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September 7, 2012 9:38 AM
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First-season New York-sired colts and geldings were on display Thursday night, with Yonkers Raceway hosting the $290,455 New York Sire Stakes Jim Crawford Pace for 2-year-olds, with four divisions.
Sheppard Pace winner Hail The Taxi (John Campbell) enjoyed yet another successful Westchester work night, this time in the third ($71,605) event. The son of Art Major, who authored a 35-1 stunner in that $119,000 July stakes race, was a quite impressive, three-move winner here...despite a 33-day layoff.
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September 7, 2012 9:38 AM
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Drink The Wine and Pine Credit won divisions of Thursday night’s (Sept. 6) $138,196 Historic Stakes for 2-year-old trotters, while driver Jim Morrill, Jr. collected six victories during the 65th program of the year at Vernon Downs.
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September 7, 2012 9:37 AM
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Market Share, this year’s $1.5 million Hambletonian winner, heads the Canadian Trotting Classic eliminations Saturday night at Mohawk Racetrack in Ontario.
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September 7, 2012 9:37 AM
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Valdonna delivered a new stakes record in the lone C$209,871 Simcoe division for 3-year-old trotting fillies on Thursday night (Sept. 6) at Mohawk.
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September 7, 2012 9:36 AM
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Since Mario Gutierrez became a star by winning the first two legs of the Triple Crown aboard I'll Have Another, the jockey has often expressed publicly his gratitude to owner J. Paul Reddam and trainer Doug O'Neill for giving him the opportunity. But before them, it was horse owner Glen Todd who took the young Mexican rider under his wing at Hastings Racecourse in Vancouver, B.C.
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September 7, 2012 9:36 AM
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North America's leading money-winning 3-year-old pacer might not be a household name yet, particularly in the U.S., but that could be about to change.
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September 7, 2012 9:35 AM
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Animal Kingdom, the 2011 Kentucky Derby winner, continues to progress toward a return to the races, posting his third workout in 16 days Wednesday at the Fair Hill training center in North East, Md.
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September 6, 2012 4:50 PM
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The best 2- and 3-year-old trotters and pacers in the Bluegrass State will be out in full force at The Mile on Sunday, Sept. 9, as the historic Lexington racetrack hosts the $2 million Kentucky Sires Stakes (KYSS) Championship Night.
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September 6, 2012 4:44 PM
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The Group 1 Sprint Cup is the highlight of the Flat season at Haydock Park, and the 2012 renewal, which takes place on Saturday, promises to be the most cosmopolitan ever with representatives from Australia, France and Ireland as well as a strong British-trained presence among the 15-strong field.
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September 6, 2012 4:35 PM
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Pennsylvania's top freshmen will duel for statewide bragging rights--and big-time cash--this Friday when The Meadows Racetrack & Casino hosts the Pennsylvania Sire Stakes (PASS) championships for 2 year olds as the anchor of a card that will offer more than $1.2 million in purses.
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September 6, 2012 4:34 PM
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Pennsylvania’s top freshmen will duel for statewide bragging rights -- and big-time cash -- this Friday when The Meadows Racetrack & Casino hosts the Pennsylvania Sires Stakes championships for 2-year-olds as the anchor of a card that will offer more than $1.2 million in purses.
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September 6, 2012 4:33 PM
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Grade 1 winner Paynter continued to hold his own on Thursday, with owner Ahmed Zayat saying the colt was "comfortable" as he continues to battle colitis and a series of complications related to the illness, including laminitis.
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September 6, 2012 4:32 PM
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Grade 2 winners Blueskiesnrainbows and Hero of Order, as well as Fly Lexis Fly, a multiple Group 1 winner in Peru, highlight the field for the $500,000 Super Derby (G2) Saturday night at Louisiana Downs.
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September 7, 2012 9:38 AM
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Trotters starred in the feature events at Scioto Downs on Thursday night as two $6,500 events were contested. Favored RE Shawn prevailed for driver Chip Noble in the first, scoring from behind with a 1:59 mile. The son of Jailhouse Jesse is trained and owned by Paul Russell of Michigan.
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September 7, 2012 9:38 AM
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FRESH off a typically rewarding Del Mar, Bob Baffert holds sound chances of winning the biggest prize on a lacklustre weekend in the States when he saddles Blueskiesnrainbows Joe Talamo for the Super Derby at Louisiana Downs.
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September 7, 2012 9:37 AM
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First-season statebreds were on display Thursday night (Sept. 6), with Yonkers Raceway hosting the $290,455 New York Sire Stakes Jim Crawford Pace for 2-year-old colts and geldings. Four divisions went at it.
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September 7, 2012 9:37 AM
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It shouldn’t be surprising that Champagne Tonight has been a moneymaker on the racetrack this season. She showed a knack for being profitable from the beginning, when after auction she made $2,000 for one guy and saved $2,000 for another.
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September 7, 2012 9:36 AM
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Time To Kill and Southwind Cocoa were a pair of easy winners in the Marion Dancer Stakes for 2-year-old New Jersey-sired trotting fillies on Thursday (Sept. 6) at Freehold Raceway.
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September 7, 2012 9:36 AM
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The New York Sire Stakes season continues on Saturday night (Sept. 8) at Batavia Downs Casino when the glamour division, the 3-year-old colt and gelding pacers, rolls into town to compete for $129,520 to be split into two divisions.
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September 7, 2012 9:35 AM
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Willy Beamin' has a great name. He has a great music video. He gets all the ladies. He also has now twice shown the ability to come back on extremely short rest and win races. Good races. But is this a product of the training methods of Rick Dutrow (no, not those training methods) or is it an underused tactic to maximize a horse's potential by ensuring he/she is in the right spot to win?
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September 6, 2012 4:44 PM
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Sixteen former jockeys will return to the saddle, including Hall of Fame rider Julie Krone, in the Clipper Logistics Legends Classified Stakes at Doncaster, England on opening day of the Ladbrokes St. Leger Festival Sept. 12. The race will be run in support of Jack Berry House and the redevelopment of the Northern Racing College.
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September 6, 2012 4:43 PM
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At mid-season, pursuit of Del Mar's 2012 riding championship was a three-way battle among Rafael Bejarano, Garrett Gomez and Joe Talamo. A short time later, with a burst of victories, Bejarano was alone and in control atop the standings en route to his second Del Mar title and first since 2008.
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September 6, 2012 4:35 PM
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Vernon Downs is setting the stage for its End of Summer Showdown at the racetrack on Friday night (Sept. 7) highlighted by the $191,000 Muscle Hill Trot and $200,000 Credit Winner Trot. Also on tap for Friday night at Vernon Downs will be a horse beanie toy giveaway (while supplies last), the final of the horseplay car giveaway, and fireworks immediately following live racing. The excitement kicks off on Friday night with a first race post time of 6:55 pm.
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September 6, 2012 4:34 PM
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On the strength of two victories at Monticello Raceway on Wednesday (Sept. 5) in the first round of the Yanks vs. the Kiwis International Amateur Driving Championship, the members of the North American Amateur Drivers Association -- the Yanks -- have jumped out to a point lead of 48-32.
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September 6, 2012 4:32 PM
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San Pail, harness racing's reigning Horse of the Year in both Canada and the U.S., will not race again in 2012, according to Standardbred Canada.
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