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I'm Won Wine Wiser is one Dover winner
January 31, 2012
I’m Won Wine Wiser may be a tongue twister to say but she is a good one for bettors to follow winning her fourth consecutive victory in the week’s top distaff event, the $16,000 mares winners-over pace on Tuesday at Dover Downs.     Driver George Dennis and his wife Tiny bred a
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Blanket finish in Pompano mares open
January 31, 2012
The final Mares Open Handicap Pace feature of January at Pompano Park on Monday night ended in a blanket finish with Special Sweetheart overlooked to the tune of 5-1 and digging deep to score a narrow decision in a cavalry charge to the wire.   George Napolitano Jr. put the 6-year-old da
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$3 mil night at Big M; $500,000 bet on track
January 31, 2012
The Meadowlands saw its first $3-million night of the year on Saturday, Jan. 28, as $3,090,000 was wagered on the 12-race card, a slight increase from the $2,991,548 wagered on the last Saturday of January in 2011. A big reason for the season-high handle was on-track wagering of $510,475, an
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Meadowlands Pick 5 to offer $20,000 guarantee
January 31, 2012
Starting Friday, Feb. 3, the Meadowlands Pick 5 will have a $20,000 guaranteed pool on all racing nights. A 50-cent base wager, the Pick 5 starts in Race 1.   On Saturday, Jan. 28, the Meadowlands Pick 5 handled a record $96,962 helped largely by a $16,400 carryover heading into the card
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Cheap Motel aims for Woodbine series
January 31, 2012
When Cheap Motel begins in the first leg of the $20,000 HorsePlayer Interactive Series on Friday night at Woodbine Racetrack, owner Paul Reid won’t be trackside, but he’ll be tuned in to the proceedings from his home in Deleon Springs, Fla.   Reid, who has conditioned the 6-year-old daughter
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Full Of Sand full of pace at The Meadows
January 31, 2012
Full Of Sand, who had been a step or two behind the leaders in previous starts against The Meadows’ elite pacers, found a new gear Tuesday when he came first-over to capture the $22,500 Preferred Handicap.   Instead of his customary covered trip, Full Of Sand was the first to move down the ba
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