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NYSS champ For A Dancer returns a winner
May 17, 2012
Sophomore filly trotters dominated the action on Wednesday night at Saratoga Casino and Raceway as the New York Sire Stakes season got underway. There were 11 races full of Sire Stakes competitors with seven divisions of the Excelsior Series, known formerly as the Late Closers, and four races
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Woodbine handle shows 10.5 percent increase
May 17, 2012
Woodbine Entertainment Group (WEG) Thursday announced the average nightly wagering handle on the 2012 Woodbine Standardbred meet, which concluded Monday, May 14, showed a solid 10.59 percent rise over last year.   An average of $1,493,112 was wagered per card over the 76 dat
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Win Missy B 1:53.4 winner in Pocono qualifier
May 17, 2012
Win Missy B won a second qualifier as a tune-up for her 3-year-old season. On Thursday morning at Mohegan Sun at Pocono Downs, Bob Key's homebred daughter of Conway Hall won by whopping 13 3/4 lengths in 1:53.4. The filly's trainer, Charlie Norris, drove her in the race.  
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NYSS 3YO colt trotters at Tioga Friday night
May 17, 2012
The New York Sire Stakes roll into Tioga Downs on Friday night featuring three divisions for 3-year old colt and gelding trotters. Headlining the entries on Friday night is Royal Shyster, who was purchased for $450,000 at the Harrisburg Sale in November by William Weaver III and Jim Winske for train
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NEW Weekend Preview now available!
May 17, 2012
The latest edition of HarnessRacing Weekend Preview is now available by clicking below or by signing up by following the link at the top of this home page. The latest edition includes a list of major race for the weekend, and there are plenty of them that feature top colts returning from th
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Won The West entered in Saturday qualifier
May 17, 2012
Won The West made a name for himself by going fast, but trainer Ron Burke doesn't mind proceeding slowly with the star pacer as he gets ready to return from tendon issues that sidelined him last year. The 8-year-old gelding pacer is scheduled to return to the track for the first time since la
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American Jewel in NYSS at Vernon Saturday
May 17, 2012
Two of the biggest names in harness racing for 3-year-old filly pacers will headline a star-studded roster in the New York Sire Stakes on Saturday night from Vernon, NY (post time 6:55 pm). American Jewel and Handsoffmycookie will begin their sophomore seasons coming off of a pair of q
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Whotooksam scores at Scioto
May 17, 2012
Whotooksam humbled his rivals in winning the featured trot on Thursday at Scioto Downs with a 7-1/4 length triumph in 1:57.3.   The 3-year-old gelded son of Victory Sam, trained and driven by Ray Paver, was reserved off an early speed duel between Faster N Funk and Rose Run Molly. The
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Zeron has Grassroots contender in Coe Leader
May 17, 2012
Mohawk Racetrack will celebrate the first long weekend of summer this Monday with six divisions of Grassroots action for Ontario 3-year-old trotting colts and geldings. Monday's event kicks off the Ontario Sires Stakes program's Grassroots season, and local horse Coe Leader is hoping to use
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DePinto has high hopes for We Will See this year
May 17, 2012
Although hewasn't pleased when We Will See missed out on a 2011 Dan Patch Award, trainer Sam De Pinto is confident his world champion pacer is poised for a peak seasonin the free-for-all ranks. The 5-year-old by Western Hanover makes his 2012 debut in Saturday's $50,000 invitational at the Meado
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Trotting filly Sweetasmusic takes ISS in 1:58
May 17, 2012
Indiana's 2-year-old trotting filly defending champions were back in a familiar place on Thursday (May 17) as they each won their respective divisions of the $30,000 Indiana Gold Sire Stakes for 3-year-old filly trotters at Hoosier Park Racing & Casino. Sweetasmusic and Cincinnati Star each
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