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Big Jim Is Meadowlands Pace favorite
July 12, 2011
New Jersey Classic winner Big Jim has been tabbed as the 2-1 morning line favorite in the $1 million Meadowlands Pace on Saturday, July 16.  The 3-year-old colt is 3-for-3 at the Meadowlands Racetrack, including a win in his Meadowlands Pace elimination race on July 9.  Elim winners earned
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A Trio Of OSS Gold elims contested
July 12, 2011
Twenty-five freshmen pacing fillies converged on Mohawk Racetrack, Monday evening, for a trio of Ontario Sire Stakes Gold eliminations.Class Of O Nine remains undefeated in three lifetime starts after capturing her $40,000 elimination for Hall of Fame trainer Bob McIntosh. Last Luck (Rick Zeron) to
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That's Justice repeats in Tioga Open
July 12, 2011
Phil Fluet and That’s Justice took home the featured $16,500 Open Handicap pace on Monday evening, for the second straight week. Leaving from post position number five, Fluet settled That’s Justice in fourth along the pylons as Lahaye (Brandon Simpson) stepped out to an early lead with favorite Winb
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Warrawee Needy breaks, still wins OSS elim
July 12, 2011
Handicappers at Rideau Carleton Raceway were spot on with their selections in Monday’s $40,000 OSS Gold Series eliminations for 2-year-old pacing colts and geldings, as Best Ears and Warrawee Needy got the job done in their respective assignments.   Warrawee Needy, who was sent off as t
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Shoeing change for "Cheddar" for Pace final
July 12, 2011
Having enjoyed successes over the years, horse owner Steve Calhoun and trainer Casie Coleman will try and take it a step further and make history on Saturday.   Coleman, Canada's four-time Trainer of the Year, including the last two seasons, will attempt to become the first female trainer to
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Charlie Bowen dies at age 84
July 12, 2011
Charlie Bowen, for many years the Director of Sponsorships at The Red Mile and before that in a similar role for the Little Brown Jug, died Tuesday morning at an Indiana care center. He was 84. Bowen had been in declining  health and had missed his first Lexington meet last fall. Bowen's wife,
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SRF’s Announces the Win*Win Program
July 12, 2011
The Standardbred Retirement Foundation (SRF) today announced a new program to allow Standardbred owners to share in the earnings of their racehorses with non-competitive Standardbreds in need of a home.  The SRF has partnered with numerous race tracks to accommodate owners, trainers, and driver
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NJSS freshman finals on tap Saturday at Big M
July 12, 2011
The leading New Jersey-sired 2-year-old pacers and trotters will compete Saturday night at the Meadowlands in four New Jersey Sire Stakes Night of Champions races worth $700,000 in total purses. Three double winners of preliminary legs in the NJSS Premier Division series headline the fields co
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15 entered in Stanley Dancer Trot
July 12, 2011
The Stanley Dancer Memorial Trot, set for Saturday night at the Meadowlands, has attracted 15 entries. The race has become a sneak preview of the Hambletonian. This year's race carries a purse of $325,000. Noticably missing from  the entries are Blue Porsche (winner of the Goodtimes earlie
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Valley View Downs back on track in Pennsylvania
July 12, 2011
The Pennsylvania State Harness Racing Commission on Tuesday morning voted to approve American Harness Tracks’ application to build Valley View Downs & Casino on 250 acres northwest of Pittsburgh. Only chairman Roy Wilt voted among the two members of the commission as Richard Welsh did not vote b
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No elim needed for Maple Leaf Trot
July 12, 2011
With 10 horses entering this morning for the prestigious $730,000 Maple Leaf Trot, set for July 23 at Mohawk Racetrack, no eliminations will be required for the 2011 edition of the classic. The entries, in alphabetical order, are Arch Madness, Define The World, Enough Talk, Four Starz Speed, Hot S
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See You At Peelers in Saturday's Tarport Hap
July 12, 2011
See You At Peelers will make her only stop at the Meadowlands this season on Saturday. Her only other appearance at the Meadowlands was in her first career start, a conditioned race for 2-year-old fillies on July 10, 2010. She is not eligible to the Mistletoe Shalee, set for Hambletonian Day at the
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