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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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