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Big M offers new series for trotters
May 17, 2011
Meadowlands Racetrack will be holding a new series for 3-year-old trotters in the month of June.The series will be for non-winners of two extended pari-mutuel races or $25,000 lifetime up to and including June 5, 2011.A pair of $15,000 legs will be held on Friday, June 10, and Friday, June 17. A $40
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Big week pads Pena's lead at 3 racetracks
May 17, 2011
Lou Pena currently sits atop the trainers’ standings at three racetracks—Yonkers, Harrah’s Chester and Mohegan Sun at Pocono Downs—and he significantly padded his numbers after a monstrous period of Saturday, May 7, through Saturday, May 14. Pena, currently second on the national trainers’ dash and
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Ouellette on Crys Dream: “She was unreal”
May 17, 2011
Last year’s O’Brien Award winner, Crys Dream exploded past her older rivals tonight as she made her sophomore debut a winning one at Woodbine for regular pilot, Luc Ouellette. The filly was entered into a $25,000 condition event and paid $4.70 for the victory.Crys Dream, who won seven of eight start
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Molson Pace & OSS elims drawn
May 17, 2011
The stars will abound at Western Fair Raceway on Friday, May 20 as the track hosts two eliminations for their signature race, the Molson Pace, and the first Ontario Sire Stakes events of the year with several top performers, equine and human, set to perform at the London racetrack.The two $20,000 Mo
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Manofmanymissions tops Thursday Big M qualifiers
May 17, 2011
Several stars will be on the racetrack Thursday morning in qualifying races at the Meadowlands, but it will likely be the sixth race—a 3-year-old colt trot—that will attract the most attention. Drawing the outside post six in the race is Manofmanymissions, who scored a world-record 1:53.2 victory i
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Jody Jamieson, Jeff Gillis take WEG titles
May 17, 2011
The Woodbine meet came to an end on Monday, May 16 with driver Jody Jamieson and trainer Jeff Gillis finishing atop the leaderboard. Jamieson put up very impressive records over the winter, with top numbers in every category.   Jamieson drove 136 winners in 588 starts, which
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Meadowlands joins guaranteed Pick-4 program
May 17, 2011
The Meadowlands Racetrack’s existing guaranteed Pick-4 bets will be added to the U.S. Trotting Association’s Strategic Wagering program beginning this week.   The Meadowlands offers $50,000 guaranteed Pick-4 wagers every Thursday and Friday and a $75,000 guaranteed Pick 4 each Saturday. The P
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Canadian Hall of Fame inductees announced
May 17, 2011
Burning Point and Invitro, two Standardbred pacing mares with combined earnings of over $5 million, along with a filly that won the Queen’s Plate and the Woodbine Oaks in 2002, headline this year’s class of inductees into Canada’s Horse Racing Hall of Fame.   Standardbred electors were unable
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Tioga reminds horsemen about golf outing
May 17, 2011
Tioga Downs would like to extend an invitation to all horsemen and owners participating at Tioga Downs over the Memorial Day weekend to join the track in the annual golf outing on Sunday, May 29. The format for the golf outing will  be the traditional Captain and Crew format and will take
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Pastor Stephen coasts in 2011 PASS debut
May 17, 2011
Making his 2011 pari-mutuel debut, Pastor Stephen, last year’s Two-Year-Old Colt Trotter of the Year, coasted to a 1:55.2 victory over a track listed as “sloppy” in the third of three $69,303 Pennsylvania Sire Stakes (PASS) divisions Tuesday afternoon at the Meadows. The other two PASS splits went t
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Big Jim to debut Saturday in NJ Classic prep
May 17, 2011
Big Jim, the 2010 divisional champion, tops the list of 3-year-old colts and geldings that will compete in a $25,000 prep race for the $400,000 Anthony Abbatiello New Jersey Classic on Saturday at Meadowlands Racetrack.     The nine colts and geldings in the prep will join Shad
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