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Big purse, prizes up for grabs in Rags To Riches
March 09, 2012
Saturday night's Rags to Riches final is an opportunity for both claiming horses and Meadowlands fans to cash in big.   The series gave owners of low level claimers the opportunity to race for a flashy $127,950 purse in the final. The Rags To Riches was restricted to 3 year olds and
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HHYF to attend Pinehurst matinee
March 09, 2012
The Harness Horse Youth Foundation will offer a number of interactive experiences for race fans of all ages at the Pinehurst, N.C., matinee, scheduled for Sunday, April 1. The organization conducts dozens of educational programs, including overnight and day camps, across the country each ye
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Rosecroft set to open Saturday night
March 09, 2012
After a 2 ½-month break live harness racing action returns to Rosecroft Raceway on Saturday evening, with a first post of 7:25 p.m. The opening night card is heavy on distaffers with four races exclusively for fillies and mares while the rest also feature plenty of distaffers. The feature on
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Zeke Parker set to return after surgery
March 09, 2012
After a hiatus of nearly 2 1/2 months Billy "Zeke” Parker Jr. will soon be back in action at Monticello Raceway.   No, he wasn't on vacation. He had to interrupt his career to undergo prostate cancer surgery and according to Parker it certainly was no vacation. "It was tough goi
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Mayotte aims at General Brock with Herbie L
March 09, 2012
Veteran horseman Roger Mayotte has won the final of the General Brock Trotting Series twice as a driver, but has yet to win it with one of his own trainees.   Mayotte, who won the 2003 edition of the General Brock with the Roy Jeffries trainee Stonebridge Velvet and the 2007 event wit
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Keeper's Destiny wins Yonkers F&M Open
March 09, 2012
Keeper's Destiny (Eric Goodell), ordered behind a Friday night eight-ball, was sharp in winning Yonkers Raceway's co-featured $33,000 Filly and Mare Open Handicap Pace.   The 3-2 choice dropped in fourth as Arctic Fire N (James Rattray) led through early fractions of :28.3 and :58.3.
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Higher And Higher springs Overbid upset
March 09, 2012
Higher And Higher sprinted from far back to win the $40,000 second round of the Overbid Series for pacing mares on Friday night at the Meadowlands Racetrack.   Seventh in the early going, Higher And Higher worked out a third-over trip and stormed home to take the fourth race feature
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