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Mr Feelgood beats Blacks A Fake again
November 01, 2010
Mr Feelgood stretched his record to eight wins in 10 starts when he beat four-time Inter Dominion champion Blacks A Fake for the third successive time in last Saturday night’s $A200,000 Queensland Pacing Championship, contested at 2,680 meters.   As the curtain came down on
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Longtime race official Gene Cossette dies
November 01, 2010
Edward "Gene" Cossette, a longtime racing official who worked as a judge at several racetracks, including the Meadowlands and The Red Mile, died Friday, Oct. 29, in Dover, N.H., after a battle with cancer. He was 71.   Mr. Cossette's stint as a racing official took him to many tracks in the U
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Luke McCarthy looking for US horses to buy
November 01, 2010
Luke McCarthy’s success with Mr Feelgood and another of his US imports, the lightly-raced and exciting Buckeye Nation, has given him inspiration.   “Given the current economic climate (strong Aussie dollar), I think Australian owners should seriously start looking at the North American horses
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Feel Like A Fool Supplemented To The Matron
November 01, 2010
This morning, trainer George Teague Jr. told harnessracing.com that he will supplement his star 2-year-old pacer Feel Like A Fool to the $200,000 (est.) Matron Stakes for the supplemental fee of $20,000. The freshman pacing and trotting divisions of the Matron feature elims on Saturday, Nov. 6 with
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Italy's Nesta Effe wins Orsi Mangelli
November 01, 2010
The Gran Premio Orsi Mangelli, the major Italian 3-year-old stakes with a purse of about 275,000 euros for the final, looked Swedish after two superior elimination wins by Muscles Wiking BR  and Formula One.  But in the final on Monday night at the San Siro track in M
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Changes to WEG's Pick 4; Jamieson wins 5
November 01, 2010
The Woodbine Entertainment Group has announced the following changes to its Pick-4 wagers, effective when WEG drops it's Tuesday racing card on November 16.   There will be a $40,000 guaranteed early Pick-4 on Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays beginning on Thursday, Nov. 18. Monday's $50
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