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August 28, 2012 3:23 PM
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Detour Hanover, a full brother to the 2007 Horse of the Year Donato Hanover who was purchased last fall at the Harrisburg yearling sale for a record $825,000, made his first appearance on the racetrack on Tuesday morning in a qualifier at Harrah's Philadelphia. With David Miller driving for trainer Tom Cancelliere, Detour Hanover finished second, race-timed in 1:58.3.
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August 28, 2012 3:20 PM
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Much can be said – none of it good – about Monday’s shocking vote by the Kentucky legislature’s Interim Joint Committee on Licensing and Occupations meeting, when new medication rules recently adopted by the Kentucky Horse Racing Commission were rejected.
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August 28, 2012 3:19 PM
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For the second time in less than a month, Paynter, the winner of the Haskell Invitational, has become so ill that he needed to be sent to a veterinary clinic, trainer Bob Baffert said Tuesday morning at Del Mar.
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August 28, 2012 3:11 PM
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Now the Italian Americans have someone to cheer for in Monticello Raceway’s Heritage Drivers Series finale after Mike Forte drove Velvety Smooth to an easy 1:58.2 triumph in the Godfather Pace on Monday afternoon (August 27).
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August 28, 2012 9:29 AM
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Tropical Storm Isaac blew across Florida this past weekend before turning westward to threaten the Gulf coasts of Louisiana, Mississippi, and Alabama. But so far the storm that is expected to reach Hurricane status before making landfall on the Gulf Coast, has not forced widespread horse evacuations.
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August 28, 2012 9:28 AM
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Betterthancheddar is out to confirm his status as the big cheese in Saturday's $787,000 Canadian Pacing Derby, but he will need to fend off nine rivals, including a rejuvenated Golden Receiver.
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August 28, 2012 2:10 AM
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Paul MacDonell qualified two Mike Keeling trained trotting fillies for Thursday night's $130,000 Gold Final at Mohawk Racetrack, but the reinsman had committed to Sugar Wheeler well before he engineered the results of last week's eliminations. MacDonell has driven the 3-year-old trotting lass in all but two of her 20 career starts and he is, quite simply, a fan.
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August 28, 2012 2:05 AM
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Harness racing returned to the Indiana County Fairgrounds in Indiana, Pa., on Monday (August 27), with eight PA Sire Stake races.
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August 27, 2012 8:37 PM
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Paul MacDonell qualified two Mike Keeling trained trotting fillies for Thursday night’s (August 30) C$130,000 Ontario Sires Stakes Gold final at Mohawk Racetrack, but the reinsman had committed to Sugar Wheeler well before he engineered the results of last week’s eliminations.
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August 27, 2012 8:31 PM
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The Bill Mott-trained To Honor and Serve completed his major preparation for Saturday's Grade 1 Woodward, breezing four furlongs in :49 4/5 over the fast Oklahoma training track at Saratoga on Monday.
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August 27, 2012 4:03 PM
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Trainer Todd Pletcher has won two of the first seven runnings of the Grade 2 With Anticipation, and has a solid chance to add a third when the $200,000 test for juveniles is renewed Thursday over the inner turf at Saratoga.
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August 27, 2012 3:19 PM
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Reigning Little Brown Jug champion Big Bad John will be returning to the Delaware, Ohio, County Fairgrounds again this fall.
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August 27, 2012 1:09 PM
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There was no canoe in the infield lake at Saratoga Race Course Sunday. And there might not be one Monday, but there could be two on Tuesday.
As a result of the dead heat in Saturday’s Travers, there will be two canoes – traditionally painted in the colors of the winning owners — docked in the Spa’s pond.
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August 28, 2012 3:20 PM
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Could it be two in a row for Ohio? A Rocknroll Dance, trained by Jim Mullinix of Wauseon and co-owned by Denny Miller of Archbold, is the 7-5 favorite in the first of two wagering pools for the 2012 Little Brown Jug. Bolt The Duer is next at 5-1 and Thinking Out Loud is third at odds of 6-1.
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August 28, 2012 3:19 PM
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Two-year-old pacer Captaintreacherous posted his fourth win in a row in his Metro Pace elimination last weekend and was the only horse to improve his position in this week’s Hambletonian Society/Breeders Crown Top 10. Captaintreacherous moved from ninth to seventh in the rankings.
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August 28, 2012 3:19 PM
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Trainer Bill Mott reported Monday that his Eclipse champion Royal Delta was doing well following her surprising second-place finish behind Love and Pride the previous afternoon in the Grade 1 Personal Ensign.
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August 28, 2012 10:32 AM
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Teams involved in tight pennant races in baseball still have more than 30 games to play. New York-breds trying to qualify for the $1.8 million New York Sire Stakes finals on the Night of Champions at Yonkers Raceway on September 22 don’t have that luxury. The top eight finishers in each division qualify for the $225,000 final.
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August 28, 2012 9:28 AM
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The second leg of Kentucky Sire Stakes (KYSS) for 2 year olds will be contested Thursday night, Aug. 30, at The Red Mile, setting the stage for the $2 million Super Night scheduled for Sunday, Sept. 9. The 3 year olds will be in KYSS action on Saturday, Sept. 1, which will finalize the fields for the eight finals worth $250,000 each.
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August 28, 2012 9:28 AM
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Trainer Tony O’Sullivan had a hunch that Mach A Wish could compete with Ontario’s top 3-year-old pacing lasses and his intuition paid off on Monday evening (August 27) as the filly sailed to an Ontario Sire Stakes Gold final triumph at Mohawk Racetrack.
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August 28, 2012 2:09 AM
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Legacy Racing of Delaware, M.A. and T.D. Adams, and Kevin Evans' Lou's Bad Yankee ($21.40, Jon Roberts) scored his third straight win Monday, cruising to a 1:52.2 win in the $18,000 featured Open pace at Harrington Raceway.
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August 28, 2012 2:05 AM
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Monday’s (August 27) edition of Racing Roundup features results stories from The Meadows and Harrington Raceway.
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August 27, 2012 8:36 PM
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Betterthancheddar is out to confirm his status as the big cheese in Saturday’s (Sept. 1) C$787,000 Canadian Pacing Derby, but he will need to fend off nine rivals, including a rejuvenated Golden Receiver.
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August 27, 2012 5:29 PM
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Ohio Sire Stakes racing will highlight Labor Day weekend at Northfield Park.
OSS action begins Friday (August 31) when 2-year-old filly pacers and trotters square off. Then on Saturday (September 1) the freshman colt and gelding pacers and trotters take center stage.
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August 27, 2012 3:19 PM
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The newly acquired Apprentice Hanover has been nothing short of spectacular so far this season and that could translate into a $1 million Metro Pace victory this Saturday at Mohawk.
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August 27, 2012 1:09 PM
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Winning the 48th edition of the $185,335 Frank Ryan Memorial at Rideau Carleton Raceway on Sunday evening turned out to be a piece of cake for Mister Herbie, who cruised to an easy victory in 1:54 for his O'Brien Award-winning connections--driver Jody Jamieson and trainer Jeff Gillis.
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