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Great offerings in Rood And Riddle auction
July 27, 2012
Hats Off to Kentucky's Horse Industry Day and The Rood and Riddle $50,000 Kentucky Grand Prix that will take place on Saturday, Aug. 4, at the Kentucky Horse Park. This event includes both live and silent auctions and donates 100 percent of its proceeds to two very worthwhile char
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Unred Hanover sweeps Town Pro Pacing Series
July 27, 2012
Unred Hanover, driven by Paul MacDonell, pulled off the series sweep of the $60,000 Town Pro Pacing Series on Thursday evening at Mohawk. Unred Hanover sat in the pocket before the opening panel controlled by Persistent (Scott Zeron) as the three-year-old fillies reached that station in :26
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Isabella Gal fastest in NYSS at Vernon
July 27, 2012
Isabella Gal displayed her speed and superiority with a 1:56.2 triumph in the fastest of eight divisions during Thursday night’s $182,186 program for New York-bred 2-year-old trotting fillies at Vernon Downs. Competing in the second division of Thursday’s $118,286 regular New York Sires Sta
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Mac's Journey upsets at 44-1 in DSBF final
July 27, 2012
A capacity crowd filled the M&T Bank Grandstand at Harrington Raceway on a warm summer night Thursday evening to watch the first-ever nighttime Governor's Day racing program at the Delaware State Fair. For decades the annual day of racing began at 11 a.m., but was moved to the evening for th
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Mach Pride favored in Waterloo elims
July 27, 2012
The stage is set for the July 30 elimination rounds for three big-money stake races which will be contested at Grand River Raceway's marquee event, Industry Day, on Monday, Aug. 6.   This Monday night, hopefuls will compete for a berth in the finals of the15th annual $300,000 Battle o
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Kindergarten Trot gets underway at Big M
July 27, 2012
The first leg of the Kindergarten Trotting Classic for 2 year olds got underway Thursday night at the Meadowlands. The colts were divided into a trio of $10,000 divisions, while the fillies were also split into three $10,000 divisions. The race card was interrupted by a thunderstorm following th
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Application filed to move Lebanon Raceway
July 27, 2012
Delaware North Companies and Churchill Downs Inc. reportedly filed an application Thursday to move Lebanon Raceway, which they purchased earlier this year, to a site near I-75 southeast of Lebanon and near Dayton.   The application filed by Miami Valley Gaming and Racing stated plans
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Will it be an 'Evenin of Pleasure' at Mohawk?
July 27, 2012
When Evenin Of Pleasure begins in the $50,000 Dream Maker Pacing Series final on Monday evening at Mohawk, the rookie will look to continue his winning ways for his connections. Trained by Richard Moreau and driven by Sylvain Filion, the son of Dragon Again posted an impressive 1:53.4 victory in
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Allstar Legend scratched from Adios
July 27, 2012
Trainer George Teague Jr. told harnessracing.com that he has scratched Allstar Legend from Saturday afternoon's $500,000 Delvin Miller Adios final at The Meadows due to a minor foot injury. The defection of Allstar Legend, who finished fourth in his elimination last Saturday, leaves just six sta
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Can Bolt The Duer nail down Adios from the one?
July 27, 2012
If Bolt The Duer is to nail down the $500,000 final of Saturday's Delvin Miller Adios at The Meadows Racetrack & Casino, he'll have to do it from the rail, a post position trainer Peter Foley didn't want.   "I don't like it at all,” Foley said. "It's tough to get away, especially
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Corrected GC dates for Indiana State Fair
July 27, 2012
Please be advised that the Fox Stake No. 86, The Horseman No. 103, The Hoosier No. 76, and The Ralph Wilfong No. 75 are to be raced on Thursday, Aug. 16, 2012 at the Indiana State Fair, Indianapolis, IN and not August 17 as originally printed on the Hambletonian list of eligibles and the USTA 20
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Yearlings needed for Rutgers training study
July 27, 2012
Standardbred yearlings are needed for an exercise training study to be conducted at Rutgers University in New Brunswick, N.J., this fall and completed in the winter or early spring. Yearlings must be sound and should not have started race training. They can be either donated to Rutgers for a cha
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Gillis knows something with Knows Nothing
July 27, 2012
Trainer Jeff Gillis is confident Knows Nothing can make his second trip to the Hambletonian a more pleasant experience than his first.   Knows Nothing has drawn post six in the second (Race 6) of three $70,000 eliminations for the Hambletonian on Saturday at the Meadowlands Racetrack
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Spots still open for Hambo poker tournament
July 27, 2012
Seats are still available for the first Hambletonian Charity Poker Tournament to be held Wednesday, Aug. 1 at Il Villaggio Restaurant in Carlstadt, N.J.  Proceeds from the event will benefit the Standardbred Retirement Foundation and the Harness Racing Museum and Hall Of Fame.  
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Heston Blue Chip to go in NYSS on Sunday
July 27, 2012
Three divisions of New York Sire Stakes for 3-year-old colt pacers lead a 13-race card on Sunday afternoon at Tioga Downs beginning at 1:30 p.m.   Headlining the three divisions is Heston Blue Chip in division number three (race 8) in his first start off of his fourth-place fini
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Fields set for Haughton, Merrie Anabelle finals
July 27, 2012
The field for the $387,250 Peter Haughton Memorial, the Meadowlands' marquee event for 2-year-old colt trotters, was decided by a pair of elimination races on Friday night.   Major Athens took the first of the two $20,000 splits in a well-rated 1:56.2. Driven by Brian Sears, Major At
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MM's Lucky Boy wins Yonkers feature
July 27, 2012
Yonkers Raceway's usual Friday night pair of $44,000 Open Handicaps--for trotters and distaff pacers, respectively--were won MM's Lucky Boy (Brent Holland, $8.70) and Ace of Pace (Cat Manzi, $11.80). Assigned post position No. 6, "Lucky Boy" was away third as given-the-pylons Grain of Truth (Eri
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My Buddy Hall Lee takes fifth at Vernon
July 27, 2012
Ritascape became the fastest 2-year-old pacing filly of the 43-program pari-mutual meeting, while the trotter My Buddy Hall Lee became the winningest local equine of 2012 during Friday night's 10-race program at Vernon Downs.   Making just her second official start, Ritascape displaye
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Arledge brings out broom at Scioto
July 27, 2012
The Bettor's Delight mare Tu Sei Bella paid $111.20 in winning the fastest of two Filly and Mare Open Paces at Scioto Downs on Friday night. Both were contested for $15,000 and both winners were trained by Jim Arledge Jr. Tu Sei Bella started from post nine for driver Kayne Kauffman and she w
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