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Pair of series get underway at Mohawk
July 13, 2012
The Summertime Pacing Series and Whenuwishuponastar Pacing Series kicked off Thursday evening at Mohawk.   A trio of $20,000 Summertime Pacing Series divisions took place featuring 3-year-old colt pacers who are non-winners of two races or $10,000 as of March 31, 2012. In the first split
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Betterthancheddar favored in Des Smith
July 13, 2012
Eight of harness racing's hardest hitters will make the trek to Rideau Carleton Raceway this weekend for Sunday's $176,500 Des Smith Classic, including the 2-1 morning line favorite Betterthancheddar.   The Casie Coleman pupil will line up behind the starting gate in post five fo
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Regally-bred pacing fillies in PASS Saturday
July 13, 2012
Considering the regally-bred fillies who will be on display, Saturday's $323,760 Pennsylvania Sire Stake for freshman pacers at The Meadows will have the look of a deb ball.   Among the babies trying to live up their royal lineage will be: Somewherovrarainbow (Race 6, post 3, Montrell
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Grattis! Noren drives first career winner
July 13, 2012
Bjorn "Bernie” Noren, a longtime assistant in the Jimmy Takter Stable who opened his own stable in 2009, drove his first career winner Thursday night at Hiawatha Horse Park in Sarnia, Ont. Noren's maiden victory came with the 3-year-old filly trotter Belle Nana, who romped to a 10-length score i
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Draw schedule for Tioga's Tompkins-Geers
July 13, 2012
The Tompkins-Geers Grand Circuit stakes will be raced at Tioga Downs next week. Qualifying standards for these events require a clean charted line 30 days date of race to date of declaration.   The race and draw schedule is as follows:   Thursday, July 19 stakes 2CT &a
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Soph filly pacers in NYSS spotlight Monday
July 13, 2012
Superb 3-year-old fillies Handoffmycookie and Romantic Moment lead the Yonkers Raceway posse for Monday night's $338,304 New York Sire Stakes (NYSS) Bruce Hamilton Pace.   Post time for the dozen-race agenda is 7:10 p.m., with the quartet of NYSS events going as races 1,3,4 and 6. The
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Feeling You takes Yonkers feature in 1:53.2
July 13, 2012
Yonkers Raceway's pair of Friday night $44,000 Open Handicaps--for trotters and distaff pacers, respectively--were won by second choice (Brent Holland, $8.90) in 1:55 and people's choice Feeling You (Eric Goodell, $4) in 1:53.2.   The trotting feature saw double-digit proposition Looking Ha
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All Spirit repeats at Tioga
July 13, 2012
All Spirit and Jimmy Marohn Jr. made it a repeat performance in the $16,500 fillies and mares open pace on Friday night at Tioga Downs.   Leaving from post position number three in a field of seven, Marohn left and tucked in second as the field headed past an opening quarter in 26.3. As th
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Freshman pacers debut in NJSS at BIg M
July 13, 2012
A pair of Tony Alagna-trained fillies accounted for victories in half of the four opening leg divisions of the New Jersey Sire Stakes for 2-year-old pacers on Friday at the Meadowlands.   In the $24,500 first division for freshman filly pacers, Alagna sent out Acquavella by Wester
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Prayer Session wins Connors Memorial
July 13, 2012
Twenty years ago driver Dave Magee directed Artsplace to a victory in the Nicole Hudock Memorial Pace at Hazel Park Raceway and on Friday night he returned to the winner's circle at the suburban Detroit racetrack after guiding Prayer Session to a 1:55.3 score in the $100,000 William Connors Memori
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Favorites feast in CBC eliminations
July 13, 2012
Favorites didn't disappoint the betting public when 30 Canadian-sired 3-year-old trotters stormed into Mohawk on Friday night to contest a trio of Canadian Breeders Championship eliminations.   I'm On Cloud Nine and Miss Paris captured their respective $35,651 eliminations for fillies and P
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Kenna Lynn one of six wins for Page at Scioto
July 13, 2012
Friday the 13th certainly wasn't unlucky for Kenna Lyn as she sailed to victory in the $15,000 Open Pace for fillies and mares at Scioto Downs. Her winning time for driver Chris Page was 1:53.4. The 5-year-old daughter of Western Hanover paid $11.60 to win.   Idol was second for driver Kyl
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