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Tubby Trimble Series continues at Hoosier
April 27, 2012
Royal Todd and trainer Rod Lorenzo continued their winning ways in the second leg of The Tubby Trimble series Thursday night at Hoosier Park, a late-closing event open to Indiana sired 3 year olds and up that are non-winners of $30,000 life, as the colt picked up his second win of the seaso
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Video analysis of Levy/Matchmaker available
April 27, 2012
On Saturday night Yonkers Raceway is offering handicappers one of the best racing programs of the year and www.drf.com/harness has the action covered. Highlighting the action is the $455,000 George Morton Levy Memorial Series for free-for-all pacers and the $297,000 Blue Chip Matchmake
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Give No Respect respect with Desperate Lady win
April 27, 2012
The first stake of the 2012 season at Maywood Park was contested on Thursday as a field of nine sophomore pacing fillies squared off the in the $15,000 Desperate Lady.   Fresh off a big third-place finish in a tune-up against conditioned rivals at Balmoral Park to open her season
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Racing under saddle at Gaitway
April 27, 2012
There was a taste of "monte” racing at the Gaitway Farms training center on Friday morning. Two riders raced on the mile track with their trotters under saddle (monte) in a demonstration for the judges.   Jenny Melander of Clarksburg, N.J., aboard Shoeless White Sox, held of
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Peelers 9-for-9 at YR heading to Matchmaker
April 27, 2012
She entered the preliminaries with a lot of questions. She enters the final with a lot of supporters. That's what happens after See You At Peelers won all four of her legs (including an opening-round dead heat) in Yonkers Raceway's Blue Chip Matchmaker for open pacing mares, then won the draw fo
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Balmoral payouts a game changer
April 27, 2012
Balmoral Park rolls into the final weekend of April with sizzling average payouts and low minimum wagers which have brought an entire new wagering audience to the mile track. The $17,000 Rambling Willie stake for 3 year olds and up along with a $17,000 Invitational pace highlight a superb bettin
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Golden Receiver tops Gaitway qualifiers
April 27, 2012
Golden Receiver, the leading money-earning horse in harness racing, prepped for the upcoming Graduate Stakes by winning a qualifier in 1:53 Friday morning at Gaitway Farms. Trained by Mark Harder and driven by Brian Sears, Golden Receiver returned from a three-week layoff to win by
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Lifetime mark for Gran Gabriel
April 27, 2012
Gran Gabriel made her second appearance in Open company a winning one as she captured the $24,000 Fillies and Mares Invitational at Hoosier Park Racing & Casino on Friday in a lifetime-best effort. Driver Jason Dillander picked up the drive for trainer Terry Cullipher after Cullipher op
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Coach Fox stuns at Yonkers at 40-1
April 27, 2012
With the conclusion of Blue Chip Matchmaker preliminary parade, Yonkers Raceway's Friday night fare was highlighted by the $33,000 Open Handicap Trot, which was highlighted by a high price, as in pocket-patrolling, 40-1 stunner Coach Fox (Larry Stalbaum).   Assigned the pole, Coach F
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