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Meadowlands Pace featured on Tioga TV show
July 20, 2011
Tioga's “Inside Harness Racing” hit the road and travelled to the Meadowlands over the weekend to bring viewers extensive coverage of the $1 million Meadowlands Pace and the 20th straight win by super filly See You at Peelers.   Fans can see all the action on the newest episode of “Ins
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Stormin Normand in PASS Meadows stake record
July 20, 2011
Stormin Normand stormed to the lead with a quick backside burst in a division of Tuesday’s $226,836 Pennsylvania Sires Stake at The Meadows, demolishing the field by 11 lengths in a stake-record 1:56. The event for 2-year-old colt and gelding trotters, known as the Hickory Pride, was conducted
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Orange Bigi Stars in Stallion Series at Pocono
July 20, 2011
Orange Bigi posted the fastest time of three divisions of The Stallion Series on Tuesday night at Mohegan Sun at Pocono Downs. The races, held for 3-year-old trotting fillies, each carried a purse of $20,000.Orange Bigi, trained by Anthony Mannino and driven Matt Kakaley, won his Stallion Series div
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Dream Maker elims contested at Mohawk
July 20, 2011
Speed Again and Thinking Out Loud showed they were swift Tuesday night in a pair of Dream Maker eliminations for freshmen pacing colts and geldings at Mohawk Racetack.Speed Again captured the first Dream Maker elim for trainer Jeff Gillis in a new lifetime mark of 1:52.2.Gable Blue Chip (Rick Zeron)
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"Martini" time in Hambletonian Oaks?
July 20, 2011
Martiniontherocks, last year's Breeders Crown 2-Year-Old Filly Trot champion, is back racing and appears to be on track to start in the Hambletonian Oaks. Last Friday at Mohawk the Conway Hall filly finished second in a 1:54.4 mile after taking the lead at the half. That was her
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Meadowlands commentary returns to TVG
July 20, 2011
Meadowlands Racetrack will once again be represented by live, on-track commentary on TVG's Drive Time beginning Thursday, July 21. Racing analyst Darin Zoccali will provide comments and selections beginning at 8 p.m. (EDT) every racing night for the balance of the meet. (Meadowlands)
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Foiled Again favored in Battle of Lake Erie
July 20, 2011
The 2009 Battle of Lake Erie winner Foiled Again has been installed as the favorite in Saturday's $100,000 renewal at Northfield Park. Defending champ Hypnotic Blue Chip is the second choice. The 26th edition of the Battle is the 11th race on the 13-race card that starts at 7 p.m. eas
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For A Dancer fastest in NYSS 2FT splits
July 20, 2011
Eight divisions of 2-year-old trotting fillies went to post  in the $152,000 New York Sire Stakes at Monticello Raceway on a hot and humid Wednesday afternoon. And when they were completed the peoples' choices fared well in all the splits.   The fastest  mile of the afternoon was tu
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Seeking Jeanie now 10 for 10 at Pompano
July 20, 2011
They were under pressure late in the stretch like never before in their 2011 starts and the top divisional trotters all came through with flying colors in the second leg of the Sunshine State Stakes on Wednesday evening at The Isle Casino Racing Pompano Park. All events turned to the gate
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Batavia joins USTA Strategic Wagering
July 20, 2011
Add Batavia Downs Casino to the list of racetracks that are participating in the U.S. Trotting Association (USTA) Strategic Wagering program. Beginning Saturday Aug. 6, the Pick-4 pool will be guaranteed at $5,000. The Pick-4 pool will also be guaranteed at $5,000 on Aug. 13 and 20. The 2011 ra
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Bold And Fresh hits PASS three-track trifecta
July 20, 2011
Even an early break of stride couldn’t stop Bold And Fresh from her third consecutive Pennsylvania Sire Stakes win on Wednesday night at Mohegan Sun at Pocono Downs. There were three divisions of the stakes races held at Pocono for 3-year-old trotting fillies, and each division carried a purse of $6
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Running Aces set to re-open
July 20, 2011
Running Aces has announced it will be opening its doors on Thursday, July 2,1 at 10 a.m. after having been closed as part of the state shutdown for the past 20 days. Live racing will resume this Saturday, July 23, at 7 p.m. The track will host a “Back to Live Racing” party.   “Our horsemen a
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