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Racing writer Rees comments on racing & jobs
February 29, 2012
Jennie Rees, an award-winning horse racing writer for the Louisville Courier-Journal newspaper, has written about the business of horse racing--and the jobs it creates--on her blog on the newspaper's website.   Rees, who has covered the Kentucky Futurity and other top harness races at
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See You At Peelers to qualify on Thursday
February 29, 2012
The 2011 Three-Year-Old Filly Pacer of the Year See You At Peelers will make her 4-year-old debut Thursday morning in qualifying action at the Meadowlands. Also scheduled to start in the nine-race session are two winners of more than $3 million each: reigning Pacer of the Year Foiled Again and t
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Heather Wilder working on PR, marketing at Meadows
February 29, 2012
The Meadows Standardbred Owners Association (MSOA) has announced that Heather Wilder has joined the association as public relations and marketing director. The MSOA recognizes that horsemen's associations need to promote attendance and handle at the racetrack, and has budgeted substantial funds
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PA Horse Conference set to address funding
February 29, 2012
In the midst of great uncertainty about the future of the horse racing and breeding industries in Pennsylvania--following Governor Tom Corbett's proposed $72 million cut to the Horse Race Development Fund–members of the Pennsylvania equine community will gather in Harrisburg for the Pennsylvania
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Alagna in the Big M's "Sulky" on Friday
February 29, 2012
After a year layoff, Put On A Show returns to action in the $40,000 opening leg of the Overbid Series on Friday (March 2) at the Meadowlands. The Chris Ryder trainee was one of the top pacing fillies in the country before knee trouble placed her on the sidelines. Watch what Chris Ryder has to s
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Bier buys Keystone Thomas for $100,000
February 29, 2012
One of the best open-class trotters in Florida of recent vintage, Keystone Thomas,has been sold by private treaty and is likely to re-surface soonin a more northern jurisdiction.   The 6-year-old Revenue S-Keystone Taboo gelding was sold by Fred Monteleone of Pompano Beach to the conn
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