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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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