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Ginger And Fred dances to Overbid victory
March 13, 2010
Ginger And Fred displayed some fancy footwork as she glided to victory over a sloppy track in the $50,000 second round of the Overbid Series Friday night at Meadowlands Racetrack.    With Tim Tetrick in tow, Ginger And Fred swung up to take the lead from BC’s Jesse after a 29.3 opening q
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Redneck Outlaw ready to ride into Four Leaf Clover
March 13, 2010
Redneck Outlaw has already proven to be a lucky find for trainer Dan Altman. The 4-year-old pacer was a bargain yearling who has earned back his purchase price more than 10 times over for Altman and co-owners Mgm Racing and Kevin Ciarpelli. On Saturday night, Redneck Outlaw bids for his fi
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Meadowlands stakes payments due March 15
March 13, 2010
Stake payments for Meadowlands Racetrack's early closing program are due Monday, March 15.  Payments are due for the Countess Adios, Niatross, Oliver Wendell Holmes and Tarport Hap. Stakes applications are available online at: http://www.meadowlandsracetrack.com/stakesStallApplication
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Lil Bit big again in Apaches Fame Series
March 13, 2010
Lil Bit Lil Bit wired the field over a sloppy track on Friday night at Woodbine Racetrack to make it two straight wins in the Apaches Fame Pacing Series for 3-year-old colts and geldings.   Driver Luc Ouellette sent the son of Rambaran-Little Bit Famous straight to command from post six in t
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Esmeralda Semalu sensational in 1:50.2 win
March 13, 2010
The two fastest pacing miles of the 2009-2010 meet at the Isle Casino Racing Pompano Park are the exclusive domain of the Joe Pavia Jr. Stable.   Esmeralda Semalu was just sensational in a 1:50.2 tour of the South Florida oval on the Friday evening program over a track that certainly gave no
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Rev Me Up fastest In Hopeful filly final
March 13, 2010
Odds-on favorite Rev Me Up won Friday night's sloppy $46,900 final of the Hopeful  Pacing Series for 3-year-old fillies, earning Yonkers Raceway's first series finale of the season.   With Jason Bartlett--five winners on the 12-race card--driving for trainer Ron Burke, the daughter of Pa
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Wind Surfer cruises to Meadows win
March 13, 2010
Waiting patiently behind the dueling leaders, Wind Surfer gobbled them up with a third-quarter burst and went on to a comfortable victory in Friday's $25,000 Preferred Handicap Trot at The Meadows.   While Vivid Photo and Speed Bomb exchanged the lead over a wicked front half in :26.4 and :55
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Sears scores win number 7,000
March 13, 2010
Harness racing’s 2009 Driver of the Year Brian Sears reached career win No. 7,000 on Friday night at the Meadowlands.    Sears guided trotter Muscles Marinara to an easy score in the $14,400 first race to reach the victory milestone. On the earnings side, he surpassed $100 million i
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Meadowlands, Yonkers cancel Saturday cards
March 13, 2010
Due to high winds and unsafe racing conditions, the Meadowlands and Yonkers both cancelled its Saturday night live racing programs. The Meadowlands is scheduled to resume live racing Sunday afternoon at 1:10 p.m., with racing at Yonkers resuming Monday night at 7:10 p.m.   At Yonkers, the&nbs
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Night Styles underway at Meadowlands
March 12, 2010
Odds On Moinet wins her Night Styles division. (Lisa Photo)
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Cats Meow fastest in Damsel splits
March 12, 2010
Cats Meow used off-the-pace tactics while Yankeelicious wired the field in respective $35,000(C) divisions in the opening leg of the Damsel Pacing Series for 3 -and 4-year-old fillies and mares on Thursday night at Woodbine Racetrack.   Cats Meow rallied from fifth to first in the first spl
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Melvin's Dream scores in 1:52.4 at Dover
March 12, 2010
Bad Rusty, Melvin's Dream and I'm Outtahair cane through with impressive victories in the tri-feature at Dover Downs as heavy fog crept in early in the Thursday card before lifting for the last two races.   In the $16,500 pace, Rodney Long's Bad Rusty, one of four Ross Wolfenden w
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Meadowlands draw and stakes schedules amended
March 12, 2010
The Meadowlands has moved several dates on its Standardbred racing schedule starting next week.    There is no longer racing on the following dates: Wednesday, March 17; Sunday, March 21; Wednesday, March 24; Sunday, March 28; Wednesday, March 31; Sunday, April 11; Sunday, April
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Aldrich stays hot at Monticello
March 12, 2010
When you’re hot, you’re hot---and Bruce Aldrich Jr. is and has been hot. The former New Englander reined four more winners on the Thursday card  at Monticello Raceway and now has 78 for the meeting.   Aldrich began the afternoon with a one- win lead over Billy Dobson and after
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Speed prevails in Pocono qualifiers
March 12, 2010
With temperatures in the high 50s and a lightning fast track, speed was the order of the day as Mohegan Sun at Pocono Downs held its first qualifying races of the 2010 harness racing season Thursday morning. Of the 10 qualifying races conducted, the initial race produced the fastest clocking of 1:55
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Instant Racing appears headed to Kentucky
March 12, 2010
A Kentucky Senate committee on Thursday approved a proposal by a vote of 11-1 that would allow “Instant Racing” machines at racetracks in the state. The bill is expected to head to the Senate next week with bipartisan support, which was confirmed by Senate president David Williams, who has been an a
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Woodbine to guarantee Pick 4 pool on Mondays
March 12, 2010
Woodbine Entertainment Group (WEG) has added a new twist to the early Pick-4 wager on Monday nights by offering a guaranteed pool of $35,000 starting this Monday, March 15.   The early Pick-4, which asks fans to pick the winners of four consecutive races beginning in Race 4, is one of the t
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Giwner's Harness Eye picks hot; $30 winner Thursday
March 12, 2010
After a five-win night on Wednesday and a pair of longshot winners on Thursday at the Meadowlands, Harness Eye editor Derick Giwner is off to a strong start this week and he is confident his good fortune at the Big M will continue through the weekend. Giwner’s picks are available by clicking th
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Illinois horseman Paul Dudzik dies
March 12, 2010
Paul Arthur Dudzik, 62, of Sandwich, Ill., died Friday, Feb. 26, at Rush-Copley Medical Center in Aurora, Ill.   Dudzik trained horses for over 40 years, and at the time of his death at the Sandwich fairgrounds, along with his son Jerry. He mainly raced at the Chicago tracks and t
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When he's a jet he's a jet all the way
March 11, 2010
Joey The Jet JT won a three-horse photo to take the $20,000 trot at Dover Downs on Wednesday at Dover Downs.   Racing third from the start following leader Jeter Marvel (Daryl Bier) and Early Shirley (Jack Parker Jr.), driver Ross Wolfenden took advantage of the opportunity to trot down the
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Kakaley leaving Florida, heading to Pocono
March 11, 2010
Matt Kakaley, the youngest driver in harness racing history to surpass 1,000 wins, has wrapped up his first season in the driving colony in South Florida and he's on the move for the next phase of his career.   "I'm leaving Florida on Thursday morning to go to Streetsboro, Ohio, to
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Sells scores a pair at Pompano
March 11, 2010
Tom Sells turned in a pair of superb come-from-behind wins on the Wednesday night card at Isle Pompano Park.   Sells was at his crafty best in a field sweeping win with $6,000 claiming trotter Southern Beauty. Sells had his charge away last in the field of eight start
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Rockingham cancels 2010 race meet
March 11, 2010
Rockingham Park, the home of Thoroughbred and harness racing in the state of New Hampshire for the past 104 years, will not host a live horse racing meeting in 2010.   The New Hampshire legislature passed legislation in the final minutes of the 2009 session which eliminated funding for the Ne
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Sears one win from reaching 7,000
March 11, 2010
Five-time leading driver Brian Sears is just one win shy of the 7,000-career mark entering the Thursday night card at Meadowlands Racetrack. He is listed to drive in all 10 races on the program, which kicks off at 7 p.m.    The U.S. Harness Writers Association named Sears the 2009 D
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$4 million in stakes lined up for Tioga, Vernon
March 11, 2010
Tioga and Vernon Downs will offer over $4 million in stakes over the course of the 2010 racing season and the time is upon us to secure eligibility for those lucrative races.   The $1 million Empire Breeders Classic for New York-sired 3 year olds kicks off the season for state breds on M
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Tioga WPS takeout lowered to 15 percent
March 11, 2010
Tioga Downs, in its relatively short history, has consistently been on the cutting edge of adapting the racing model toward a more positive result. In a direct response to the vocal concerns of horseplayers, Tioga Downs will reduce its takeout rate across the board to the state minimum allowed by Ne
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Meadowlands announces schedule changes
March 11, 2010
Meadowlands Racetrack has moved several dates on its Standardbred racing schedule starting next week.    There is no longer racing on the following dates: Wednesday, March 17; Sunday, March 21; Wednesday, March 24; Sunday, March 28; Wednesday, March 31; Sunday, April 11; Sunday, Ap
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Pennsylvania Sire Stakes payments due March 15
March 11, 2010
Horsemen are reminded that several payments into the Pennsylvania Sire Stakes program must be sent in and postmarked by this Monday, March 15.   TWO YEAR OLDS: If a 2 year old was not paid in as a yearling, the horse can still be supplemented to the Sire Stakes at a cost of $1,500 f
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Hambo Society's March 15 stakes deadline nears
March 11, 2010
March sustaining and nominating payments for Hambletonian Society stake events are due Monday, March 15 and per USTA Rule 12 section 4, must be postmarked by midnight on Tuesday, March 16. The Hambletonian Society services 109 of harness racing’s richest and most prestigious events. The website
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Kentucky horseman James Buchanan Jr. dies
March 10, 2010
James "Bucky" Buchanan Jr., a trainer-driver on the Kentucky circuit, died this past weekend. He was 61. Mr. Buchanan was born in Danville, Ky. and was active in the sport for more than 20 years. As a driver, he piloted 83 horses to $160,178 in earnings, while his trainees won 33 times and ca
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World Trotting Derby's future in doubt
March 10, 2010
The 2010 World Trotting Derby is in jeopardy following the announcement Wednesday by Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn that proposed budget cuts to alleviate a $13 billion deficit include eliminating state funding for the race for 3-year-old trotters at the Du Quoin, Ill. fairgrounds.   “It hasn’t offi
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Apache Dame back on winning track
March 10, 2010
Apache Dame got back on the winning ledger scoring a 1:51.1 triumph in the $30,00 Mares Open Handicap Pace at Dover Downs on Tuesday, while Sherri On Ice took the $20,000 distaff sub-feature. Ross Wolfenden had four trips to the winner's circle.   After starting from the outside in her
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Marohn returns to action at Monticello
March 10, 2010
Two years ago Jimmy Marohn Jr. won the Rising Star Award at Monticello Raceway and in the following years he was well on his way to prominence as an outstanding catch-driver. But his rise toward the top was stalled earlier this year on Jan. 13 when he sustained a broken collarbone in a freak acciden
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Mystery Chase rebounds at Meadows
March 10, 2010
Rebounding from a rare out-of-the-money finish, Mystery Chase roared to the front and never faced a serious challenge in capturing Tuesday's $25,000 Preferred Handicap Pace at The Meadows.   Although he had won two straight in wire-to-wire fashion, Mystery Chase ducked last week and tired fro
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Sale of eight Bulletproof horses cancelled
March 10, 2010
Wayne Preszcator, Bob Dickenson and Robert Burgess have announced that Bulletproof Enterprises has paid, in full, the monies to satisfy the specific lien forming the basis of the sale previously advertised for today at Victory Lane Farms. As a result of payment, the sale has been cancelled. Eight h
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Rags-to-riches story continues at Dover
March 09, 2010
Gottaservesomebody, Southwind Lynx, Dontloseyourday Job, Wambam Sam, Escapefromalcatraz and Life Up Front won on the power-packed Monday program at Dover Downs.   In the top race for a $40,000 purse, Gottaservesomebody continued his rags-to-riches climb up the ladder of success as Tony Mor
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Nick Callahan hurt in training accident
March 09, 2010
Veteran trainer Nick Callahan has returned to his home in Greenwood, Del., following a weekend training accident and pelvis surgery.   Callahan was completing a training trip behind Tom's Toy, a 4-year-old pacing mare recentty added to the stable. When coming around the final turn his sulky
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McGibson powers to Meadows victory
March 09, 2010
McGibson powered to a front-end score in 1:52.1, the fastest mile this year by a 4-year-old pacing mare on a five-eighths-mile track, in Monday's $25,000 Fillies and Mares Preferred Pace at The Meadows.   As she did in her victory last week, McGibson vaulted to the lead for Dave Palone, cutt
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A Bigmizndrstnding at Western Fair
March 09, 2010
Bigmizndrstnding scored the first victory of his 2010 campaign in Monday’s $13,500(C) Preferred Pace at Western Fair Raceway.   Mike Sumner put the 5-year-old son of No Pan Intended on the front from the start and never looked back to win in 1:57.3. Oakley Seelster, the winner in this class l
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CHHA stallion auction in progress
March 09, 2010
The Christian Harness Horseman’s Association Annual Stallion Auction is in progress at www.ongait.com through Friday March 12th.   Breedings to 29 stallions in Delaware, Indiana, Illinois, Maine, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, and Ontario have been donated to benefit CHHA’s ministry.&
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Paragon claimed again at Pompano
March 09, 2010
The claiming tug of war for pacer Paragon continued on the Monday evening card at the Isle of Capri Pompano Park.   For this start he was dropped from the Open-3 class back to a $15,000 price tag and scooping up the Cambest-Lola 8-year-old pacer this time was Melvin Fink of Michigan. After tw
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Schadt featured on Big M broadcast
March 09, 2010
Robin Schadt, trainer for the Odds On Racing Stable, will be the featured guest on Meadowlands Racetrack’s Wednesday night pre-card television broadcast.    Schadt will talk about her recent claiming activity, Odds On Moinet’s Tender Loving Care win and more.  Fans can e-mail questi
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Bellamy reaches $2 million
March 09, 2010
Well traveled and focused trainer Ryan Bellamy, 25, is taking in stride the news that he's just surpassed $2 million in career earnings.   "That's a nice number to accomplish at my age but I've already been at it long enough to know the valleys are out there and they seem to come more often t
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Harness Racing Museum needs your help
March 09, 2010
It’s time to update the timeline reader board located in the Delvin Miller Historic Timeline at The Harness Racing Museum & Hall of Fame in Goshen, N.Y. The last historical reference is for 2001 and we invite harness racing fans to help us bring the exhibit up to the present.   Send
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Expenses fraud detailed in Brooks trial
March 09, 2010
Newsday is reporting that the chief financial officer for David Brooks' body-armor company said Monday, March 8, that while Brooks ran the company with an iron fist, including making all financial decisions, he worked with her on a number of schemes to avoid revealing that the company illegally had
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Charles Dillander Jr. dies
March 09, 2010
Charles William Dillander Jr., 64, of Vine Grove, Ky., died March 7, 2010, at Veterans Administration Medical Center in Louisville. Mr. Dillander was a driver, trainer and owner and competed at Louisville Downs and The Red Mile. His last start was in 2002. He is survived by his wife, Becky; sons,
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Meadowlands may be racing only Standardbreds
March 09, 2010
It appears that there will only be Standardbred racing at the Meadowlands in 2010 under an agreement reached Monday night between New Jersey officials and the racing industry. The agreement calls for the elimination of Thoroughbred racing at that track and raced solely at Monmouth Park, which w
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Kentucky Hall of Famer David Goatley dies
March 09, 2010
Kentucky Hall of Fame horseman David Milton Goatley died Saturday, March 6, in Bardstown. He was 91. Mr. Goatley was an elder in the Springfield Presbyterian Church, a U.S. Army veteran of World War II and a member of Springfield Masonic Lodge #50 F&AM. Mr. Goatley and his
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Looking Hanover a Horse & Groom winner
March 08, 2010
Looking Hanover looked Celebrity Playboy in the eye at the top of the stretch and edged away to win the first of three $20,000 Horse & Groom Series divisions in 1:54.4 Sunday afternoon at Meadowlands Racetrack.  Driven and co-owned by Yannick Gingras, Looking Hanover came first up to pressu
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American Hot Rod upsets in General Brock
March 08, 2010
Despite going up against a heavily-favoured four-horse entry in Sunday’s $67,200 General Brock Trotting Series Final at Woodbine Racetrack, American Hot Rod took his game to a whole new level and played the role of spoiler by upsetting his four-year-old counterparts in a career-best clocking of 1:55
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Blacks A Fake wins fourth Inter Dominion
March 07, 2010
Blacks A Fake was positioned in a perfect second-over trip by driver Natalie Rasmussen and then tipped out on the last turn before pacing on to a victory in the $1 million Inter Dominion Championship Sunday afternoon at the Tabcorp Park Menangle track. The mile rate time for the 2,300 meters (just s
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Golden Receiver, Alexie Mattosie fire at big M
March 07, 2010
Golden Receiver prevailed by a neck over Lisagain after a lengthy battle in the $25,000 opening leg of the Four Leaf Clover Series Saturday night at Meadowlands Racetrack.Golden Receiver fired to the front in a :26.4 opening quarter and matched strides with Lisagain through middle fractions of :57 a
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Wrenn, Deters score four at Pompano
March 07, 2010
On the eve of their induction into the Florida Hall Of Fame by the United States Harness Writers Association (USHWA), it only seemed fitting that driver Peter Wrenn and trainer Mike Deters turned out to be the focus of attention on the Saturday evening, March 6, program at the Isle Casino Racing Pom
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Pacific Admiral in a nail-biter at Cal-Expo
March 07, 2010
Digging down for everything he had was what was needed for Pacific Admiral to prevail.A mixture of conditioned & claiming ($20,000) pacers, racing for a purse of $5,200, were featured at Cal-Expo on Saturday night (March 6), on which Pacific Admiral scored in dramatic fashion.In advance of start
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Hoosier Park owner Centaur files for bankruptcy
March 07, 2010
Centaur LLC, owner of Hoosier Park Racing & Casino, announced Sunday, March 7 that the company has filed for bankruptcy in an effort to restructure and emerge with less debt. According to a company press release, Centaur and its subsidiaries, which include Hoosier Park, Fortune Valley Hotel &
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Owner Sherman Steinberg dies
March 06, 2010
Sherman Steinberg, 78, of Holmdel, and Fort Plain, N.Y., died Thursday, March 4, 2010, in Cooperstown. Mr. Steinberg was born in New York City and taught Chemistry at NYU before becoming owner of an industrial paint manufacturing company, North American Technologies, Ocean Township. His true love wa
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Odds On Moinet wins Tender Loving Care
March 06, 2010
Odds On Moinet tracked down Rev Me Up in the final strides to win the $61,000 Tender Loving Care Final for pacing fillies on Friday night at Meadowlands. Odds On Moinet and driver George Brennan made the top in a brisk :27.2 opening quarter until Tryst and Ron Pierce reclaimed the lead from them bef
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Pavia's Friday streak continues
March 06, 2010
The latest streak of winning at least one race each Friday night in South Florida now stands at three for Joe Pavia Jr. The March 5th program saw him rein in the winners of the top two races on the card at the Isle Casino Racing Pompano Park. In the $15,000 Mares Open Handicap Pace, Pavia's Flo
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Swan Image takes $25,000 Meadows Trot
March 06, 2010
First over forever, Swan Image persevered until he collared the front-ending Wind Surfer and captured Friday’s $25,000 Preferred Handicap Trot at The Meadows. With Wind Surfer enjoying a moderate 58-second front half, victory seemed like mission impossible for Swan Image, who was 6 lengths back
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Claudius Augustus reigns at Cal-Expo
March 06, 2010
The task turned out to be tougher, but the result was the same - - another triumph for Claudius Augustus.Open Handicap trotters, racing for a purse of $6,100, were featured at Cal-Expo on Friday night (March 5), on which Claudius Augustus got the hat-trick.Despite being assigned post-nine in the fie
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Ninety nominated to Pepsi NA Cup
March 06, 2010
An impressive group of 90 horses has been nominated to the 27th edition of the $1.5 million Pepsi North America Cup, one of standardbred racing's most prestigious events, set for Saturday, June 26 at Mohawk Racetrack. Headlining this year's group of nominees is 2009 O'Brien Award two-year-old champi
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Games of skill at KY tracks?
March 06, 2010
A recent story in the Lexington Herald Leader reported that legislation was filed this week to allow "electronic games of skill" at Kentucky racetracks and supporters say it could generate more than $28 million for Kentucky purses and $3.14 million in purse supplements, breeders awards and other inc
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Master Pine still perfect in 2010
March 06, 2010
"Hobbles?! I don't need no stinkin' hobbles!"If Master Pine could talk, that's what we surmise he would have said Friday night after easily winning Yonkers Raceway's co-featured $32,000 Open Handicap Trot.The win maintained Master Pine's perfect 2010 resume and gave Jason Bartlett a sweep of the eve
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Harness Horse Youth Foundation's summer schedule
March 05, 2010
Family Days – for ages 9 and up and their familiesJune 5 – Harrington RacewayJune 6 – Goshen Historic Track Harness Racing Youth League – for ages 12 to 14June 16 to 20 – Odds On Racing/Balmoral Park, Crete, ILJuly 6 to 10 – Vernon Downs, Vernon NYJuly 18 to 22  - Goshen Historic Track, Goshen
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Race fixing probe underway in Michigan
March 05, 2010
The Detroit Free Press today is carrying a story about a year-long investigation into possible race fixing at all three Michigan tracks - Hazel Park Raceway, Northville Downs and Sports Creek Raceway. The story said that as many as 30 drivers, trainers and owners may be implicated and that three hom
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Biggest Big Bertha is in Top-Flite
March 05, 2010
It came down to the draw and strategy, and both were to the advantage of Biggest Big Bertha. Filly & Mare Open Handicap Pacers, racing for a purse of $6,100, were featured at Cal-Expo on Thursday night (March 4), on which Biggest Big Bertha won for the 51st time in her fine career. Before star
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NJ sophomores dominate speed ratings
March 05, 2010
New Jersey-sired trotters, led by Il Villaggio, dominate the sport’s speed ratings for 2010 by capturing five of the top seven spots on a list of the projected fastest three-year-old trotters in the nation. According to the latest Experimental Championship ratings compiled by harness racing authori
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Gaming legislation to be filed in Massachusetts
March 05, 2010
Gary T. Piontkowski, President of Plainridge Racecourse, today applauded Speaker DeLeo's plan to file gaming legislation that includes the 100 acre horse track in Plainville, Massachusetts, located at the intersection of Routes 1 and 495. "Speaker DeLeo's vision and continuing support of the blue c
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Dover's open winner the chosen one
March 04, 2010
Chosen Voyageur made it two-in-a-row winning the $30,000 Open Handicap Trot at Dover Downs on Wednesday. Corey Callahan left sharply with Chosen Voyageur and cut out all the fractions to score his third win of the year in five starts posting a 1:54.1 victory in the week's top trot.   Owned
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Busy weekend on tap for Wrenn in Florida
March 04, 2010
The red carpet will be out this weekend for horseman Peter Wrenn in Florida both off and on the track. Preceding his induction into the Florida Hall Of Fame by the State's chapter of the United States Harness Writers Association (USHWA) at Sunday's banquet, Wrenn has an busy evening awaiting on
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Michigan slashes dates; Hazel down to just 29
March 04, 2010
Because of reduced funding, the Michigan Gaming Control Board on Thursday issued a mandate that all racetracks significantly decrease the number of live racing dates in 2010, including cutting the dates at the state’s flagship harness track, Hazel Park, to just 29 programs. The Michigan Harness Hors
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Boots Place wins again at Dover
March 03, 2010
For the second consecutive week, Boots Place chalked up an impressive 1:52.2 win in the $30,000 Mares Open Handicap pace at Dover Downs on Tuesday, March 3.  Eric Goodell ushered Boots Place quickly to the lead and never looked back registering a lifetime mark of 1:52.2. It was Goodell's seco
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Witness: Brooks had DHB pay for porn, dry cleaning
March 03, 2010
Newsday’s Tuesday, March 2 coverage of the David Brooks’ trial, written by reporter Robert Kessler, revealed that the prosecution is contending that Brooks illegally had his company pay for much of his life-style, ranging from the ordinary to the over the top, from the lighting bill on his Old Westb
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Brooks' trial archives
March 03, 2010
As the trial for David Brooks on alleged fraud charges continues in New York, the following stories pertaining to that trial have been archived for reading:   March 9, 2010 http://www.newsday.com/long-island/nassau/cfo-details-brooks-schemes-to-hide-expenses-fraud-1.1800832 March
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NJSEA seeks $30M state subsidy as losses mount
March 03, 2010
The Newark Star Ledger (at nj.com) is carrying a report about the details of testimony given on Wednesday, March 3 by Dennis Robinson President and Chief Executive Officer of the New Jersey Sports and Exposition Authority as he testified before the Senate Legislative Oversight Committee at the State
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Pelling testimony in Brooks' trial
March 02, 2010
Steve Kallas, a New York attorney, longtime Standardbred owner, and correspondent for The Horseman and Fair World magazine, is covering the trial of David Brooks, and offers the final analysis of testimony given by trainer Brett Pelling:   On Thursday afternoon, Feb. 25, Brett 
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Stanley Banks dies
March 02, 2010
Stanley E. Banks, a longtime fixture among the driving colony on the Chicagoland racing circuit, died Monday, March 1, at his home in Dwight, Ill. after a long illness. He was 73.   Mr. Banks, who was always among the leading drivers at all Chicagoland harness tracks throughout
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Strada Memorial canceled
March 02, 2010
The Meadowlands has announced that the Strada Memorial for older pacing mares scheduled for Saturday, April 3, has been canceled.
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Mr. Feelgood draws post 9 for ID final
March 01, 2010
The field is set for the $1 million (Aus.) Inter Dominion championship, set for Sunday at the Tabcorp Menangle Park outside of Sydney, and Mr. Feelgood, the defending champion and 2006 Little Brown Jug winner, will be starting from post nine in the field of 10 on the seven-eighths mile oval.  
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Team Baillargeon dominates in General Brock
March 01, 2010
The tandem of Ben and Mario Baillargeon once again dominated the General Brock Trotting Series for 4 year olds on Sunday afternoon at Woodbine as they captured two of the three divisions that went postward. The pair had swept all four divisions in the first leg last weekend.   Jilted Pride
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Legislation introduced for VLTs at Big M
March 01, 2010
Assemblyman Ralph Caputo on Monday announced he and several other Assembly Democrats have introduced legislation that would seek voter approval to place video lottery terminals at the Meadowlands horse racing track.   "Let's face it - times have changed and so must we if Meadowlands racing an
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