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Action-Broadway looks for Armbro Flight encore
June 12, 2012
Action-Broadway returned to the winner's circle in last weekend's eliminations for the $376,000 Armbro Flight Stakes for older female trotters at Mohawk Racetrack, and trainer Virgil Morgan Jr. is hopeful that's a good sign.   Sent off at odds of 69-1, Action-Broadway and driver Doug
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Big M, PA tracks to alternate Open races
June 12, 2012
Meadowlands Racetrack, Mohegan Sun at Pocono Downs and Harrah's Philadelphia have reached an agreement to alternate the dates of their free for all races in order to spur fuller fields and wagering on the upper echelon of horses.   Utilizing the existing stakes calendar for openings,
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Karen Goans dies
June 12, 2012
Karen B. Goans, 61, of Greensburg, Pa., died June 9, 2012, in Excela Health Westmoreland Hospital, Greensburg.   She was born March 17, 1951, in Waynesburg, the daughter of Johnetta (Kurtyka) Battistoni and the late Charles S. Battistoni Sr. She had been employed by IBM in Pittsburgh. &nb
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Scholarship race held at Tioga
June 12, 2012
On Sunday afternoon, June 10, at Tioga Downs, five local area high school students got the opportunity of a lifetime in the third annual Tioga Downs' Scholarship Race. The students representing five local area high schools were: Kayla Pepper of Johnson City High School, Whitney Seabrooks of Bin
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Favored Sweet Lou to start from 4 in NA Cup
June 12, 2012
Sweet Lou, last year's champion 2-year-old colt pacer in the United States, heads a field of 10 of the continent's finest 3 year olds for Saturday's $1.5 million Pepsi North America Cup at Mohawk Racetrack.   Post positions were drawn Tuesday afternoon at Mohawk, with N
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14 entered in Beal Memorial for trotting colts
June 12, 2012
Fourteten horses will compete in eliminations for the Earl Beal Jr. Memorial Trot for 3-year-old trotting colts on Friday night at Mohegan Sun at Pocono Downs. The line-ups for the elims, each with a purse of $25,000, are below. The fields include Googoo Gaagaa, Stormin Normand an
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Box closes Thursday for Historics at Tioga
June 12, 2012
The time-honored Historic stakes for 3-year-old trotters and pacers will be raced at Tioga Downs on Sunday, June 17. Entries will be taken by the Tioga Downs race office at (607-699-7688) until 9 am on Thursday, June 14. The list of eligibles may be found here and follow this link for the Tioga
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NJ Ag Secretary meets white colt at Fair Winds
June 12, 2012
On Tuesday (June 11) New Jersey Secretary of Agriculture Douglas H. Fisher visited Mark Mullen, owner of Fair Winds Farm in Cream Ridge, to meet the much-acclaimed Coochie Mama and her foal, a rare white colt. Tthe last known all-white Standardbred in North America was born in Canada a
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Schoolkids erases Riyadh's Meadows mark
June 12, 2012
Following his cover beautifully, Schoolkids brushed through the lane Tuesday at The Meadows to capture the $22,500 Preferred Pace in a swift 1:49.4 and erase the oldest record on the books at The Meadows. The winner is owned by New Jenneration LLC (Heather Kolczynski) of Palm Beach Gardens, FL.
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Takter talks about his Fan Hanover contenders
June 12, 2012
Romantic Moment might not be the best known 3-year-old filly pacer owned by Brittany Farms and trained by Jimmy Takter, but that's far from a knock against her. It's tough to get noticed when American Jewel is your stablemate. But Romantic Moment is trying to gain attention. After winning h
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