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Summertime Series continues at Mohawk
July 21, 2012
Favourite State Treasurer and longshot Fantastic Rock took top honours in their respective $30,000 second-leg divisions of the Summertime Pacing Series on Friday night at Mohawk.With driver Jody Jamieson at the helm, State Treasurer front-stepped his way to the winner’s circle in the first dash for
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Stakes record effort for Sock It To 'Em
July 21, 2012
Shock It To ‘Em electrified the field Friday at The Meadows, overwhelming his Pennsylvania Stallion Series foes by 12 lengths in a stake-record 1:53.2.The $160,000 event for 2-year-old colt and gelding pacers was conducted over eight divisions, with McAlvin, UF Dragons Cruiser, Some Heart Throb, Mom
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NYSS freshman colt trotters at Yonkers
July 21, 2012
Yonkers Raceway hosted its first seasonal get-together for the state's rookie colts and geldings with Friday night's $288,096 New York Sire Stakes Milt Taylor Trot.Six, $48,016 divisions went at it, with Royalty for Life (Jason Bartlett, $5.10) making a mockery of the final division. The son of RC R
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Royal Friscassee, Look At Count win at Scioto
July 21, 2012
The female stars of the future in the Buckeye State did battle in four splits of Ohio Sires Stakes for freshmen at Scioto Downs on a cool and breezy Friday night.Royal Friscassee won her second Ohio Sires Stakes in two career starts for driver Robin Miller  as she darted to the lead from post e
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Sweet Lou, Bettor's Edge win Adios elims
July 21, 2012
Sweet Lou, the 2011 Dan Patch Award winner and hometown hero whose sophomore campaign has been marked by recent disappointments, took a major step toward redemption Saturday when he captured an elimination of the $600,000 Delvin Miller Adios at The Meadows Racetrack & Casino, scoring a front-end
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Keemosabe lowers Pompano track record
July 21, 2012
When the 2011 Little Brown Jug winner Big Bad John came to Florida last December and broke the three year old colt pace track record set at 1:51.2 by Beach Towel more than 21 years earlier, it was widely thought that the category record of 1:51.1 would stand for a long time to come. It would act
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Romano scores milestone win at Pocono
July 21, 2012
Driver Matt Romano won a condition pace aboard Amillionpennies in the eighth race at Mohegan Sun at Pocono Downs on Saturday night, giving him 2,500 driving wins in his racing career.Amillionpennies, who is also trained by Romano, sat on the inside behind pacesetting Andy Roo for much of the mile. I
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Freshman colts square off in Ohio Sires Stakes
July 21, 2012
On Saturday (July 21) Northfield Park hosted four divisions of Ohio Sires Stakes racing action. Two-year-old colt trotters and pacers each competed in two divisions. On the trotting side, Neely Spring went gate-to-wire to win the $16,300 first division. The race was Neely Spring’s second victory
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Anndrovette sets world record in Roses Are Red
July 21, 2012
Anndrovette set a new world record as she captured the $391,000 Roses Are Red Stakes final, Saturday night’s Maple Leaf Trot undercard feature, in 1:48.1, at Mohawk. Tim Tetrick sent the five-year-old daughter of Riverboat King immediately to the lead from post six as she reached the opening pane
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Mister Herbie scores Maple Leaf Trot in 1:50.4
July 21, 2012
Mister Herbie and Jody Jamieson pulled an 8-1 upset in the 61st edition of $750,000 Maple Leaf Trot, Saturday evening at Mohawk. Chapter Seven was the odds-on post-time favourite and was strong throughout the race, but Mister Herbie was better, getting up in the final strides to edge his rival in
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World Record effort for Big McDeal in PASS win
July 21, 2012
Big McDeal, who has flown a bit under the radar in her division, will be a bigger deal now; she's a two-time world champion, thanks to her 1:49.1 victory Saturday in a Pennsylvania Sires Stake division at The Meadows. It's the fastest ever by a sophomore filly pacer on a five-eighths-mile track as w
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