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Filion has a Dream Maker of a night at Mohawk
July 31, 2012
It was a good night at the office for driver Sylvain Filion as he captured the $50,000 Dream Maker Pacing Series final and both $20,000 opening-round divisions of the Bridger Trotting Series on Monday at Mohawk.   In the Dream Maker final, Filionscored with the Richard Moreau-trained
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State Treasurer cashes in Summertime final
July 31, 2012
State Treasurer delivered as the heavy favorite in the $60,000 Summertime Pacing Series final on Monday evening at Mohawk. Driver Tyler Moore guided the 3-year-old colt to the winner's circle for his father, trainer Dr. Ian Moore.   State Treasurer sat third along the rail as Twin B Impres
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Merton captures Munich Mile
July 31, 2012
There's an old adage that states "good things come to those who wait" and that maxim certainly was germane to the outcome of Monticello Raceway's Munich Mile on Monday afternoon, July 30, when winning driver Mike Merton waited at the back of the pack in the early going and then rallied to victor
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Creampuff Macdaddy leads Ontario 2YO winners
July 31, 2012
Ontario's 2-year-old trotting colts continued to share the wealth as three new faces appeared in the Grand River Raceway winner's circle following Monday's Gold Elimination battles.   The 2-year-old trotting colts kicked off the exciting evening of racing, which also featured eliminat
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Vernon Downs gearing up for Drivers' Championship
July 31, 2012
Vernon Downs is gearing up to host its first Drivers' Championship during State Fair weekend on Sunday, Aug. 26.   The Drivers' Championship, which has been a huge hit at Tioga Downs in past years, will be relocated to Vernon for 2012, along with the annual bobblehead giveaway featuri
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Post positions set for Hambo Oaks
July 31, 2012
The draw for the $714,000 Hambletonian Oaks for 3-year-old trotting fillies was held Tuesday afternoon at a press conference at the Meadowlands. Elimination winners Maven and Check Me Out earned the right to pick their post positions, and in a draw Maven's connections selected their post first,
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Post one for Hambletonian favorite Uncle Peter
July 31, 2012
Broad Bahn won last year's Hambletonian after starting from post one and this year it will be Uncle Peter trying to duplicate that effort as he will start from the inside spot in Saturday's $1.5 million renewal of the trotting classic at the Meadowlands. Post positions were drawn Tuesday afterno
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McIntosh looks for 6th Whenuwishuponastar trophy
July 31, 2012
The Whenuwishuponastar Series, which features rookie filly pacers, can also be referred to as the "Robert McIntosh Series.”   Since it was renamed the Whenuwishuponastar series in 2002 (previously named Maiden Series), the Windsor conditioner has captured the event five times with Remember
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Tioga to host Empire Breeders Classic elims
July 31, 2012
Tioga Downs will host the elimination races for the Empire Breeders Classic (EBC) 3YO colt and filly pacing events on Sunday, Aug. 5. Both $250,000 EBC finals are set for the following Sunday, Aug. 12. Entries will be taken by the Tioga Downs racing office at (607) 699-7688 until the box clo
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Googoo Gaagaa wins qualifier in 1:53.4
July 31, 2012
The 3-year-old trotting colt Googoo Gaagaa was back in action on Tuesday morning (July 31), winning a qualifier at Harrah's Philadelphia in 1:53.4. With regular driver Corey Callahan in the sulky, Googoo Gaagaa controlled the race with splits of :29.2, :58 and 1:26.1 before sprinting home in :27
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Commander Crowe's 1:50.4 equals world mark
July 31, 2012
Commander Crowe, who was nosed out in last year's Breeders Crown Open Trot at Woodbine, scored a big victory on Tuesday night at the Jaegersro track in Sweden. He won the Hugo Abergs Memorial in world record-equaling time--1:50.4. His time for the one-mile race contested over the five-eighths mi
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Nevada race books get extension for simulcasting
July 31, 2012
Balmoral Park general manager and simulcast director Jim Hannon told harnessracing.com Tuesday afternoon that a threatened looming shutoff of racetrack simulcast signals to race books in Nevada has been temporarily averted. With a contract between Las Vegas Dissemination Co., which provides t
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Toscano gets another Hambo chance with Market Share
July 31, 2012
Last year a colt named Chapter Seven earned a fourth-place check in the Hambletonian in trainer Linda Toscano's first bid for the sport's premier event for 3-year-old trotters. This Saturday afternoon (Aug. 4) 2012, Toscano will be back in the Hambletonian with Market Share, who won the fastest
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Kadabra's success no sleight of hand
July 31, 2012
The appearance of two sons of Kadabra in Saturday's $1.5 million Hambletonian is anything but magic. Knows Nothing and Prestidigitator earned a berth in the final with solid efforts and represented their home Ontario in a way that may not have been possible pre-1998. That was the year that an
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Warrawee Needy set for Saturday Sires Stakes
July 31, 2012
The 3-year-old pacing colts, the heavyweights of the Ontario Sires Stakes program, return to Mohawk Racetrack on Saturday for their second $130,000 Gold Final bout and trainer Carl Jamieson says while Warrawee Needy may have taken a few hits, last year's division champion is ready for round two.
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Southwind Jazmin ties world record at Pocono
July 31, 2012
Southwind Jazmin set a track record and matched a world record for 4-year-old pacing mares on a five-eighths mile oval with her victory in 1:49:2 in the featured pace on Wednesday night at Mohegan Sun at Pocono Downs. The race, a condition pace for mares who were non-winners of $30,000 in their
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Freshman filly pacers in NYSS at Yonkers
July 31, 2012
Statebred 2 year olds were on display Tuesday night, with Yonkers Raceway hosting the $288,360 New York Sire Stakes Clyde Hirt Pace. Five divisions went postward, and the outcomes were not to the liking of the chalk players.   The opening ($56,792) division found pole-sitting Freetime
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Sir Caviar ends slump at The Meadows
July 31, 2012
Sir Caviar ended an uncharacteristically long draught with a front-end victory in 1:53.2--a tick off his own track record for older geldings--in Tuesday's Preferred Trot at The Meadows.   A 17-time winner in 2011-2012 entering the race, Sir Caviar was trying to snap a four-race slump
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Watch the Hambletonian on CBS Sports Network
July 31, 2012
CBS Sports Network will present a 90-minute, high-definition live broadcast of the $1.5 million Hambletonian, $714,050 Hambletonian Oaks and $250,000 Nat Ray on Saturday, Aug. 4, beginning at 3:30 p.m. (EDT).   The award-winning team will be led by executive producer Joel Feld an
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