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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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