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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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