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Maeve Hanover rebounds from last week's break to win in 1:52.1
May 09, 2008
Maeve Hanover rebounded from a break in stride at the start last week to post a dominant 1:52.1 victory in Thursday night’s $76,500 Princess Pacing Series final for 3-year-old fillies at Mohawk Racetrack.
The clocking equaled her lifetime mark which was taken in round one of the series on A
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Mother's Day card at Big M features Southwind Tempo
May 09, 2008
Southwind Tempo headlines the $90,000 Matriarch Stakes for free for all for mares on a special matinee card at the Meadowlands on Mother's Day this Sunday. Post time is 1:10 p.m.
Rated at 3-5 on the morning line, the millionairess counts the Overbid Final among her six wins this
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Mucho Sleazy: Serious on the track, goofy off the track
May 09, 2008
Though he may be a goof around the barn, Berry’s Creek favorite Mucho Sleazy is all business when he hits the track.
"Mucho Sleazy was very good at two," said trainer Ken Rucker. "We raced him in series early on and he carried it all the way to November. That's not easy for a 2 year old to do. H
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Four Starz Moxie is a work in progress
May 09, 2008
Berry’s Creek finalist Four Starz Moxie is a work-in-progress for trainer Carmine Fusco.
"I have been fooling around with his bridle," Fusco said. "He has worn three different bridles in his last three starts. I have not been happy, but we have to find the balance where he is not too hot, but it
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After win at Harrah's Chester, Enough Talk shipping to Sweden
May 09, 2008
With a disappointing performance in the Su Mac Lad at the Meadowlands well behind him, Enough Talk was quick to return to his winning ways, turning in a 1:53.2 mile against open trotters at Harrah's Chester Thursday afternoon and is now headed to Sweden to race in the famed Elitlopp at Solvalla on M
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Freshmen qualify at Harrington
May 09, 2008
In its fourth week of qualifying races this year, Harrington Raceway had it's first 2-year-olds qualify Thursday.
A pair of freshman colts owned by Russ Mackinnon and David Banks toured the half-mile oval. Complete Desire (Life Sign-Armbro Desire-Cam Fella) finished second in 2:02 with J
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Daley Deposit Only sets Pompano qualifying mark of 1:51.2
May 09, 2008
Dan Daley’s three-year-old colt, Daley Deposit Only, scored the fastest qualifying race victory in the 44-year history of the isle pompano park Friday morning, stopping the teletimer in a blazing 1:51.2.
The sophomore son of Artiscape from the Niatross mare, Sassy Cessiann, trained and driv
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Kevlar Hanover wins third straight
May 08, 2008
The well-bred Kevlar Hanover ($3.40), a 3-year-old gelding by Allamerican Native out of the Niatross mare Krafty Kim (the dam of Klingon Hanover), posted his third straight victory with a lifetime best 1:53.4 victory at the isle pompano park Wednesday for driver Bruce Ranger.
Kevlar H
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No elims for Graduate, Cutler
May 08, 2008
The $284,000 Graduate and $200,000 Arthur J. Cutler Memorial did not require elimination races, so all horses entered will advance to the finals on Saturday, May 17, at the Meadowlands.
Eleven of the sport’s top free-fo- all pacers will go postward in the Graduate final. The field is headed b
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New GM at Winbak Farm
May 08, 2008
Garrett Bell has been named general manager at Winbak Farm, Chesapeake City, Md. With six years experience working at Winbak Farm and associated with former GM Joe McLead, Bell will handle the day-in day-out operations at Winbak Farm, one of the sport's major harness breeding operations.
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Blue York Yankee, Share The Delight victorious
May 08, 2008
Peter Haughton Memorial winner Blue York Yankee made his 3-year-old debut in a qualifier Thursday morning at the Meadowlands, and came away with a 1:55.4 victory, which is 2 and 2/5 seconds faster than his freshman record set in the Haughton final last August, the last time he raced.
Traine
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Varenne mare wins Sweden's Queen's Trophy race
May 08, 2008
Lie Detector, a granddaughter of the 1991 Hambletonian Oaks elim winner Good Lookin Mouse, won Sweden’s prestigious Queen’s Trophy at the Aby track in Gothenburg on Friday night, defeating Flea Southwind in the 2,140-meter race.
Orjan Kihlstrom drove Lie Detector to the victory for trainer
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Crevani taking a shot with Bullville Powerful in Berry's Creek
May 08, 2008
For decades, Stephen Crevani balanced a demanding career as a high-rise builder with his interest in breeding and racing harness horses, and he'll be taking a shot at his biggest win ever in harness racing when his 3-year-old Bullville Powerful competes in the $215,000 Berry's Creek at the Meadowlan
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Brother to Onthewingsoflove wins King's Trophy in Sweden
May 08, 2008
Dust All Over, a 4-year-old son of Super Arnie-Pinafore Miss, the dam of US stakes winner Onthewingsoflove, won the King’s Trophy at the Aby track in Gothenburg, Sweden, on Friday night, with Adrian Chip, the runner-up in last year’s Hambletonian, finishing third in the race.
Artistic As (M
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Scorpion Moon wins Pocono feature in career-best 1:53.4
May 07, 2008
Scorpion Moon exploded in the stretch after getting a pocket trip to win the featured Open Handicap trot on Tuesday afternoon at Mohegan Sun at Pocono Downs. The race carried a purse of $22,000.
Scorpion Moon, a 4-1 choice with Stephane Bouchard in the bike, let Bright Idea do all
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Happy Homecoming at Harrington For Ireneonthemove
May 07, 2008
Rodney Wyatt's Ireneonthemove, with Tony Morgan driving, returned home to the First State in style Tuesday, winning the $22,000 Mares Junior Open at Harrington Raceway in 1:52.4, the fastest race of the night.
The Jason Skinner-trainee had previously raced at Harrah's Chester Do
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RMTC sponsors steroid workshop
May 07, 2008
The Racing Medication and Testing Consortium (RMTC) sponsored an equine racing chemist workshop to foster uniformity in drug testing of the androgenic anabolic steroids (AAS) from April 27-30 at the University of California at Davis. Analysts representing seven international laboratories and 16 of t
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Berry's Creek final field set
May 07, 2008
The 3-year-old pacers take their first step on the road to the $1 million Meadowlands Pace in the $215,000 Berry’s Creek final on Saturday night at the Meadowlands. The Berry’s Creek is carded as race six on Saturday night, with an estimated 8:49 pm post time. First race is 7 pm.
Elimination w
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Nominees announced for Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame
May 07, 2008
A total of 22 nominees have been put forward by the Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame's Thoroughbred and Standardbred nominating committees including four Standardbred horses, six Thoroughbred horses, and 12 people.
On the Standardbred side, nominated in the female horse category were tr
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Buter looking for first big stakes win in Berry's Creek
May 07, 2008
Tyler Buter, harness racing’s newest young driving sensation, aims for his first big stakes win in the $215,000 Berry’s Creek on Saturday night at the Meadowlands.
Buter, 22, ranked among the leaders at Hazel Park in his native Michigan and nearby Windsor Raceway before moving his base to Chicag
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Breedings available through New Vocations
May 07, 2008
New Vocations Racehorse Adoption Program has breedings available to nice stallions in Florida, Indiana, Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania and Ontario.
“Some are donations received after the annual auction, others like Armbro Mackintosh and Broadway Express are instances where the mares that were
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Has An Attitude takes 1:53.2 lifetime mark
May 06, 2008
The 3-year-old filly Has An Attitude, a daughter of No Pan Intended and the 1992 Breeders Crown champion So Fresh, extended her winning streak to five for owner Brittany Farms and trainer Erv Miller as she cruised to an easy 2 3/4-length victory in 1:53.2 in her $20,000 split o
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Indiana breeder, leader Joe Blocker dies
May 06, 2008
Joe Blocker, a longtime leader on the Indina harness racing scene, died Friday, May 2, at age 80 in his hometown of Goshen.
Blocker bred, raised and raced Standardbreds and spearheaded bringing harness racing at the Elkhart County 4-H Fair. He served on the Fair Board as director from
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EPO positives for horses trained by Ernest Adams
May 06, 2008
New Jersey Racing Commission executive director Frank Zanzuccki announced today that a Racing Commission investigation has resulted in the first positive test results obtained under the state’s recently-expanded testing protocols aimed at detecting the use of performance-enhancing substances in race
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Drivers unseated in Monticello accident
May 06, 2008
Up and coming driver Jimmy Marohn Jr. was hurt in a racing accident at Monticello Raceway on Tuesday, May 6. The mishap occurred in the third race on the program but details remain unclear.
Marohn Jr. was catapulted to the ground when he was hit from behind by another horse after Sudde
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Joe Anderson sends 19 horses East
May 05, 2008
Chicago harness tracks are in the midst of a serious horse shortage, and one prominent defection from the entry box will be 19 horses trained by Joe Anderson. With the decline in purses at Balmoral Park and Maywood Park, Anderson decided to to take 19 horses to the East
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Four Starzzz Shark has two 3YO winners
May 05, 2008
Some people might think Four Starzzz Shark's oldest foals are 2 year olds, but a couple of test breedings resulted in two foals, and both of them are winners.
Jeff Cohen, a partner in Four Starzzzz Stable, bred a few mares to Four Starzzz Shark while he was racing and&nb
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Somebeachsomewhere wins qualifier in 1:51.1
May 05, 2008
The top rated colt Somebeachsomewhere went behind the starting gate for the first time this season in a qualifier at Mohawk Racetrack on Monday morning and turned in an impressive 1:51.1 performance, while his likely rival Santanna Blue Chip won a qualifier in 1:55.1.
Somebeachsomewher
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Feed recall announced by Purina
May 05, 2008
Land O'Lakes Purina Feed LLC has announced a voluntary product recall of certain feeds manufactured between Nov. 3, 2007, and March 10, 2008, and distributed throughout Connecticut, Delaware, Georgia, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina,
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Souloy, Bazire seek another big win in Oslo Grand Prix
May 05, 2008
The team of trainer Fabrice Souloy and driver Jean Michel Bazire will try to continue its international success tour in Norway Sunday when a field of 10 goes to the post in the Oslo Grand Prix. The 2,100 meter race over the five-eighths mile Bjerke track will offer more than $300,000 to the winner.
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Illinois veterinarian Dr. Jane Lehr Richardson dies
May 05, 2008
Longtime Veterinarian Dr. Jane Lehr Richardson passed away unexpectedly on Sunday, May 4.
Dr. Richardson worked for 23-years as the association Veterinarian on Chicago harness and Thoroughbred racing circuits before taking a similar position with the Illinois Racing Board in 2003.
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Ranger wins five at Pompano
May 04, 2008
Pompano Park’s all-time winningest driver, Bruce Ranger, had the hot hands all week long and concluded with five winners Saturday. He ended the week with 14 wins in the 32 races held.
Ranger’s fastest victory on the night came in the 3rd race $7,500 pace as Sugar’s Pride ($3.00) was able t
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Pompano pays $10,000 grand prize in promo tied to Derby
May 04, 2008
All it takes is a little luck and that is what Deerfield Beach, Florida, resident Gary Budra had Saturday at the Isle Pompano Park and his good fortune earned him $10,000 cash.
Budra, one of thousands of Isle Pompano Park patrons that participated in the Big Race promotion, had the win
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Big crowd for Tioga opener
May 04, 2008
Tioga Downs opened its 2008 racing season on Saturday, May 3, with a crowd of more than 6,200 in attendance.
The 3-year old trotting filly Patti Pain made the inaugural trip of 2008 to the Tioga winner’s circle with fan favorite Mike Simons in the sulky. It was the second win of the career
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Mucho Sleazy, Bullville Powerful win Berry's Creek elims
May 03, 2008
Mucho Sleazy and Bullville Powerful put on commanding front-end performances to win their $25,000 Berry’s Creek eliminations on Saturday night at the Meadowlands, with Mucho Sleazy pacing to his victory in 1:50.3 and Bullville Powerful scoring in 1:50.4. The $215,000 Berry’s Creek Final, the f
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$1.5 million bet on KY Derby at Meadowlands
May 03, 2008
A record $2.94 million was wagered on the 2008 Kentucky Derby simulcast at New Jersey Sports and Exposition Authority racetracks, Favorites at Woodbridge and New Jersey Account Wagering.
The $2,936,959 wagered represented a 7.2 percent increase over the 2007 record of $2,740,535. A tota
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Special Report uses two-hole trip to win
May 03, 2008
Special Report drew an inside post (two) and enjoyed a two-hole trip before finding clear sailing in the homestretch and pacing to a 1:51.4 victory in the $390,000 George Morton Levy Memorial final Saturday night at Yonkers Raceway.
Driver Larry Stalbaum decided to take a two-hole trip, but
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NA Cup eligible Shadow Play wins at Mohawk
May 03, 2008
Shadow Play kept his 2008 undefeated streak in tact with a sharp 1:54.2 victory over an off track in Saturday's lone $25,000 division of the second leg of The Diplomat Pacing Series for 3-year-old colt pacers at Mohawk Racetrack. The victory also positioned the son of The Panderosa for a possible sw
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PASS for 3YO trotting fillies at The Meadows
May 03, 2008
The 3-year-old SJ's Caviar filly trotter Amy Kane remained undefeated in seven career starts by capturing a division of a $204,860 Pennsylvania Sires Stake Saturday at The Meadows, turning in a 1:57.2 victory.
The PASS was contested over five divisions, with Hawaiianphotograph, Morguns Sweet
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Mohawk opens with double-digit winners in series leg
May 02, 2008
First Draw and Michelles Idea were both mild upsetters in the second leg of the Princess Pacing Series for 3-year-old fillies during opening night of the summer meet at Mohawk Racetrack on Thursday evening.
First Draw, with Jack Moiseyev driving, made a move to the front in the second quarter of
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Walden waltzes to Vernon victory
May 02, 2008
Walden went right to the front from the start and never looked back en route to an impressive 1:56.3 victory in Thursday night’s $6,500 featured trot at Vernon Downs.
With defending track dash-winning champ Howard Okusko Jr. doing the teaming in the seventh session, Walden waltzed
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A VP victory at Cal Expo
May 02, 2008
A drop down in class and not getting hooked up in a speed duel resulted in a solid victory for Mac Jonathan VP Thursday night at Cal Expo.
In advance of starting from post-position five in the field of seven in the $15,000 to $20,000 claiming handicap pace, trainer Lou Pena had
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Saturday's Dexter Cup elims opens Grand Circuit action
May 02, 2008
The Grand Circuit begins its 2008 season Saturday with three $20,552 eliminations in the Dexter Cup for 3-year-old colt trotters. The top two in each elimination, plus two third-place finishers, will advance to next Saturday’s (May 10) $160,000 (est.) final.
Here are the fields, in pos
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Pennsylvania Sire Stakes season begins at Harrah's Chester
May 02, 2008
After tracking Papa Hemingway up the backstretch, Bulletproof Enterprises' It's That Time ($2.80) tipped to the open stretch under moderate urging to secure a 1:51.3 victory in the first leg of the Pennsylvania Sire Stakes for 3-year-old pacing colts and geldings Thursday at Harrah'
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Northville Downs sues state against gambling laws
May 02, 2008
Officials at Northville Downs in Michigan on Thursday filed a federal lawsuit against the governor and state attorney general alleging casinos and state lotteries are killing the racing industry and the restriction against installing slot machines and other forms of expanding gaming violate the U.S.
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Weather scratches Somebeach, Santanna Blue Chip from qualifiers
May 02, 2008
Because of what trainer and co-owner Brent MacGrath termed to harnessracing.com "a dirty, miserable day" at Mohawk Racetrack on Friday, the highly-regarded 3-year-old colt pacer Somebeachsomewhere was scratched out of his qualifying race and instead will now wait until Monday morning to qualify. Als
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Kentucky feed company to help SRF
May 02, 2008
McCauley Bros. Feed, with the help of Kevin Reynolds’ Feed Company, has pledged to give the Standardbred Retirement Foundation (SRF) grain for the more than two dozen horses in residence at its New Jersey facility for all of 2008.
McCauley Bros.' client list is a veritable “W
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WEG not taking horses once trained by Elliott, Pindur
May 02, 2008
The Woodbine Entertainment Group, which operates Woodbine and Mohawk racetracks, is indefinitely refusing all entries of horses that were trained by either Bill Elliott or Evzen Pindur, who were recently suspended by the Ontario Racing Commission following positive tests for blood-doping.
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Books from Peter Haughton Library now online
May 02, 2008
The Peter Haughton Research Library is pleased to announce that its used book collection is now available for inspection and purchase on line! The latest product addition to the Harness Racing Museum & Hall of Fame’s online gift shop, the offerings include a selection of over 50 harne
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Before He Cheats trots to 1:52.4 mark
May 02, 2008
Before He Cheats used a powerful three-wide brush to trot to a 1:52.4 victory in the $132,500 Su Mac Lad final at the Meadowlands Friday night, with Swan Image finishing second and San Remo Kosmos taking third. The time was a new lifetime best for Before He Cheats.
Before He Cheats, driven
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3YO pacing colts in series action at Mohawk
May 02, 2008
The favorites Carter In Motion and Bigmizndrstnding emerged victorious in both of Friday night's $20,000 divisions of the second leg of the Ontario-Sired Spring Series for 3-year-old colt and gelding pacers at Mohawk Racetrack. It was Carter In Motion who prevailed from the outside post in
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Vicki Gram wires field at Harrington again
May 01, 2008
Arthur Stafford's Vicki Gram ($7, Art Stafford Jr.) earned her second straight wire-to-wire win Wednesday in the featured $22,000 Junior Open Trot in 1:57.4 at Harrington Raceway.
The 7-year-old Valley Victor mare was sent for the lead from post four and set fractions of :28.2, :58.3 and 1:28 as
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Vernon receives license approval for live racing, simulcasting
May 01, 2008
At its meeting Monday, the New York State Racing and Wagering Board granted track and simulcast licenses to Vernon Downs for 2008. The meet opened April 15 and is scheduled for 90 racing programs through Nov. 8.
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Donnegal gets win in Monticello return
May 01, 2008
Bill Mulligan’s veteran trotter Donnegal returned to Monticello Raceway on Wednesday afternoon and picked up right where he left off scoring yet another victory against the best trotters on the grounds in the weekly $8,100 Preferred Trot.
The victory was the fourth of the season for t
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Hirman Woodruff gets underway
May 01, 2008
Snazzy Hot Rod and Knight Of Intrigue coasted to victory in the $18,000 opening round of the Hiram Woodruff Series for trotters on Wednesday night at the Meadowlands.
Snazzy Hot Rod ($4.40), driven by Tim Tetrick and trained by Chris Ryder, wired the seventh race field in 1:53.1. I
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Another succesful blast-off for the rocket
May 01, 2008
Indian Hill Rocket ($5.20) was the pocket-rocket at the isle pompano park Wednesday, getting a perfect trip from pacesetter Gale Warning to win the $10,000 winners-over trot in 1:56.1.
The feature event saw Indian Hill Rocket and driver Kevin Wallis go right to the front from post three wi
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Holborn Hanover, Jereme's Jet hearing May 13
May 01, 2008
Harnessracing.com has learned from the Illinois Racing Board that a hearing regarding positive tests for Pyrilamine dating back to 2006 on the horses Holborn Hanover and Jereme’s Jet at Maywood and Balmoral Park will be held Tuesday, May 13.
Holborn Hanover, who died earlier this year, rece
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Jersey tracks ask for $10,000 limit on show bets
May 01, 2008
Meadowlands and Freehold Raceway officials have asked the New Jersey Racing commission for permission to place a $10,000 limit on show bets, saying that large bets, plus reductions for various commissions, lead to large minus pools that costs the track money. The request includes bets on live racing
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Billings begins 27th year on Monday at Mighty M
May 01, 2008
The 27th season of the CKG Billings Amateur Driving Classic, often referred to as the “Grand Circuit of Amateur Racing,” commences Monday afternoon at Monticello Raceway and will continue with races in both the Eastern Region and the Midwest Region through November.
With over 50 v
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Deuce Seelster wins Big M qualifier in 1:53.1
May 01, 2008
The stars were once again out in qualifying action at the Meadowlands on Thursday, with the highly-regarded sophomore colt pacer Deuce Seelster scoring in 1:53.1 and divisional rival Share The Delight crossing the wire first in 1:55.4.
Deuce Seelster was a two-length winner of Yankee Rocket
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Maritimes approve out-of-competition drug testing
May 01, 2008
The Maritime Provinces Harness Racing Commission in Canada has announced it will begin out-of-competition blood testing on horses competing in the Maritimes. Commission director of racing Paul Hogan reportedly stated he didn’t know if any blood doping was occurring, noting that some believe the purs
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