohio Super Day at Lebanon Raceway Saturday, October 9 and favorites posted fast miles in all four legs.   There were two $19,000 pacing splits and Jerry Osborne’s
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Pretty Katherine scratched from Crown
October 01, 2010
World champion Pretty Katherine, 3-1 in the first of two eliminations for the Breeders Crown 2-Year-Old Filly Pace, has been scratched from the race tonight at Mohegan Sun at Pocono Downs because she failed to arrive at the detention barn in time. Detention deadlines for the Crown races ar
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Broad Bahn, Dejarmbro, Big Rigs win colt trots
October 01, 2010
Broad Bahn trotted to a gutsy victory in the first $25,000 Breeders Crown frosh-trot elim at Pocono Downs, Oct. 1.   Driven by Jack Moiseyev, in from Canada, the invader from the north who fired big in the “Wellwood” was challenged at the half by Not Nice. “Bahn” would not let his challenger
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Palone reaches 14,000 career wins
October 01, 2010
Dave Palone drove the 14,000th winner of his Hall of Fame career Friday when he guided Red Star Hottie to victory in the sixth race at The Meadows Racetrack & Casino.   With that victory, Palone became only the second driver in North American harness racing history to collect 14,000 wins.
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Shadyshark Hanover storms to 1:51 victory
October 01, 2010
The track record for freshman colt pacers was under assult Friday night at Pocono Downs as three $25,000 Breeders Crown eliminations were contested. On a night when records tumbled in several races, Fashion Delight was the first to lower the standard for two year old colts with a 1:51.3 pe
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Lady Rainbow, Fitness Girl, Sweet Love triumph
October 01, 2010
Lady Rainbow got to leader Seducedbychocolate in the final stages of the Breeders Crown elim for frosh-filly trotters, the first episode for this division at Pocono Downs, Oct. 1, in 1:56.4.   On the inside late after keeping that spot when “Seduced” got the lead from her, Hey Mister came ba
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See You At Peelers smashes Pocono track mark
October 01, 2010
See You At Peelers kept her perfect record intact Friday night with a dominant performance in her $25,000 Breeders Crown elimination for two-year-old pacing fillies. Driven by Jim Morrill Jr. for trainer Jimmy Takter, the Bettor’s Delight freshman smashed the Mohegan Sun at Pocono Downs track record
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Don'ttellmywife, Symphony In Motion victorious
October 01, 2010
Don'ttellmywife (Stephane Bouchard) sat a Friday night pocket, winning Yonkers Raceway's co-featured $42,500 Open Handicap Trot.   Leaving from post position No. 2, he watched while Neighsay Hanover (Ray Schnittker) set sail through weight stations of :27.4, :56.3 and 1:25.4. Meanwhile, 4-5 c
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My Whispering Eye strikes OSS Gold
October 01, 2010
On Friday night Ontario’s talented two-year-old trotting fillies gave Rideau Carleton Raceway fans a Gold Final finish that they won’t soon forget.   Quantum Victoria and South Bay kicked off the $130,000 Gold Final with an early battle for control that saw South Bay reach the quarter pole in
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