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Tetrick scores a Hoosier quintet
June 03, 2011
Trace Tetrick earned five wins on the program Thursday, June 2. The 24-year-old reinsman has been consistently climbing the charts and his recent success has placed him in second on the list of leading drivers for 2011.A native of Geff, Ill., Tetrick began driving full time following his high school
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Manofmanymissions wins 1st of year in NJSS
June 03, 2011
Manofmanymissions may not be trotting on all four cylinders yet, but he certainly got the job done in his 2011 debut.   The son of Yankee Glide was under wraps in winning the first of two New Jersey Sire Stakes divisions for 3-year-old colt and gelding trotters on Friday night at the Mea
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Merriman 'In The Sulky' on Saturday
June 03, 2011
Top Ohio reinsman Aaron Merriman will be the In The Sulky guest on Meadowlands Racetrack's Saturday pre-card broadcast.   Merriman, 32, has five drives on the Saturday card.  The young reinsman is a four-time leading driver at Northfield Park and has career totals of 4,689 wins and $20.5
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New track, driver for Beatgoeson Hanover in Casual Breeze
June 03, 2011
Beatgoeson Hanover will make her Canadian debut on Friday, June 3 at Mohawk Racetrack in one of two Casual Breezedivisions for three-year-old trotting fillies.Beatgoeson Hanover will be looking to make it two-for-two in her sophomore season. Off of a win on May 26 in her 2011 debut, trainer Richard
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Lost Symbol finds Big M winner's circle
June 03, 2011
Lost Symbol stood out among the group of fillies after capturing her third straight win of the season with ease in the second division. Under the guidance of driver-trainer Trond Smedshammer, Lost Symbol rushed to the lead at the half and pulled away in the stretch to a 3 1/2-length victory in 1:56,
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Fox Valley Sage a Vernon winner
June 03, 2011
Fox Valley Sage surged to a second straight score in Thursday night’s $10,000 featured 10th race at Vernon Downs.Fresh off a 2:01 tally at Yonkers Raceway on May 27, Fox Valley Sage ($11.60) rallied from second in the final strides to nip the oncoming Blueridge Betty (last week’s winner in this fill
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Conditions right for Pastor Stephen at Pocono
June 03, 2011
It’s not often a Two-Year-Old Colt Trotter of the Year can be found in an overnight as a sophomore, but that’s the case on Friday as Pastor Stephen, the 2010 divisional champion, has drawn post five in a $20,000 conditioned trot at Mohegan Sun at Pocono Downs. Although the primary condition of the
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First Donato Hanover filly qualifies at Meadows
June 03, 2011
Art Song Hanover earned the distinction Friday morning in a 2-year-old qualifier at The Meadows of being the first offspring of 2007 Horse of the Year Donato Hanover to make an appearance on the racetrack. On Saturday morning another seven foals of Donato Hanover are scheduled to start in baby races
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Chocolatier 2 year old wins Mohawk qualifier
June 03, 2011
Twenty-one 2 year olds made their first qualifying appearances, Friday morning at Mohawk. It was the Blair Burgess-trained Southwind Warsaw who took the first qualifier. Burgess drove the bay trotter, a son of Chocolatier-Win B, in gate-to-wire fashion through fractions of :33.2, 1:04.2, 1:33.4, s
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All Spirit wins Tioga feature
June 03, 2011
All Spirit returned to her winning ways Friday night at Tioga Downs in the $16,500 fillies and mares Open Handicap Pace.   The 5-year old daughter of Bettor’s Delight–Spirit Of Ivy used her usual tactics to come from off the pace and catch a second-over trip through a half in :56.2. As the fi
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Gem of a race for Ocean Pearl at Scioto
June 03, 2011
Ohio Hall of Fame Chip Noble knows that the front end is the place to be if you have the best horse, and that’s exactly where he put Ocean Pearl at the start of the Buckeye Lake Pacing Series at Scioto Downs on Friday night.   The 3-year-old pacing filly did the rest as she backed down the m
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Pastor Stephen wins in 1:53.3 at Pocono
June 03, 2011
The 2010 Two-Year-Old Colt Trotter of the Year Pastor Stephen scored a 1:53.3 victory in a $20,000 conditioned trot Friday night at Mohegan Sun at Pocono Downs. With Ron Pierce driving for trainer Jimmy Takter, Pastor Stephen rallied from sixth at the half to edge past Big Boy Lloyd in the final str
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Crys Dream, Lukes Sophie win Casual Breeze splits
June 03, 2011
A pair of divisions of the Casual Breeze squared off Friday night at Mohawk Racetrack with Crys Dream and Lukes Sophie taking top honors.   In the first elimination, after a recall, Lukes Sophie cleared past an :28.3 opening panel for driver Jody Jamieson and never looked back to stop the ti
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