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Border Fighting wins sixth at The Meadows
April 20, 2011
Border Fighting knifed through the slop with ease in Tuesday’s Valentowner Pace at The Meadows, capturing his sixth straight race and stamping himself as the favorite in next week’s series final. Fall Bliss and Zipnthruthehall also took $15,000 second-leg divisions in the series for 3-year-old colts
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Yonkers announces purse increase
April 20, 2011
Yonkers Raceway has announced a sizable, across-the-board purse increase, beginning next Monday, Apr. 25. Effective next week, all condition races (including those with optional claimers) go up 15 percent, while all straight claiming races increase by 10 percent. After the hike, purses range fr
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Dover Downs 2010-2011 recap
April 20, 2011
Dover Downs 42nd season came to a close on April 14 with two Delaware Standardbred Breeders Fund (DSBF) Three-Year-Old finals for colt and geldings. Powerful Mist, handled by Tim Tetrick, took the colt pace final easily with a 1:52.2 performance while Bret Brittingham guided Mob Boss home in 1:59
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$600,000-winner Mattscape Seelster euthanized
April 20, 2011
Mattscape Seelster, a winner of more than $651,000 in his long career and a regular on the Woodbine Entertainment circuit for many years, was euthanized Tuesday morning after suffering a spiral fracture of his left hind cannon bone in the 12th race at Western Fair Raceway Monday.   "We
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Meadows joins Pick 4 guarantee in May
April 20, 2011
The Meadows Racetrack & Casino announced today it is teaming with the United States Trotting Association’s Strategic Wagering program to guarantee $5,000 pools on Pick 4 wagers at the track each Monday and Tuesday in May. The initiative kicks off Monday, May 2.   The USTA in early April i
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Tioga bringing back "Pick Six Sundays"
April 20, 2011
Tioga Downs has announced that it will bring back its "Pick Six Sundays" for its upcoming meet with an even larger guaranteed pool. In co-ordination with owner and trainer Peter Kleinhans and the Southern Tier Harness Horsemen’s Association, Tioga Downs will now guarantee its Pick Six at
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One More Laugh to make first start Saturday
April 20, 2011
Double millionaire One More Laugh is set to make his 2011 debut on Saturday night at Vernon Downs in the $10,000 Open Pace, slated as race 10 on the 12-race card.   The gelded son of McArdle-Fancy Creek Funny has prepped for his 4-year old campaign with two qualifying events at Poco
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Top breeder Brittany Farms to scale back
April 20, 2011
George Segal, who shares ownership of The Red Mile and is a part of Jeff Gural’s group trying to lease the Meadowlands, is planning to downsize his Brittany Farms breeding operation that since 1986 has been located on historic Pisgah Pike just outside of Lexington, Ky. For almost a quarter century,
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Maywood Park joins Pick 4 frenzy
April 20, 2011
Maywood Park, with the support of the USTA Strategic Wagering initiative, will offer its first $10,000 guaranteed Pick  4 pool on Thursday, April 21. With the help of a $5,143 carryover, the guarantee will be surpassed with ease. The track estimates a final Pick 4 pool of $20,000.  
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Gural gives update about union meeting
April 20, 2011
Jeff Gural, who is trying to put together a plan to lease the Meadowlands racetrack and have harness racing continue there, issued the following statement late Wednesday afternoon.   "I met with Bob Ligouri, Head of the Tellers Union, today (Wednesday), however, for reasons known only to them
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RMTC meets; Dr. Scoggins to be project manager
April 20, 2011
The Racing Medication and Testing Consortium (RMTC) board of directors announced today that it will join the National Thoroughbred Racing Association (NTRA) and American Association of Equine Practitioners (AAEP) in organizing an international summit this summer to address race day medication. The e
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