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Inter Dominion gets underway Friday in NZ
March 24, 2011
The 2011 Inter Dominion, the famed racing event in Australia and New Zealand, will get underway at approximately 4 am EDT on Friday, March 25. The Inter Dominion series was begun in 1936 as a competition between the neighboring countries of Australia and New Zealand. This year’s prestigious event is
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Balmoral guarantees April Pick 4s
March 24, 2011
Beginning Saturday, April 2nd, Balmoral Park’s Pick 4 wagers will have guaranteed pools of $15,000 on Saturday’s and $25,000 on Sunday nights. The guaranteed pools will be in effect throughout the entire month of April. In conjunction with the United States Trotting Association, Balmoral Park, Yonke
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Libra Vita, Allmar Surprise win at Dover
March 24, 2011
Libra Vita notched her second straight victory in the $18,000 Winners-Over trot and Allmar Surprise took the sub-feature on a rainy Wednesday, March 23 at Dover Downs  Corey Callahan drove four winners to tie Ron Pierce for first place in dash win standings.Ron Pierce driving Libra Vita shook o
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$90,000 yearling wins at Pompano
March 24, 2011
It's that time of year in South Florida when promising young horses begin to show up and Lucky Cadet just could prove to be one of the most promising of all in the months ahead. The three year old Art Major-Yankee Luck colt did not race as a two year old. That decision appears to have been extr
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Storm Queen wins again at The Meadows
March 24, 2011
It was a dark and stormy night - the perfect setting for Storm Queen, as she blazed to the front and captured her second straight division in Wednesday’s Mary Wohlmuth Memorial Trot at The Meadows. Shelby County took the other $15,000 second-leg split in the series for 3- and 4-year-old filly and ma
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Formula One wins in Sweden, now 9 for 11
March 24, 2011
Stig H. Johansson's 4-year-old favorite Formula One (Yankee Glide-Ferrari Of, by Credit Winner) made his season's debut a winning effort at Solvalla Wednesday night, taking his ninth win in 11 career starts. The big upcoming races for the US-bred are the King's Trophy and Sprintermastaren. &nb
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Stalls still available at Tioga
March 24, 2011
Stalls are still available at Tioga Downs as the March 12 deadline has been extended. Through March 23, about 100 stalls were still available.   “In the past, Pompano had been shutting down around the time we opened, and then we were shutting down around the time they reopened, so we had a ni
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Real Desire book full and closed
March 24, 2011
Brittany Stallion Management's decision to move Real Desire to Indiana proved very popular among breeders, as it was announced Thursday that his book for 2011 is full and closed. He moved this year from Pennsylvania to Midland Acres' Indiana division, where he stands for a fee of $5,000. &nb
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Delaware House committee nixes more casinos
March 24, 2011
According to reports, on Wednesday a Delaware House committee voted 6-5 against authorizing two new casinos in the state. Those two casinos would compete with Harrington Raceway, Dover Downs and Delaware Park. However, the measure may still be heard by the full House before the legisl
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Hoosier holding dress rehearsal Friday
March 24, 2011
A total of 22 qualifiers have been carded for Friday for the annual night-time dress rehearsal program at Hoosier Park Racing & Casino. Due to the volume of events, the first race will go behind the gate at 4 p.m. Lasix for horses qualifying will be administered from 1:00 – 1:15 p.m. EST.
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New PA track? "Nothing to report"
March 24, 2011
The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette has reported that at a Pennsylvania Harness Racing Commission meeting on Thursday, a Centaur Inc. representative told the commission, "There's really nothing to report," as far as any progress on the transfer of Centaur's license for a proposed track known as Valley
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Calgary Seelster ready for Friday's Youthful
March 24, 2011
When owner/trainer Murray Preszcator shelled out $16,000 at the Forest City Yearling Sale in 2009 for Calgary Seelster, he wasn’t quite sure what would be made of him. Now, over a year later, the London, Ontario resident is enjoying the recent success of his star pacer.   Despite being unrace
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Ontario official says purse surplus unclear
March 24, 2011
Earlier this week, Hall of Famer Bill O'Donnell, president of the Central Ontario Standardbred Association, discussed Ontario's new purse redirection program with racing journalist Dave Briggs, writing for the Guelph Mercury, and told him, “I think the biggest concern is there wil
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Hopefully, this win is a good omen
March 24, 2011
Jeff Gural (next to driver Andy Miller) and Mike Gulotta joined Whatever It Takes in the Meadowlands winner's circle Thursday night. Hopefully it was a good omen as Whatever It Takes, a 3-year-old colt by Credit Winner, picked up his first career win. Gural owns the colt with Brittany Farm
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