News Archive

Brioni wins Elitlopp; Americans fade in stretch
May 29, 2011
The final of the 60th Elitlopp at Solvalla in Stockholm on Sunday afternoon had an unexpected winner, Brioni, who had the luckiest day in his career. He got into the Elitlopp final only because Define the World was disqualified. When he drew post eight it appeared he was unlucky it appeare
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Macraider N and Bettor Sweet in dead heat record win
May 29, 2011
Macraider N and Bettor Sweet set a world record in Saturday night’s featured Open pace at Mohegan Sun at Pocono Downs by posting the fastest time ever on a 5/8-mile oval in a race finishing in a dead heat for the win. The amazing time was 1:48:4. In a night filled with sizzling times at Pocono,
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Arch Madness wins Elitlopp heat handily
May 29, 2011
Arch Madness will taking on the French speedster Rapide Lebel in the final heat of the Elitlopp on Sunday afternoon in Stockholm. Arch Madness won his elimination heat easily in 1:52.3  with Swedish ace Bjorn Goop aboard. Rapide Lebel won the first elim in 1:53.1 with a powerful brush
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Valentowner dominates Scioto’s best
May 29, 2011
Valentowner shot to the front after the first half-mile of Saturday’s featured Open Pace at Scioto Downs and left his rivals in his wake, winning by seven lengths in 1:52.3, fastest mile of the season at Scioto.Dan Noble was in the sulky for trained Jim Arledge, Jr. and owner Robert Key of Pennsylva
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Mystician wins Upper Canada Gold Cup
May 29, 2011
Mystician, last year's Metro winner,  made a three-wide brush down the backstretch before opening up daylight on the field of three-year-old Ontario-sired pacing colts to capture the $500,000 Upper Canada Cup and join harness racing's millionaire's club at Georgian Downs on Saturday night.In th
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All Cantab, Kashs Caviar win Earl Rowe divisions
May 29, 2011
Five-year-old trotter All Cantab was a gate-to-wire winner in the $109,750 gold division while four-year-old gelding Kashs Caviar went all the to win the $59,750 silver division.Driver Trevor Ritchie sent Blair Burgess trainee All Cantab to command in the gold edition from Post 1 and the son of Cant
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Millionaire Grain Of Truth adds to that at Tioga
May 29, 2011
Ray Schnittker shipped in his millionaire 10-year old open trotter, Grain Of Truth on Saturday night and left with more money chalked up under his career earnings. Grain Of Truth and Ray Schnittker left from post position number six and immediately went to the front through fractions of 27.3, 58.2,
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Smedshammer: Arch Madness returning home
May 29, 2011
Trainer Trond Smedshammer watched his horse Arch Madness compete in the Elitlopp via live video streaming from home in New Jersey, and although the gelding won his elimination heat, Smedshammer said "I didn't get a real strong feeling about him," and thus wasn't surprised the horse didn't win the fi
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Anndrovette takes $150,000 Betsy Ross
May 29, 2011
Sitting off a fast, yet uncontested early pace before making her move, Jeffrey Bamond, Joseph Davino, and Mark Kesmodel's Anndrovette ($5.60) parried a furious stretch charge from Higher And Higher to prevail in the fourth edition of the $150,000 Betsy Ross, held Sunday (May 29) afternoon at Harrah'
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"Peelers" equals 1:49.2 record; Delight also wins
May 29, 2011
See You At Peelers came into Sunday night’s Empire Breeders’ Classic a perfect 14 for 14 in her racing career, and she pulled out of Tioga Sunday night 15 for 15 and with the title of world champion. The 3-year old Bettor’s Delight filly took home the $279,175 final in a world record equal
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