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Divas Photo wins Violet in 1:58.1 at Balmoral
May 28, 2012
Continuing an impressive start to her second season of racing action David Hermann's Divas Photo posted her biggest win to date on Sunday night as she knocked off nine other Illinois conceived and foaled three-year-old trotting fillies in the $50,000 Violet Stake. The final time of 1:58.1 was a
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Ideal Griff's 1:51 leads speed parade at Tioga
May 28, 2012
Thirteen divisions of the New York State Fair Stakes highlighted a Monday afternoon racing program at Tioga Downs on Memorial Day. Posting the fastest mile of the day was Ideal Griff (Jim Morrill Jr.), who with the help of the extreme heat blasted to a new lifetime best in the first race of the
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42 still eligible to North America Cup
May 28, 2012
An elite group of 42 horses remain eligible to the 29th edition of the $1.5 million Pepsi North America Cup, one of harness racing's most prestigious events.   Sweet Lou, the fastest 2-year-old in history with his 1:49 world record performance in last year's Breeders Crown at Woo
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Merriman wins 2 Ohio Sire Stakes at Scioto
May 28, 2012
Aaron Merriman steered two Ohio Sires Stakes winners on a scorching Memorial Day at Scioto Downs on Monday. He won first with the trotter Its Jesse Time, then came back to win with the pacer Noble Trick. Merriman currently ranks tenth among all drivers in North America in wins.   Merr
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Mystical Valentine's 1:51.3 takes Vernon feature
May 28, 2012
The veteran Mystical Valentine displayed the most foot when it counted and came through with a 1:51.3 victory in Monday afternoon's $9,500 featured ninth race at Vernon Downs.   Competing in the Memorial Day Open Pace, the favorite Mystical Valentine ($3.90) dropped in behind the hard
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Gold Star Glitter doesn't mind sloppy track
May 28, 2012
A sudden tropical downpour just before post time delayed by a few minutes the start of the Monday evening (May 28) program at The Isle Casino Racing Pompano Park. The field for the $8,500 purse Isle Mile Mares Open Pace had to be fitted with mud fenders and it all turned out to be bad news for 1
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