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Chausetts Blanche upsets at Harrington
August 31, 2011
Andrea Hill’s Chausettes Blanche ($12.40, Sean Bier) hit her best gear in the final strides for the second straight week and pulled off an upset in the $18,600 Mares Open Tuesday at Harrington Raceway in 1:55.1.   Trained by Crissy Crissman, the 8-year-old Christian Cullen mare raced fro
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Red Mile approved for $25 million for redevelopment
August 31, 2011
The Red Mile has reportedly received approval from the state of Kentucky to receive more than $25.3 million in tax increment financing for a redevelopment project that would include apartments, a hotel, retail and restaurant spaces, parking garages and offices. The redevelopment would take place on
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San Pail, Buck I St. Pat favored at Vernon
August 31, 2011
The $164,000 Muscle Hill Open Mare Trot and its counterpart, the $218,000 Credit Winner Open Trot, lead a nine-race card set to go to the post at Vernon Downs on Friday night at 6:55 p.m.   San Pail, fresh off back-to-back victories in the Maple Leaf Trot and Nat Ray has drawn post
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Busy Mohawk weekend on tap for Takter
August 31, 2011
Jimmy Takter will send three horses into Saturday’s $633,000 She’s A Great Lady Stakes for 2-year-old filly pacers at Mohawk Racetrack in Ontario, but that is only part of a busy weekend for the trainer. He has eight other horses racing Saturday, including Simply Business in the the $1 mil
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Charges against Wallis, Piroski dropped
August 31, 2011
The Ontario Racing Commission has reportedly dropped all race-fixing charges against drivers Kevin Wallis and Gene Piroski due to lack of evidence on the prosecution's part. Wallis had been issued a 12-year suspension and $100,000 fine while Piroski had been given a 10-year suspension and $100,000 f
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Radar Contact upset in Indiana Sire Stakes
August 31, 2011
Pacific Sun Rae and Trace Tetrick put an end to Radar Contact’s winning streak Tuesday in the fourth and final round of Indiana Sire Stakes preliminary action. The Panspacificflight filly halted her counterpart’s streak at 13 with a 1:53.2 upset in the $45,600 first division for sophomore pacer
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Double Major fastest in NYSS 2FP splits
August 31, 2011
Double Major was possibly the smallest of the 24 freshman pacing fillies set to go in the $150,000 New York Sire Stakes at Monticello Raceway on Tuesday afternoon, but that didn’t stop her from reeling in a 1:56.3 victory in her $50,293 division. Jason Bartlett was at the controls when the
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Babic elims on tap Saturday at Freehold
August 31, 2011
The undefeated My Ideal Hanover, with five victories in five lifetime starts, will try to make it six in a row Saturday in a $10,000 elimination for the Lou Babic Filly Pace for 2-year-old New Jersey-sired fillies at Freehold Raceway.   There will be two elimination heats of eight fillie
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McDermott aims for Metro with Hurrikane Kingcole
August 31, 2011
When Hurrikane Kingcole lines up in the $1 million Metro Pace this Saturday at Mohawk, he will represent memories of both past and present for co-owner John McDermott. The bay colt, who has a shot to take all the spoils in this year’s edition of the race, is named after McDermott’s son, Kane, and
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Nine entered in Cane, no elims needed
August 31, 2011
Wednesday morning the Tioga Downs’ race office accepted entries for the 57th annual Cane Pace and nine 3-year-old colt and geldings were entered. As a result, no eliminations will be necessary, and all nine will move straight to the $342,875 final on Saturday, Sept. 10, at Tioga Downs. Meadowlands
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Northville Downs set to open Friday night
August 31, 2011
The Michigan harness racing circuit will continue this Friday night as Sept. 2 marks the return of live racing to Northville Downs. Northville Downs will race each Friday and Saturday nights with a first-race post time of 7 p.m.   Northville Downs is very excited to announce the man
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Blooded Horse Sale shows strength
August 31, 2011
It was the strongest Blooded Horse Summer Sale since 2002.  Yearlings were in greater demand and buyers were a bit gamer on the racehorses.  The three year old Ohio bred trotter, Count Howie was the sale topper at $27,000.  Consigned by Marty Wollam, agent the handsome bay gelding had
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Windylane Hanover, Miss Wisconsin sold
August 30, 2011
World Champion Windylane Hanover, in foal to Muscle Hill, and Merrie Annabelle winner Miss Wisconsin, carrying a foal by Donato Hanover, have been purchased by Ernie Gerbaulet, a Hunterton Farm and Sales Agency client who resides in Recklinghausen, Germany.   Hunterton's Steve Stewart, who
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Jamieson wins Tioga Drivers’ Championship
August 30, 2011
Canada’s superstar, Jody Jamieson, came into the second and final leg of the Drivers’ Championship with a three point lead after the first leg held at the Meadowlands. He had no plans of ever relinquishing that lead and stormed out of the gate again in race number one, winning with Split Ticket
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Pro Bono Best fillies lead ISS winners
August 30, 2011
Five divisions of two-year-old pacing fillies battled Monday, August 29 at Indiana Downs for all-important Indiana Sires Stakes points and a position behind the gate in the $200,000 final Saturday, September 10. A pair of Pro Bono Best freshman turned in solid performances over the Shelbyville oval.
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Broad Bahn bounces back in Zweig
August 30, 2011
In the Zweig Memorial for 3-year old colt and gelding trotters, Hambletonian winner Broad Bahn rebounded off of his loss in the Colonial to take home a division of the Zweig in 1:55.3. In the Zweig filly divisions, Hambletonian Oaks champion Bold And Fresh suffered a defeat when she broke strid
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Gogetembrady wins Harrington feature
August 30, 2011
Maurice Brady’s Gogetembrady ($10.40, Tony Morgan) successfully climbed the class ladder with a decisive 1:53 win Monday in the $18,600 Open at Harrington Raceway. The 5-year-old gelded son of Artistic set all the fractions in his two length win over Southwind Lynx and Cams Art. It was his 23rd
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Palone: Post 9 "a death sentence" for Peelers
August 30, 2011
Triple Crown champion Blissfull Hall could not overcome an outside post in the 1999 Adios, and neither could Pacer of the Year Well Said in the 2009 renewal of The Meadows’ signature race. So for Dave Palone, the leading driver at The Meadows in wins and earnings the past 21 years, it’s easy to unde
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Dancing from Raceway Park to $1 mil Metro
August 30, 2011
Jim Mulinix believed A Rocknroll Dance was a horse capable of attending the big dances. When the colt equaled the world record in winning his Metro Pace Elimination last weekend at Mohawk Racetrack, Mulinix’s faith was rewarded.   A Rocknroll Dance, trained and co-owned by Mulinix, won his $4
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Harness owner Edward Norford dies
August 29, 2011
Edward R. Norford, 82, of Camp Hill PA, a successful Harrisburg-area businessman, a friend of Hall of Famer Max C. Hempt and his son George, and a member of the U.S. Trotting Association for 40 years, died Friday, Aug. 26, at his home.   Norford was born in nearby Lemoyne PA, w
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See You At Peelers favored in Jug Future
August 29, 2011
The 3-year-old filly pacer See You At Peelers is the 3-1 favorite in the first of two wagering pools for the 2011 Little Brown Jug. The Delaware, Ohio-owned and trained Big Bad John is next at 4-1 and Meadowlands Pace champion Roll With Joe is third at odds of 9-2.   “Our fans
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Idyllic ends See You At Peelers' streak at 22
August 29, 2011
The 22-race winning streak of See You At Peelers came to an end at The Meadows Monday afternoon when the filly finished sixth in the $193,150 Nadia Lobell after a super tough trip starting from post nine. Instead of See You At Peelers winning her 23rd straight, Idyllic pulled off the surprising
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With good weather, Tioga set for big Monday
August 29, 2011
Tioga Downs reports that the weather for Monday night's big Driving Championship and Zweig card will be mild, with no rain! The high temperature on Monday is forecast to be 74, with lower temperatures at night. The area received about two inches of rain and had a few downed tree limbs courtesy of Hu
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NYSS freshman filly pacers on tap at Mighty M
August 29, 2011
On Tuesday afternoon Monticello Raceway will host the seventh leg of the New York Sire Stakes (NYSS) for freshman pacing fillies which will carry a total purse in excess of $150,000. And as the events continue deeper into the season the amount of  starters falls off  as only thos
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Check Me Out 7-for-7 heading to Champlain
August 29, 2011
Trainer Ray Schnittker is no stranger to training top horses that compete at the highest level. The veteran conditioner has a long resume of rich performers including the 2008 Hambletonian winner, Deweycheatumnhowe ($3,177,112) and 2010 Meadowlands Pace winner, One More Laugh ($2,288,505), just to
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Marty Party sets 1:52 stakes mark in PASS
August 29, 2011
Marty Party set a stakes record of 1:52 in coasting to a five-length victory in an $80,603 Pennsylvania Sire Stakes at The Meadows Monday afternoon.   Two other PASS splits went to Moonlit Dragon (1:52.3) and McSauna (1:52.4).   Driver Dave Palone quarter-moved Marty Party before the :
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FL Harness Writers award scholarships
August 29, 2011
The Florida Chapter of the U.S. Harness Writers Association has announced its 2011 A1len J. Finkelson Scholarship award winners, and it’s a triple dead heat. Three women, all from Broward County, were selected by the chapter for their outstanding scholastic achievements, and each has been awarded a
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Idyllic's sister romps by 8 in Stallion Series
August 29, 2011
Just a few races before her half-sister Idyllic snapped See You At Peelers’ 22-race win streak, Dream Of Winning showed that talent in the family runs deep; she romped home by 8 lengths in a division of a $140,000 Pennsylvania Stallion Series event at The Meadows.   The stake for freshman fil
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2YO Miss Fidget 2:00.1 winner in NYSS
August 29, 2011
Yonkers Raceway, back at it Monday night after Hurricane Irene left town, offered the $248,710 New York Sire Stakes Pat Quaglietta Trot for 2-year-old fillies. The event remembered a harness "lifer" who served with distinction for several organizations, including the U.S. Trotting Association, Harne
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Burke has hot hand going into Pacing Derby
August 28, 2011
Foiled Again ranged up first over on the turn to take the first of two $50,000 eliminations in the Canadian Pacing Derby series Saturday at Mohawk. The “CPD” final, worth a $832,000, is set for next Saturday night, along with the finales in the Metro and Shes A Great Lady stakes series.   Yan
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Fantaddy's 1:50.2 new Vernon 3YOPC mark
August 28, 2011
The track record for 3-year-old pacing geldings was equaled and, later, bettered during Saturday night’s $147,867 New York Sires Stake action at Vernon Downs. The first one to set a new mark was Mojo Terror, who scored in 1:50.4, then Fantaddy lowered it to 1:50.2 three races later.   Mojo T
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Draw times changed for Vernon, Tioga
August 27, 2011
Aspiration and accomplishment will merge at Vernon Downs on Friday, Sept. 2, when the Historic, Credit Winner and Muscle Hill stakes are contested at the venerable central New York racetrack. Entries will be accepted by the Race Office at (315) 829-6825 until the box closes at 9 am on
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Iron Lady beats Crys Dream in 1:54.1 in Am Nat
August 27, 2011
The Illini swept the American Nationals at Balmoral Park on Saturday night as Illinois-based Dave Magee drove Iron Lady to victory over Lady Rainbow and Crys Dream in the $121,500 American National 3-Year-Old Filly Trot, and GJ Photo Victory, with an all Illinois team, captured the $113,000 Am Nat f
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Favorites deliver in SBOA Stakes action
August 27, 2011
Three-year-old fillies Monkey On My Wheel and China Peals stole the show in their respective SBOA Stake finals Friday evening at Mohawk Racetrack.In the $132,654 final for sophomore pacing fillies, Monkey On My Wheel found the winner’s circle for the fifth consecutive time this season.Sent off as th
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Kadabra 2YO breaks, still takes OSS Gold
August 27, 2011
The Game Plan delivered as the bettor’s choice in the $130,000 Ontario Sires Stakes Gold Final for two-year-old colt trotters Friday night at Mohawk Racetrack. The John Kopas pupil captured the Gold trophy in a new lifetime mark of 1:56.3, despite a break in stride past the quarter pole.Il Mago (Tre
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Vic Smith graduates Kindergarten at Vernon
August 27, 2011
Vic Smith emerged as the standout performer in Friday night’s $60,000 opening round of this season’s Kindergarten Classic series for 2-year-old trotters at Vernon Downs.Competing in the $10,000 first race for male proponents of the diagonal gait, Vic Smith was urged to the front by Andy Miller and d
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Trotters featured in ISS action at Indiana Downs
August 27, 2011
Freshman and sophomore trotters were the featured attraction Friday, August 26 at Indiana Downs. The Shelbyville track hosted 10 divisions of Indiana Sires Stakes action on the 14-race program. It was a rough night for favorites, as only three reached the winner’s circle.   Two divisions of I
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A new, FREE Lexington Yearling Preview
August 27, 2011
Within the next few days, catalogs for the Lexington Selected Yearling Sale will begin arriving in mailboxes, but you don't have to wait that long to start your yearling shopping. This website is your starting point thanks to the new FREE Lexington Yearling Pr
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1:50.4 European mark; Joke Face tops Lisa America
August 27, 2011
The entire Scandinavian elite were assembled for the rich Sundsvall Open Trot Saturday afternoon. The 2010 Swedish Derby winner, the­ now 5-year-old Joke Face (Viking Kronos-Kalmie Melody, by Full Account), became a most worthy winner after a heavy trip­ first-over, second-over and then
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Darkhorsebet joins with charitable programs
August 27, 2011
The Retirement Assistance and Care for Equines Fund (RACE) has added their name to the list of charities offered to players on the on-line horse-wagering site, Darkhorsebet.com. The non-profit organization joins the American Standardbred Adoption Program, Mid-Atlantic Horse Rescue, New Vocations,
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Tioga cancels Sunday, moves card to Monday
August 27, 2011
Due to concerns about the weather and traveling conditions along the east coast, Tioga Downs has postponed the Sunday, Aug. 28, race card in its entirety to Monday, Aug. 29, with a post time of 6:30 pm. The card will be moved intact, the Zweig Memorial stakes and the Drivers' Championship will
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Lucky Roll big upset winner in Michigan finals
August 27, 2011
Michigan Sire Stakes finals were featured at Hazel Park Raceway in suburban Detroit on Saturday night and while several favorites won, there was a big upset as well.   Lucky Roll, a 3-year-old gelding by Hard Rock N Roll, pulled off a $76.20 upset in the $50,545 event for 3-year-old trotting
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Tuneariffic wins big at Scioto off of long layoff
August 27, 2011
The new kid at the track plays rough. That’s what Tuneariffic taught his seven rivals in Saturday’s Open Pace at Scioto Downs.  Making his first start since March, Tuneariffic shot past the other pacers with a quarter-mile remaining to win by seven lengths in 1:53.   J.D. Wengerd was in
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A Rocknroll Dance's 1:49.1 leads Metro elims
August 27, 2011
A Rocknroll Dance (above) led the Metro elim winners Saturday night with a 1:49.1 victory. The continent’s top two-year-old colt pacers battled in a trio of Metro Pace eliminations at Mohawk Racetrack with D Terminata, Speed Again and A Rocknroll Dance taking the spotlight and earning the
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American Ideal, Brittany, Takter sweep filly elims
August 27, 2011
After sweeping last Saturday’s Eternal Camnation divisions with American Jewel and Romantic Moment, trainer Jimmy Takter did it again. Both fab fillies won their respective Shes A Great Lady eliminations for 2-year-old filly pacers Saturday night at Mohawk.   In a world record equalling perfo
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81-year-old Boots Dunn wins at PA fair
August 26, 2011
Walter “Boots” Dunn last drove in a race in August of 2008 at his hometown track, the Crawford County Fairgrounds in Meadville, Pa. As it turns out, it was not a retirement, but merely a hiatus from racing. On Thursday, Dunn, at the age of 81, donned a brand new set of blue-and-white colors and
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New York Sire Stakes action returns to Batavia
August 26, 2011
The New York-sired racing season will resume on Friday night (August 26) when the 3-year-old pacing fillies converge on Western New York to compete in three rich New York Sire Stakes and three New York-Bred Late-Closers.The sire stakes action will kick off in race one, in which Miss Annie J has been
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World record in Maryland Sire Stakes
August 26, 2011
A new world record was the highlight at the Ocean Downs Oval in the Maryland Sire Stakes Showcase of Champions, with eight Sire Stakes finals held Thursday night (August 25) with purses totaling $200,000.Jim Morand drove Googoo Gaagaa in the Maryland Sire Stakes Final for 2-year-old colt/gelding tro
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Glorious Winner fastest at Vernon
August 26, 2011
Glorious Winner recorded the fastest mile, while Small Bills and Cash Poor continued their recent success in divisions of Thursday night’s $49,400 New York Sires Stakes-sponsored late-closing contest for 3-year-old male trotters at Vernon Downs.  With LeWayne Miller steering for trainer Erv Mil
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No detention for Zweig at Tioga due to storm
August 26, 2011
Tioga Downs has cancelled the scheduled detention for those horses racing in the Zweig Memorial 3YO Colt Trot on Sunday, August 28, due to weather concerns. Horsemen are urged to ship to Tioga sooner rather than later and stalls will be available to those that desire to stay over
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Tracks, horsemen prepare for Hurricane Irene
August 26, 2011
Hurricane Irene has tracks and horsemen in her path making plans and taking action. Ocean Downs, near Ocean City, Md. has already been affected by Irene’s approach, preemptively cancelling what would have been its final race card on Sunday, Aug. 28. Ocean City issued a phase 3 evacuation from t
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Settlemoir to be second announcer at Delaware
August 26, 2011
Jason Settlemoir will be the second announcer during the 2011  Grand Circuit week at the Delaware, Ohio, County Fair.  The Newark, Ohio, native, whose entire life has been devoted to harness racing, also will continue as the Delaware fair’s simulcast director. Settlemoir will replace
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Well-known names in Xtreme Trotting Under Saddle race
August 26, 2011
Top trainer-driver Riina Rekila, trainer Anette Lorentzon, and Taylor Burgess, the son of trainer Blair Burgess, will be among a field of nine riders for the Xtreme Trotting Under Saddle race Saturday at Georgian Downs. The exhibition race will be featured at Xtreme Horsepower following the first r
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Mohawk purses to increase Sept. 1
August 26, 2011
Woodbine Entertainment Group (WEG) and the Central Ontario Standardbred Association (COSA) on Friday announced that effective Sept. 1, Standardbred purses will be raised at Mohawk Racetrack. Wagering on Standardbred racing at Mohawk and Woodbine has been stable over the last 12 months, prompt
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Weingarter finishes second in PASS
August 26, 2011
Peter Haughton Memorial champion Weingartner was defeated in Pennsylvania Sire Stakes action at Harrah's Chester Racetrack & Casino on Friday afternoon. Three divisions, each worth slightly more than $74,000, were featured.   Weingartner, who was driven by trainer Jimmy Takter, sat the po
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Yonkers cancels Saturday night racing
August 26, 2011
Yonkers Raceway has cancelled its live harness card for Saturday night (Aug. 27) due to oncoming Hurricane Irene. The track plans to be open for simulcasting on Saturday through the duration of Saratoga's Travers Day Card, with first post at 11:35 am and final post scheduled for 6:18 pm.
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Tioga offers free programs for Sunday
August 26, 2011
Tioga Downs is offering free programs for its Sunday afternoon race program on Sunday, Aug. 28, which begins at 1:30 pm, on its website at www.tiogadowns.com, courtesy of Trackmaster. The Sunday afternoon race card consists of six divisions of the Drivers’ Championship, two races for 3-year-old
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Yonkers features to Full Picture, Calchips Brute
August 26, 2011
Full Picture (Jason Bartlett), despite being parked nearly two turns, relished the road trip Friday night, winning Yonkers Raceway's $52,000 co-featured Filly and Mare Open Handicap Pace.   Leaving from post position 6, Full Picture had to wait her turn as 17-10 choice Breakheart Pass (Y
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Freedom Crossing takes Tioga Friday feature
August 26, 2011
In the Friday night $18,000 fillies and mares open pace, Freedom Crossing and Mike Micallef turned a pocket trip into a victory for trainer Kevin Efimetz. Leaving from post position number five, Freedom Crossing left strongly to take control of the field past an opening panel of 27.2. The heavy favo
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Next Flight In remains undefeated with ISS win
August 25, 2011
After equaling the Indiana Downs track record for two-year-old colt pacers with a 1:52.1 performance in his last start, Next Flight In returned to the winner’s circle Wednesday, August 24. The Panspacificflight colt repeated his previous effort, winning in Indiana Sires Stakes action in a time of 1:
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Conditions sheets available for Delaware, Ohio
August 25, 2011
The complete stakes and overnight schedules for the 2011 Delaware County Fair have been released and are now available and can be found by clicking the link at the bottom of this page.   Phil Terry, general manager of the Delaware County Fair, also announced that  for the first time
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Takter’s fillies ready to shine in Shes A Great Lady elims
August 25, 2011
What do American Jewel, Romantic Moment, Another Hanover, Yummy Sushi and Azorean Night have in common? All five freshman pacing fillies will compete in the Shes A Great Lady eliminations on Saturday at Mohawk Racetrack for trainer Jimmy Takter.Takter swept both divisions of the Eternal Camnation St
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Tuesdays With Mom is back at Batavia
August 25, 2011
The third start of the year was the charm for Tuesdays With Mom, as the popular 4-year-old trotting mare notched her first win of the season, in wire-to-wire fashion, to take the $7,000 Fillies and Mares Open trot on Wednesday night (Aug 24) at Batavia Downs Casino. Tuesdays With Mom (Credit Winner
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Big Jim injured, sidelined rest of 2011
August 25, 2011
Standardbred Canada has reported that the $1.5 million-winning 3-year-old colt pacer Big Jim has suffered injuries to both rear ankles and will not race anymore this year and possibly could be retired. Owner Jim Carr said the full extent of the injuries won't be known until next week and that is whe
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Expanded gaming bill introduced in Massachusetts
August 25, 2011
A bill that would allow three casinos and one slot parlor in Massachusetts has been introduced in the state legislature. The three Las Vegas-style casinos would be located in three regions, with the slot parlor that would have at most 1,250 machines located anywhere in the state.   Although t
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Dan Patch Awards dinner Feb. 12 in Orlando
August 25, 2011
The date, location, tickets, menus--everything but the names of the actual award winners--are now set for the United States Harness Writers Association (USHWA) annual Dan Patch Awards Dinner that will take place on Sunday, Feb. 12, 2012, in Orlando, Fla.   The 2012 Dan Patch Awards Dinner wil
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Carr: Big Jim "not going to race again this year"
August 25, 2011
Owner Jim Carr confirmed to harnessracing.com Thursday afternoon that the $1.5 million-winning 3-year-old colt pacer Big Jim has suffered injuries to both rear ankles and will not race anymore this year and will likely be retired. Carr said the full extent of the injuries won't be known until next w
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Familiar faces stay on board at Big M
August 25, 2011
With the transition to an 80-day racing schedule, the new Meadowlands Racetrack group headed by Jeff Gural has reduced the racetrack’s staff. According to Gural, “Many employees will be offered opportunities during the 2012 live season. We will announce our 2012 dates after they are approved by th
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Crys Dream allowed to race in Am-Nat
August 25, 2011
Despite receiving a 90-day suspension that runs through Sept. 26 from the Ontario Racing Commission as a result of a positive test following her win in the Elegantimage final June 18 at Mohawk, Crys Dream is continuing to race in the United States. The 3-year-old filly trotter won her Hambletonian O
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Monticello looking for some grays and roans
August 25, 2011
In what started out in 1990 as a spoof on the world-famous Little Brown Jug, Monticello Raceway’s Little Grey Jug had become a regular attraction and an anticipated event for both horsemen and fans alike. So much so that over the years more than one division has been necessary to accommoda
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Drivers select charities for Drivers’ Championship races
August 25, 2011
The nine drivers competing in the six drivers championship races on Sunday afternoon (August 28) at Tioga Downs have all selected a charity and agreed to donate their 5% earnings on those races to those charities. David Miller, Ed Hensley, Tim Tetrick, and Yannick Gingras have all selected the Stand
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Monticello Casino & Raceway aids the homeless
August 25, 2011
During these economic times it’s no secret that the food banks and soup kitchens have much of their funding reduced with many looking to the community for help in order for them to keep supplying the less fortunate with meals.Knowing the problems  caused by  reduced  funding  Mon
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Harness racing returns to Cal Expo on Friday
August 24, 2011
Harness racing returns to Cal Expo Friday night (August 26) with Got The Giggles and Ivegotwhatuneed heading the cast in the $4,500 main event for pacers.  The feature goes as the seventh on an 10-race card.The revised schedule finds the trotters and pacers in action on Friday and Saturday nigh
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Allmar Surprise equals Harrington track record
August 24, 2011
Christopher Giacco’s Allmar Surprise ($5.60, Victor Kirby) equaled her own aged trotting mare track record Wednesday with a 1:55.3 triumph in a $7,100 conditioned event at Harrington.Trained by Kirby, the 6-year-old Angus Hall was ready to roll despite her two-month respite as she was sent to the fr
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Lucky 13 for Radar Contact
August 24, 2011
Radar Contact made her 13th consecutive trip to the winner’s circle Tuesday evening, August 23 with a wire-to-wire score at Indiana Downs. Dan Shetler piloted the sophomore filly pacer in the third leg of Indiana Sires Stakes, winning by a length in a time of 1:56.2. Sent off as the heavy favorite,
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Peach Martini heading to SBOA final
August 24, 2011
The 3-year-old trotting "Princess," Peach Martini, is re-charged and ready to take on her next set of opponents in Friday’s $148,654 SBOA final at Mohawk Racetrack.   The sophomore filly has an attitude and acts like a princess in the barn, which is how she got barn name. Trainer/driver Ric
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Five win $5,000 HTA college scholarships
August 24, 2011
Five college students with high marks, high hopes and high ideals have been named winners of Harness Tracks of America’s 2011 college scholarships. Each has harness racing family connections and each receives a $5,000 check toward their college education.All the winners have worked with harness hors
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PA championship purses increased to $200,000
August 24, 2011
The Pennsylvania Harness Racing Commission and the Pennsylvania Harness Horsemen’s Association (PHHA) have announced that the upcoming Pennsylvania Sire Stakes Championships and consolations will have an increase in purses, coming from a $560,000 contribution towards these races by the PHHA. &
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See You At Peelers draws post 9 at Meadows
August 24, 2011
If the undefeated See You At Peelers is to extend her career unbeaten streak to 23, she’ll have to do it from post nine, the extreme outside at The Meadows Racetrack & Casino. That’s where she drew Wednesday for Monday’s $193,150 Nadia Lobell for 3-year-old pacing fillies.   Prior to
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Cybersecurity topic at simulcasting conference
August 24, 2011
Joseph Menn, author of “Fatal System Error: The Hunt for the New Crime Lords Who are Bringing Down the Internet,” will address the subject of cybersecurity Monday, Oct. 3, to kick off the 19th annual International Simulcast Conference to be held at the Scottsdale Plaza Resort in Scottsdale, Ariz., O
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State Treasurer hoping to cash in for PEI in Metro
August 24, 2011
When State Treasurer goes to post for his $40,000 Metro Pace elimination this Saturday at Mohawk Racetrack, he could be one step closer to making his connections’ dreams come true. The 2-year-old colt would have to finish top three or be one lucky fourth-place finisher, which is drawn by lot, to a
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Il Villaggio upsets Arch Madness in Indiana
August 24, 2011
Il Villaggio scored the biggest victory of his career since he won the 2009 William Wellwood Memorial Wednesday night at Indiana Downs when he rushed past the heavily-favored Arch Madness in the final turn to win going away in 1:53 in the $213,500 Pride In Progress Trot. The time was a track re
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Freshman fillies shine in Ky. Stallion Management
August 24, 2011
A pair of $105,000 divisions of the Kentucky Stallion Management for 2-year-old filly trotters were contested Wednesday at Indiana Downs. The first split went to Win Missy B in 1:56.1 and the second went to Chilitodayhotamale in 1:56.3.   Charlie Norris trains and drives Win Missy B for breed
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Easy Again stars in Sire Stakes at Pocono
August 24, 2011
Easy Again upset previously unbeaten Sweet Lou to highlight Pennsylvania Sire Stakes action on Wednesday night at Mohegan Sun at Pocono Downs. There were three stakes divisions held at Pocono for 2-year-old colts and geldings on the pace, with purses ranging from $79,662 to $80,662.Sweet Lou came in
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Crys Dream, Whit favorites in Am-Nat divisions
August 24, 2011
Crys Dream has been installed the 6-5 morning-line favorite in Saturday night's $121,500 American National 3-Year-Old Filly Trot at Balmoral Park, while the locally-owned Whit has been tabbed the 2-1 choice in the $108,500 American National 3-Year-Old Colt Trot.   Crys Dream is coming off a t
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Cantab Hall mare Tamla Celeber wins again
August 23, 2011
Six eliminations for the most important stake for young Swedish trotters, the Svenskt TravDerby open for 4-year-old trotters, were raced with eliminations at the Jaegersro track in Malmö on Tuesday night.   Most eliminations turned out in the expected way, but the “winter favorite,” Raja Mirc
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Arch Madness favored in Indy's Pride of Progress
August 23, 2011
For Arch Madness, there’s no place like home--which often leads to success on the road. The 7-year-old trotter, ranked No. 3 in North America in the most recent harness racing Top 10 poll, seems to enjoy spending his summers at trainer Trond Smedshammer's farm rather than at the nearby training
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Chausettes Blanche wins Harrington Open
August 23, 2011
Andrea Ann Hill’s Chausettes Blanche ($28.80, Sean Bier) was an explosive winner in the $18,600 Mares Open at Harrington Raceway Tuesday in 1:54.   Trained by Crissy Crissman, the 8-year-old Christian Cullen mare hit her best gear in the last quarter mile and was the first to clear tiring pac
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I Wanna Go Fast does at Harrington
August 23, 2011
Brian Callahan’s I Wanna Go Fast ($6.60, Jon Roberts) was a repeat winner in the $18,600 Open Pace Monday at Harrington Raceway in 1:54.3. For the second straight week the 4-year-old Three Olives gelding received a two hole trip, this time behind front stepping Three Martinis. I Wanna Go Fast r
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Lexington Selected catalog now online
August 23, 2011
For those who prefer not to wait for mail delivery, the entire catalog for the Lexington Selected Yearling Sale is now available on the sales company's website, www.lexingtonselected.com. This year's sale is scheduled for October 3-7 at Lexington's Fasig-Tipton Pavilion, and as always, will be
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Jay Picciano wake party Wed. night in N.J.
August 23, 2011
Buzzy Sholty and Trond Smedshammer will be holding a wake party on Wednesday, Aug. 24, in memory of Jay Picciano, who died this past weekend.   The party will be held at the Clarksburg Inn in Millstone, N.J., from 3-8 p.m. and everyone is welcome. Food will be served at 4
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1981 Jug winner Fan Hanover dies at 33
August 23, 2011
Fan Hanover, the only filly to win the Little Brown Jug, died on Aug. 23, at Inglewood, Ont., at age 33. She has been leading a life of well-deserved retirement since producing her last foal in 2001. At the time of her death, she was the oldest living Horse Of The Year, Standardbred or Thorough
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$25K instant guarantee Wednesday at Balmoral
August 23, 2011
Multi-race mania will be the theme at Balmoral Park on Wednesday. One carryover and two guaranteed pools will bring the national gambling spotlight to the mile track . The 50 cent Pick 5 wager is offered on races 2 thru 6. With a carryover of $7,416 , the USTA and Balmoral Park have created a $25,
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Pennsylvania freshmen quartet eye sweeps
August 23, 2011
No 3 year old in the Pennsylvania program--Sire Stakes or Stallion Series--could effect a four-race sweep of their preliminary legs in 2011, but a quartet of 2 year olds could bring off the unblemished quadractor before the end of this week.   First up will be the baby pacing colt Sweet Lou i
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3 Metro Pace elims Saturday at Mohawk
August 23, 2011
Mohawk will be a busy racetrack on Saturday, as three Metro Pace eliminations, two Shes A Great Lady Stakes elims and two Canadian Pacing Derby elims are on tap.   Fresh off his $317,800 victory in the Woodrow Wilson last Saturday at The Meadowlands, Major Bombay appears to be a top contend
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Lucky Bettor in Meadows lightning lane win
August 23, 2011
Returning from a layoff of nearly 10 weeks, Lucky Bettor got just the pocket trip he needed before charging through the Lightning Lane and capturing Tuesday’s $22,500 Preferred Handicap Pace at The Meadows. Although Lucky Bettor hadn’t raced since June 12, Dave Palone sent him to the lead, wher
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Heston Blue Chip's 1:53.4 leads NYSS
August 23, 2011
New York Sire Stakes for 2-year-old pacing colts and geldings were featured at Yonkers Raceway on Tuesday night, with a pot of $253,560 on the line.   Odds-on choice Heston Blue Chip (Tim Tetrick, $2.50) turned in the swiftest effort, a sharp 1:53.4 clocking that was two ticks off the lo
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Mystician going for Ontario Gold Thursday
August 23, 2011
The stars of the Ontario Sires Stakes program will shine at Kawartha Downs on Thursday as the track welcomes the 3-year-old pacing colts for a single $40,000 Gold elimination. Reigning Gold Final champion Mystician, who this time last year was contesting the Metro, heads to Kawartha off r
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Keenan wins NYSS for 10th score of season
August 22, 2011
New York Sire Stakes were contested on Monday night at Yonkers Raceway, with the $243,176 Michael Sorentino Trot for 3-year-old colts and geldings. The evening's events honored a long-time friend of the Raceway--and successful harness horse owner--who passed away in June.   Four division
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Box for Zweig Trot closes on Thursday
August 22, 2011
The Dr. Harry M. Zweig Memorial stakes for 3YO colt & filly trotters will be raced on Sunday, Aug. 28, at Tioga Downs as part of the fifth annual Drivers' Championship card.   Among the eligibles are Hambletonian winner Broad Bahn, Colonial winner Manofmanymissions and Colonial Consolatio
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Rosecroft simulcasting to resume Aug. 25
August 22, 2011
After a hiatus of over 14 months, Rosecroft Raceway will re-open for simulcasting on Thursday, Aug. 25, at 12:30 p.m.   Emerging from bankruptcy under the new ownership of Prince George’s Racing Ventures, LLC, a subsidiary of Penn National Gaming, Inc., the largest pari-mutuel racetrack opera
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Lachance wins six in Red Mile KYSS action
August 22, 2011
Kentucky Sire Stakes action got underway at The Red Mile Sunday night although the 16-race card got a late start due to a severe thunderstorm that moved through shortly before the scheduled 7 p.m. post time. After a delay of about 20 minutes due to the lightning and monsoon-like rain, the program b
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Swedish 3YOs by US sires shine in E3
August 22, 2011
The Swedish E3 stakes for 3 year olds were raced Friday and Saturday at the Romme track in rainy weather, but it was still a chance for horses by U.S. trotting sires Broadway Hall and Pine Chip to shine.  The E3 has two editions per year, one over the “middle distance” of 2,140 meters (about 1
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Big Wednesday card set for Indiana Downs
August 22, 2011
Post time for a big stakes card at Indiana Downs on Wednesday is 4:55 pm, with two $105,000 divisions of the Kentuckiana Stallion Management 2-Year-Old Filly Trot and the $210,000 Pride In Progress for older trotters.   The first division of the Kentuckiana event includes On The Bright Side,&
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See You At Peelers to race Monday at Meadows
August 22, 2011
See You At Peelers, the undefeated queen of harness racing and the sport’s biggest star, will seek her 23rd consecutive victory Monday, Aug. 29 at The Meadows Racetrack & Casino in the Nadia Lobell, a $200,000 (est.) stake for 3-year-old filly pacers.Trainer Jimmy Takter confirmed Monday his phe
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Future Jug wagering opens Thursday
August 22, 2011
Wagering on the first of two Little Brown Jug future wagering pools will get underway at 12-noon Thursday, Aug. 25, and continue through 11 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 28, at racetracks and internet sites throughout North America and Europe.   “We have listed a filly in the future wager for the first t
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Caviar For The Lady takes Meadows feature
August 22, 2011
 Caviar Forthe Lady worked out comfortable fractions on the front Monday, then sailed home to capture her second straight $22,500 Filly & Mare Preferred Handicap Trot at The Meadows.   After blazing to the front for Dan Charlino from post 8, Caviar Forthe Lady threw on the brakes and
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Blissfull Breeze wins Gold Cup & Saucer
August 21, 2011
Driver Mark MacDonald's trip home to the East Coast provided him with his third Sobey's Gold Cup & Saucer trophy as he guided Blissfull Breeze to victory in the $60,000 event on Saturday night at Charlottetown Driving Park.   Last year’s champion, Part Shark (Gilles Barrieau), blasted off
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New York Prime captures Batavia feature
August 21, 2011
It was no contest in the $10,000 Preferred pace at Batavia Downs Casino Saturday night (8-20) as Chris Page and New York Prime (4.20) took the front as soon as the gate opened and put a sleeper hold on the field as they backed off the half to a leisurely :58.4. With nothing more than a mild bid by C
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Pacinello wins Vernon feature
August 21, 2011
The favorite Pacinello won out in a head-to-head stretch duel with third wagering choice, Mata Harry, before posting a neck victory in Saturday night’s $10,000 featured ninth race at Vernon Downs.Luke Plano, who completed a driving double with the 1:52.1 triumph, sat in for his father, trainer Rick
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Veteran horseman Jay Picciano dies
August 21, 2011
Veteran horseman Jay Picciano, who has been working for trainer Chuck Sylvester this year, has died as a result of a heart attack. Picciano, 56, had been listed in critical condition at Hamilton Woods Hospital in New Jersey because of a variety of issues, including a failing pancreas.   Acco
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Zoomin Jesse trots to Scioto win
August 21, 2011
Zooming Jesse lived up to his name as he zoomed past pacesetting Cantabourway  in the stretch to win the featured trot at Scioto Downs on Sunday afternoon.  The mile was covered in 2:02 over a sloppy surface. The afternoon program was delayed by 30 minutes of heavy rains. David Myers trai
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Two-year old filly pacers shine at Tioga
August 21, 2011
Five divisions of New York Sire Stakes for 2-year old filly pacers highlighted the Sunday afternoon card at Tioga Downs.   In the third division of the day, Jason Bartlett steered JK Fine Art to her fourth victory of the year for trainer Linda Toscano. Bartlett grabbed control of the mile thr
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Roll With Joe wins "Battle," headed to Cane
August 21, 2011
Meadowlands Pace champion Roll With Joe picked up another big win on Sunday afternoon when he held off the persistent bid of Adios winner Alsace Hanover in the $500,000 Battle of the Brandywine at Harrah’s Chester Racetrack & Casino. The time for the mile was 1:49.2, and Roll With Joe is now hea
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Manofmanymissions wins; Broad Bahn 4th
August 21, 2011
Manofmanymissions redeemed himself for his break in stride in the Hambletonian when he trotted by Hambo champion Broad Bahn on Sunday at Harrah's Chester to win the $500,000 Colonial Trot. With David Miller driving, the Yankee Glide-sired colt won in 1:53, with Broad Bahn tiring after setting t
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Beat The Boss challenge benefits SRF
August 21, 2011
In addition to $5,000 in prize money for horseplayers, the Big M Club's inaugural Beat The Boss handicapping challenge also produced a $1,000 donation to the Standardbred Retirement Foundation (SRF).     For five weeks this summer, new Meadowlands Racetrack operator Jeff Gural chall
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Huge Haughton win for Alexie Mattosie
August 21, 2011
A quartet of stakes topped by the $523,000 William R. Haughton Memorial provided a thrilling finish to the 2011 Meadowlands Racetrack's harness meet on Saturday night.   Alexie Mattosie overcame a grueling first-over trip to win the Haughton at odds of 8-1.  Doug McNair and Aracache Hano
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Stars shine in Big M undercard stakes
August 21, 2011
The rich undercard Saturday night at the Meadowlands Racetrack featured the $235,750 Golden Girls for pacing mares and the $317,800 Woodrow Wilson and $363,900 Sweetheart for 2-year-old pacers.   Dreamfair Eternal gave 2011 leading driver Brian Sears one of two stakes wins on the card in the
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Jamieson takes early lead in Drivers' Championship
August 21, 2011
Canada's Jody Jamieson captured the $10,000 prize in the first leg of the Tioga/Meadowlands Drivers' Championship on Saturday night at the Meadowlands with 23 points earned over four competition races.   Hot off his win in the World Driving Championship, Jamieson is now in the best posit
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See You At Peelers keeps streak alive at 22!
August 21, 2011
See You At Peelers made the $350,000 Valley Forge Pace her 22nd straight victory, and in the process made Krispy Apple and Idyllic a trifecta just like the one in this year’s Fan Hanover Stakes final. See You At Peelers is also undefeated in her 22 career starts. Although the rail-starting Krispy A
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Brittany Farms sweep in Eternal Camnation
August 21, 2011
Freshman pacing fillies American Jewel and Romantic Moment reigned supreme in their Eternal Camnation divisions for trainer Jimmy Takter and driver Marcus Johansson Saturday night at Mohawk Racetrack.   In the first $132,033 division, American Jewel remained undefeated with a perfect four-fo
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Hurrikane Kingcole fastest in Nassagaweya
August 21, 2011
A trio of Nassagaweya divisions featuring the continent's top freshman pacing colts marched into Mohawk on Saturday evening. Speed Again, Special Blend and Hurrikane Kingcole all found the winner’s circle in their respective divisions.   I Fought Dalaw (Jack Moiseyev) tasted defeat for the f
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KYSS opening round Sunday at Red Mile
August 21, 2011
The Kentucky Sire Stakes for 2- and 3-year old trotters and pacers kicks off at The Red Mile on Sunday night, with 16 divisions going to post with over a quarter of a million dollars on the line in the opening leg. First post is 7 p.m.    There were three $15,000 divisions necessary
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Soph colt pacers in NYSS action at Yonkers
August 21, 2011
The Empire's glamour division was once again on display Saturday night, with Yonkers Raceway hosting the $229,492 Jim Crawford Pace for 3-year-old colts and geldings. Four divisions went postward, with Overnight  Delight (Cat Manzi) wiring the lone ($58,198) on-the-card event.   Leaving
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Paquet posts six-bagger at Tioga
August 21, 2011
Fern Paquet Jr. celebrated his wife’s birthday on Saturday night by posting six wins on the night’s 12-race card at Tioga Downs. Paquet started off the night in the first race, winning with long shot Shady Chip returning $47 to win. Paquet then went on to win races three, six, seven, eight, and
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Lis Deo hits the lottery at Scioto
August 21, 2011
Driver Kayne Kauffman’s patience paid off in Saturday’s featured Ohio Lottery Pace at Scioto Downs. His horse, Lis Deo, was the beneficiary of a duel that left him the freshest horse in the homestretch. Lis Deo paced past the leaders to win in 1:55.3, by 2 1/4 lengths.   Kauffman was driving
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Sir Caviar wins Meadows Preferred
August 20, 2011
Despite fronting a brutal opening quarter in 26.3, Sir Caviar had just enough left to capture Friday’s $22,500 Preferred Handicap Trot at The Meadows, his seventh win in 11 starts this year. Sir Caviar dueled for the early lead with Our Rail Fantasy before pocketing that rival. When Our Rail Fa
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The Game Plan & Il Mago take Gold elims
August 20, 2011
Twenty one of Ontario’s finest freshmen trotting colts made their way to Mohawk this evening to compete in apair of $40,000 Ontario Sires Stakes Gold eliminations. The Game Plan and Il Mago were victorious in their eliminations to advance to next weeks $130,000 final.The Game Plan, driven by Jack Mo
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Panagler, Pilgrim's Chuckie win Yonkers features
August 20, 2011
Odds-on favorite Panagler (George Brennan) toughed it out on a soggy lead Friday night, winning Yonkers Raceway co-featured $52,000 Filly and Mare Open Handicap Pace.Assigned post position No. 4,  Panagler stepped around longshot Feeling You (Jordan Stratton) before getting hounded by I'm Just
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For A Dancer is a perfect five
August 20, 2011
For A Dancer remained undefeated through five career starts and tied Lima Playmate at 1:57 for fastest mile-of-the-season honors in her class locally during Friday night’s $119,043 New York Sires Stakes feature for 2-year-old trotting fillies at Vernon Downs.With Steve Smith steering for trainer Joe
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Marty Party sets Pocono mark in PASS
August 20, 2011
Marty Party shattered a track record held by the great See You At Peelers during a Pennsylvania Sire Stakes victory on Saturday night at Mohegan Sun at Pocono Downs. The race was one of four divisions of Sire Stakes for 2-year-old fillies on the pace raced at Pocono, with purses ranging from $60,753
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Check Me Out remains perfect with PASS win
August 19, 2011
There may have been $222,536 in total purses on the line in four divisions of Pennsylvania Sire Stakes for 2-year-old filly trotters Friday afternoon at Harrah’s Chester, but all eyes were focused on the match-up in the second split between Check Me Out, six-for-six in her career, and Maven, perfect
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Harlem Rockturne wins Vernon feature
August 19, 2011
The favorite Harlem Rockturne won her Vernon Downs debut after a career-best 1:53.3 performance in Thursday night’s $7,000 featured sixth race.Competing in a driving rain against six select female pacers, Harlem Rockturne ($5.10) led through splits of :27.1, :56.3 and 1:24.4 en route to a 2-3/4 leng
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Tom Durkin's trotter wins again in NY stakes
August 19, 2011
New York Sire Stakes began its current downstate detour Thursday night, with Yonkers Raceway hosting the $251,000 Lew Barasch Trot for 2-year-old colts and geldings.Six $41,850 divisions (three off the card, three on) honored the memory of "Tootie," whose contributions to the sport during its heyday
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First leg of Kindergarten begins Aug. 26
August 19, 2011
The popular Kindergarten Classic series for 2 year old trotters begins at Vernon Downs on Friday, Aug. 26. Entries will be taken by the Vernon Race Office (315) 829-6825 until the box closes at 9AM on Tuesday, August 23. Each leg races for a purse of $10,000, the entry fee is $260 ($250 plus
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Super Stakes Sunday on tap at Chester
August 19, 2011
Harness racing’s brightest star, unbeaten world record holder See You At Peelers, heads a big day of racing as Harrah's Chester presents its fourth annual Super Stakes Sunday on Aug. 21.   Super Stakes Sunday’s main events consist of a trio of rich and prestigious Grand Circuit stakes fo
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Super Stakes Sunday live on MavTV
August 19, 2011
Fans who can’t make it to the track won’t have to miss the biggest day in Pennsylvania harness racing. Super Stakes Sunday will be broadcast live nationally for the first time from Harrah’s Chester Casino & Racetrack on the MavTV cable network as well as locally on Comcast SportsNet Philadelphia
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Freehold set to open Sept. 1
August 19, 2011
Freehold Raceway returns to live action on Sept. 1 for a 41-day fall/winter meet that runs through Dec. 17. Post time is 12:30 p.m.   In September and October, racing will be three days a week (Thursday through Saturday) and drop to a Fridays and Saturdays only schedule in November and D
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I Fought Dalaw looks to shine in Nassagaweya
August 19, 2011
The fastest freshman so far this season is the Cosmo 'Sam' DePinto-trained I Fought Dalaw and on Thursday morning, the pacer will venture to Ontario from New Jersey to compete in his $113,892 division of the Nassagaweya Stakes at Mohawk Racetrack on Saturday evening.The son of Western Ideal-In For L
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Therres is heading home
August 19, 2011
Rod Therres will be leaving Ontario at the end of August to return to his native land of British Columbia.Therres, who has spent over a year and a half in Ontario, has campaigned such standout pacers as Primary Purpose ($437,679), Royal Morn ($474,702) and Village Janus ($254,568). He admits he’s lo
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Leanback Coco wins at Tioga
August 19, 2011
Friday night got back to usual after last week’s Wynonna Judd concert at Tioga Downs, and things didn’t change as Leanback Coco once again proved toughest in the $18,000 Fillies and Mare Open handicap pace. Phil Fluet used the usual tactic of backing the mare off the gate and settled in fourth past
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Wildfire Princess makes it four straight
August 19, 2011
It took favored Wildfire Princess a long time to reach the front, but once she did was wasn’t about to yield and she won the featured Friday night pace at Scioto Downs in 1:54.4, equaling her lifetime mark.J.D. Wengerd was in the sulky for owners Carl Howard and Bradley Rucker and trainer Virgil Mor
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Hambo enjoys ratings increase on NBC
August 18, 2011
The recent Hambletonian broadcast on NBC Sports registered a 0.5 ratings compared to 0.4 last year in the same time slot. The ratings data was provided by The Nielsen Company. The uptick represents an additional 150,000 viewers for the only national broadcast of a harness racing event. A ratings br
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Handicapping contest returns to Batavia Saturday
August 18, 2011
The first of three $1,000 handicapping contests kicks of this Saturday, August 20 at Batavia Downs Casino. The other two contest dates are scheduled for September 17 and October 15. “Over the years, the turnouts for the contests have grown,” said Todd Haight, General Manager of Live Racing at t
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Fridaynightflight wins Fox Stake
August 18, 2011
Fridaynightflight, a son of Panspacificflight out of the Grinfromeartoear mare Ramblin Rosie, won the $53,372 Fox Stake for 2-year-old pacers Thursday afternoon at Indiana Downs. Fridaynightflight was driven to the 1:52.4 victory by Peter Wrenn, whose five winners on the 10-race program also include
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Jonathan Groff to sing Anthem at Chester
August 18, 2011
Actor Jonathan Groff, the 26-year-old son of veteran horseman Jim Groff who portrays Jesse St. James on the Fox TV show Glee, will sing the National Anthem prior to the start of Harrah's Chester's Super Stakes race program on Sunday afternoon.   Groff, who sang the Star Spangle
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Jay Picciano in critical condition in NJ hospital
August 18, 2011
Veteran horseman Jay Picciano, who has been working for trainer Chuck Sylvester this year, is in critical condition at Hamilton Woods Hospital in New Jersey. Doctors are dealing with a variety of issues in treating Picciano, including his failing pancreas, and on Thursday they were not overly o
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Marcus Miller has big Springfield meet
August 18, 2011
Illinois State Fair Colt Stakes action continued on Thursday at the Illinois State Fair, while a few miles away the racing industry’s future fortunes lay with the legislature and Gov. Pat Quinn. Quinn was in attendance at the fair on Wednesday for the Democratic County Chairmen’s breakfast and was u
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SOA of NY wins case against testing rules
August 18, 2011
After an over three-year battle led by tthe Standardbred Owners Association of New York (SOA) and joined by the Empire State Harness Horsemen’s Alliance (comprised of the representative horsemen’s associations at Yonkers, Monticello, Buffalo, Batavia, Vernon and Saratoga) to achieve proper, fai
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Canadian Hall of Fame welcomes new members
August 18, 2011
Burning Point and Invitro, two pacing mares with combined earnings of over $5 million, along with Steve Condren and Bob Burgess, headlined this year’s class of inductees into Canada’s Horse Racing Hall of Fame Thursday night in a ceremony at the Mississauga Convention Centre in Missis
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Maryland Sire Stakes prelims at Ocean Downs
August 18, 2011
Ocean Downs played host to Maryland Sire Stakes preliminaries on Thursday night. In the first Maryland Sire Stakes preliminary, Corey Callahan drove O’what A Stunner to a 1.58.2 victory in the 3-year-old filly pace. O’what A Stunner is owned by Thomas B Cooke and trained by Roger Hans.  
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Broad Bahn looking for Hambo-Colonial double
August 17, 2011
Broad Bahn will look to become the first Hambletonian winner since Mack Lobell in 1987 to also capture The Colonial when the $500,000 race for 3-year-old trotters is contested Sunday at Harrah’s Chester.   Since The Colonial was resumed in 2007 after a three-year hiatus, Hambletonian winners
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Perfect M Forever wins Harrington feature
August 17, 2011
KSJ Stables’ Perfect M Forever ($4, Ross Wolfenden) was a decisive winner Tuesday in the $18,600 Mares Open at Harrington Raceway in 1:55.1. The Josh Green-trainee picked up her eighth win of the year with a wire-to-wire triumph over Pacific Philly and a fast closing Chausettes Blanche. ‘Perfec
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Sears to cash 6th title; Big M simulcast Gold Cup & Saucer
August 17, 2011
Brian Sears is poised to capture his sixth Meadowlands driving title in seven years this weekend. Sears leads the standings with 144 wins and $3.1 million in purses heading into the final two programs of the meet. Tim Tetrick is second with 134 victories, while David Miller is third with 96. Yanni
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Trio of horsemen on 'Inside Harness Racing"
August 17, 2011
See You at Peelers’s quest for her 22nd straight win has to wait one more week. A torrential downpour and sloppy track prevented the undefeated filly from continuing her streak at Tioga Downs over the weekend. “Inside Harness Racing” has an exclusive interview with Peelers’s driver, Marcus Johansson
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Teague has Gold Cup & Saucer starter
August 17, 2011
When trainer George Teague Jr. traveled to Prince Edward Island this past March to speak at a horseman’s banquet he never expected that he’d be making the same trip within the next six months. But because the Delaware-based Teague had such an enjoyable time in the Maritimes he decided he would enter
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Drivers' Championship kicks off Sat. at Big M
August 17, 2011
Four races have been slated to make up the opening leg of the 2011 Fifth Annual Drivers’ Championship to begin on Saturday, Aug. 20, on closing night at the Meadowlands. The Championship will kick off in race number two at the Big M featuring Yannick Gingras, David Miller, Ron Pierce, George Brennan
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Gaitway Farm founder Ken Fischer dies
August 17, 2011
Gaitway Farm founder and former Freehold Raceway owner Kenneth R. Fischer died Saturday, Aug. 13, at his home in Freehold. He was 93.   Born in Brookly, N.Y., in 1918, Mr. Fischer graduated from Malverne, N.Y. High School in 1935. He joined American Export Lines as a
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Bellino family cheering for Mybrothergeorge
August 17, 2011
 When Mybrothergeorge competes in Saturday’s $317,800 Woodrow Wilson at the Meadowlands Racetrack, it will be the biggest race of his fledgling career. But for Joe Bellino, the size of the purse matters little. Every race with Mybrothergeorge is special.   “It’s nice to hear my brother’s
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Jug future wagering opens Aug. 25
August 16, 2011
Future wagering on the Little Brown Jug will be offered twice leading up to the 66th renewal of the 3-year-old pacing classic at the Delaware County Fair.  Each future wager will be for a period of four days. Wagers will be accepted at racetracks and on internet sites throughout North Amer
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We Will See installed as Haughton favorite
August 16, 2011
The $523,000 William R. Haughton Memorial headlines the stakes-laden summer finale at the Meadowlands Racetrack on Saturday, August 20.  In addition to the track's richest event for free for all pacers, the program includes the $363,900 Sweetheart and $317,800 Woodrow Wilson for two-year-olds a
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Insatiable Desire a winner in ISS action
August 16, 2011
Five divisions of freshman filly pacers lined up behind the gate Monday, August 15 at Indiana Downs for the second round of Indiana Sires Stakes competition. Favorites carried the day in three $40,000 splits, led by Insatiable Desire. The Pro Bono Best filly turned in the fastest time, tripping the
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Running ‘Circles’ around the competition for Gold
August 16, 2011
Circles romped in the $130,000 Ontario Sires Stakes Gold Final for freshmen trotting fillies Monday night at Mohawk Racetrack.The two-year-old homebred notched her fourth victory in gate-to-wire fashion for trainer/owner John Smith of Woodlawn, Ont.With Hall of Famer Jacques Hebert in the sulky, Cir
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Sears wins seven at Yonkers, Lew Barasch on tap
August 16, 2011
New York Sire Stakes return downstate Thursday night, with Yonkers Raceway hosting the $251,100 Lew Barasch Trot for 2-year-old colts and geldings.That trotters are on display is a fitting tribute to the memory of "Tootie," whose Harness Racing Hall of Fame career was highlighted by his tenure at
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Crys Dream half sister wins at Mohawk
August 16, 2011
Cest Facile, a half sister to the multiple stakes-winning and recent Hambletonian Oaks third-place finisher Crys Dream, scored her maiden victory Monday night at Mohawk Racetrack. With Luc Ouellette driving, Cest Facile led at every call en route to a 1:59 victory in a $20,000 conditioned event rest
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Perretti Farms announces complete dispersal
August 16, 2011
The complete dispersal of the Perretti Farms equine inventory will occur over a two-year period starting in November of 2011 at Harrisburg. The announcement was made by farm owner William J Perretti.   A total of 160 broodmares will be dispersed at the Harrisburg Mixed Sale on Friday, No
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Settlemoir, Huston to be honored in NY
August 16, 2011
The two newest members of the Upstate New York U.S. Harness Writers Association Harness Racing Hall of Fame representing Tioga Downs are Jason Settlemoir and Roger Huston. After the votes were cast, the chapter members were in total agreement and the honorees will receive their “Empire Pinnacle
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Hurrikane warnings for Nassagaweya
August 16, 2011
Two-year-old pacers will converge on Mohawk Racetrack this Saturday evening for a heavily staked card. Three divisions of the Nassagaweya Stakes for colt pacers and two divisions of the Eternal Camnation for fillies headline the night, with 45 of the best rookie pacers on the continent going head-
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Bergstein gives view of Crys Dream rulings
August 16, 2011
In a column in The Daily Racing Form, Stan Bergstein gives his viewpoint of the situation regarding the 3-year-old filly trotter Crys Dream, who was allowed to race in the Hambletonian Oaks elims and final at the Meadowlands after her connections received a stay from the New Jersey Supreme Court of
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Five entered in Fox Stake
August 16, 2011
A field of five 2-year-old colt pacers will take to the track in the $53,372 Fox Stake, part of the Grand Circuit card slated for Thursday at Indiana Downs. The Grand Circuit racing card, which was scheduled for Aug. 19 at the Indiana State Fair, was moved to Thursday at Ind
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Review action at Springfield in the books
August 16, 2011
Diamond Creek Farm and trainer Erv Miller won three of five Grand Circuit stakes at the Illinois State Fair in Springfield on Tuesday. Miller trains the Review winners Aunt Mel, Polar Opposition and Swan In A Million and Diamond Creek bred and owns Polar Opposition as well as another&
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2YOPC Dapper Dude sets 1:51.2 track mark
August 16, 2011
 Dapper Dude got rolling with a quarter-pole move and didn’t slow down until he crossed the wire in a track-record 1:51.2 in a division of Tuesday’s $242,535 Pennsylvania Sires Stake at The Meadows. The event for freshman colt and gelding pacers, known as the Tyler B, was contested over three d
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More than $11,000 raised for Lederman
August 15, 2011
On Monday, Aug.15, the Standardbred Owners Association of New York (SOA) passed a resolution donating $1,000 towards defraying the costs of Freehold Raceway track announcer Larry Lederman's treatment for a malignant brain tumor.   On Saturday, Aug. 13, harness fans were encouraged to bet
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Horsemen to have limited use of State Fair track
August 15, 2011
The tragic death of five spectators caused by the collapse of the Indiana State Fairgrounds concert stage Saturday, Aug. 13, may have resulted in three harness racing programs being moved, but for the horsemen that train over the one-mile oval, most of the track will still be available.   “I
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$150,000 filly sold at Land of Lincoln sale
August 15, 2011
The annual Land of Lincoln Yearling Sale, held in conjunction with racing at the Illinois State Fairgrounds in Springfield, was held Sunday, Aug. 14. A good crowd gathered under sunny skies and many were there to buy yearlings, which resulted in better results than at last year’s sale.   This
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Review Stakes at Springfield set for Tuesday
August 15, 2011
The Grand Circuit Review Stakes at Springfield, normally held on Monday and Tuesday have been rescheduled and all of the Review Stakes will be raced on Tuesday this year. The 15-race card of the Grand Circuit stop at Springfield has a first race post time of noon.In the fourth race, the $18,000 Revi
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Rain forces Monticello cancellation after 5 races
August 15, 2011
Rain caused flooding and Monticello Raceway was forced to cancel its Monday afternoon race card after the fifth race. The rains were intermittent most of the morning in the southern New York Catskill Mountains but as it got later in the day the rains began to fall persistently. Then, the c
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Papa Ray's 1:53.2 leads pacing colts at Meadows
August 15, 2011
Papa Ray won his third straight in sparkling fashion Monday at The Meadows, using a three-wide backside blitz to blow away the field by 14-1/4 lengths — and equal the stake record 1:53.2 — in a $20,000 division of a Pennsylvania Stallion Series event.   The stake for freshman colt and ge
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Sand Savage wins at Tioga
August 15, 2011
Sand Savage came into Tioga Downs’ featured event on Monday evening after four straight starts without earning a check. That slumped ended as Greg Merton put Sand Savage on the front end and cut through fractions of :27.2 and :56.1 before leading the field towards three quarters.   At the thr
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Papa Ray sparkles at The Meadows
August 15, 2011
Papa Ray won his third straight in sparkling fashion Monday at The Meadows, using a three-wide backside blitz to blow away the field by 14-1/4 lengths — and equal the stake record 1:53.2 — in a division of a $160,000 Pennsylvania Stallion Series event.The stake for freshman colt and gelding
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Glorydays Hanover goes the distance
August 14, 2011
Indiana Downs’ third race Saturday evening, August 13 was billed as a 1 5/8 miles trot, but the test of endurance was decided in the final strides as Glorydays Hanover put a neck in front on the outside to edge Lookin’ Ahead by a neck in 3:17.3. The event was one of seven races that comprised the tr
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See You At Peelers scratched but healthy
August 14, 2011
The undefeated pacing filly See You At Peelers was scratched from a $21,842 race for New York-sired horses at Tioga Downs Sunday afternoon because of exceptionally sloppy track conditions due to a rainstorm. Nancy Takter Johansson, the caretaker of the filly, posted on Facebook that the fi
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She's A Jailbird wins Scioto Sunday feature
August 14, 2011
Sunday’s feature at Scioto Downs started badly for 4-5 favorite She’s A Jailbird, but it ended well when she got up to win to win by 1-3/4 lengths for trainer-driver Mike Myers.   When the seven trotters left the starting gate, She’s A Jailbird was offstride as the 2-year-old Cantab Hal
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Indiana Grand Circuit, ISFC Fair finals changed
August 14, 2011
Due to the tragic events that occurred at the Indiana State Fair on August 13th, the Grand Circuit program scheduled for Friday, August 19, and Indiana Sired Fair Circuit Finals and Consolations, slated for Thursday, August 18 and Saturday, August 20, have been moved. The Grand Circuit program will
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Bestofbest Hanover takes Confederation Cup
August 14, 2011
Bestofbest Hanover captured the 35th edition of the $352,500 Confederation Cup Sunday afternoon at Flamboro Downs, turning in a late rally up the inside to score in 1:52. North America Cup champion Up The Credit was racing in the pocket and poised to strike when he broke stride heading to the t
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Kadabra son Daylon Magician sets record
August 14, 2011
Daylon Magician did more than warm up the crowd for the upcoming Confederation Cup heats at Flamboro Downs on Sunday afternoon. The 3-year-old trotting colt set the half-mile oval afire with an Ontario Sires Stakes record equaling performance of 1:54.2. Starting from post 1 with regular reinsman Ja
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NYSS freshmen on display at Vernon
August 13, 2011
New York’s future Standardbred stars were on display at Vernon Downs again on Friday night, competing in State Fair match-ups for 2-year-old filly trotters and freshmen female pacers that totaled $192,926 in prize money.Win Missy B opened Friday’s 12-race program with a front-striding 1:57.2 victory
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Caribean Cruise sails to third straight at Scioto
August 13, 2011
The 4-year-old mare Caribean Cruise has found a home at Scioto Downs as she demonstrated again on Friday by winning the Fillies and Mares Open Pace easily in 1:56.2.J.D. Wengerd was in the bike for trainer Joshua Cochran, who co-owns the Yankee Cruise mare with John Montgomery.  It was her thir
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Indy Downs hosts Dash and Distance Challenge
August 13, 2011
Indiana Downs will play host to a Dash and Distance Challenge Saturday, August 13, with seven of the 13 races on the program contested at a distance other than one mile. The card will also feature second round Indiana Sires Stakes action for sophomore pacing colts. A trio of $40,000 divisions is sla
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Foxy Lady keeps streak alive with PASS score
August 13, 2011
Foxy Lady followed up two straight stakes wins at The Meadows with a hard-fought Pennsylvania Sire Stakes victory on Saturday night at Mohegan Sun at Pocono Downs. It was one of two Sire Stakes, each of which carried a purse of $103,356, that were held at Pocono for 3-year-old fillies on the pace.
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Power Of A Moment lights up the board at 24-1
August 13, 2011
That Power of a Moment bandwagon just keeps movin' on...complete with boxcars.   Two weeks ago, he was a pocket winner from the eight-hole at 30-1. Last week, he was pocket winner at 6-1. Saturday night, he again lit up Yonkers Raceway's tote board, stepping up to the $52,000 Open Handicap Pa
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Manofmanymissions scores record NJSS win
August 13, 2011
Manofmanymissions made a huge move Saturday night to regain his status as the sport's top three-year-old trotter with a record-setting 1:52.1 victory in a 175,000 New Jersey Sire Stakes Championship Final at The Meadowlands that was part of a $700,000 Night of Champions for state breds.   The
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New York State Fair Stakes at Tioga Downs
August 13, 2011
The New York State Fair rolled into Tioga Downs on Saturday night for a two day stay, and featured five divisions, two for 3-year old colt pacers, and three for 3-year old colt trotters. In the second division for 3-year old colt and gelding pacers, a new track record was marked up by Art Z and Bran
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Pin Stripes takes Scioto Downs feature
August 13, 2011
Pin Stripes had to work hard to get to the lead in Saturday’s Open Pace at Scioto, but then his pursuers had to work hard to catch him, and they couldn’t get it done.   The 4-year-old son of Jate Lobell zoomed to a 1:53.2 win for driver Dan Noble, trainer Mike Conklin, and owners Jim Coffman,
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We Will See, Won The West win Haughton elims
August 13, 2011
We Will See rallied from the far outside to win the first of two $50,000 eliminations for the William R. Haughton Memorial on Saturday night at the Meadowlands Racetrack.   Driven by Ron Pierce, We Will See closed from seventh to stop the leader Alexie Mattosie by three-quarters of a length
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Mata Harry triumphs at Vernon in 1:51.3
August 13, 2011
Mata Harry converted a pocket-sitting trip into a 1:51.3 victory in Saturday night’s $10,000 featured seventh race at Vernon Downs.   Competing in the “Bernie Waugh Memorial Trophy” race, honoring a former track horseman, Mata Harry ($14.60) drafted along behind the pace-setting favorite, Pac
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Durkin calls a NYSS winner
August 12, 2011
A name familiar to racing fans – both Thoroughbred and Standardbred – was heard in the Vernon Downs winner’s circle on Thursday night, Aug. 11. That name was Tom Durkin, the Meadowlands announcer for nine Hambletonians and the voice of the Thoroughbred Triple Crown from 2001 to 2010.Durkin’s home-br
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Royal Shyster, Lawgiver Hanover win at Vernon
August 12, 2011
New York Sires Stakes standouts Royal Shyster and Lawgiver Hanover produced the fastest divisional scores during Thursday night’s $171,820 New York State Fair racing program at Vernon Downs.Royal Shyster ($2.40) recorded a career-best 1:58.1 victory in the fourth division of Thursday’s $83,688 NYSS-
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Brandon CS delivers in Bridger final
August 12, 2011
Brandon CS, driven by Sylvain Filion, cleared to the lead before the half and held off all challengers in the $50,000 Bridger final Thursday night at Mohawk.   In the early going, Leave Your Mark (Scott Zeron) took command before the first station in :29.3 with Back To Peace (Jack Moiseyev) s
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MSRF Stakes wrap up at Ocean Downs
August 12, 2011
On Thursday Aug. 11seven divisions of three year olds went to post in Maryland Standardbred Race Fund (MSRF) aces.  Badlands Jenna (Badlands Hanover) won her fifth start in a row, taking the filly pace in 1:57.2 for Ben Stafford and Winbak Farm. Badlands Jenna remains undefeated in (MSRF) stake
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Jamieson talks Up The Credit, WDC title
August 12, 2011
Jody Jamieson has captured the Confederation Cup in the past, but it would mean more to the Moffat resident when he teams up with his father Carl’s Up The Credit on Sunday and tries to take the lion's share of the $672,000 rich purse at Flamboro Downs.   Jamieson captured the Cup with Laug
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Crys Dream's Oaks money held by NJRC
August 12, 2011
Harnessracing.com has learned the New Jersey Racing Commission (NJRC) has requested that purse money earned by Crys Dream in the Hambletonian Oaks eliminations and final contested July 30 and Aug. 6 at the Meadowlands be held by the horsemen’s bookkeeper.   Suspended for 90 days according to O
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Draw changes for rescheduled OSS Gold 2CT
August 12, 2011
As a result of an ORC hearing held on Aug. 11, the draw for the rescheduled Ontario Sire Stakes (OSS) 2 year-old Colt Trot will be limited to those 27 horses that originally drew into the cancelled July 21 Gold eliminations.   On July 22, the Program Administrator issued notice that the 2-yea
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Sweetheart victory for Handsoffmycookie
August 12, 2011
Handsoffmycookie rallied in the stretch to win the $20,000 Sweetheart elimination for two-year-old pacing fillies Friday night, August 12 at Meadowlands Racetrack.   In her Meadowlands wagering debut, Handsoffmycookie and driver Tim Tetrick sailed past heavy favorite Podges Lady to score a on
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Il Mago magical in Gold Final win
August 12, 2011
Ontario’s top two-year-old trotting colts put on an impressive show for Rideau Carleton Raceway fans on Friday evening, waging a three way battle all the way to the wire in the second $130,000 Gold Final of their season.   As the starting gate rolled away from the field of nine, Dalglish step
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Shacked Up, Calchips Brute score Yonkers features
August 12, 2011
Shacked Up (Eric Goodell) was just up Friday night, winning Yonkers Raceway's co-featured $52,000 Filly and Mare Open Handicap Pace.   After 3-2 choice Panagler (George Brennan, eight winners on the 12-race card) stepped around first leader Full Picture (Brent Holland), the people's preferenc
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McNair bids for Haughton berth with Aracache Hanover
August 12, 2011
Young Canadian driving dynamo Doug McNair will aim for a starting spot in the $523,000 William R. Haughton Memorial with Aracache Hanover in the first of two $50,000 elimination races on Saturday night at the Meadowlands Racetrack.   The Haughton elims share the spotlight with a quartet of $
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Jazzi Jo repeats in Indiana Sires Stakes
August 12, 2011
Jazzi Jo and Sam Widger made it two-for-two in Indiana Sires Stakes action Friday, August 12 at Indiana Downs. The sophomore filly trotter held off favored ABC Easter by half a length to win the night’s first $40,000 division in 1:58. Lakeview Fest, tabbed the favorite, claimed the second split with
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Discounts, Doo Wop and Double Points at Big M
August 11, 2011
Only two weekends remain to Meadowlands Racetrack's 2011 harness meet!This Friday, August 12, is Fan Appreciation Night with free admission, free program, $1 hot dogs and $2 draft beers on tap.  Big M Club members will earn double points on live Meadowlands harness wagers.  Not a Big M Clu
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Bluebird Elian, Queens Lonely Earl win ISS legs
August 11, 2011
Indiana Downs hosted the second round of Indiana Sires Stakes for sophomore colt trotters Wednesday, August 10, carding two $40,000 divisions. Bluebird Elian, a 1:57.1 winner, and Queens Lonely Earl, victorious with a 1:57.4 performance, each established new lifetime marks in victory.   Blueb
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Bambino Hall, Big Rigs win in Meadows PASS
August 11, 2011
 When former stablemates Bambino Hall and Big Rigs met in a Hambletonian elimination, the results were disastrous; they locked wheels late and finished out of the money. But as often happens in harness racing, their fortunes turned quickly. Wednesday at The Meadows, each won a division of
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Illinois purses to rise 50 percent immediately
August 11, 2011
The Illinois Harness Horsemen's Association (IHHA) has advised its membership via its website that it and the management of Maywood Park and Balmoral Park have agreed to increase purses across the board by approximately 50 percent effective immediately.   The new condition
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More NYSS late closers at Batavia Downs
August 11, 2011
Five divisions of New York-bred Late Closers, including two non-wagering events, for 3-year-old colt and gelding trotters, worth $13,300 each, highlighted the Wednesday (Aug-10) program at Batavia Downs Casino. Wanda Polisseni’s Purple Haze stables is loaded in the 3-year-old NY bred trotting r
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Chesapeake Bay Series contested at Ocean Downs
August 11, 2011
Ocean Downs had 11 races on Wednesday night’s card with purses totaling $100,000 including the Chesapeake Bay Racing Series and The Hal Belote Memorial Final.Jim Morand drove track champion GooGoo GaaGaa uner the wire in 1.57.3, setting a new track record for 2-year-old trotting colts. GooGoo GaaGaa
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Condition changes to try to keep stars racing
August 11, 2011
In an effort to keep the sport's stars racing longer, the Meadowlands Racetrack, Tioga Downs and Vernon Downs will change their stakes conditions to make horses sired by 4-year-old stallions ineligible to participate. Beginning with the foals of 2013, nomination to stakes and early closing even
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Harrah's Chester to offer $15,000 guarantee Friday
August 11, 2011
With a $4,100 carryover from Thursday’s Pick-4, Harrah’s Chester will offer a $15,000 guaranteed Pick-4 on Friday (August 12). Free past performance pages, courtesy of TrackMaster, for Friday’s card are available here. The Pick-4 is offered on races 7-10. First race post time is 12:40 p.m. at Harr
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See You At Peelers to return to Tioga Downs
August 10, 2011
The undefeated superstar See You At Peelers is coming back to the scene of her world record performance. Trainer Jimmy Takter confirmed the filly will race Sunday (August 14) at Tioga Downs.Find out more on this week’s episode of “Inside Harness Racing.” Viewers can see all the action Wednesday (Aug
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Schedule change at Cal Expo
August 10, 2011
In a change from the original schedule, the Cal Expo harness meeting, which is set to begin on Friday, August 26, will find two-day racing weeks until October 6. There will then be racing on a Thursday, Friday and Saturday night basis through December 17.Cal Expo received permission from the Califor
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Radar Contact extends winning streak to 12
August 10, 2011
Radar Contact extended her winning streak to 12 races and improved to a perfect eight-for-eight in 2011 with a 1:53 triumph Tuesday, August 9 at Indiana Downs. Bet down as the heavy favorite, the sophomore pacing filly won her $40,000 Indiana Sires Stakes division by five and one-quarter lengths. Pa
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Good news in Illinois! Purses to receive boost
August 10, 2011
Millions of dollars could be rolling into Illinois horse racing purse accounts as soon as next week. The revenues would come from money that has been held in escrow which was generated by a 3 percent tax on Illinois riverboat proceeds. The amount for both harness and Thoroughbred racing is approxima
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2018 Hambo eligibility limits offspring of studs
August 10, 2011
The Hambletonian Society, which owns and administrates many of harness racing's richest and most prestigious events, held its annual meeting on Friday, Aug. 5, the eve of the $1.5 million Hambletonian, its crown jewel for 86 years.   Two new directors were elected to the board and racing cond
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Broad Bahn's Japanese caretaker also deaf
August 10, 2011
Nearly lost in the hoopla of this year’s Hambletonian Day at the Meadowlands was the small figure of Risa Tanaka, the 31-year-old caretaker of the winning horse, Broad Bahn.  While the spotlight was on driver George Brennan and trainer Noel Daley, it was Tanaka who hugged the horse an
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Samshu Bluegrass euthanized at age 30
August 10, 2011
Blue Chip Farms has reported that that Samshu Bluegrass p,3,1:57.4; 1:55 ($664,978), 30, was euthanized Wednesday morning (August 10) after having resided at the farm for 23 years. A top Open mare, Samshu Bluegrass was named Older Pacing Mare of the Year in 1986 after winning the Breeder
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Up The Credit draws 7 in Confederation Cup
August 10, 2011
The box closed for Flamboro Downs' signature event, Confederation Cup XXXV with a top-notch field of 16 pacing colts and geldings headlined by North America Cup champion Up The Credit. With a mark of 1:49 and earnings in excess of $939,000 on the season, Up The Credit is both the richest and f
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Roll With Joe heading for the LBJ
August 10, 2011
Meadowlands Pace champion Roll With Joe, who was a bit unlucky as a two-year-old,, has blossomed into one of the top three-year-olds of 2011.  “I always thought he was a good colt but things didn’t always go his way at two.  He failed to make the finals of the Woodrow Wilson and Breeders C
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PA Fair action at two venues
August 10, 2011
Action on the Pennsylvania Fair Circuit split into two venues, one on each side of the state, forcing horsemen to make a choice in their travel plans.On the western side of the state at the Greene County Fairgrounds in Waynesburg, Keystone Wyatt opened the day with a win in the PA Sire Stake 2-year-
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Hambo starters return on NJSS finals night
August 09, 2011
Fresh from competition against the top pacers and trotters in North America, the leading New Jersey-sired 3-year-old trotters and pacers will compete Saturday night at Meadowlands Racetrack in four New Jersey Sire Stakes Night of Champions races worth a total of $700,000 in purses.  
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Andy Miller gets exemption for Tioga/Big M tourney
August 09, 2011
Tioga Downs is proud to announce that Andy Miller will be the sponsor’s exemption for the 2011 Drivers’ Championship at Tioga Downs and the Meadowlands.   Not only was Miller’s high level of talent a determining factor in his selection, but he showed great support to the Meadow
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Rookie fillies battle for Gold at Mohawk
August 09, 2011
A quartet of $40,000 Ontario Sires Stakes Gold eliminations for freshmen trotting fillies were contested Monday evening at Mohawk Racetrack.Cool Creek Breeze, Destinys Magic, Princess Fortune and Circles found the winner’s circle and advance to next week’s $130,000 final.In the first elimination, Ma
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Shared international racing intelligence planned
August 09, 2011
Sharing information was on the minds of the delegates to the 22nd World Trotting Conference, who resolved to exchange investigative intelligence and marketing data as the international conclave came to an end on Tuesday morning in Jersey City, N.J.   The “IRIIS” -- the International Racing In
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Cal Expo cuts dates from early schedule
August 09, 2011
In a change from the original schedule, the Cal Expo harness meeting, which is set to begin on Friday, Aug. 26, will feature two-day racing weeks until October 6. There will then be racing on a Thursday, Friday and Saturday night basis through Dec. 17.   Cal Expo received permission from
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European wagering boosts Hambo Day handle
August 09, 2011
Record European wagering helped produce the third highest harness handle in history on August 6 at the Meadowlands Racetrack.  Total all-source wagering on the 15-race card was $8,489,496, trailing only the $8.8 million wagered in 2002 and $9 million wagered (on a 17-race card) in 2005.Intern
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Groom Hanover sets Meadows stakes record
August 09, 2011
Groom Hanover shrugged off challenges early and late to score in a stake record 1:56 — and earn a spot in the championship — in Tuesday’s $60,000 Pennsylvania Stallion Series event at The Meadows. The stake for 3-year-old colt and gelding trotters was conducted over three divisions, with Big And Lit
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NY Governor says he's looking at casinos
August 09, 2011
The New York Post reported on Tuesday that New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo says his administration is actively investigating whether to bring commercial, non-Indian casinos and related gambling to New York.   Allowing more commercial casinos in New York would likely require legislation. A constitu
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Manyofmanymissions headlines NJSS finals
August 09, 2011
Manofmanymissions, who will attempt to redeem himself from a miscue in the Hambletonian, has been installed as the 2-1 morning line favorite from post 10 in the fourth race, one of a quartet of $175,000 New Jersey Sire Stakes Finals on Saturday, August 13, 2011 at the Meadowlands.A total of $700,000
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Gun Show is Ohio's best in July
August 08, 2011
Gun Show started his career a perfect three-for-three and his efforts have earned him the Ohio Chapter of the United States Harness Writers Association's July Horse of the Month.The two-year-old colt started his month and career with a victory in the $35,300 Ohio Sires Stake leg at Scioto Downs on J
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J J’s Hall takes Ohio Governor’s Cup in 1:55.4
August 08, 2011
The ultra-consistent J J Hall capitalized on a miscue by odds-on favorite Shining Ember to win a $32,000 split of the Ohio Governor’s Cup on Sunday afternoon at Scioto Downs. He was driven to victory by Ohio Hall of Famer Chip Noble for trainer Scott Mogan.Shining Ember and catch-driver Dan Noble gr
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Precocious Warrawee Needy rebounds
August 08, 2011
Warrawee Needy extended his Gold Series unbeaten streak to five with an Ontario Sires Stakes record performance at Flamboro Downs on Sunday evening. The 1:53.3 win was a rebound victory after the colt was defeated in the Battle of Waterloo.   Starting from post 2 in the first of three $40,000
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3YO Mach Three filly Monkey On My Wheel wins
August 08, 2011
Monkey On My Wheel made it easier for trainer Travis Umphrey to reschedule his missed vacation time when she cruised to a commanding victory in the $130,000 three-year-old pacing filly Ontario Sire Stakes Gold Final at Rideau Carleton Raceway on Sunday evening.   After Monkey On My Wheel swep
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Average price up at Tattersalls summer sale
August 08, 2011
Tattersalls held its Summer Mixed Sale at the Meadowlands Paddock on Sunday, the day after the Hambletonian, and people showed up to buy racehorses. Clear Vision, a gelding who consistently competes in the upper condition ranks, topped the sale when bought by Burke Racing LLC for $150,000. The secon
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US breeders talk about future at Trotting Conference
August 08, 2011
A panel of some of America’s leading breeders engaged in a wide-ranging discussion that highlighted day four of the World Trotting Conference.   Mike Gulotta of Deo Volente Farms, Jim Simpson of Hanover Shoe Farms, Bob Marks of Perretti Farms and Mike Kimelman of Blue Chip Farm offered observ
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Meadowlands hosts Lederman benefit on Saturday
August 08, 2011
This Saturday, August 13, harness fans are encouraged to bet an extra $5 on the fifth race at Meadowlands Racetrack to help harness announcer Larry Lederman as he undergoes treatment for a malignant brain tumor.The Meadowlands Racetrack and the Standardbred Breeders and Owners Association of New Jer
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Harrington hosts Harness Horse Youth Foundation
August 08, 2011
Harrington Raceway is hosting a Harness Horse Youth Foundation (HHYF) Family Day on September 10. Kids and families will have this unique opportunity to learn about the fundamentals of harness racing with industry professionals as part of a fun filled day.  The activities are designed for 9-to-
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Fans love Hambo, and present grandstand too
August 07, 2011
The Record newspaper of northern New Jersey had reporters at this year's Hambletonian and interviewed those in the crowd about the plans for the track's present grandstand to be demolished and a smaller facility to be built. Many of those interviewed expressed a fondness for the building, and a
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Field set for Drivers Championship at Tioga
August 07, 2011
After a day of big money on the line at the Meadowlands Racetrack on Saturday afternoon, Sunday morning the final standings of the drivers’ earnings were set in stone. The top seven money-winning drivers in North America will be invited to participate in the fifth Annual Drivers’ Championship at Tio
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San Pail rallies fast to win Nat Ray
August 06, 2011
San Pail charged through the lane to collar Arch Madness several strides before the wire and win the $300,000 Nat Ray Invitational in 1:50.4 on Saturday at Meadowlands Racetrack. Lucky Jim was third. Driven by Randy Waples, San Pail was sent off at 2-1. Arch Madness was the even-money choice.
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Favorites reign in Indiana Sires Stakes
August 06, 2011
Favorites carried the day in the opening round of Indiana Sires Stakes action for two-year-old colt trotters Friday, August 5 at Indiana Downs. Led by Trottin Tiger, a 1:58.2 winner, favorites claimed three of four $40,000 divisions.   One week after setting a national season’s mark, Trottin
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Shadyshark Hanover shatters Holmes record
August 06, 2011
With driver Jim Morill Jr. at the helm, Shadyshark Hanover demolished both the Oliver Wendell Holmes ($102,750) record in pacing the fastest mile ever and  the fastest mile by a 3-year-old pacer at the Meadowlands as he ricocheted off cover to win in 1:47.4. Hugadragon was second and Meadowland
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Check Me Out cruises in Merrie Annabelle
August 06, 2011
With a powerful first over brush, the undefeated in six starts Check me Out, driven by Tim Tetrick and owned by Ray Schnittker and Charles Iannazzo, set a new stakes record in the $333,200 Merrie Annabelle for 2-year-old trotting fillies, winning by open lengths in 1:54.2 at the Meadowlands on Satur
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Weingartner wins Haughton
August 06, 2011
Weingartner, named for Harness Racing's Communications Ace Ken Weingartner, was the upset winner in 1:55.2 in the $400,000 Peter Haughton Memorial at the Meadownds on Saturday. Johnny Takter was in the bike for brother Jimmy Takter and owners Christina Takter, John Fielding, Brixton Medical and Loui
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We Will See captures US Pacing Championship
August 06, 2011
We Will See (and driver Ron Pierce) easily strode to victory in the $174,250 first division of the US Pacing Championship in 1:47.2 on Saturday (August 6) at Meadowlands Racetrack. Aracache Hanover (Doug McNair) set the early fractions of :26.4 and :54 to the half, with We Will See pacing along behi
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Bold And Fresh shocks field in Oaks upset
August 06, 2011
In a surprising rout, Bold and Fresh and driver George Brennan pulled off a longshot at odds of 24-1 win in 1:53.1 in the $750,000 Hambletonian Oaks for sophomore trotting fillies on Saturday Aug. 6 at the Meadowlands.It was the second Hambletonian Oaks win for driver George Brennan and the first fo
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Bold And Fresh shocks field in Oaks upset
August 06, 2011
In a surprising rout, Bold and Fresh and driver George Brennan pulled off a longshot at odds of 24-1 win in 1:53.1 in the $750,000 Hambletonian Oaks for sophomore trotting fillies on Saturday Aug. 6 at the Meadowlands.It was the second Hambletonian Oaks win for driver George Brennan and the first fo
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Broad Bahn and Brennan win Hambo
August 06, 2011
As they predicted they would be, driver George Brennan and Broad Bahn were agressive from the word go, leaving strongly from the rail and never looking back, winning ths 86th $1.5 million Hambo, by open lengths in 1:53. fot the Noel Daley-trained, Leif Alber owned  colt.Broad Bahn is a three-ye
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Yonkers hosts five NYSS divisions
August 06, 2011
Another round of New York Sire Stakes took over Yonkers Raceway Saturday night, this one the $233,775 Armand Palatucci Trot for 3-year-old colts and geldings. Five divisions did their thing over a "good" surface.   The evening's first wagering division went to a wrapped-up, odds-on Keenan (Je
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Vernon records for Lightning Prince, Ivanhoe Diamant
August 06, 2011
Odd-distance track record performances by Lightning Prince and Ivanhoe Diamant, plus an Open pace victory by Forty Carrots were highlights of Saturday night’s 10-race card at Vernon Downs.   Competing on a “good” track in the first half-mile dash (The Dashtonian) in the track’s 58-year histor
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Rookie Mistake takes Tioga feature in 1:56.4
August 06, 2011
Rookie Mistake and Ed Hensley took home Saturday night’s featured event in the $18,000 Open Handicap Trot. Starting from post position number four, Hensley backed Rookie Mistake off the gate and ducked in fifth as Howd That Feel and Aruba Vacation battled through an opening panel of 27.3. As the fie
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Bullseye for Gun Show in Buckeye State Pace
August 06, 2011
Gun Show remained unbeaten in four lifetime starts by rocketing past his rivals in the final quarter to win the $53,300 Buckeye State Pace at Scioto Downs on Saturday in 1:56.2.   Dan Noble drove for trainer Jim Arledge, Jr. and owners Milton Leeman and Dustin Arledge.   Kyle Ater and
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Mystician beats ‘Prodigal’ by nose for Gold
August 06, 2011
Mystician edged out Prodigal Seelster in a photo finish Saturday night in the $130,000 Ontario Sires Stakes Gold Final for three-year-old pacers at Mohawk Racetrack.   The Jeff Gillis pupil captured his third victory in 10 starts this year while lowering his lifetime mark to 1:49.2.  
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Doping guru Catlin speaks at WTC
August 05, 2011
Delegates to the 22nd World Trotting Conference, which convened in Jersey City, NJ on Friday, turned their attention to integrity and regulation.   International cooperation was discussed by Dr. Don Catlin, founder and chief executive of Advanced Doping Research, one of the wor
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Eagle Hilarious wins at Vernon
August 05, 2011
The favorite Eagle Hilarious went from last to first before winning Thursday night’s $10,000 featured first race at Vernon Downs in 1:53.Leaving from the outside sixth spot against five quick-footed rivals in the week’s feature for female pacers, Eagle Hilarious ($5.20) advanced patiently from last
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Seven Divisions of Joe Goldstein Trot at Yonkers
August 05, 2011
It was another round for the statebred 3-year-old fillies Thursday night, with Yonkers Raceway hosting the $255,913 Joe Goldstein Trot. A total of seven divisions--included three off the card--went at it.Julia's Way (Jeff Gregory, $9.60) was a perfect-trip, maiden-breaking winner ($36,759) in the ev
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Caviar For The Lady wins at The Meadows
August 05, 2011
Stuck with post 9 in a tough field, Caviar Forthe Lady took matters into her own hands by bursting to the lead and permitting no serious challenges en route to a dominating victory in Wednesday’s $22,500 Filly & Mare Preferred Trot at The Meadows. Caviar Forthe lady, a 5-year-old daughter o
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Jamieson takes the lead in WDC
August 05, 2011
Canada's Jody Jamieson took the lead in the World Driving Championship with a hat trick of wins on Thursday night at the Meadowlands Racetrack. Jamieson steered Lady Andover ($4.60) to victory in the opener, the first of the night's four WDC races.  He also reined in Military Stratcom ($3.00) a
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Cincinnati Kid fillies dominate ISS at Indy Downs
August 05, 2011
Indiana Downs hosted the opening round of Indiana Sires Stakes for two-year-old trotting fillies Thursday, August 4 with a quartet of $40,000 divisions. Cincinnati Kid freshmen dominated the events, winning three of the four contests. Cincinnati Star turned in the fastest split of the night, winning
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RMTC approves new Lasix policy recommendations
August 05, 2011
The Racing Medication and Testing Consortium (RMTC) board of directors voted on Thursday, August 4, to support a requirement that furosemide (Lasix) only be administered on race day by regulatory veterinarians. Currently, rules regarding the administration of furesomide vary from state to state. The
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Jones hoping it's "Martini" time in Oaks
August 05, 2011
Trainer Dustin Jones is hoping he can shake things up when Martiniontherocks lines up behind the gate for the 85th edition of the Hambletonian Oaks this Saturday at The Meadowlands.   The trotting miss has always impressed her conditioner, right from day one. When Jones traveled to a handful
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All NY harness races to be simulcast at NYRA
August 05, 2011
New York State Racing and Wagering Board Chairman John D. Sabini announced Friday that the Board approved simulcasting of New York-based harness races at the three Thoroughbred tracks operated by The New York Racing Association.   Beginning Friday, fans who wish to watch and wager
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Countess Adios in the books at big M
August 05, 2011
In the first of two divisions of the $58,705 Countess Adios for 2-year-old pacing fillies at the Meadowlands on Friday, August 5, American Jewel sparkled with a virtual wire-to-wire in a career-best 1:51 win with Tim Tetrick in the bike for owners Brittany Farms and trainer Jimmy Takter. The America
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Beatgoesonhanover, Pantholops win Duennas
August 05, 2011
Beatgoesonhanover, an Andover Hall sophomore daughter of world record-holder Beat The Wheel was an easy winner in the first of two $30,000 Duenna divisions at the Meadowlands on n Friday night. Dave Miller was in the bike for owner Nevan Botica and trainer Nifty Norman. The Andover filly  had t
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Jamieson wins 2nd World Championship
August 05, 2011
Jody Jamieson won two of the four races in the final round of the World Driving Championship, and thus put an exclamation point on the 25th edition of the tournament at Yonkers Raceway on Friday evening.   For Jamieson, it was the Canadian star’s second world title, having won his first in 20
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Stakes records in PASS 2YO filly trot
August 05, 2011
On The Bright Side, a daughter of Cantab Hall-Passionate Glide,  set a 1:56 track record and Maven, by Glidemaster,  matched that record mark just a few races later on a scorching Friday night of racing action at Mohegan Sun at Pocono Downs. The records came during Pennsylvania Sire S
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Guaranteed pools at tracks this weekend
August 05, 2011
It is a big weekend for the U.S. Trotting Association’s Strategic Wagering program, with multiple guarantees at Meadowlands Racetrack on Hambletonian Day and new opportunities at Batavia Downs and Lexington’s Red Mile.Free program pages, courtesy of TrackMaster, are available on the USTA’s handicapp
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Lakomy hoping third time a Hambo charm
August 04, 2011
Although Manofmanymissions has won seven of 11 starts and $567,400 in purse earnings, Kevin Lakomy, one of the colt trotter’s owners, has yet to see him race in person. That will all change on Saturday afternoon as the 42-year-old Lakomy and seven other members of his family, including his 92-year-
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Durand taking his Hambo shot with Whiskey Tax
August 04, 2011
After having two strikes against him heading into this Saturday’s $1.5 million Hambletonian at the Meadowlands, trainer Tom Durand is hoping the tables will turn as he sends out Whiskey Tax in the richest race of the conditioner’s career. Durand, a resident of Puslinch, Ont., has faced a rocky road
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Pekoe Fashion in dramatic PASS win
August 04, 2011
Seemingly racing for a minor check when his first-over bid failed, Pekoe Fashion found himself the improbable winner of a Pennsylvania Sires Stake division Wednesday at The Meadows when all three of the horses in front of him got in late trouble. The $224,634 event for 2-year-old colt and geldi
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Trotting fillies in Stallion Series at Pocono
August 04, 2011
Can’t Be Seduced and Keystone Tempo shared honors as the fastest winners among seven divisions of Stallion Series action on Wednesday night at Mohegan Sun at Pocono Downs. Each of the seven races for 2-year-old trotting fillies carried a purse of $20,000.Can’t Be Seduced, trained and driven by Trond
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Trotting freshmen shine at Balmoral
August 04, 2011
Illinois conceived and foaled trotters took center stage on Wednesday night as a pair of stakes events for diagonally gaited two-year-olds shared top billing on the Wednesday night program. Colts and geldings were featured in the first event of the night as a field of nine met in the $53,500 Pl
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Tetrick 4, Art Major 4 in NYSS 2FP action
August 04, 2011
Five divisions of 2-year-old New York Sire Stakes pacing fillies, worth over $24,000 each, and the first-ever appearance by "The Bionic Man," Tim Tetrick, highlighted a soggy night at Batavia Downs Casino.   Tetrick, currently North America's leading reinsman, notched six wins in the afternoo
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Next Flight In soars to Indy Downs mark
August 04, 2011
Getting his first taste of Indiana Sires Stakes competition, Next Flight In equaled the Indiana Downs track record for two-year-old pacing colts Wednesday, August 3, winning his $40,000 division with a 1:52.1 performance. He was one of four Panspacificflight freshmen to win opening round ISS legs, w
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Sickness, scrapes, post 10 for Pastor Stephen
August 04, 2011
Although Pastor Stephen drew post 10 for Saturday’s $1.5 million Hambletonian final at the Meadowlands, trainer Jimmy Takter is breathing a sigh of relief that the trotter is able to even line up behind the starting gate. After recovering from sickness last month, Pastor Stephen suffered some scrape
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Hambo scoop in FREE Weekend Preview!
August 04, 2011
The biggest day in harness racing is set for Saturday at the Meadowlands, featuring the 86th edition of the Hambletonian. If you don’t receive the FREE HarnessRacing Weekend Preview, make sure to click on the box on this homepage to sign up and read all the news about the Hambletonian and Oaks conte
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World Trotting Conference underway in NJ
August 04, 2011
Delegates and observers from 16 countries and the European Trotting Union answered the roll call when the 22nd World Trotting Conference convened in Jersey City, NJ, Thursday morning. The session was the first of five scheduled as part of the Conference.   John Campbell, introduced by U.S. Tr
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NZ's Dunn keeps lead in World Driving tourney
August 03, 2011
New Zealand’s Dexter Dunn, despite not winning one of the four races contested in round three of the World Driving Championship at Monticello Raceway on Wednesday afternoon (August 3), maintained the lead through 12 races in the 20-race series. The 25th championship is being hosted by the U.S. Tro
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226G NYSS Scarsdale Trot at Yonkers
August 03, 2011
New York Sire Stakes continued downstate Tuesday night, with Yonkers Raceway hosting the $226,510 Scarsdale Trot for 3-year-old fillies.Five, $435,302 divisions--two on the card, three off--went postward. The first wagering event saw Stell R Time (Jordan Stratton, $8) get up on the money from second
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Amanda Pontone to sing Anthem at Hambo
August 03, 2011
Amanda Pontone, the 18-year-old daughter of TLP Stables' Tom Pontone, has been lined up to sing the National Anthem at the opening ceremonies of Saturday afternoon's Hambletonian day card at the Meadowlands. Amanda recently sang the Star Spangled Banner at her high school graduation ceremony, and th
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Saratoga handle up 17.2 percent this year
August 03, 2011
Saratoga Casino and Raceway is reporting a robust 17.2 percent increase in handle from all sources on its live racing product for the first half of its 2011 season over a like period in 2010. Simulcast Director Don Hoover reported that off-track handle on Saratoga’s live racing has surged 24 percen
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Former US special agent taking a shot
August 03, 2011
 As a rule, Frank DeLiberti is a pretty even-keeled guy. But Magnum Kosmos turned his owner into Cosmo Kramer, or Kosmos Kramer, as the case may be. As Saturday’s Hambletonian eliminations took place, DeLiberti looked like he was reenacting an episode of “Seinfeld,” when a frenzied Kramer beat
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Owner says he's not nervous about Hambo
August 03, 2011
Richard Gutnick knows he should be nervous. But for some reason, he isn’t. Maybe it is the fact that his horse, Chapter Seven, has overcome enough health issues in his career that trying to win the biggest harness racing event of the year will almost pale in comparison.   It won’t,
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TwinSpires.com offers $10K Hambo Players' Pool
August 03, 2011
TwinSpires.com is offering for the first time ever a Players’ Pool for its members on Saturday afternoon’s Hambletonian day card at the Meadowlands. TwinSpires’ resident harness handicapper Frank Cotolo will handicap the card and make wagers utilizing the funds in the pool, with the participants sha
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Bartlett, Anderson to return to driving Friday
August 03, 2011
With Yonkers Raceway hosting Friday night's fifth and final round of the 2011 World Driving Championship, this next bit of Friday news might bounce below the radar...but not at Yonkers. Drivers Ryan Anderson and Jason Bartlett are both set to return--coincidentally, in the same (third) race. Anderso
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Rocknroll Hanover to shuttle to Australia
August 02, 2011
David James of Empire Stallions in the state of Victoria in Australia, and a source close to Perretti Farms have confirmed that the top pacing sire Rocknroll Hanover will be standing at stud in the Southern Hemisphere for the upcoming breeding season. At this time the agreement is verbal and ha
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Miss Millie leads ISS winners at Indy Downs
August 02, 2011
Indiana Downs played host to the first round of Indiana Sires Stakes action for freshman pacing fillies Monday, August 1, with seven $40,000 divisions carded. Favorites managed to win only three of the features, producing several first-time winners.   The Alvin Miller-trained Miss Millie turn
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Oaks favorite is Crys Dream from post 2
August 02, 2011
Hambletonian Oaks elimination winners Iron Lady and Crys Dream will leave from posts one and two, respectively, in Saturday afternoon's $750,000 Hambletonian Oaks for 3-year-old filly trotters at the Meadowlands. Crys Dream, undefeated in five starts this year and 12 of 13 lifetime, has been install
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NY's Winbak Farm hosts international guests
August 02, 2011
Winbak Farm of New York hosted two tours Monday for the World Trotting Conference and tourists from Denmark. The guests had a chance to tour the mare barn, stallion barn, and see the stallions.   Tourists had a chance to meet stallions that they had heard about and hadn’t necessarily eve
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Great Vintage fastest in NYSS at Yonkers
August 02, 2011
The Empire's glamor division came out to play Monday night, with Yonkers Raceway hosting the $236,092 New York Sire Stakes Bruce Hamilton Pace.With this event, the Raceway again honored the memory of the long-time Executive Secretary of the Harness Horse Breeders of New York...and one of the most we
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Gisela AS sweeps in Free final
August 02, 2011
After scoring a victory in her elimination last week, Gisela AS scored an off-the-pace win in tonight’s $50,000 In Free final at Mohawk. Driven by Jason Brewer and trained by Anette Lorentzon, the freshman filly stopped the clock in 1:58.2, one-fifth off the stakes record.In the early going, Idonett
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Manofmanymissions 9-5 Hambletonian favorite
August 02, 2011
Hambo elimination winner Manofmanymissions will start from post two in Saturday afternoon's $1.5 million nationally-televised final at the Meadowlands, while second-elim winner Broad Bahn will line up in post one. The connections of both 3-year-old trotters earned the right to choose their posts for
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Foreclosure N purchased by Richard Young
August 02, 2011
One of this year's top 3-year-old pacers was purchased by an owner who has always wanted a major player in the glamour boy division, and after seeing his own stable star shelved with an injury, he closed in on his coveted contender. Richard Young, the gregarious owner of sidelined pacing mare Put On
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This year's Hambletonian takes the cake!
August 02, 2011
At the Hambletonian press conference, drivers and trainers posed with a cake, not the Hambletonian trophy! Mauro Castano of the hit TLC reality show "Cake Boss" gave media a preview of the cake Carlo's Bakery of Hoboken, N.J. will create for the 30th anniversary of the Hambletonian at the Meadowland
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2YO trotting colt Broadway Zinger in 1:57
August 02, 2011
Broadway Zinger had little trouble overcoming post seven, bursting to the front and staying there in a stake record 1:57 in Tuesday’s $120,000 Pennsylvania Stallion Series event at The Meadows.The stake for 2-year-old colt and gelding trotters was conducted over six divisions, with Fashion Astral, H
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Marcus Miller time in Balmoral stakes
August 01, 2011
The bevy of state-bred stakes action that comprise the Southland Festival of Racing continued on Sunday night at Balmoral Park as sophomore trotters took center stage in a pair of big- money events. Headlining the action were diagonally gaited sophomore fillies as a field of nine ladies lined up beh
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Fawkes now in Hambo spotlight
August 01, 2011
Author J.K. Rowling presented her first Harry Potter manuscript to 12 publishing houses and was rejected by all 12. Experts looked at the pages and didn't see potential, let alone greatness.   Perhaps the same could be said for Fawkes, a surprise qualifier for Saturday's $1.5 million Hambleto
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$150K Pick 4, $200K tri guarantee on Hambo day
August 01, 2011
The big Pick 4 guarantee returns on Hambletonian Day! A $150,000 Pick 4 will be offered on races 6-9 on the Saturday, Aug. 6 card. The $150,000 guarantee on the Meadowlands Pace Night Pick 4 handled more than $200,000. A special Pacing Pick 4 will also be guaranteed at $50,000 later in the
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Shelliscape reminds McIntosh of Delinquent Account
August 01, 2011
Hall of Fame trainer Bob McIntosh is hoping his undefeated freshman pacing filly will live up to her pedigree when she goes postward for the Whenuwishuponastar Stakes final this Thursday at Mohawk Racetrack.Shelliscape is a perfect three-for-three with a 1:53.4 lifetime mark and $27,000 in the ban
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Machapelo upsets in Battle of Waterloo
August 01, 2011
Machapelo captured Grand River Raceway’s $300,000 Battle Of Waterloo in 1:54.4 and pulled off the biggest upset in the history of the race during the track’s Industry Day Celebration on Monday, Aug. 1.   Leaving from post four, driver Scott Zeron sent the Mach Three homebred first-over a
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Dexter Dunn takes World Driving tourney lead
August 01, 2011
New Zealand’s Dexter Dunn was a race winner in the second round of the World Driving Championship, raced at Tioga Downs on Monday evening, and as a result took the lead in the 20-heat competition among 10 of the world’s top harness drivers.   Corey Callahan, sent away from the starting g
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