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Jolenes Pinehonker wins ISS Gold
May 30, 2012
Jolenes Pinehonker overcame a tough post position to capture the second round of the $30,000 Indiana Gold Sire Stakes for 3-year-old trotting colts and geldings at Hoosier Park Racing & Casino on Tuesday. Starting from post eight with driver Mark O'Mara, Jolene's Pinehonker reached the wire
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All Spirit shows spirit in Pocono stretch
May 30, 2012
All Spirit used a pocket trip and a late rally to score an upset in Tuesday night's featured pace for mares at Mohegan Sun at Pocono Downs. The race, which was for mares who were winners of more than $25,000, lifetime, carried the night's top purse of $25,000.   All Spirit, trained by
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Ohio judge dismisses lawsuit challenging VLTs
May 30, 2012
A Franklin County judge tossed out a lawsuit on Wednesday morning that challenged the legality of Ohio's casinos and racinos, removing the final major obstacle to Scioto Downs opening this week. Scioto is scheduled to open its video lottery terminal operation on Friday, June 1.  
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Space still open for Hambo vet seminar
May 30, 2012
First Choice Marketing announced today plans to host the 13th Annual Hambletonian Continuing Education Seminar for Equine Veterinarians, to be held in conjunction with the 87th Annual Hambletonian Festival of Racing in East Rutherford, NJ. Over the past twelve years, this veterinary meeting has
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Curb issues sideline 3YOPC Speed Again
May 30, 2012
Speed Again, a top freshman last season, will miss this year's $1.5 million Pepsi North America Cup, which is slated for Saturday, June 16, at Mohawk, with eliminations one week earlier.   The son of Dragon Again-Sand Speed banked $497,421 last year as a rookie, with a runner-up performa
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Trainer doesn't want to jinx Bio Link
May 30, 2012
When the 8-year-old pacing mare Bio Link walked into David Grisenthwaite's barn just seven starts ago, he never thought she would become the fastest horse he has ever trained. "She was kind of a joke at first,” said Grisenthwaite. "We were pleasantly surprised when she starting winning for us.”
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NJSS finals highlight Made in Jersey weekend
May 30, 2012
The Meadowlands Racetrack will stage four $150,000 New Jersey Sire Stakes finals for 3 year olds on Saturday, June 2, complementing the track's first Made In New Jersey Weekend. The festival will feature the state's best arts and crafts vendors, a Battle of the Bands, craft beer and wine tasting
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Friday deadline for WEG's Beat The Heat Series
May 30, 2012
Woodbine Entertainment Group would like to remindhorsepeople that the nominations for the Beat The Heat Pacing Series are due this Friday, June 1.   The series, which was introduced into Mohawk's stakes schedule last year, will consist of two preliminary legs. The $20,000 first leg will be
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Magic Tonight in PASS record 1:52.4 win
May 30, 2012
The 2011 Breeders Crown 2-Year-Old Colt Trot champion Uncle Peter was successful in his sophomore debut in the last of three divisions of Pennsylvania Sire Stakes (PASS) Wednesday afternoon at The Meadows, but his effort was overshadowed by a sizzling stakes and track record score by Magic
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Tetrick youngest driver to reach 7,000 wins
May 30, 2012
Tim Tetrick became the youngest driver in history to win 7,000 harness races when he guided Trading Places to victory in Wednesday's second race at Harrah's Philadelphia. The 30-year-old Tetrick thus supplanted Walter Case Jr. as the youngest driver to reach the milestone. Case was 35 when
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Hippodrome Trois-Rivieres to reopen in September
May 30, 2012
To revive and revitalize the horse racing industry in Quebec, the Quebec Jockey Club is proud to announce that it has completed the deal to acquire the Hippodrome Trois-Rivières, which had been closed since Dec. 30, 2008. Beginning next fall, the Hippodrome Trois-Rivières will once again welcome
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Golden Receiver heads Dan Patch field
May 30, 2012
Golden Receiver, the number-one ranked horse in North America, heads a field of nine entered in Saturday's $200,000 Dan Patch Invitational Pace at Hoosier Park. Dave Palone, who is nearing Herve Filion's all-time record 15,180 career wins, has been named to drive Golden Receiver by trainer Mark
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Allmar Surprise's 1:54.2 sets Harrington mark
May 30, 2012
Christopher Giaccio’s Allmar Surprise ($3, Victor Kirby) broke the all-age track record for trotters at Harrington Raceway Wednesday with a decisive 1:54.2 win in the $16,000 Junior Open Trot and reset the season mark for trotters in North America on a half-mile racetrack. Trained by her driv
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