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Big Bad John wins qualifier in 2011 debut
April 15, 2011
Big Bad John, whose freshman season last year ended with a pair of Grand Circuit victories at The Red Mile, made his 2011 debut Friday morning at The Meadows. With new driver Brett Miller in the sulky, Big Bad John held an open-lengths lead throughout the mile as he posted fractions of :28.2, :58.4
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Powerful Mist, Mob Boss win $100,000 DSBF finals
April 15, 2011
Powerful Mist was overpowering, Mob Boss showed his grit in $100,000 Delaware Standardbred Breeders Fund (DSBF) Colt and Gelding Finals while Cams Art was named Horse of the Meet, Josh Green won his seventh straight Leading Trainer honors and Corey Callahan took Leading Dash Win Driver award on a Sp
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Dave Yarock wins NAADA trot
April 15, 2011
On the warm and sunny afternoon  of Thursday, May 14  Dave Yarock reined Biggerthebetter to a gate to wire 2:01:1  triumph  in the third leg of the of the North American Amateur Drivers Associations Spring Series Trot at Monticello Raceway.For Yarock and Biggerthebetter it was a
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Ohio governor says all gaming "tied together"
April 15, 2011
Ohio Gov. John Kasich has announced that the state has hired two gambling consulting firms to assist it in sorting out the future of gaming in the Buckeye State.   The Columbus Dispatch reported that in commenting on retaining the consultants, Kasich said," I'm not an expert in it. But I have
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Well-bred pacer on the trot at Western Fair
April 15, 2011
Wish N Win, a 5-year-old mare steeped in pacing blood, will make her first lifetime start on the trot Friday night at Western Fair Raceway.   "She was never really happy on the pace, it just wasn’t her cup of tea," explains her owner Morag Watt of Clinton, Ont. whose husband Jim handle
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Oy vey! Kleinans to drive in Passover Pace
April 15, 2011
On Thursday, April 21, when the marshall calls the pacers for Monticello Raceway’s 13th Annual Passover Pace, Peter Klienhans will be among the drivers participating this year.   “I drove last year and though I didn’t have a particularly good horse I did finish fourth,” Kl
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169 claims for $5.1 mil at Yonkers this year
April 15, 2011
Through April 12, there have been 169 claims at Yonkers Raceway this year at Yonkers Raceway. Total cost of the claims--$5,171,750. If the numbers continue at this pace, the total money spent on claiming tags might just exceed $ 20 million for the year. (Standardbred Owners Associatio
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Gural issues statement to horsemen
April 15, 2011
At approximately 3 pm on Friday, April 15,  Jeff Gural issued a statement to horsemen regarding his efforts to lease the Meadowlands racetrack and continue live harness racing there. He said he does not at this time expect the track to reopen for racing on May 7, and is attempting to move the G
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Menary gives update on 3YO Prodigal Seelster
April 15, 2011
Last year's $297,000 Ontario Sires Stakes Super Final winner Prodigal Seelster is a few weeks away from qualifying, according to trainer David Menary.   The 3-year-old colt by Camluck captured the $291,000 Battle of Waterloo last year along with a single OSS Gold final and an elimination
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Jans Luck vs. Spring Break
April 15, 2011
Affirmed and Alydar dueled through perhaps the most storied rivalry in Thoroughbred racing history, but those legends have nothing on two outstanding Standardbreds, Jans Luck and Spring Break. When the two locked horns in Friday’s $22,500 Filly & Mare Preferred Pace, it was the 34th time they ba
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All Meadowlands operations to shutdown May 12
April 15, 2011
In a press release issued early Friday evening, Governor Chris Christie called Thursda'y's inaction by the union representing the mutuel clerks at Meadowlands Racetrack on a proposal from prospective track operator Jeff Gural a potentially fatal obstacle to continuing racing operations at the East R
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Flex The Muscle sets 1:52.4 Pocono mark
April 15, 2011
Flex The Muscle set a new track record for 4-year-old trotting stallions in winning the featured Open Trot on Friday night at Mohegan Sun at Pocono Downs in 1:52.4. The race carried the night’s top purse of $30,000.   Leaving from post position four as the 3-1 second betting choice, Flex The
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Maddy Seelster wins Hoosier mare feature
April 15, 2011
Maddy Seelster and trainer-driver Ross Leonard made a quiet move at the end to surprise a field of nine in the $24,000 Fillies and Mares Invitational Pace Friday, April 15 at Hoosier Park Racing & Casino. The duo covered the distance in a time of 1:55.1, their first win of 2011.   Startin
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All Spirit fastest in Matchmaker; Ginger falters
April 15, 2011
Yonkers Raceway's Blue Chip Matchmaker continued its run Friday night, with four, $40,000 divisions. The first event was won by a wrapped-up Shacked Up (Eric Goodell, $2.70) in 1:53.4.   Rev Me Up (Yannick Gingras) made the early (:27.2 opening quarter) lead before Shacked Up--away fourth fro
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