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All Maevey Gravy in Hanover
July 09, 2012
Sophomore trotting fillies headlined the Sunday program at Balmoral Park as a field of nine diagonally gaited ladies were sent postward in the $34,700 Hanover Stake. Using the inside starting spot to their advantage, driver Marcus Miller put Maevey Gravy right on the front from the word
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PA All Stars wrap up at Pocono
July 09, 2012
Sunday night's racing at Pocono featured the conclusion of Grand Circuit Week and the Pennsylvania All-Stars races.   There were five $32,000 PA All-Stars divisions of 3-year-old trotting fillies and the winners were Can't Have My Moni (Cantab Hall-Moni Maker), owned by Moni Make
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$50,000 Open Pace on Meadowlands Pace card
July 09, 2012
The Meadowlands will host a $50,000 Open Pace for older horses on Meadowlands Pace Night, Saturday, July 14. Entries are due at 9 a.m. on Tuesday, July 10.   The event is part of a rotating schedule of $50,000 Opens created under a multi-track partnership that includes the Meadowlands
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Burke to take post 4 for Sweet Lou in M Pace
July 09, 2012
The number four hasn't been particularly lucky for Sweet Lou. The 2011 Dan Patch Award winner left from post four as the favorite in the final of the Pepsi North America Cup and finished-- you guessed it-- fourth.   But he'll likely try post four again in Saturday's $600,000 final of
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Sportech to develop products for Pocono
July 09, 2012
Sportech Racing LLC, a division of Sportech PLC (LSE: SPO), announced on Monday (July 9) that it had signed an agreement to provide a suite of Interactive Products and Services to Mohegan Sun at Pocono Downs.   Sportech will develop a customized, fully featured website and a mobi
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Running Aces increases purses
July 09, 2012
With just one-third of the summer meet at Running Aces completed, the track has announced an across-the-board ten percent increase in purses. The increase will boost purses, effective July 14, to an average of over $46,000 per night and an average of over $5,000 per race.   "We've been b
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Pace win would be epic for "Heston" group
July 09, 2012
Heston Blue Chip could deliver a historic win in Saturday's $600,000 Meadowlands Pace at the Meadowlands Racetrack.   A victory by the horse known around the barn as "Moses” would make Linda Toscano the first female trainer to win the prestigious event for 3-year-old pacers, give driv
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Toscano: "I'm taking 3" with Heston Blue Chip
July 09, 2012
Trainer Linda Toscano told harnessracing.com Monday afternoon that she doesn't mind that trainer Ron Burke announced earlier in the day that he planned on choosing post four for Sweet Lou in Saturday's $600,000 Meadowlands Pace at the Meadowlands as she has targeted the three hole for Heston Blu
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My Drag Queen stars at The Meadows
July 09, 2012
My Drag Queen blistered the opening quarter in :26.4 but still had enough pop late to score a front-end victory in Monday's $22,500 Filly & Mare Not Listed Preferred/Preferred Handicap Pace at The Meadows.   My Drag Queen charged to the lead from post seven for Aaron Merriman,&nbs
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Dream Maker Series gets underway at Mohawk
July 09, 2012
Promising youngstersTalbotcreek Armani and UpUp And Out showcased their talent in a pair of $20,000 opening-round divisions of the Dream Maker Pacing Series on Monday evening at Mohawk.   The John Pentland-trained Talbotcreek Armani delivered as the 8-5 favorite in the first dash for
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