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Moni Market buys into "Queen of Italy"
February 05, 2013
Moni Market Breeders announced Tuesday that it purchased a stake in the 4-year-old trotting mare Pearl Axe earlier this year. Pearl Axe solidified her position as the top trotting filly in Italy when she was officially named "La Regina" (the Queen) of Italian racing.   She earned
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Mystra plays another encore at Dover
February 05, 2013
Mystra stepped up to the $23,000 Mares Open pace for her third consecutive victory at Dover Downs on Monday.   Tim Tetrick sat second with Mystra as Jeremes Sweetheart driven by Ron Pierce cut out the fractions until heading for the final turn. Tetrick then sent Mystra around the lead
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Michigan makes changes to whipping rule
February 05, 2013
The Michigan Gaming Control Board (MGCB) has just announced revisions to a number of rules and policies affecting Michigan horsemen. Rules and policies impacted by the changes include those involving driving rule violations, the EPM list, phenylbutazone levels, and deceased horse protocols. The
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Name Your Price winners name the time: 2:00.3
February 05, 2013
Monticello Raceway's Name Your Price Claiming Series got underway om Monday afternoon with three divisions for fillies and mares and strangely the final times for all three winners, Pot Limit , Romi Mystic, and Tracey's Song, was 2:00.3.   The event, which has three legs and a final,
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Lindwood Farm announces first foal of 2013
February 05, 2013
Lindwood Farm's first foal of 2013 was born on Groundhog Day, February 2. McPhil, a colt by McArdle, is out of the mare Philadelphia p,2,1:54.4f; 3,1:53.1f; 4,1:52.1f ($160,537). This is her third foal, the first being McLiberty p,2,1:56.3f-'12 ($21,120) timed in 1:54f, and her second Phill
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Slots agreement reached at Grand River
February 05, 2013
The Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation has announced that it has reached a lease agreement in principal with Grand River Agricultural Society for OLG's slots operations at Grand River Raceway.   OLG has provided the site holder with a Letter of Intent, which sets out the general i
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Slots revenue continues strong at Scioto
February 05, 2013
Tuesday's Columbus Dispatch is reporting slots numbers at Scioto Downs that are sure to make officials there happy. The newspaper reports the 2,117 video lottery terminals at Scioto Downs made an average of $151 a day in December, while the average daily revenue per each of the 3,015 machines at
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Murray, MacDonald part ways with WEG
February 05, 2013
Two long-serving members of the senior management team at Woodbine Entertainment are no longer with Canadian horse racing's largest operator.   Woodbine CEO Nick Eaves confirmed on Tuesday that WEG has parted ways with Andrew MacDonald, vice president of Strategic Initiatives and Bruc
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Racing Congress deadline heading to finish line
February 05, 2013
It's the deep stretch of the time to reserve rooms for the Harness Racing Congress, Dan Patch Awards Banquet, and related meetings and events, because the discount on room rates at the Westin Beach Resort & Spa in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., ends Thursday at 5 p.m. After that, regular "rack
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2 horses die in unrelated incidents at Meadows
February 05, 2013
Two horses died at The Meadows during the Monday afternoon race card, a program that for the most part was raced in a snowstorm. According to reports, the 8-year-old mare Lislea Isabelle choked down, according to driver Brady Brown, while warming up for the 14th race and subsequently died. A
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Fall Final Four caps late freshman stakes
February 05, 2013
Making a welcome return to the schedule for 2 year olds in 2013 are thelucrative "Fall Final Four" stakes. This group of races, launched at Garden State Park in the mid-1980s, includes the Governor's Cup (2CP $500,000e), Three Diamonds (2FP $400,000e), Valley Victory (2CT $430,000) and Goldsmith
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Run And Tell Pap wins Meadows Preferred
February 05, 2013
Away fourth, Run And Tell Pap grabbed the lead with a quarter-pole move and went on to a comfortable victory—his fourth in his last six starts—in Tuesday's $18,000 Preferred Handicap Trot at The Meadows.   Run and Tell Pap easily repelled the first-over challenge of No Doze and scored
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10YO Artstanding lowers mark to 1:51.4f
February 05, 2013
Corey Callahan, the sport's leading dash-winning driver in 2013, reached the winner's circle six times, one piloting Artstanding, a 10-year-old winner of $675,727 who reduced his lifetime mark to 1:51.4 in a $20,000 claiming pace at Dover Downs on Tuesday. Callahan, seeking a fourth consecutive
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