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Arden Downs stakes record is Delicious
July 28, 2012
Delicious bided her time off fast fractions, then brushed late to capture a division of Friday's $82,471 Arden Downs stake at The Meadows in a stake-record 1:55.2.   The Grand Circuit event for 3-year-old filly trotters, known as the Ned McCarr, was contested over three divisions, wit
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Friday was Girls' Night Out at Mohawk
July 28, 2012
Ferrari Sena overcame post 10, went coast to coast and pulled off a 30-1 shocker in her $20,000 opening-round division of the Girls' Night Out Pacing Series on Friday evening at Mohawk.   The Marie Claude Auger-trained Ferrari Sena was one of three Canadian-sired aged pacing mares who
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McNair's 2,000th win comes with Swinging Beauty
July 28, 2012
Gregg McNair, a regular trainer on the Woodbine Entertainment Group (WEG) circuit, scored his 2,000th career training victory on Friday night at Mohawk.   With his son, Doug, in the sulky, Swinging Beauty won from off the pace in her conditioned event to notch the special career miles
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Bolt The Duer wins Adios in record 1:47.4
July 28, 2012
Driver Mark MacDonald parlayed a two-hole trip into a world-record 1:47.4 victory in Saturday afternoon's $500,000 Delvin Miller Adios final at The Meadows. The mile was the fastest ever on a five-eighths mile track, besting the previous mark of 1:48.1 shared by Custard The Dragon and Hurrikane
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Can lightning strike twice in Hambo elims?
July 28, 2012
Can lightning strike twice? In harness racing, the answer is a profound yes.   When 2007 Hambletonian winner Donato Hanover retired to stud there were countless breeders with mares hoping to connect to the outstanding colt and create the next Hambletonian winner. Lightning Storm is am
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Major Look sets new Adioo Volo mark
July 28, 2012
Major Look polished her credentials as a top candidate for divisional honors Saturday at The Meadows when she scored in 1:49.3, shattering the stake record in her split of the $141,170 Quinton Patterson Adioo Volo for 3-year-old filly pacers. Destiny's Chance took the other Adioo Volo division w
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Check Me Out, Maven capture Oaks elims
July 28, 2012
Check Me Out, driven by Tim Tetrick, won the first of two elimination races to decide the field for the $714,050 Hambletonian Oaks on Aug. 4 at the Meadowlands in 1:53.4. Tetrick took the 1-9 favorite off the leaders in the opening phase of the race, sitting in third throughout the ear
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Mel Mara, Michaels Power take OSS Gold elims
July 28, 2012
Favorites Mel Mara and Michaels Power turned in a pair of winning performances in their $40,000 Ontario Sires Stakes Gold eliminations for 3-year-old pacing colts and geldings early Saturday night at Mohawk Racetrack.   Making his first start in the OSS program after racing in Meadowl
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Field set for $1.5 million Hambletonian final
July 28, 2012
Uncle Peter won an action-packed first of three $70,000 eliminations for the $1.5 million Hambletonian Saturday night at the Meadowlands, with Knows Nothing taking the second elim and Market Share the third. The racetrack was listed as "good" after rains earlier in the day.   Sent off
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