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Lady Laker sets In Free stakes mark
August 07, 2012
Lady Laker lowered the stakes record by a full second in Monday's $50,000 final of the In Free Trotting Series at Mohawk, and completed her sweep of the series for 2-year-old fillies.   The Allen Tomlinson trainee and driver Trevor Ritchie went coast to coast to stop the clo
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Arrigenna appreciates Archangel's Hambo effort
August 07, 2012
As trainer-owner Peter Arrigenna well knows, even getting into Saturday's $1.5 million Hambletonian at The Meadowlands is a challenge. "To get there is one of the hardest things to do," he said two days later.   So he appreciates what his 3-year-old trotting colt Archangel, a dominan
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Gaelic And Garlic ties Mighty M mark in NYSS
August 07, 2012
Acl Suteri's Mado Dream, who'd been second twice, third and then eighth in four prior New York Sire Stakes appearances, got the job done at Monticello Raceway Monday afternoon, cruising to a wire-to-wire 1:57.2 victory with Jeff Gregory in the sulky in the second $83,922 division of the NYSS 3-Y
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Racing to continue at Rosecroft in 2013
August 07, 2012
Penn National Gaming has agreed to a two year contract extension to continue live harness racing at Rosecroft Raceway with the Cloverleaf Standardbred Owners Association. The final agreement was signed on Aug. 3. The agreement provides for live racing to continue provided there is no casino appr
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Pro sports sue to block NJ sports wagering
August 07, 2012
A lawsuit has been reportedly filed in U.S. District Court by the NBA, NFL, NHL and Major League Baseball to block a new law in New Jersey that allows sports wagering at casinos and racetracks, including the Meadowlands. Currently only four states—Nevada, Delaware, Oregon and Montana—allow wa
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Hambo Day produces strong export handle
August 07, 2012
The export handle for the 2012 Hambletonian Day card on Saturday, Aug. 4, at the Meadowlands Racetrack was the highest since 2008. The export (other North American locations betting on the Meadowlands card) was $4,577,692, up 19 percent from the $3.85 million in 2011. Contributing to th
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2YO gelding Its Complicated sets season's mark
August 07, 2012
Its Complicated made things pretty simple Tuesday at The Meadows when he captured a division of a $311,725 Pennsylvania Sires Stake in 1:56, fastest this year by a 2-year-old getting trotter on a five-eighths-mile track.   The event, known as the Florida Pro, was contested over three
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Marohn wins 6 races at Monticello Tuesday
August 07, 2012
Jimmy Marohn Jr. put on a driving clinic at Monticello Raceway on Tuesday afternoon (Aug. 7), winning six races on the program. Marohn got the ball rolling copping the first race with Vincent Valante's,Hammer ($6.80) by 13-lengths in a time of 1:57.1. He then won the second with Ed and J
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