Googoo Gaagaa, who won his elimination for the $500,000 Earl Beal Jr. Memorial Trot at Mohegan Sun at Pocono Downs in a world record 1:51.3, drew post six for Saturday night's rich race. Stormin Normand, who captured the second elim in 1:51.4, will start from post four in the nine-horse field of 3-year-old male trotters.
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The Del Mar jockey colony will apparently be without its leading rider from the last three summers when the seaside oval opens on July 18. 
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Dreamlands Art stung Schoolkids to the quarter before yielding to the pocket, then blew by in the lane to capture Tuesday's $22,500 Preferred Pace at The Meadows. Dave Palone drove five winners Tuesday, raising his career total to 15,152 as he closes inexorably on Herve Filion's North American record of 15,180.
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$150,000 Donald LeVine Memorial Handicap June 23 offers potential confidence-booster off seventh-place finish in Pimlico Special.
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Tioga Downs will offer late-closers for those New York-bred 3-year-old pacers not competing in the Empire Breeders Classic (EBC). Horses nominated to any of the state-bred programs (NYSS, Excelsior and NY fairs) may be made eligible for these races. The condition for these events is non-winners of $60,000 lifetime by July 1, 2012. The nomination deadline for both is July 15, 2012.
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Three divisions of New York Sire Stakes races for 3-year-old filly trotters highlight Wednesday’s (June 20) races at Buffalo Raceway. First post is scheduled for 5 p.m. (EDT).
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Ron Pierce’s earnings this past Saturday night at Mohawk Racetrack, which included wins in the $343,980 Goodtimes Stakes with Beer Summit and $98,000 Mohawk Gold Cup Invitational with We Will See, helped move the Hall of Fame driver into the No. 2 spot in career purses.
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HOOF IT, who had been a general 14-1 chance for the Diamond Jubilee Stakes at Royal Ascot, has been ruled out of the race by trainer Mick Easterby.
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Dapper Dude is looking sporty as he heads to Saturday’s C$1.5 million Pepsi North America Cup for 3-year-old pacers at Mohawk Racetrack.
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Pachattack, winner of the April 20 Doubledogdare Stakes (gr. III) in her only start this year, will be the likely favorite in the 1 1/8-mile Obeah Stakes (gr. III) at Delaware Park June 16.
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Racing fans will be treated to world-class racing along with a number of exciting promotions this Saturday at Mohawk, the night of the 29th edition of the $1.5 million Pepsi North America Cup.
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Still fighting the good fight at age 12, Elegant Emma N ended up in the Cal Expo winner’s circle last week for owners Rick and Marlene Thomas, trainer George Reider and pilot James Kennedy.
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Harness racing concluded at the 2012 Paulding County Fair in Paulding, Ohio, on Wednesday night (June 13). Racing fans enjoyed an eight-race program on another beautiful June evening.
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Maywood Park steals a piece of the standardbred spotlight on Friday night when they host the $123,000 Maywood Pace for 3-year-old colt and gelding pacers. Eight will line up behind the gate of the half-mile track in hopes of taking home the winner’s share of the purse.
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Trotting titan San Pail, who last raced April 23 at Woodbine, is set to qualify this Friday (June 22) at Mohawk, according to trainer Rod Hughes. A winner of $2,987,294, San Pail will look for his fourth straight Maple Leaf Trot title on July 21 at the Campbellville oval.
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The Maryland Racing Commission voted that 1973 Triple Crown winner Secretariat, who set records that still stand at the Kentucky Derby (gr. I) and the Belmont States (gr. I), also set one in the Preakness.
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Sweet Lou won’t race again until the Meadowlands Pace eliminations on July 7, but that doesn’t mean he won’t be busy.
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With his four victories Monday (June 18) at The Meadows, Dave Palone lifted his career win total to 15,147 as he pursues Herve Filion's North American driving record of 15,180, putting him just 33 wins shy of the record.
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Top West Coast-based rider Joel Rosario will relocate to New York, according to his agent Ronnie Ebanks.
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Updated future-book odds from Wynn Las Vegas’ Johnny Avello on the Breeders’ Cup Classic in the wake of Saturday night’s Stephen Foster Handicap at Churchill Downs.
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In what may be a harness racing first, eight juniors will line up behind the mobile starting gate at Monticello Raceway and drive their horses to the finish, each seeking to be the winner of the track’s first-ever Junior Free For All.
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Multiple Grade 1 winner Presious Passion has been retired to his birthplace, Joseph and Helen Barbazon's farm in Ocala, Florida.
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Following therapy to treat inflammation around his fetlocks, Nate's Mineshaft has registered three graded stakes wins this season.
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Anyone who took the time to examine the pedigrees of 2-year-old Pasaka Boy and 7-year-old Shesha Bear on the Salisbury race card in England June 12 couldn't help but be surprised.
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He was a top trotter once, but in the twilight of his racing days he’d peen picking up mostly minor checks in claimers. But on Wednesday (June 13) at The Meadows, Stiletto barreled home for Mike Wilder to finish second; the $1,125 he picked up lifted him past $1 million in lifetime earnings, a fitting capper to his distinguished career.
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