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Backstretch With Gordon: Futurity Day
October 02, 2011
Ahhhhhh, afternoon racing at The Red Mile! What a glorious Sunday this is in Lexington, Ky., with today's card featuring the 119th Kentucky Futurity for 3-year-old colt trotters and the companion Filly Futurity. And after two cold, cold nights, it's time for me to put away the heavy shirt, sweatshir
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Roll With Joe to start in Tattersalls Pace
October 02, 2011
Trainer Ed Hart told harnessracing.com Sunday afternoon at The Red Mile that Meadowlands Pace winner and recent Little Brown Jug runner-up Roll With Joe will make his next start on Sunday, Oct. 9, in the Tattersalls Pace at the track in Lexington, Ky.   Coming off the two-heat Jug Sept. 22 in
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Big Bad John, Hugadragon win Bluegrass splits
October 02, 2011
Hugadragon drew clear to an open-lengths victory in 1:50 in the first division of the $202,000 Bluegrass for 3-year-old colt pacers Sunday afternoon at The Red Mile. Driven by Yannick Gingras, Hugadragon put away a determined first-over bid by Foreclosure N before pulling away from his six rivals in
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Cedar Dove wins Kentucky Filly Futurity
October 02, 2011
Cedar Dove was a straight-heat winner in the $291,000 Kentucky Filly Futurity on a sunshine-filled Sunday afternoon at The Red Mile. After posting a wire-to-wire 1:53.2 career-best victory in the first heat, Cedar Dove came back to score a 1:53.4 win in the decisive second heat, both with Ron Pierce
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Dejarmbro, Manofmanymissions take Futurity heats
October 02, 2011
Driver Brian Sears had to exercise an incredible amount of patience in the first heat of the $490,000 Kentucky Futurity Sunday afternoon at The Red Mile, but it paid off as his mount Dejarmbro kicked into high gear late in the stretch and won in 1:53.4, with a tiring Broad Bahn holding on for second
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Friendly Amigo, On The Glass win Allerage finals
October 02, 2011
Friendly Amigo, a 56-1 shot, won the $83,700 Allerage Farms Open Mare Trot in 1:52.2 Sunday at The Red Mile. In the $85,200 Allerage Farms Open Mare Pace, On The Glass scored a 1:50.3 victory.   Friendly Amigo, a 5-year-old mare by Amigo Hall trianed by Blair Burgess, came into the race
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Manofmanymissions wins Futurity raceoff
October 02, 2011
Manofmanymissions, drawing post one by virtue of his victory in the second heat of Sunday's $490,000 Kentucky Futurity at The Red Mile, held off a game bid by first-heat winner Dejarmbro to win the two-horse raceoff in 1:54.3. The raceoff in this year's 119th renewal of the third jewel of trotting's
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