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O'Reailly doubles up in Lifetime Dream
January 06, 2012
Trainer Frank O’Reilly sent a pair of 4-year-old mares postward in the first round of the Lifetime Dream Trotting Series Thursday night at Woodbine and both captured the lion’s share of the $25,000 purse. Maplegrove Shaelyn and Sashay found the winner’s circle in their respective divisions. &nbs
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Free Meadowlands Preview now available!
January 06, 2012
The New Meadowlands Racetrack opens on Friday night as Jeff Gural’s 31-year lease is now in full swing. There are plenty of changes at the Big M, including a newly-banked racetrack surface, and you can read how some believe the differences will likely come into play in this week’s free HarnessRacing
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Winbak offers discount for early bookings
January 06, 2012
Winbak Farm will be giving a $1,000 discount to anybody who books by the end of February to Riverboat King and Village Jove.    Riverboat King, p, 2, 1:54.1; 3,1:50.1; 4,1:48.3 ($1,234,576), is a son of Cam’s Card Shark, out of the No Nukes mare, Why Won’t Ya. He is the sire of 2011 Dan
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Meadowlands live on-track handle up 50%
January 06, 2012
Live handle was up more than 50 percent on opening night of the 2012 harness meet at Meadowlands Racetrack. On-track wagering was $380,499 versus $245,139 the previous year, a 55 percent increase. The $2,166,584 total handle was on a par with 2011, despite one less race on the card. The nu
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Put On A Show to return for Overbid
January 06, 2012
Trainer Chris Ryder told harnessracing.com Friday morning that the 2010 Three-Year-Old Filly Pacer of the Year Put On A Show, who did not make a start in 2011 after having surgery to remove a bone chip in a knee, is on schedule to return to the track in the Overbid Series that begins March 2 at
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Pena files suit against Meadowlands ban
January 06, 2012
NorthJersey.com has reported that trainer Lou Pena, who said he was told by officials at the New Meadowlands Racetrack that he would not be allowed to race his horses at the track in 2012, has filed a lawsuit in U.S. District Court against track lessee Jeff Gural and the New Jersey Sports and Exposi
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Gural thanks industry, asks for support
January 06, 2012
Jeff Gural issued the following press release Friday afternoon prior to the kick-off for the 2012 Meadowlands meet.   "I would like to thank all of the fans for honoring me with the Railbird Recognition Award.  It is very much appreciated.  I promise that I will do everything I can
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Handbook for Ontario Resident Mare Program, OSS
January 06, 2012
The Ontario Horse Improvement Program has published the 2012 Program Criteria Book for the Standardbred Improvement Program (SIP), which includes the Ontario Sires Stakes (OSS) program and the Ontario Resident Mare Program (ORMP). The book provides the specific details for the suite of Standardbred
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