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World champion mare Caramel Sundae dies
November 12, 2010
Former world-champion pacing mare Caramel Sundae, who produced the world-champion Falcon Seelster colt Ultimate Falcon, was euthanized at Michigan State University on Nov. 1 at the age of 30.   Caramel Sundae was owned her entire life, including as a racehorse and as a broodmare, by Charles a
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BC champion showdown set for Am-Nat
November 12, 2010
Trotting enthusiasts are in for a treat in Saturday’s fourth race at Balmoral Park as two of North America’s top diagonally gaited specialists in Buck I St. Pat and Enough Talk will lead a compact field of five to the gate for the $124,000 American National Aged Trot.  Buck I St Pat comes into
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It took 'three swings' to win at Dover
November 12, 2010
Three Swings, an 11-1 longshot, won the $14,000 Veteran’s Day feature pace on Thursday at Dover Downs. Mike Cole had a driving triple, Daryl Bier won two races.   Allan Davis piloted the overlooked Three Olives-Swinging Joyce gelding to his third win of the season for trainer Martin
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Progress Pace, Matrons on tap at Dover
November 12, 2010
The $320,000 Progress Pace and seven rich Matron Stakes highlight the biggest weekend of the Dover Downs season Saturday and Sunday.   On Saturday, Chapter Seven, driven by Hall of Famer Mike Lachance for suburban Philadelphia owners, Richard Gutnick and Gary Cocco, an early 2011 Hamblet
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NJ commission proposes new starting rule
November 12, 2010
The New Jersey Racing Commission has proposed amending its starting rule for harness races to add a fair start pole approximately 200 feet before the starting point, and if a horse has not reached the fair start pole when the horses are released by the starter, then that horse would be scratched fro
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The Horseman, Huston named Proximity finalists
November 12, 2010
The Horseman and Fair World, the longtime harness reporting stalwart which has stretched its magazine capabilities to the 21st century with a strong computer presence, and Roger Huston, a member of the Communicators Harness Hall of Fame, voice of the Little Brown Jug, and one of the sulky sport’s to
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Median price for yearlings steady at Harrisburg
November 12, 2010
The yearling portion of the Standardbred Horse Sale Company's fall Harrisburg auction concluded on Thursday with the average price settling at $30,730, a decline of 3.5 percent from last year, while the median price held steady at $22,000.   The median price at last month's Lexington Sel
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Breeding shares for popular studs sold
November 12, 2010
Shares for stallions sold well at the first day of the Standardbred Horse Sales Company's mixed sale, which traditionally features breeding stock. The sale got underway at 10 am on Friday.   The top price for a share was the $95,000 that Fashion Farms paid for a share of trotting sire Muscle
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Bright Idea, Napolitano, Fusco team for 5 straight wins
November 12, 2010
Bright Idea, driven by George Napolitano Jr. and trained by Carmine Fusco, captured his fifth straight win at Mohegan Sun at Pocono Downs Friday evening.   Napolitano Jr. took Bright Idea to the front early on in the mile and stopped the timer in 1:57.4 in the $7,000 claiming trot. Fusco and
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Western Graduate takes Yonkers mare feature
November 12, 2010
Western Graduate (George Brennan), fastest filly or mare ever at Yonkers Raceway, won Friday  night's co-featured $38,000 Filly and Mare Open Handicap Pace with a 1:54 score.   Leaving from post position six as the just-under-even-money favorite, Western Graduate watched a three-hea
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