News Archive

Jerseylicious, Modern Family big Friday winners
April 26, 2014
Friday nights at the Meadowlands customarily feature the top class mare pacers and the cream of the trotting crop. This was the course of events for the April 25 card with the mares up first in the second half of the Daily Double.   The Sweetheart stakes winner from 2012, Jerseyliciou
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Mamas Fallen Angel takes Meadows final
April 26, 2014
Passed by Seashell Hanover down the backside, Mamas Fallen Angel gamely persevered, overcame her rival in deep stretch and captured Friday's $34,250 championship leg of the Do Me Honor Pace for 3-year-old fillies at The Meadows, completing her series sweep.   Unraced at 2, Mamas Fallen Ange
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Super Manning edges DW's NY Yank
April 26, 2014
Super Manning (Matt Kakaley) took advantage of a late-race rest stop Friday night, winning Yonkers Raceway's $38,000 Open Handicap Trot.   In no particular hurry from post position 5, Super Manning's job became easier when 8-5 choice Coraggioso (Brian Sears) jumped it off leaving and w
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Jaipur, Absolutely Certain win at VD, Buffalo
April 26, 2014
Driver Fern Paquet Jr. swept the evening's pair of $8,000 Miracle Mile feature events at Vernon Downs on Friday (April 25) evening, rallying to circle the field with Asset Management ($19.60) in the Fillies and Mares Miracle Mile 2-3 Pace, and prevailing in the nick of time aboard Jaipur ($8.20) i
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No Respect wins second in a row at Hoosier
April 26, 2014
For the second consecutive week, No Respect earned her respect after she turned in a gutsy performance to take home top honors in the featured event, a $22,000 Fillies and Mares Invitational Pace, at Hoosier Park Racing & Casino on Friday, April 25. Guided by Sam Widger, No Respect scored in 1
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Rock N Roll Xample a Princess at Woodbine
April 26, 2014
Fresh off her sweep of the Blossom Series, Rock N Roll Xample extended his win streak as she took the lone $20,000 division in the opening round of the Princess Series on Friday evening at Woodbine. With the win, the talented daughter of Rocknroll Hanover has crafted four straight tallies alo
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Fiyonce captures Northfield's Courageous Lady
April 26, 2014
The festive and well-attended evening was made even better for the Burke Racing Stable and Weaver Bruscemi, when their horse, Fiyonce, won the $110,000 Courageous Lady at Northfield Park.   Trained by Ron Burke and driven by Josh Sutton, Fiyonce bested her competition by a head at the
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Big Q efforts by Maven, Father Patrick & other 3YOs
April 26, 2014
Saturday morning qualifiers at the Meadowlands were conducted over a track that was dry but dulled by overnight rain with spring-like temperatures and a steady 10-15 mph breeze from the west (against the wind in the homestretch).   In the first race for 3-year-old filly trotters, Life
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Brother to Shake It Cerry wins big Swedish race
April 26, 2014
Solvato, a 5-year-old son of Donato Hanover and the prolific broodmare Solveig, who is the dam of top 2013 2-year-old Shake It Cerry (also by Donato Hanover), won the prestigious Olympic Trot at the Aby track in Gothenburg, Sweden, Saturday afternoon. The Olympic Trot, with a purse of about $225
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Sarcastic Man wins Dexter Cup elim
April 26, 2014
Sarcastic Man had the last laugh, winning the $38,460 elimination race for the Dexter Cup for three-year-olds  trotters, the ninth race on Saturday, April 26, 2014 at Freehold Raceway.   Even-money favorite Well Built, driven by John Campbell, was the only one of  the n
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