W.J. Donovan's Maven, the 1-2 favorite, redeemed herself from a miscue in the Hambletonian Oaks to breeze to a 3 1/2-victory over Valdonna in the $191,500 Moni Maker for 3-year-old trotting fillies on Friday night at the Meadowlands. The Jonas Czernyson trainee, driven by Yannick Gingras, trotted the mile in 1:52.3.
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Yonkers Raceway's usual Friday night pair of $44,000 Open Handicaps--for trotters and distaff pacers, respectively--were won by a first-over And Heez Perfect (Mark MacDonald, $16.80) and a from-the-back-of-the-bus Rock N Soul (Jason Bartlett, $4.60). 
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There are many accomplishments represented on the Plainridge Racecourse Wall of Fame, thousands of wins and millions of purse dollars earned, testaments to the abilities of the many drivers and horses immortalized there.
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Hobsons Choice, a 2-year-old son of Cantab Hall-Carmita, will look to take all the spoils in the C$50,000 Bridger Trotting Series final on Monday evening (August 20) at Mohawk, something that would certainly please his conditioner, Clark Beelby, as well as a harness racing legend.
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Saturday concludes consecutive days of Ohio Sire Stakes racing at Northfield Park. Following sophomore filly pacers and trotters on Friday (August 17), both 3-year old colt and gelding pacers and trotters will compete on Saturday.
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If the recent past is an indication, there will be no lack of speed in Sunday’s $500,000 Battle of the Brandywine for 3-year-old male pacers at Harrah’s Philadelphia.
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The last time Trinniberg ran at Saratoga Race Course he was the longest shot in the field, sent off at nearly 70-1 in last year's Three Chimneys Hopeful (gr. I). His return to the Spa in the Aug. 25 Foxwoods King's Bishop (gr. I) is likely to be quite different thanks to three graded stakes wins since then, including the Bay Shore (gr. III) at Aqueduct Racetrack in April and the Woody Stephens (gr. II) at Belmont Park in June.
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Bettor B Lucky, the 3-year-old daughter of Bettor's Delight-Hornby Lucky who last Sunday won the $250,850 Empire Breeders Classic for pacing fillies at Tioga Downs, returns to the track in New York Sire Stakes action on Sunday afternoon (August 19) at Batavia Downs Casino. Post time is 1:15 p.m.
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Midway through the Michigan Colt Stakes season, there remain just two undefeated horses. One of them is a small, but speedy, 3-year-old pacing filly named Tropical Breeze.
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Six Illinois State Fair Colt Stakes championships, out of a 13 race card, were scheduled for Thursday afternoon (August 16) at Springfield. Mother Nature interceded with a torrential downpour that included lightning, allowing only two finals to reach the starting gate. The remaining four have been moved to Balmoral Park, on Sunday evening (August 19). Post time is 6 p.m. (CDT). Also, there will be no redraw; post positions already assigned will remain the same.
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Murmur Hanover bounced back from a disappointing performance in the last Gold Series event with an impressive win in Gold Elimination action at Mohawk Racetrack on Thursday evening. Starting from post 2 with regular reinsman Mario Baillargeon in the race bike, Murmur Hanover powered out to a :13.4 opening eighth and was two lengths ahead of the field by the :28.4 quarter. Baillargeon opted to let Kinetic King take control heading by the :58.4 half, but was leading the outside lane by the 1:27.3 three-quarters.
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The sophomore class of 2012 entertained a large crowd on Thursday (August 16) at the Dayton Fairgrounds in Dayton, PA. Two $5,867 PASS divisions of filly trotters kicked off the card, with Magnolia Grace and driver Eric Neal taking the first division in 2:03.3. The Glidemaster mare is owned by Jack and Sharon Claypoole, and trained by Bill Kreutzer. The second division went to Roger Hammer and Barefoot Brook (Cantab Hall), also trotting the mile in 2:03.3 for the Dunn Stable and trainer Boots Dunn.
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Trainer Roger Attfield is hoping a stretch-out to 1 1/4 miles in the $250,000 Sky Classic (Can-IIT) will enable Forte Dei Marmi to land his first North American stakes victory Aug. 19 at Woodbine.
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Doctor Butch (Pat Berry) posted the most impressive win in one of three divisions of New York Sires Stakes for 2-year-old colt pacers on Friday night at Tioga Downs.
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Johny Rock extended his winning streak to three, scoring a length and a half victory in the $150,000 New Jersey Sire Stakes Final for 2-year-old pacing colts and geldings, the final of the four championships contested on Friday night, August 17, 2012, closing night of the Meadowlands meet.
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Days before the 2003 Grade 1 Pacific Classic, Hall of Fame trainer Ron McAnally watched from the balcony of Barn 1 overlooking the track as Candy Ride went a mile in just over 1:36 in his final major workout before winning the race.
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Irad Ortiz Jr. was released from Saratoga Hospital the afternoon of Aug. 17 after X-rays were negative on his right ankle, according to the New York Racing Association's jockey advocate.
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Hobsons Choice, a 2-year-old son of Cantab Hall,will look to take all the spoils in the $50,000 Bridger Trotting Series final on Monday evening at Mohawk, something that would certainly please his conditioner, Clark Beelby, as well as a harness racing legend.
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A trio of Grade 1 events restricted to three-year-old fillies will be contested in the next week, and could go a long way toward clarifying a wide-open race for the divisional Eclipse Award.
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Aidan O'Brien's trio of Treasure Beach, Up and Daddy Long Legs all made an appearance Friday morning at Arlington Park, one day ahead of their starts in the International Festival of Racing.
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Jockey Paco Lopez scored his 1,000th career win when he rode Whitey's Gold to victory for trainer Bobby DiBona in the second race at Monmouth Park Aug. 17.
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Murmur Hanover bounced back from a disappointing performance in the last Ontario Sires Stakes Gold Series event with an impressive win in Gold elimination action at Mohawk Racetrack on Thursday evening (August 16).
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Sophomore pacers and trotters took to the Ocean Downs oval for Maryland Sires Stake action on Thursday (August 16). Jim and Carol Atkinson’s Brite Jet (Jet Pace-Brite Outlook) continued to own the filly pacing division as she played catch me if you can. George Dennis brushed Brite Jet right to the lead when the wings folded, giving rival Rockin Roxanne (Up Front Charlie) a perfect pocket trip, but once again Brite Jet pulled away from the field, pacing her mile in 1:57.
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Officially the race was a mile but Air-Stewart needed only a short distance to make it no contest. When driver Ray Paver unleashed Air-stewart with a quarter-mile remaining, he moved three-wide around the field with ease and drew off to win comfortably by eight lengths in 1:57.4. Jailhouse Juice was second, nosing out Singlenrdytomingle.
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The sun was shining brightly and the wind whispered softly on Thursday afternoon at Monticello Raceway when 2-year-old pacing fillies raced for nearly $210,000 in New York-bred action and when the day was over the track record for the freshman fillies fell, not once, but twice. Actually the former mark of 1:56.4 set in 1995 by Chi Chi’s Girl and driver Matt Romano was bettered four times during the daytime racing program.
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