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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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