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Jim Dandy Stakes (gr. II) winner Alpha was installed as the 5-2 morning line favorite in an 11-horse field drawn for the Aug. 25 Travers Stakes (gr. I) at Saratoga Race Course. 
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Canada’s superstar Jody Jamieson is set to defend his 2011 Drivers’ Championship title on Sunday afternoon (August 26th -- post time 1:30 p.m.) at Vernon Downs. Jamieson captured the 2011 edition of the Drivers’ Championship just weeks after he participated in and won the World Drivers Championship held in the United States last year.
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Aussie star sprinter Ortensia is among a huge field of 20 runners in the Group 1 Nunthorpe at York on Friday. Ortensia blitzed the opposition in the Group 1 Al Quoz Sprint in Dubai back in March, and while she failed to find her best form on her first couple of outings in Britain, she came good at Glorious Goodwood last time in the Group 2 King George.
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With the 2012 edition of the $700,000 Zweig Memorial Trot scheduled for this Sunday at Vernon Downs, “Inside Harness Racing” hit the road to visit 2011 champion Broad Bahn at Winbak Farm, where he has completed his first year at stud.
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Trainer Doug McIntosh is reporting on his Facebook page that his 2000 Hambletonian champion Yankee Paco has been euthanized at the age of 15. "Sad day here at the McIntosh Farm," wrote the trainer. "Received a call from David James in Australia that my ole buddy Yankee Paco had to be euthanized. Paco had a deteriorating joint problem that had been causing problems for some time. Yankee Paco was a warrior on the racetrack, winning most of his 3-year-old stakes events. Highlight was the prestigious Hambletonian in 2000. The winner of over $1.4 million spent his last years at Empire Stud at Avenel, Victoria, Australia. This big red horse brought pride and pleasure to all his connections. RIP big guy!"
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After a disappointing result in the Hambletonian final, 3-year-old trotting colt Knows Nothing returned to the Ontario Sires Stakes program last week and captured his first Gold elimination trophy in his trademark sharp-finishing style.
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Freshman pacers highlighted day two of racing at the Crawford County Fair on Tuesday (August 21) in Meadville, Pa. Roger Hammer and Camturo Beach took the first race of the day, winning the first of three 2-year-old $4,187 PASS colt paces in 2:04.3. Hammer also owns and trains the Somebeachsomewhere colt.
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Ninteen apprentices graduated from the Jamaica Racing Commission's (JRC) 2012 six-month Jockey Training School last Thursday at a ceremony at the Commission's Winchester Road offices.
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Three divisions of Pennsylvania Sire Stakes (PASS) for 2-year-old filly pacers were contested Tuesday afternoon at The Meadows, with heavy favorites Champagne Tonight and South Pacific taking the first two $105,921 divisions and longshot Novascotia Hanover capturing the third $106,321 division.
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Khalid Abdullah's homebred Romantica rallied from fifth in a field of seven to take the lead with 200 meters remaining en route to a 1 ½-length win in the Prix de La Nonette-Shadwell (Fr-G2) on Tuesday at Deauville.
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Johny Rock is still learning on the job, but he is getting good experience when it comes to winning.
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Leading female sprinter Turbulent Descent will make her first start for new trainer Todd Pletcher in Friday's Grade 1, $500,000 Ballerina at Saratoga. The other top draw in the seven-horse field, multiple Grade 1 queen It's Tricky, appears likely to scratch in favor of Sunday's Grade 1 Personal Ensign at 1 1/8 miles.
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Impressive Goodwood scorer The Fugue heads a select field of seven for Thursday's Group 1 Yorkshire Oaks at York. John Gosden's charge bounced back to winning form in the Group 1 Nassau over 10 furlongs at the Glorious meeting, but will be stepping back up to 1 1/2 miles for Thursday's Ebor meeting fixture.
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Trinniberg and Currency Swap, two of the nation's best 3-year-old sprinters, square off once again in the $500,000 Foxwood King's Bishop Stakes (gr. I) Aug. 25 at Saratoga Race Course.
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Standout three-year-old sprinter Trinniberg, looking for his fourth graded stakes victory of the season, will face a pair of familiar rivals as he goes for his first Grade 1 win in the Foxwoods King's Bishop Stakes (G1) Saturday at Saratoga.
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Yannick Gingras never entertained thoughts of winning any racetrack’s driving title, let alone the Meadowlands.
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Reigning European Horse of the Year Frankel handled the toughest test posed to him yet on Wednesday — and did so with devastating ease.
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The Defiance County Fair at Hicksville, Ohio, opened up its two-night harness racing program on Tuesday (August 21) with 12 Standardbred races and eight Trottingbred races. A total of 114 horses competed on a beautiful August evening.
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Tuesday’s (August 21) edition of Racing Roundup features results stories from Saratoga Casino and Raceway and Running Aces.
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Colonial Downs will open its 15th annual harness racing season on Wednesday, Sept. 5, and continue a six-week campaign over the country's only "one-turn mile” track through Oct. 14. Colonial will conduct a 10-race program every Wednesday, Thursday, Saturday and Sunday beginning at 1 p.m. The New Kent barn area will open on Monday, Aug. 27, and the track will open for training on Wednesday, Aug. 29. The first set of qualifying races will be held on Sunday, Sept. 2.
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After missing the first week of the Saratoga meet, Hall of Fame rider John Velazquez has more than made up for lost time.
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Driver Greg Merton will tell you himself that it was his lucky day when trainer Pete Pellegrino decided to race part of his huge stable at Monticello Raceway this year. It certainly has been good for Merton who, basically on the strength of the Pellegrino barn, has vaulted to the top of the local leaderboard currently with 174 wins.
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Neil Werrett, co-owner of 2011 Australian Horse of the Year Black Caviar, told Australia's 2KY Radio that he had spoken with trainer Peter Moody over the past week and that both felt that there was a "50-50" chance that the undefeated champion would race again in the coming months.
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If Adriano Sorella wins “The Big One,” the C$1 million Metro Pace, with Vegas Vacation, plenty of other people, 40 to be exact, will be flying high courtesy of the 2-year-old pacer's owner. Vegas Vacation has banked $45,416 in four career starts.
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Trainer Chris Ryder said on Tuesday morning that the world champion pacing mare Put On A Show jogged "100 percent fine" on Monday morning, a few days after she broke stride at the start of the Golden Girls at the Meadowlands. "I took her out and sprinted her a bit and she seemed 100 percent fine," he said. "I entered her in an overnight at Mohawk for this weekend."
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