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Rare white colt at Meadowlands Aug. 17
August 08, 2012
The 2012 Championship Meet at the Meadowlands Racetrack will end with a bang – literally - on Friday, August 17. Fireworks, live music, eight stakes races, the Vernon/Meadowlands Drivers' Championship and unbelievable prize drawings are in store at the track's Summer Finale. The evening kicks of
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Posts drawn for two-heat Confederation Cup
August 08, 2012
Eleven 3-year-old pacers have been entered for Sunday's Confederation Cup at Flamboro Downs. The double-heat race is divided into a pair of $50,000 eliminations, with the top four finishers in each plus one fifth-place finisher will return for the same-day $481,000 final.   Included a
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Check Me Out ready for Friday's PASS
August 08, 2012
The 3-year-old trotting filly Check Me Out returns to the races this Friday (Aug. 10) at The Meadows, after finishing third-placed-eighth for interference while on a break in the final turn at odds of 3-5 in the Hambletonian Oaks on Aug. 4. Trainer (and co-owner with Charles Iannazzo) Ray Sch
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$10,000 Pick 4 guarantee Thursday at Red Mile
August 08, 2012
The 139th season of live racing kicked off at Lexington's The Red Mile with a bang on Sunday, Aug. 5. A good crowd enjoyed great weather and a parade of longshots on the opening night program which has made for a $2,663 Pick 4 carryover into the first Thursday night program. As part of the
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Samsawinner a winner at Monticello
August 08, 2012
Last year, Samsawinner had a terrific year winning seven races, the fastest in 1:58.3, and amassing purses in excess of $65,000 for the owner-trainer combination of Woody Hoblitzell and Brue Aldrich.   This season the 6-year-old Victory Sam gelding has been struggling producing just two wi
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Jamieson guest auctioneer at Hall of Fame dinner
August 08, 2012
Don't miss your chance to be part of the excitement at the 2012 Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame induction ceremony and gala dinner, as three-time O'Brien Award Driver of the Year winner Jody Jamieson takes to the microphone for the Hall of Fame live auction.   Generous donors like
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Canada's dash leader Davis wins 1,000th race
August 08, 2012
Canada's top dash-winning driver for 2012 is harness racing's newest member of the 1,000 win club. Billy Davis Jr. drove his 1,000th win on Wednesday afternoon at Flamboro Downs.   After being shut out for the first seven races, Davis hit the milestone in Race 8 aboard the appropriately nam
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