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Bettor Sweet's 1:48.3 just misses Pocono mark
July 16, 2011
Ideal Matters and Bettor Sweet turned in victorious performances to highlight an action-packed night of racing at Mohegan Sun at Pocono Downs on Saturday), providing the perfect exclamation point to Back to the Track weekend. Both horses were driven to victory by Dave Palone.   Idea
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Real Nice cruises in Yonkers Open
July 16, 2011
Real Nice (Jordan Stratton) was much the best Saturday, winning Yonkers Raceway's featured $52,000 Open Handicap Pace. Had it been any easier, Real Nice could have sent out for refreshments.   Leaving from post position No. 5 as the 7-10 favorite, Real Nice stepped around pole-sitting Domitia
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Field set for Armbro Flight final at Mohawk
July 16, 2011
Fourteen trotting mares battled in a pair of Armbro Flight eliminations Friday night at Mohawk Racetrack. Two aged beauties stole the spotlight and earned the right to select their post position for next week’s $349,000 final, Buck I St. Pat and Miss Dangles.   In an off-the-pace performance,
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Rampage Jackson leads PA 3YO pacing colts
July 16, 2011
Rampage Jackson pulled the pocket around the final turn and roared home to score in a stake-fastest 1:52 in a division of Friday’s $80,000 Pennsylvania Stallion Series for 3-year-old pacing colts at The Meadows. The stake for 3-year-old colt and gelding pacers was conducted over four divisions,
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Records set in NJSS 2-year-old finals
July 16, 2011
Pirouette Hanover, trained by Ed Hart, set a stakes record for freshman filly pacers and Mr. Vic and I Fought DaLaw stayed unbeaten in the freshman colt trotting and pacing ranks highlighting four New Jersey Sire Stakes Night of Champions races worth $700,000 in purses at the Meadowlands Racetr
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See You At Peelers streak at 20--Whew!
July 16, 2011
See You At Peelers stretched her career unbeaten streak to 20 in the $127,000 Tarport Hap on Saturday night at the Meadowlands, but it wasn't a walk in the park. In fact, the journey for See You At Peelers was adventurous as they come, which included getting caught three wide early, passed by a hors
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Big Bad John rebounds with 1:49.2 PASS win
July 16, 2011
Fresh from eight days of focused R&R following two major disappointments, Big Bad John returned to the racing wars with renewed vigor Saturday at The Meadows when he captured a division of a $210,234 Pennsylvania Sire Stake in a stake-record 1:49.2.   The event for 3-year-old colt and gel
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Lucky Jim edges San Pail; Dreamfair Eternal also upset
July 16, 2011
Lucky Jim defeated San Pail in the $50,000 Maple Leaf Trot prep race Saturday night at Mohawk Racetrack. The Erv Miller trainee captured his second victory this season, three quarters of a length ahead of the 1-5 favorite, San Pail. Also, Laughandbehappy upset reigning Canadian Horse of the Year D
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Wrenn, Stewart take Hoosier titles
July 16, 2011
Hoosier Park Racing & Casino closed out its 18th season of Standardbred racing Saturday with Hoosier Champions. The evening featured a 14-race card with purses in excess of $1.2 million, including finals of the Indiana Sire Stakes.   Hoosier Champions featured several Indiana stars as Mat
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Roll With Joe rolls in Meadowlands Pace
July 16, 2011
Ron Pierce rolled with Roll With Joe out of the gate in Saturday night's $1 million Meadowlands Pace final at the Meadowlands, and the strategy paid off as the 3-year-old son of Cam's Card Shark scored an impressive 1:48.2 victory, While the win was Pierce's fourth Meadowlands Pace victory--and thir
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