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Cozzetti Leads Full Kent Stakes Field

Cozzetti Leads Full Kent Stakes Field | Racing News | Scoop.it

American Derby (gr. IIIT) winner Cozzetti seeks a return to winning ways in the $200,000 Kent Stakes (gr. IIIT) at Delaware Park Sept. 22, but plenty of new rivals are ready to take him on after his sixth-place finish in the Aug. 18 Secretariat Stakes (gr. I).


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Apprentice Rider Dylan Davis Breaks Maiden

Apprentice jockey Dylan Davis recorded the first win of his career in the seventh race at Suffolk Downs Sept. 19 aboard favored Soldier Sam for trainer Colin Sherwood.
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September 19, 2012 5:00 PM
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Top Female Sprinters Battle in Gallant Bloom

Top Female Sprinters Battle in Gallant Bloom | Racing News | Scoop.it

Headed by national female sprint champion Musical Romance and multiple grade I winner Turbulent Descent, the $200,000 Gallant Bloom Handicap (gr. II) Sept. 22 at Belmont Park came up as an exceptionally tough race.


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September 19, 2012 5:00 PM
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Top 2-Year-Old Spurious Precision Euthanized

Top 2-Year-Old Spurious Precision Euthanized | Racing News | Scoop.it

Klaravich Stables and William H. Lawrence's Spurious Precision, the undefeated winner of the Aug. 12 Saratoga Special Stakes (gr. II), was euthanized the morning of Sept. 19. The 2-year-old son of High Cotton suffered a fractured left knee during a workout under exercise rider Rodney Payne at Aqueduct Racetrack Sept. 18 in preparation for the Oct. 6 Champagne Stakes (gr. I).


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September 19, 2012 4:59 PM
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O’Sullivan looks for repeat in Milton

O’Sullivan looks for repeat in Milton | Racing News | Scoop.it

Conditioner Tony O’Sullivan will look to add back-to-back scores to his resume when he sends out Drop The Ball in the 2012 edition of the C$384,000 Milton Stakes final on Saturday night (Sept. 19) at Mohawk.

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September 19, 2012 4:58 PM
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Bluff sets world record in Buckette split

Racing barefoot by trainer Ron Burke, Bluff scored a world-record 1:54 victory in the second of two $51,000 divisions of the Buckette for 3-year-old filly trotters Wednesday afternoon at the Delaware, Ohio fairgrounds. Canadian Justice won the opening division in 1:57.3.

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Mistery Woman scores in stakes record 1:57.2 in Standardbred trot

Mistery Woman scores in stakes record 1:57.2 in Standardbred trot | Racing News | Scoop.it

Mistery Woman made what was only her second career start an impressive one, setting a stakes, track and national season’s record of 1:57.2 in the $53,150 Standardbred for 2-year-old filly trotters at the Delaware County (Ohio) Fair on Wednesday afternoon (Sept. 19).

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September 19, 2012 4:18 PM
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Little Brown Jug & NYSS final for Major Bombay?

"That's the mystery question!" trainer Tony Alagna answered with a smile when asked by harnessracing.com Wednesday morning at the Delaware, Ohio fairgrounds on how he plans to race his 3-year-old colt pacer Major Bombay in both Thursday's $487,550 double-heat Little Brown Jug and then the $225,000 New York Sires Stakes (NYSS) final on Saturday night at Yonkers Raceway.

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September 19, 2012 4:17 PM
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Top 10 Races of the Year on season finale of Inside Harness Racing

Top 10 Races of the Year on season finale of Inside Harness Racing | Racing News | Scoop.it

The racing season came to a close over the weekend at Tioga Downs with a large, enthusiastic crowd and surprise appearances by top horses Check Me Out and Hypnotic Blue Chip.

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MacDonald looks for a second sip of the Jug

MacDonald looks for a second sip of the Jug | Racing News | Scoop.it

Mark MacDonald knows how it feels to win the Little Brown Jug. He won it six years ago with the appropriately named Mr Feelgood.


The 33-year-old Canadian native is hoping to feel good again after Thursday’s $487,550 Little Brown Jug for 3-year-old pacers at the Delaware County Fairgrounds in central Ohio, this time with Bolt The Duer.

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September 19, 2012 9:33 AM
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Saturday’s Gold events are a testing ground for pacing colts

Saturday’s Gold events are a testing ground for pacing colts | Racing News | Scoop.it

Warrawee Needy captured nine of 12 starts as a freshman and capped off his season with Ontario Sires Stakes and Canadian honors, but the 2012 campaign has not been as smooth for the pacing colt.

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September 19, 2012 9:25 AM
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Jugette contested tomorrow at Delaware

Jugette contested tomorrow at Delaware | Racing News | Scoop.it

The $296,050 Jugette for 3-year-old filly pacers will be contested tomorrow over the Delaware County Fair half-mile oval in central Ohio.

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September 19, 2012 9:23 AM
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Potter back in Jug with longshot Carol's Comet

Potter back in Jug with longshot Carol's Comet | Racing News | Scoop.it

Trainer Ron Potter knows the thrill of winning the Little Brown Jug. He also knows that sending the longshot Carol’s Comet in this year’s classic is going to be a lot more fun.

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Book Review Faces Softer in Charles Town Oaks

Book Review, disappointing when seventh as the second choice in last month's Test Stakes (gr. I), is the mild 3-1 favorite in the $400,000 Charles Town Oaks Sept. 22 at Hollywood Casino at Charles Town Races.
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September 20, 2012 9:24 AM
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Currency Swap, Trinniberg Head Gallant Bob

Currency Swap, Trinniberg Head Gallant Bob | Racing News | Scoop.it
Currency Swap and Trinniberg will go at it again Sept. 22 in the $300,000 Gallant Bob Stakes at Parx Racing, but both seem vulnerable nearing the end of a long 2012 campaign.
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September 19, 2012 5:00 PM
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Shelliscape sets world record in second Jugette elimination

Shelliscape sets world record in second Jugette elimination | Racing News | Scoop.it

Robert McIntosh Stables, C S X Stables and DM Stables’ Shelliscape, driven by John Campbell, came three-wide and from far off the pace to win the $59,210 second elimination for the $296,050 Jugette in a stakes and world record 1:50.3 at Delaware, Ohio on Wednesday (Sept. 19).

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MacDonald looking for second Jug victory

Mark MacDonald knows how it feels to win the Little Brown Jug. He won it six years ago with the appropriately named Mr. Feelgood.

The 33-year-old Canadian native is hoping to feel good again after Thursday's $487,550 Little Brown Jug for 3-year-old pacers at the Delaware County Fairgrounds in central Ohio, this time with Bolt The Duer.

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Mistery Woman sets Standardbed 2FT mark

Making just her second career start, Mistery Woman scored a stakes, track and national season's best 1:57.2 victory in the $53,150 Standardbred for 2-year-old filly trotters Wednesday afternoon at the Delaware, Ohio fairgrounds.

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Major Look a major score for Band of Brothers

Major Look a major score for Band of Brothers | Racing News | Scoop.it

Breeding a star racehorse is rewarding. Getting to the $1.8 million New York Night of Champions at Yonkers Raceway is thrilling. But doing it all with a group of owners you have known since childhood, that might be priceless.

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September 19, 2012 4:57 PM
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Rolling Fog to miss Breeders' Cup Juvenile with shin problem

Rolling Fog to miss Breeders' Cup Juvenile with shin problem | Racing News | Scoop.it

Del Mar Futurity winner Rolling Fog will miss the autumn season, including the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile, with bucked shins and is not expected to return until the winter meet at Santa Anita that begins on Dec. 26.

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September 19, 2012 4:18 PM
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Boys At Tosconova, Redeemed Retired

Boys At Tosconova, Redeemed Retired | Racing News | Scoop.it

Grade I winner Boys At Tosconova and grade II victor Redeemed have both been retired from racing, according to owner Samantha Siegel of Jay Em Ess Stable.


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September 19, 2012 10:45 AM
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Multiple Graded Winner Mad Flatter Retired

Multiple Graded Winner Mad Flatter Retired | Racing News | Scoop.it

Multiple graded stakes winner Mad Flatter has been retired from racing and will enter stud for the 2013 season. A decision has not been reached as to where he will stand.


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September 19, 2012 9:33 AM
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Lisa Matassa to sing national anthems on Jug Day

Lisa Matassa to sing national anthems on Jug Day | Racing News | Scoop.it

A skyrocketing singing career has opened plenty of doors for Lisa Matassa, and this Thursday she will walk through one that she has long wanted to enter.


The Queen of Long Island Country Music is going to sing the Canadian and U.S. national anthems at the Little Brown Jug in Delaware, Ohio. The Little Brown Jug is the second jewel in the Pacing Triple Crown and attracts 50,000 fans to the Delaware County Fair.

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September 19, 2012 9:26 AM
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Invictus and Batonnier ruled out for season

Invictus and Batonnier ruled out for season | Racing News | Scoop.it

ALAN KING has been dealt a double blow before the jumps season begins in earnest with the news that two of the stable's rising stars, Invictus and Batonnier, have been ruled out for the season.

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September 19, 2012 9:25 AM
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UF Dragon Queen leads in Keystone Classic

UF Dragon Queen leads in Keystone Classic | Racing News | Scoop.it

UF Dragon's Queen finally found her comfort zone on the lead, drawing off to score in 1:54.2 in the slop in the fastest division of Tuesday's Keystone Classic at The Meadows.


The $140,000 event for 2-year-old filly pacers was contested over four divisions, with Somwherovrarainbow, South Pacific and Want Answers also taking $35,000 splits.

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