If laughter is the best medicine, Bob Riddle has the sense of humor to get well quickly. Seeing his 3-year-old filly pacer Major Look reel off some stakes victories might help as well.
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North America's finest older trotters are set to clash in the 60th edition of the Maple Leaf Trot, Saturday evening at Mohawk. The finest of them all, right now, is Chapter Seven. 
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Five of the seven two-year-old fillies entered in the Schuylerville Stakes (G3) Friday at Saratoga Race Course will be running for a hefty payday.
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The Ottawa County Fair at Oak Harbor, Ohio, hosted the Northwestern Ohio Colt Racing Association 2- and 3-year-old colt and filly stakes along with four overnight races on Monday afternoon (July 16). Temperatures were in the mid-90s for the 13-race program.
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Now that the weather is heating up so is the action in the C.K.G. Billings Harness Driving Championship Series. Known as the Grand Circuit of Amateur Racing, the series, and the success of it over the past three decades, has spawned various local amateur clubs and other amateur series.
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Adios Week, the annual festival of exciting Grand Circuit racing and fun-filled entertainment highlighted by the $600,000 (est.) Delvin Miller Adios for harness racing's finest 3-year-old pacers, kicks off Saturday, July 21, at The Meadows Racetrack & Casino.
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Family and friends gathered on Sunday (July 15) to honor one of the most respected horsemen in western New York over the last 50 years.
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When young trotters step in behind the starting gate things can get a little unpredictable, and Mohawk Racetrack fans had no luck predicting the winners of Monday’s (July 16) 2-year-old trotting colt Ontario Sires Stakes Gold eliminations.
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On Sunday (July 15) at the Freedom Fest State Fair in New Jersey, two retired Standardbreds were invited to participate in a horse exhibition for the fair attendees.
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Wednesday's opening card of Del Mar's 75th anniversary meeting marks an exciting change in the calendar for racing fans who appreciate architectural splendor, sublime weather conditions, and a thriving social milieu in addition to action on the racetrack.
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Keeneland Race Course released its stakes schedule for the fall 2012 meeting on Monday, which will run from October 5-27.
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On the strength of his victories in the Hollywood Gold Cup Handicap (G1) and the Californian Stakes (G1), Game On Dude was voted Horse of the Meet in a media poll for the Inglewood, California racetrack’s spring/summer meet, which concluded Sunday.
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The annual New York Racing All-Stars Charity Basketball Game will take place July 25, at 7 p.m. at the Saratoga Rec Center in Saratoga Springs, N.Y.
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Acclamation, last year’s champion older male, will attempt to extend his winning streak to seven this weekend in the July 21 Eddie Read Handicap (gr. IT) at Del Mar, a race he captured last year in wire-to-wire fashion.
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Defending champion Jackson Bend and multiple graded stakes winner Caixa Eletronica highlight the James Marvin Stakes (G3), the co-feature on Friday's opening day card at historic Saratoga Race Course.
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Foiled Again is expected to enter this Saturday’s (July 21) Battle of Lake Erie and will try to become the first horse in Northfield Park history to win the event three times.
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Three-year-old filly trotter Check Me Out took the No. 1 spot in this week’s Hambletonian Society/Breeders Crown poll after winning the Delvin Miller Memorial in a world-record 1:51.3.
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Jockey John Velazquez returned to the saddle Monday morning for the first time since breaking his collarbone in a spill last month at Churchill Downs, and hopes to return to race riding by the end of this month.
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On Wednesday afternoon (July 18), eight divisions of New York-bred freshman trotting fillies will go to post at Monticello Raceway with five $28,362 splits in the New York Sires Stakes and another three in the Excelsior Series with each of those races going for $12,800 purses.
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Trainer Mark Casse had faith in Dixie Strike, and his judgment was rewarded at Fort Erie on Sunday when the filly recorded the biggest win of her career in the $500,000 Prince of Wales Stakes.
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The second round of the Town Pro Pacing Series continued on Monday evening (July 16) at Mohawk with first leg winners Mileys Big World and Unred Hanover once again taking home top honors.
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Besilu Stable's Royal Delta worked five furlongs in 1:00 1/5 July 15 and will ship to Delaware Park for the $750,000 Delaware Handicap (gr. II) July 21, trainer Bill Mott said.
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Yannick Gingras was not surprised to receive congratulations after winning the Meadowlands Pace last Saturday with A Rocknroll Dance. He was stunned by the number.
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Apprentice jockey Jose Ortiz was scheduled to be released from North Shore University Hospital Monday afternoon after an overnight stay following a spill in Sunday afternoon’s eighth race.
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Two-time reigning Eclipse Award-winning jockey Ramon Dominguez won Belmont Park's spring/summer riding title for the fourth straight year, with 70 wins during the 56-day meet that concluded Sunday.
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