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Yankee Glide offspring win big in Europe
April 23, 2011
The Klosterskogen 4-year-old race, arranged in memory of  W.C. Habib, was contested Saturday afternoon in Norway. It had many U.S. imports and Muscles Wiking BR (Muscles Yankee-Sappho Blue Chip) was played the heavy favorite because of his 11 wins in 15 starts. But a gallopp after about a half
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Ontario 3CP Spring elims contested
April 23, 2011
A dozen 3-year-old pacers rolled into Woodbine Friday evening to go toe-to-toe in a set of $20,000 eliminations for the Ontario Spring Open Stakes. The undefeated Bare Necessity (Sylvain Filion) went wire to wire to win his elimination notching a fifth consecutive victory.   The Eric Adams t
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18-year-old Smith brings home Hoosier upsetter
April 23, 2011
Tyler Smith and CR Hope snuck through traffic to take home the top prize in the $24,000 Fillies and Mares Invitational Pace Friday at Hoosier Park Racing & Casino. The duo lit up the tote board, paying $47.20 to win.   Starting from post one in the eight-horse lineup, Smith got away
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Fox Valley Touche wins Desperate Lady
April 23, 2011
Exhibiting the talent she showed while racking up five victories and almost $160,000 in earnings despite chasing division champion and 2010 Illinois Horse of the Year Pardon throughout her 2-year-old season, James Runyan and Paula Smith’s Fox Valley Touche made her sophomore debut a winning one as s
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3-year-old fillies compete in Calif. Sire Stakes
April 23, 2011
Sophomore fillies, on both gaits, competed in two $15,000 California Sires Stakes on Friday at Cal-Expo. In the first of the two divisions, this for the trotters in a non-wagering event, Claim Jumper was a three-move repeat winner. Leaving from post three in the field of a half-dozen for driver St
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Five Levy splits wrap up preliminaries
April 23, 2011
Saturday night found Yonkers Raceway hosting the fifth and final preliminary round of the George Morton Levy Memorial Pacing Series. Five, $50,000 divisions went to post.   The opening event was won by the 2-5 Foreign Officer (Tim Tetrick). Leaving from post position four, he stepped around p
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Hambo hopeful Mythical Hall wins Scioto qualie
April 23, 2011
Mythical Hall, a sophomore son of Andover Hall, shot to the front at the start of his qualifier at Scioto Downs on Saturday and won easily in 1:59.1 by two lengths.   The bay colt was driven in his first 2011 outing by Hugh Beatty for trainer Jim Arledge and owners Thomas York and Joe Sbrocc
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Europan Union upsets in Pocono open
April 23, 2011
Undaunted by some of the heavyweight pacers in the field, Europan Union parlayed a pocket trip into a thrilling victory in Saturday night’s featured Open Handicap pace at Mohegan Sun at Pocono Downs. The race carried the night’s top purse of $30,000.   The field of seven in the race included
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St. Elmo Hero starts new win streak
April 23, 2011
One week after seeing the end of his 25-race unbeaten streak, St. Elmo Hero got back on the winning track Saturday night as he drew clear to a two-length victory in 1:51.4 in the $45,000 Open Pace at Woodbine Racetrack.   St. Elmo Hero had not tasted defeat in his career until he fell v
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