Yet another track record fell by the wayside at Monticello Raceway on Wednesday (Sept. 5) when the New York Sire Stakes came into town.
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Aunt Mel, who carries a three-race winning streak, is the 3-1 morning line favorite in the $50,000 Helen Smith for three-year-old New Jersey-sired trotting fillies on Friday, Sept. 7, at Freehold Raceway. The Yankee Glide filly will leave from the rail with Brent Holland driving in the seventh race feature. 
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Well, OK, maybe we need some stars, but their creation should be organic not forced just because of a Grade 1 win or notoriety on the Triple Crown trail.
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After Foiled Again became the richest pacer in North American harness racing history with his win in last weekend’s Canadian Pacing Derby, trainer Ron Burke was asked if he is ever surprised by the 8-year-old horse’s ability to perform at an elite level season after season.
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Multiple grade I stakes winner Groupie Doll, who got a freshening in the spring and summer, is among the 12 fillies and mares entered in the Presque Isle Downs Masters Stakes (gr. II) at Presque Isle Downs & Casino the evening of Sept. 8.
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Stronach Stables' Hunters Bay, whose three-race win streak was broken when he stepped into grade I company last out, is the moderate 3-1 morning line choice in an oversubscribed edition of the Presque Isle Mile Sept. 7 at Presque Isle Downs.
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Freshman pacing colt Captaintreacherous, who was three for three during the month of August, including a stakes record performance in the Woodrow Wilson, has been named Horse of the Month by the United States Trotting Association.
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Jay Wolf, Assistant Publicity Director of the Little Brown Jug, ranks the Top 10 Contenders for the 67th edition of the 3-year-old pacing classic to be held on September 20.
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The final for the sixth Annual Bobby Quillen Memorial at Harrington Raceway was drawn Tuesday afternoon for Monday, Sept. 17.
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To Honor and Serve would not be denied victory in the $750,000 Woodward Stakes at Saratoga Race Course Sept. 1, holding off the late challenge of 4-5 favorite Mucho Macho Man to earn his second grade I by a neck.
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Favored Emcee earned the first graded victory of his career for Godolphin Racing and trainer Kiaran McLaughlin, bursting away from the field in the final furlong to easily take the $500,000 Forego Stakes (gr. I) Sept. 1 at Saratoga Race Course.
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Hall of Fame trainer Bob Baffert won his 100th stakes race at Del Mar Aug. 31 as favored Fed Biz, unraced since February, rallied after being passed mid-stretch to edge Jimmy Creed in the $100,000 El Cajon Stakes.
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Post nine was no handicap for Real Touch as he defeated the top female pacers at Scioto Downs in Friday night's $15,000 Open Pace for fillies and mares. The 3-year-old daughter of Real Desire scored for trainer-driver Ray Paver, who co-owns the filly in partnership with Knox Services Inc. and Slaughter Racing Stable LLC. She was timed in 1:52.3 in her victory.
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Curtis Green's local stakes winner Muppet Man brings a two-for-two record into the $150,000 Arlington-Washington Futurity (gr. III), headlining a field of eight juveniles set to go a one-turn mile over Polytrack at Arlington Park Sept. 8.
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Dual Grade 1 winner Groupie Doll, unraced since May due to a minor hock injury, faces a solid field as she returns to action in the Presque Isle Downs Masters Stakes (G2) Saturday evening.
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Stuart S. Janney III's Air Support will be the the 118-pound highweight in a compact field of five for the $200,000 Bowling Green Handicap (gr. IIT) Sept. 8, as stakes action returns to Belmont Park.
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For Ben Baillargeon, who focuses on conditioning trotters, winning the $462,000 William Wellwood Memorial Trot or the $435,000 Peaceful Way final at Mohawk Racetrack with a pair of rookies would be a truly meaningful accomplishment.
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Two $50,000 turf stakes scheduled for the weekend of Sept. 7-8 at Hollywood Casino at Penn National Race Course have been rescheduled for the weekend of September 14-15.
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Owner Jerry Silva told harnessracing.com Wednesday morning that Cane Pace winner Dynamic Youth will not be supplemented to the Little Brown Jug on Thursday, Sept. 20, at Delaware, Ohio. Instead, Dynamic Youth will race in the final leg of the New York Sire Stakes Saturday night, Sept. 8, at Batavia Downs, where currently sitting 10th in the standings he will likely need a top-two finish to ensure a spot in the $225,000 final on Sept. 22 at Yonkers.
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Three months after the state’s first racetrack with video lottery terminals opened at Scioto Downs in Columbus, the Ohio harness racing industry is showing signs of resurgence.
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The final for the sixth annual Bobby Quillen Memorial at Harrington Raceway was drawn Tuesday afternoon. The race will be contested Monday, Sept. 17, and since only five horses were entered, no eliminations are necessary. The final will carry a purse of $216,500.
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Tim Tetrick knows what it is like to drive against Cedar Dove. On Friday night, he will experience driving her.
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The five-year-old gray gelding Tune Me In backed up his 25-1 upset of the Grade 3 Oceanport on July 29 with another triumph over the Monmouth Park turf course in Saturday's Grade 3, $99,000 Cliff Hanger.
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The grass proved greener for Dominus at Saratoga Race Course when the 4-year-old son of Smart Strike took the $250,000 Bernard Baruch Handicap (gr. IIT). It was his first graded stakes score and his first try on turf.
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Multiple grade I winner Shackleford will not run in the $500,000 Forego Stakes (gr. I) at Saratoga Race Course Sept. 1, trainer Dale Romans said the morning of the race.
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