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Mark MacDonald drives 5,000th winner
July 10, 2012
Driver Mark MacDonald reached the 5,000-victory milestone Monday night, winning Yonkers Raceway's sixth race with the pacing mare Midnight Mass. MacDonald won the $14,500 event as the odds-on ($3.30) choice (1:56.2), returned to the winner's circle for the requisite 60 percent pomp and 40 percen
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Tattersalls Summer Mixed catalog now online
July 10, 2012
The catalog and past performance racelines for the Meadowlands Summer Mixed Sale are now available on the Tattersalls website and also by download using the Equineline sales catalog app for the iPad. The printed catalog and past performances will be mailed this week. The sale, featuring 165 h
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Meadowlands Pace draw sets the field
July 10, 2012
Sweet Lou was installed the 5-2 favorite in the $600,000 Meadowlands Pace, the track's signature event for 3-year-old colt pacers on Saturday, July 14.   As one of the two elimination winners, Sweet Lou earned the right for his connections to pick their starting post in the final. They cho
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Delano, Coraggioso among 15 in NYSS
July 10, 2012
While 15 sophomores--including Googoo Gaagaa--were entered in the Stanley Dancer Memorial Trot, set for Saturday night at the Meadowlands, Vernon Downs will kick off its first Wednesday racing card on July 11, and will feature two divisions of New York Sire Stakes for 3-year old colt trotters. F
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No eliminations needed for Maple Leaf Trot
July 10, 2012
With 10 horses entering for the prestigious $730,000 Maple Leaf Trot, set for July 21 at Mohawk Racetrack, no eliminations will be required for the 2012 edition of the classic. The field includes all of the top free-for-allers, except for defending champion San Pail, who is recovering from an in
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Quarter Horse breeder new AHC president
July 10, 2012
Jim J. Shoemake, past president of the American Quarter Horse Association and senior partner in the St. Louis law firm of Guilfoil, Petzall & Shoemake, L.L.C., was elected chairman of the Board of Trustees of the American Horse Council (AHC) at the AHC's annual meeting in Washington, DC on J
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Jersey Boys look for sweet Pace win
July 10, 2012
Larry Karr and Phil Collura know the thrill of winning a big race. Now the New Jersey residents are looking for a thrill with an added dimension. They want to win a big race at their home track of the Meadowlands.   Karr, a Randolph resident, and Collura, from Carteret, are part of th
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Sailer Eddie fastest in PA Stallion splits
July 10, 2012
Sailer Eddie sailed right to the front and cruised home to win the fastest division of Tuesday's $120,000 Pennsylvania Stallion Series stake at The Meadows. The event for 2-year-old colt and gelding trotters was contested over five divisions, with Me And Cinderella, Boffin, Smoother Ride, Shocko
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