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3YO trotting filly Bingo Queen 1:57.2 winner
June 08, 2012
The sophomore trotting filly Bingo Queen trotted to an easy 1:57.2 win at Scioto Downs on Thursday night with Dan Noble, the leading driver in North America last year, in the sulky. Bingo Queen was one of four winning drives for Noble on Thursday night.     The daughter of CR Excalibur
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Maywood Pace elims for fillies held at Balmoral
June 08, 2012
Pacing fillies were front and center on Thursday night at Maywood Park as a total of 12 Illinois conceived and foaled 3 year olds squared off in a pair of $10,000 Filly Maywood Pace eliminations. The top four finishers will return on Friday, June 15, for the $112,000 final. In the opening spl
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Ohio horse owner Charles Fennell dies
June 08, 2012
Charles A. Fennell, 79, died Sunday, June 3, at his home in Maple Heights, Ohio. Mr. Fennell was an avid harness racing fan and Standardbred owner for more than 50 years, attending the races at Northfield Park, the Ohio fairs, and the Little Brown Jug. Among the horses he owned was the invita
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From Above, Chapter Seven win qualifiers
June 08, 2012
From Above, a winner of four of six starts as a 2 year old, including stakes both weeks during the fall Grand Circuit meet at The Red Mile, won his second start behind the gate this year when he qualified at the Meadowlands Friday morning.   With Tim Tetrick in the sulky for trai
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McNair's taking shot at NA Cup with "Knight"
June 08, 2012
Doug McNair may look like your average 22-year-old, but not too many people his age have the opportunity to drive away a winner in the world's richest standardbred pacing event. He sports blond, tussled, yet meticulously placed hair, fashioning an Aeropostale t-shirt and jeans with flip flops.
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Hypnotic Blue Chip racing Satuday at Big M
June 08, 2012
This year's deep crop of free-for-all pacers just added another world champion to its ranks. Hypnotic Blue Chip has come out of retirement and will make his 2012 debut in Saturday's tenth race at the Meadowlands Racetrack. The 6-year-old son of Art Major, who holds a 1:47.2 world record and earn
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From railbird at Yonkers to driving at Goshen
June 08, 2012
Night after night, Barry Addison was at Yonkers Raceway, hanging on the fence and watching the action. A resident of nearby Mount Vernon, N.Y., he had been going to the races for as long as he could remember, introduced to the sport by his grandfather, also named Barry.   Night after
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Rockincam returns to action in Bettor's Delight
June 08, 2012
Steve Farrell had a plan for Rockincam. It required patience, but if the horse’s results this year are any indication, it was worth the wait. Farrell bred and owns Rockincam, a son of Cambest out of the mare Migraine. He didn’t race Rockincam as a 2-year-old, raced him lightly at 3, and bum
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All star fields headline Bettor’s Delight and Artiscape Paces
June 08, 2012
Sunday afternoon (June 10 – post time 1:30 pm) twenty of arguably the best aged horses in all of harness racing will converge on the five eighth’s mile oval of Tioga Downs in Nichols, New York. Ten of the very best aged male pacers will line up for the $182,000 Bettor’s Delight open
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Red S repeats in fillies and mares feature at Hoosier Park
June 08, 2012
Red S made it two in a row winning the featured $24,000 Fillies & Mares Open Pace at Hoosier Park Racing & Casino on Friday (June 8).  Red S repeated her win in the Open ranks for the second straight week as she coasted to a 1:52 triumph, also a lifetime best effort. As part of
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Check Me Out & Maven score in Elegantimage elims
June 08, 2012
The finest sophomore trotting fillies on the continent were showcased at Mohawk on Friday evening in a pair of $30,000 Elegantimage Stakes eliminations. Hambletonian eligible Check Me Out and Maven scored victories in their respective eliminations. Check Me Out, who has amassed 16 wins from
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McNair doubles up in Armbro Flight elims
June 08, 2012
The sport’s top trotting mares stormed into Mohawk on Friday evening to contest a pair of $50,000 Armbro Flight eliminations. Driver Doug McNair found the winner’s circle in both eliminations with Pembroke Heat Wave and Action Broadway. In the first elimination, Pembroke Heat Wave and China
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