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Tetrick in Big M announcer's booth Thursday
July 06, 2011
Harness fans will get a chance to hear Tim Tetrick Thursday night from the announcer's booth as the record-holding driver is scheduled to call the first race at the Meadowlands. Tetrick had drives on the afternoon card at Harrah's Chester but is leaving the Pennsylvania racetrack early to ensur
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Freshmen pair set season's marks at The Meadows
July 06, 2011
A pair of freshmen vaulted to the head of their respective classes Tuesday at The Meadows by establishing national season’s marks in their career debuts. Robin Cruiser became the sport’s fastest freshman filly pacer on a five-eighths-mile track by roaring through the lane for Brian Zendt to era
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Grand Circuit week at Pocono starts with the Reynolds
July 06, 2011
Myluvmylife and Uncle Peter scored the fastest miles in their respective classes of the W.N. Reynolds Memorial Stakes on Tuesday night at Mohegan Sun at Pocono Downs. The Reynolds races are the highlight of Grand Circuit Week, which began at Pocono on Tuesday.There were five “Judge Moore” Reynolds d
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Career-best efforts for favs in Town Pro elims
July 06, 2011
Thirteen three-year-old pacing fillies contested two Town Pro Stakes eliminations Tuesday evening at Mohawk, but only two have earned the right to pick their posts for the final. Swinging Beauty captured the first $20,000 elim as well as her first victory of her sophomore campaign in the process for
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Abercrombie on tap Friday at Hoosier
July 06, 2011
Two-year-old pacers will once again be the focus of the Friday night card at Hoosier Park Racing & Casino. The entire eight-race abbreviated program includes four divisions of the Abercrombie series for freshman colts and geldings and four divisions of the Sandra Lil series for freshman fillies
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Clarification about PA stallion residency
July 06, 2011
In response to a number of inquiries for clarification, the Pennsylvania Sire Stakes and Pennsylvania Standardbred Breeders Development Fund state that the MINIMUM PERIOD a stallion has to stand in Pennsylvania to become a registered sire, with offspring eligible for the two Pennsylvania breed-incen
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He's Spooky returns after stem-cell injections
July 06, 2011
More stories are surfacing about stem-cell injections being used to treat injuries in horses. One horse who has recovered from an injury thanks to a stem-cell injection is He’s Spooky, a winner of an International Stallion Stakes at The Red Mile as a 2 year old in 2009. The patience of trainer Fran
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Big Bad John MIA for Meadowlands Pace
July 06, 2011
It’s not often a horse that was the betting favorite in the $1.5 million Pepsi North America Cup at Mohawk Racetrack isn’t entered in the Meadowlands Pace that takes place one month later, but that’s the case this year with Big Bad John as the Ron Potter trainee is missing in action for Saturday’s P
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See You At Peelers eyes 19 in NYSS at Vernon
July 06, 2011
The undefeated sophomore pacing filly See You At Peelers headlines 30 fillies set to go postward in four divisions of New York Sire Stakes at Vernon Downs on Saturday night.   Coming off of an impressive three-length victory in the $613,020 Fan Hanover at Mohawk Racetrack, Peelers will be reu
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Leader Of The Gang 9-5 choice for Yonkers Trot
July 06, 2011
Leader Of The Gang, trying to bring his trainer a third consecutive victory in this race, drew post  position No. 2 and was made the 9-5 morning-line favorite for Saturday's 57th edition of Yonkers Raceway's $445,474 Yonkers Trot. Jimmy Takter, a Harness Hall of Fame nominee, had enlisted Dave
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Bartlett suffered concussion, now sidelined
July 06, 2011
 Jason Bartlett, involved along with Jordan Stratton in a Monday night auto accident while bound for Yonkers Raceway, was originally expected to return to driving Thursday night.  However, his recuperation from eye and head injuries is going to take a bit longer than originally thought. &
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Penn National gets "conditional" Rosecroft license
July 06, 2011
Penn National Gaming’s plans to reopen Rosecroft Raceway for harness racing appear to be on hold after the Maryland Racing Commission approved only a conditional license for the track on Wednesday. The commission placed financial conditions on the license after expressing concerns about the financia
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Spring Break tops $700,000 in earnings
July 06, 2011
Spring Break enjoyed a comfortable pocket trip, then charged through the Lightning Lane to capture her second straight — and vault over $700,000 in career earnings — in Wednesday’s $22,500 Filly & Mare Preferred Not Listed/Preferred Handicap Pace at The Meadows.   With Lorrie Please provi
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Pastor Stephen latest philanthropist for Africa
July 06, 2011
The 3-year-old trotter, who is among the favorites to win August’s $1.5 million Hambletonian at Meadowlands Racetrack, is helping raise money to support the mission work of his namesake, the Rev. Stephen Heinzel-Nelson, and the Allentown Presbyterian Church, in Africa.   Trainer Jimmy Takter,
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