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Big Hoosier opener for handle, Dillander
March 28, 2012
Hoosier Park Racing & Casino opened its 19th season of Standardbred racing in front of a packed house of racing fans on Tuesday. On-track handle was up 94 percent from the first Tuesday of the 2011 Standardbred meet with one additional race on the card. Export handle also saw
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I Told Gordy wins Rosecroft feature
March 28, 2012
On a cold March Tuesday night the racing action at Rosecroft was red hot. I Told Gordy, trained and owned by Thomas Swann, used a two-hole trip to win the winners-over handicap over favored Gone Nuclear (Frank Milby). Driver Justin Brenneman worked out a perfect trip and pounced on a hard used l
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Livelikeurdying sweeps Meadows series
March 28, 2012
Livelikeurdying overcame his initial reluctance to follow the leader and kicked home in the stretch to capture Tuesday's $27,200 championship of the John Sitzer Memorial Pace at The Meadows and complete his sweep of the series for 3- and 4-year-old colts, horses and geldings.   Alth
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Check out Winbak's stallion contest
March 28, 2012
This is just a reminder to be the first to emailstallions@winbakfarm.com today and receive $500 off of Village Jove's stud fee. Village Jove stands in New York and is the sire of 2012's richest and fastest pacer, Golden Receiver.   Interested in learning more about our stallion contes
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24-hour health certificate RQ'd at Tioga, Vernon
March 28, 2012
All horses shipping into Tioga Downs or Vernon Downs that have raced or resided at Saratoga Harness from March 1 through March 21, 2012, must have a 24-hour health certificate and rectal temperatures must be recorded.   The following statement must appear on the health certificate: "H
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Harder talks about Woodbine starter Golden Receiver
March 28, 2012
Golden Receiver has proven to trainer Mark Harder that he is a professional racehorse and after a gate-to-wire score in first leg of Spring Pacing Championship Series, they are ready for round two to get underway, Saturday at Woodbine.   When Golden Receiver lines up behind the starti
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Mister Herbie held out of Glorys Comet leg
March 28, 2012
An original list of 41 nominees for the Glorys Comet Series at Woodbine Racetrack led to just nine entries for last weekend's opening leg. The cast has been cut by nearly half again for Saturday night's $60,000 second leg, with reigning Horse of the Year San Pail a prohibitive favorite to repeat
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3YO colt State Treasurer sets 1:52.3 track mark
March 28, 2012
State Treasurer, a 3-year-old colt by Real Desire trained and driven by Dr. Ian Moore, set a track record at Spring Garden Ranch on Tuesday in a qualifying race. The colt edged his stablemate Eighteen, a 4-year-old, in 1:52.3, with a last quarter in :26.4.   Bred by Brittany Farms, St
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Second round of Levy comes up 'sixes'
March 28, 2012
"Six" was the magic number of divisions in last week's opening round of Yonkers Raceway's George Morton Levy Memorial Pacing Series. As luck would have it, "six" is again the defining digit for Saturday night's second round, as in races 3,4,6,7,8 and 9...at $50,000 a pop.   All six w
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Feegee giving Irish trainer a "Survivor" chance
March 28, 2012
Feegee may have the luck o' the Irish on her side in Friday's kick off of the Spring Survivor Series at the Meadowlands Racetrack. The Conway Hall filly, trained by 29-year-old Dublin, Ireland native Joe Hanney, has drawn post six in the first of two $12,500 divisions, carded as races two and fo
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Anders Bluestone wins 4th straight at Dover
March 28, 2012
Anders Bluestone won his fourth straight start at Dover Downs this year with a win in the feature $27,500 Open/HandicapTtrot while Windsheild and I'm So Striking scored impressive victories in two $20,000 Delaware Standardbred Breeders Fund (DSBF) Colt & Gelding trot first leg preliminaries
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Thomas Pontone going to "driving school"
March 28, 2012
Thomas Pontone has seen the view from atop the sport, having been among the owners of 2009 Horse of the Year Muscle Hill. In two months, he will see it from the rear.   Pontone, who with his father Louis make up the TLP Stable, will be among the "students” in this year's U.S. Trotting
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3YO trotting colt Vic Smith sold to Swedes
March 28, 2012
Vic Smith will race for new owners this year, but he will stay in familiar hands. Julie Miller, who trained and co-owned Vic Smith with her husband, Andy, and Larry Baron's Baron Racing Stable, said Wednesday that the 3-year-old colt trotter was sold to Swedish interests in a deal brokered by ag
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Expanded gaming bill defeated in New Hampshire
March 28, 2012
The New Hampshire House of Representatives soundly rejected the expansion of gambling on March 28 by a wide margin even though both supporters and opponents predicted that the vote would be razor thin.   HB 593 called for the construction of four casinos, two small and two large, with
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Horses available for adoption Sunday
March 28, 2012
The universal birthday for all horses is January 1. But for 23 Standardbreds from Carroll County, Md., October 6 might be a fitting date for the start of a new life. October 6, 2011 is the date 23 Standardbreds, ranging from age 2 to 15, arrived at Hanover Shoe Farms in Hanover, Pa., after legal
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Philly cop in Spring Survivor with Markz Moose
March 28, 2012
Philadelphia police officer Owen Eiler Jr. will send out a pair of starters, including Markz Moose in the Spring Survivor Series, on Friday night at the Meadowlands Racetrack. The 49-year-old trainer had an early season success with Super Bowl Series champion Dontevenknowmymame. He will try to k
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