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A Rocknroll Dance to race in NJSS final
May 21, 2012
Trainer Jim Mulinix told harnessracing.com Monday morning that he has decided that A Rocknroll Dance, who won his New Jersey Sire Stakes (NJSS) division on Saturday night at the Meadowlands in his season debut, will skip this weekend's second leg and then return for the $150,000 final on June 2.
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Important info on New York State Fair races
May 21, 2012
The New York State Fair races for 3 year olds are scheduled for the upcoming holiday weekend at Vernon and Tioga Downs.   This year the NYSF is considered a part of the Excelsior series, so the horse must be eligible to the Excelsior series to race in the NYSF races. The purses
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No Respect wins Violet final
May 21, 2012
It was the girls turn to shine on Sunday at Balmoral Park as a field of eight 3-year-old pacing fillies squared off in the $43,600 Violet Stake final.   In the featured event, John Carver's No Respect garnered plenty of attention from her rivals and the betting public as she
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Jim Arledge, 77, dies in Columbus, Ohio
May 21, 2012
James A. "Jim” Arledge, 77, of Circleville, Ohio, a veteran horseman and the father of horseman Jim Arledge Jr., died Sunday (May 19) at Mt. Carmel Medical Center in Columbus.   Mr. Arledge was born July 18, 1934, in Circleville, Ohio, the son of the late William H. and Dorothy (R
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Sears making his first start in Elitlopp
May 21, 2012
Brian Sears hopes to make his first trip to Sweden a winning one. Sears will drive Arch Madness in Sunday's prestigious Elitlopp, an invitational event that features 16 of the world's best trotters at Solvalla Racetrack.   Sears could join elite company with a victory. Only
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Sports Reporter Pompano's April Horse of Month
May 21, 2012
Yet another chapter in the touching and improbable story of the pacer Sports Reporter was written on Monday evening (May 21) at The Isle Casino Racing Pompano. The 8-year-old gelding was saluted along with his groom, Ingrid Glassmeyer, as the recipients of the Horse And Groom Of The Month awa
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NYSS champ Heston Blue Chip 1:52 winner
May 21, 2012
Heston Blue Chip (pictured), a defending New York Sire Stakes champion, was the fastest in NYSS pacing colt action on Monday night at Yonkers Raceway. Yonkers hosted its first New York Sire Stakes event of the season Monday night, with the $339,040 Hugh Grant Pace for 3-year-old c
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