News Archive

Nominations due for Meadowlands EClosers
February 10, 2012
Stakes applications are available under the Horsemen Section at MeadowlandsRacetrack.com.  Twelve of the 14 early closing stakes feature a 20 percent reduction in nominating and sustaining fees for 2012.  The early closers [with estimated purses and dates of finals] include
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Post positions set for Sunday's Prix de France
February 10, 2012
The top three finishers in the Prix d’Amerique are among the entered starters for the 400,000 euro (about $530,000) Prix de France, set to be raced on Sunday at the Vincennes track in Paris. Prix d’Amerique winner Ready Cash is in the field and has drawn post six.   The distance for the race,
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Hoosier Classic sets dates, adds sale
February 10, 2012
The Hoosier Classic Sale Company of Indiana has announced their dates for the 2012 auction season. The company will conduct its annual yearling auction October 26 and 27 in the West Pavilion at the Indiana State Fairgrounds, Indianapolis IN. The 2012 auction will be a select event wit
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Itrustyou wins 12th straight in Exit 16W action
February 10, 2012
Itrustyou (pictured) won his 12th straight race when he captured a division of the second leg of the Exit 16W Series in 1:50.3 on Friday night at the Meadowlands, but it wasn't an easy victory. The other Exit 16W splits went to Special T Rocks and Real Flight, both clocked in 1:50.4.
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Big M engaging fans in ownership
February 10, 2012
Some lucky racing fans will get to enjoy the thrills of horse ownership without paying any of the bills in the Meadowlands Racetrack’s Rags To Riches promotion. For four consecutive weeks, February 16 – March 10--guests will root for their horse to advance through the series for the chance to s
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Fire kills person, horse in hyperbaric chamber
February 10, 2012
According to reports, an explosion on Friday (Feb. 10) in the hyperbaric oxygen chamber at the Kentucky Equine Sports Medicine and Rehabilitation Center (KESMARC) in Ocala, Fla., has reportedly killed one person and a horse and severely injured another person. KESMARC also has a hyperbaric oxygen ch
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Fox Valley Sage tops Yonkers mares in 1:54.1
February 10, 2012
Fox Valley Sage (Cat Manzi) proved best Friday night, winning Yonkers Raceway's co-featured $33,000 Filly and Mare Open Handicap Pace. She defeated Keystone Katherine by 1 1/4 lengths in 1:54.1.   Unhurried early from post position four, Fox Valley Sage watched as first Celtic Danser (La
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Mud Pie Hanover pays $121.60 in Cape & Cutter
February 10, 2012
Higher And Higher and Mud Pie Hanover won the two divisions of the second leg of the Cape & Cutter Series at the Meadowlands Friday night, with Higher And Higher an expected winner and Mud Pie Hanover a huge surprise, paying $121.60 for a $2 win ticket.   Higher And Higher started tr
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Bay Girl's 1:51.4 fastest in WEG mare series
February 10, 2012
Twenty-eight pacing mares were at Woodbine on Friday night to contest the second round of the HorsePlayer Interactive (HPI) Series. DGs Tinkerbell, Bay Girl and You Thrill Me were the ones taking top honors in the three $30,000 divisions.   In the first tilt, the Richard Moreau-trained D
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