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Karpathos wins for Marra at Pompano
May 21, 2011
A change is proving to be better than a rest for 10-year-old trotting gelding Karpathos at The Isle Casino Racing Pompano Park.   Since a private purchase last month by prominent amateur driver Jamie Marra of Delray Beach, FL, the veteran gelding has posted a runner-u
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Montrell Teague wins Hempt with CTD
May 21, 2011
Custard The Dragon parlayed a pocket trip into a rallying victory in the 2011 Max C. Hempt Memorial Pace on Saturday night at Mohegan Sun at Pocono Downs. The race, Pocono’s premiere event for 3-year-old colts and geldings on the pace, carried a purse of $300,000.   Racing from an outside pos
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Gordie How takes Scioto Saturday feature
May 21, 2011
It was a start-and-stop race, but Gordie How had enough pace in the stretch to win Scioto’s featured Open Pace on Saturday evening in 1:54.1 for trainer-driver Kurt Sugg.   The7-year-old gelding was assigned the outside post position in the field, which was reduced to five by two scratches. T
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Shadyshark Hanover wins first start of year
May 21, 2011
Shadyshark Hanover prepped for the $400,000 New Jersey Classic by winning an overnight at Harrah's Chester on Saturday afternoon in 1:51.1. Driver Tim Tetrick put Shadyshark Hanover on the lead and the Cam's Card Shark colt cruised to a 3 1/2-length score with his final quarter in :27.1.   Er
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Frosty Flirt wins at Vernon
May 21, 2011
Tracy Brainard’s fast-striding trotter Frosty Flirt didn’t disappoint in Friday night’s $10,000 featured Open-1 contest at Vernon Downs.Assigned the outside seven post in Friday’s ninth event, Frosty Flirt ($4.50) got away fourth as Vacation Day cut a quarter in :27.2, a half in :57.3 and three-quar
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Lorrie Please sharp in Meadows victory
May 21, 2011
Lorrie Please, who hadn’t raced in nearly a month, surged to an early lead and easily deflected every challenge as she captured Friday’s $22,500 Filly & Mare Not Listed Preferred/Preferred Handicap Pace at The Meadows. Although she was a fading seventh in her April 22 outing and scratched s
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Giddy Up Lucky hits Yonkers mile in 1:50.4
May 21, 2011
Giddy Up Lucky (Dan Dube) rewrote the Yonker Raceway record book Saturday night, winning the $43,000 Open Handicap Pace.   Leaving from penultimate post position five, the 3-4 favorite Giddy Up Lucky watched as George Morton Levy winner Real Nice (Jim Pantaleano) worked around pole-
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Big Jim coasts to 1:51.4 score in 2011 debut
May 21, 2011
The first one is in the books for Big Jim as the 2010 divisional champion kicked off his 3-year-old campaign with an easy victory in the prep for the $400,000 Anthony Abbatiello New Jersey Classic on Saturday night at Meadowlands Racetrack.   After floating in the flow in the first turn and t
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Pantaleano, Pinkney snag Freehold titles
May 21, 2011
Jim Pantaleano won Freehold Raceway’s 2010-2011 driving title on Saturday, completing the meet with 232 wins. The Cleveland, Ohio, native had a career best 437 wins in 2010, surpassing identical 436 win marks in 2002 and 2003.     Dave Pinkney Jr. captured the training crown with 5
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