News Archive

First-time winners in Celias Counsel elims
April 05, 2011
A pair of $20,000 Celias Counsel eliminations for 3-year-old trotting fillies took place Monday night at Woodbine with Misti Maiden and Surveillance taking home top honors.   Misti Maiden, driven by Jack Moiseyev, front-stepped her way to a 1:59 score in the first elimination. The daughter
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Woodbine raises Pick 4 guarantee to $100,000
April 05, 2011
Woodbine Entertainment Group (WEG) and the Central Ontario Standardbred Association (COSA), pleased with the $116,000 wagered into last Saturday’s $100,000 guaranteed early Pick-4 pool at Woodbine, has raised the guarantee on Saturday nights for the rest of the month.   Originally offered a
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Yonkers joins Pick 4 guarantee program
April 05, 2011
Yonkers Raceway has announced it shall offer guaranteed Pick 4 pools twice weekly as part of the U.S. Trotting Association's Strategic Wagering program. Beginning this Saturday, April 9, and continuing each Saturday and Monday at least through the end of the month, the late Pick 4 (races 7 th
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We Will See, Dial Or Nodial win Chester qualifiers
April 05, 2011
We Will See, whose four wins last year including the $200,000 Pennsylvania Sire Stakes Championship and a North America Cup elimination, romped to an 11 ½-length qualifying victory Tuesday morning at Harrah’s Chester, with his 1:53.1 clocking being the fastest of the 14 qualifiers. We Will See, who
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Big victory for Cams Art at Dover
April 05, 2011
Cams Art took a big step toward being voted "Horse of the Meet," romping to a 1:50 victory in the $32,5000 Delaware Special on a spring-like Monday at Dover Downs. Dina’s Gamble romped to a 1:50.3 victory in an $18,500 winners-over male pace.   With chief contender Solano scratched,
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Vernon stall apps now available
April 05, 2011
Stall applications are now available online and in the race office at Vernon Downs. If you plan on applying for stalls for the 2011 race season, please fax your application in by Monday, April 11, to (315) 829-3364.   Vernon Downs management is currently negotiating in good faith a new c
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Oropuro sets Italian season's mark in Bologna
April 05, 2011
It looks like the Italian 3 year olds are ready for major efforts already now, as the first important stake was opened with a new season¹s record of 1:56.1 by Oropuro Bar. The 88,000 (euro) Gran Premio Italia was raced over the half-mile track in Bologna, with 11 starters.   The early
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Strong field for 'Last Chance' for Olympic Trot
April 05, 2011
The "Last Chance" is the final elimination for the Olympic Trot, with almost $250.000 to the winner in the race scheduled for April 16 at the Åby-track in Gothenburg. Quite surprisingly (too close to the final) the "Last Chance² became the most interesting field of all eliminations,
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Hambletonian Society endorses Strategic Wagering
April 05, 2011
At the annual Winter Meeting of the Hambletonian Society on March 27, the board of directors voted to strongly endorse the U.S. Trotting Association’s Strategic Wagering project and applauds the success of the initial guaranteed pool efforts of Balmoral Park, Northfield Park and Cal-Expo. &n
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Mare not dreaming at Mighty M--3 wins in a row
April 05, 2011
There are truly some horses that can string many wins together and that’s usually because they fit the class they are competing in, though occasionally some horses just dominate. For Notimefordreaming, the former assessment is most accurate.   On Monday afternoon Notimetimefordreaming
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