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It is not only gaming companies and local governments that are preparing for a change in US online gambling law. in a move that signals change is coming to the US, Apple has announced that they will allow real money gambling on the ever-popular IPhone. Big Fish Gaming will become the first gaming company to offer the real money gambling. 
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Trainer Ian Wilkes declared Neck 'n Neck ready for Saturday's Grade 1, $1 million Travers after the Grade 2 Jim Dandy runner-up breezed five furlongs in 1:00 at Saratoga on Monday.
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Thinking Out Loud, winner of the $1.5 million North America Cup, and Bolt The Duer, winner of the $500,000 Adios, have drawn into separate $15,000 divisions of the first leg of Kentucky Sire Stakes (KYSS) for 3-year-old colt pacers on Thursday night, Aug. 23, at The Red Mile. Also on the card are pairs of $15,000 KYSS divisions for 3-year-old filly pacers, 3-year-old colt trotters and 3-year-old filly trotters.
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The Ebor Festival, one of the highlights of the British Flat season, starts on Wednesday, when the world's top-rated horse will be the undoubted headline attraction. The Group 1, £725,000 Juddmonte International is the centerpiece of the opening day, in which Frankel faces just eight rivals as he steps up to about 10 furlongs for the first time.
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Having shown he hadn't completely lost the touch when upsetting Saratoga's Grade 1 A.P. Smithwick Memorial three weeks ago, Spy in the Sky will attempt to make it a sweep of the Spa's two major hurdles in Thursday's Grade 1, $100,000 New York Turf Writers Cup over 2 3/8 miles.
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SIR HENRY CECIL will be doubly represented in the Neptune Investment Management Great Voltigeur Stakes on Wednesday as both Thomas Chippendale and Noble Mission have been confirmed for the Group 2 over 1m4f at York. The pair have already met at Royal Ascot, where Thomas Chippendale denied Frankel's brother Noble Mission by half a length in the King Edward VII Stakes on soft ground.
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This past weekend saw amateur action in both regions of the C.K.G. Billings Harness Driving Championship Series. In the East, Tony “the Capo” Verruso emerged victorious at Vernon Downs while in the Midwest, Bob “Lumberman” Troyer won his contest at the Lake County Fair in Painesville, Ohio.
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Taylor Said dueled with pacesetter Winning Machine throughout the stretch of Sunday's Grade 3, $200,000 Longacres Mile Handicap at Emerald Downs before just eking out the head victory under jockey Mario Gutierrez. Campaigned by Glen Todd's North American Thoroughbred Racing Company, the Stephanotis gelding was sent off the 5-2 second choice in the 10-horse field and paid $7.20, $4.60 and $3.20.
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Corey Callahan’s fist pumps and waves to the large crowd at Harrah’s Philadelphia following Googoo Gaagaa’s win in Sunday's (Aug. 19) $500,000 Colonial gave an indication how he felt about his horse’s victory
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New York Sire Stakes action continued at Batavia Downs on Sunday afternoon (Aug. 19) with 3-year-old pacing fillies in town to compete in three divisions worth $128,725 in total purse money. The Sunday program also featured three divisions of the Excelsior series, worth more than $12,000 each.
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Travers Stakes (gr. I) candidates Nonios, Liaison, Atigun, and Stealcase put in thier final major preparations Aug. 19 for the "Mid-Summer Derby."
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Superstar racemare Snow Fairy and jockey Ryan Moore renewed their productive partnership on Sunday in the $326,996 Darley Prix Jean Romanet (Fr-G1) at Deauville, capturing their sixth Group 1 race together without a defeat.
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With an eye-catching final burst, favored Stephanie's Kitten prevailed by a half-length in the $200,000 Woodford Reserve Lake Placid Stakes (gr. IIT) (VIDEO) on the inner turf course at Saratoga Race Course Aug. 19.
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Vernon Downs is gearing up for the State Fair weekend (August 24–26) featuring the 2-year-old New York bred races, the $700,000 (est.) Zweig Memorial Trot, and the sixth annual $50,000 Drivers’ Championship. Vernon will be putting on a carnival like atmosphere at the track all weekend long, holding owner barbeques, a Sunday morning brunch, and a free horsemen’s golf outing.
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If trainer Dewayne Minor seems more cheerful than usual during the early morning hours around his stable, there is a reason. Wishing Stone is back in town. A multiple stakes winner whose victories include the 2010 Kentucky Futurity, Wishing Stone has been racing in Europe since the end of his 3-year-old season. Minor, who owns the horse with TLP Stable, Jerry Silva and Deo Volente Farms, said Wishing Stone departed Sweden last week and would ship to Lexington's Red Mile after several days in quarantine.
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The live card at The Meadows on Friday, Sept. 7, figured to be plenty exciting, as it features all four Pennsylvania Sires Stake championships — each worth $200,000 — for 2-year-olds. Now, The Meadows, in association with the Meadows Standardbred Owners Association (MSOA), is enhancing the excitement by adding four $50,000 Invitational events to the card. The Invitationals will feature trotting mares, pacing mares, trotting colts and geldings and pacing colts and geldings. Preference will be given to Pennsylvania-owned or –sired horses.
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An exciting race card and perfect weather drew more than 30,000 to Saratoga Race Course on Saturday. However, for one couple, Alabama Day 2012 will be remembered not for the racing, but instead for their engagement.
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Meadowlands Racetrack capped its 2012 harness meet with a spectacular display of stakes races and events that drew increases in attendance and handle over the previous year. Nighttime attendance on Friday (August 17) was 4,014 vs. 3,941 for the 2011 finale, which was raced on a Saturday. Live wagering was $424,227 vs. $396,719 in 2011, while the Meadowlands total handle was $2,479,596 for the 12-race card vs. $2,171,319 wagered on 10 races in 2011.
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MOMENTUM is moving towards Black Caviar racing on in the autumn but a decision will not be made until next month. Senior part-owner Neil Werrett, who inspected the unbeaten champion with trainer Peter Moody last week, rated Black Caviar's chances of racing in 2013 as "50-50".
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Two year olds were showcased in Kentucky Sires Stakes on Sunday evening at The Red Mile, and the first crop by Deweycheatumnhowe made their presence known by taking four of the seven divisions for colts and fillies. Dewey's daughter Simone Hall kicked off the card with a powerful 7 3/4-length score in 1:57.1 for driver Ray Schnittker. Schnittker was in the sulky for trainer Robert Horowitz, who shares ownership of the filly with Brian Joseph Clark. The win was the second in four starts for Simone Hall.
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A Rocknroll Dance returned from a three-week layoff with a stakes- and track-record 1:48.1 win in the $500,000 Battle of the Brandywine for 3-year-old pacers Sunday (Aug. 18) at Harrah's Philadelphia. Pet Rock was second by 1-1/2 lengths. Sweet Lou finished third.
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Sunday's (Aug. 19) edition of Racing Roundup features a results story from Tioga Downs.
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Trainer Kiaran McLaughlin still was excited the morning after Questing (GB)'s dazzling nine-length victory in the Alabama Stakes (gr. I) Aug. 18 at Saratoga Race Course in New York.
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Even though his 1,000th career driving was hit on the track at the Skowhegan Fairgrounds one day earlier, driver Kevin Switzer, Jr. was celebrated with a plaque commemorating the milestone at Scarborough Downs on Sunday (Aug. 19), the very track where he earned the bulk of those wins.
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Grade I winner Zo Impressive was resting comfortably in her stall Aug. 19, the day after suffering a condylar fracture in her right front leg while running fourth in the Alabama Stakes (gr. I) at Saratoga Race Course in New York.
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