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Frankie's Dragon scores in Yonkers Open
August 24, 2014
Even-money favorite Frankie's Dragon (Brian Sears, $4) went from first-up to first home Saturday night, winning Yonkers Raceway's $44,000 Open Handicap Pace.   Assigned inside his seven rivals, Frankie's Dragon had plenty to peruse early as Dream Out Loud N (Eric Goodell), Rock on Moe
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Swan In A Million wins $100k Rowe Memorial
August 24, 2014
Swan In A Million and trainer/driver Dustin Jones kicked home off cover to win the $100,000 Honourable Earl Rowe Memorial Trot in a Canadian season's record of 1:52.4 for trotters over a five-eighth-mile track on Saturday night at Georgian Downs.   Swan In A Million got away fourth at
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Field set for She's A Great Lady final
August 24, 2014
Three $35,000 eliminations for the She's A Great Lady Stakes were held Saturday night at Mohawk. A total of 25 two-year-old pacing fillies were split into three eliminations to determine the field for next week's $480,000 final. The top three finishers, plus one fourth place finisher drawn by lo
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Sweet Lou wins again, picks post 3 for CPD final
August 24, 2014
Leaving no doubt as to his current superiority, Sweet Lou powered his way to victory in the first $40,000 elimination Saturday at Mohawk Racetrack in preparation for next week's $634,000 Canadian Pacing Derby.   The first five finishers in each of the two elims qualified for the final
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Metro final field set; Artspeak leads in elims
August 24, 2014
Heavily-favored Artspeak, trained by Tony Alagna and driven by Scott Zeron, kept his perfect record intact with another facile triumph, this time in the second Metro Pace elimination Saturday at Mohawk Racetrack.   The victory, his fifth in five outings so far in a monstrous juvenile
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French Laundry wins; Mission Brief falters
August 24, 2014
Jimmy Takter trainee French Laundry ($2.50) proved a convincing winner in his $10,000 Kindergarten Classic preliminary at Tioga Downs on Sunday (August 24) afternoon, as did other odds-on favorites Wheels Ah Smokin ($2.10) and Bee the Queen ($3.00) in their respective races.   However
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