Action-Broadway returned to the winner’s circle in last weekend’s eliminations for the C$376,000 Armbro Flight Stakes for older female trotters at Mohawk Racetrack, and trainer Virgil Morgan Jr. is hopeful that’s a good sign.
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Three divisions of the top Delaware bred sophomore pacing colts and geldings went postward in $20,000 Delaware Standardbred Breeders Fund eliminations on Monday (June 11) at Harrington Raceway. 
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This past week, three different handicappers took top honors in HANA Harness’ The Pen vs. The Chip Handicapping Challenge sponsored by the Hambletonian Society, Meadowlands, Tioga Downs and Vernon Downs. By the time the dust settled, Pen Handicapper Mark McKelvie barely held on to the lead in the overall standings with a 1.0 Win ROI, just a .02 lead over Trackmaster’s Chatsworth Consortium.
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Trainer Les Givens captured three of the five $20,000 divisions of the Delaware Standardbred Breeders Fund (DSBF) Stakes for 3-year-old trotters on Sunday at Harrington Raceway.
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One day after guiding Union Rags to victory in the Belmont Stakes, jockey John Velazquez capped his memorable weekend by engineering a course record-setting win aboard Stuart S. Janney III's homebred Data Link in Sunday's Grade 2, $200,000 Monmouth Stakes. Velazquez was riding both for the first time in a race, and in both cases, he conjured up a late run to prevail in the final yards.
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New York-bred champion sprinter Giant Ryan, who fractured both left front sesamoids during the running of the True North Handicap (gr. II) on the Belmont Stakes undercard June 9, remained stabled at Belmont Park overnight.
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Wishing Stone, the winner of the 2010 Kentucky Futurity, captured the Copenhagen Cup in the Danish capital city on Sunday afternoon (June 10). The 5-year-old son of Conway Hall was driven by Jeppe Juel while Bo Westergard handled the training of Wishing Stone in Denmark for regular conditioner Ake Svanstedt. The purse for the race was approximately $225,000.
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The 5-year-old North American-bred trotter Formula One took his first victory in the Swedish V75 Gold division, winning the Jämtland Stora Pris, over 1-5/16, mile with a purse for the winner of $105,000.
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Market Share and Knows Nothing each won C$30,000 Goodtimes Eliminations on Saturday night at Mohawk and will clash in next week’s final for 3-year-old trotters.
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The eliminations for the Goodtimes Trot both were won by Market Share (Revenue) and Knows Nothing (Kadabra), with both colts needing fast miles to take their respective races.
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Brittany Farms, trainer Jimmy Takter, driver Tim Tetrick and the sire American Ideal swept the two eliminations for the Fan Hanover Stakes on Saturday night at Mohawk, with Romantic Moment and American Jewel scoring.
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E Street Plan and Mike Simons took home Saturday night's second division of the Nichols True Value late closer at Tioga Downs with a 1:51 performance. At Mohegan Sun at Pocono Downs, River Shark was a 1:49.3 winner.
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Paco Labrook earned his first lifetime Open-level win with an impressive 1:50.4 triumph in the co-featured $24,000 Open Pace at Hoosier Park Racing & Casino on Saturday (June 11). In a lifetime best effort, Paco Labrook was able to overcome a taxing trip to score his third straight victory in three outings this year.
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Two weeks ago, Trevor Henry secured his spot at the top of Grand River Raceway’s drivers colony when he scored five winners from seven drives. On Monday (June 11) he was back at it, securing six winners on the 12-race card. Trevor Henry won six races on Monday at Grand River Raceway.
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Winning Mister survived a stiff challenge from an unexpected source as well as a judges’ inquiry en route to victory in Monday’s (June 11) $22,500 Preferred Handicap Trot at The Meadows.
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Earl of Tinsdal took the lead at the start and never relinquished it, drawing off for a 3 1/2-length victory in the Gran Premio di Milano (Ity-I) at San Siro June 10.
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Little Brown Jug fans, especially those from Ohio, again have a solid contender to root for in the 67th Classic, to be raced on September 20 at the Delaware, Ohio County Fairgrouns. A Rocknroll Dance, trained by Wauseon, Ohio native Jim Mulinix, has proven he can compete on this high level. In 2011, Buckeye fans watched hometown favorite Big Bad John, trained by Ron Potter of Delaware, capture the Little Brown Jug.
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Fans were treated to 20 of the sport’s best horses in training and two fantastic races on Sunday afternoon at Tioga Downs, including the $184,000 Artiscape Pace and $182,000 Bettor's Delight Open pace.
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After nearly one year, the 2010 Kentucky Futurity winner 2010, Wishing Stone, returned to the winner’s circle on Sunday afternoon at the Charlottenlund racetrack in Copenhagen in the Broline Copenhagen Cup, a stop on the European Grand Circuit.
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Veteran driver Dan Daley earned his 1,000th career victory and Hay Goodlooking achieved his initial local Open pacing triumph of the season during Saturday night’s 12-race program at Vernon Downs.
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Pacific Classic winner Acclamation, America's reigning Eclipse Award winning older horse, returned after an eight month layoff to complete a hat trick in the Charles Whittingham...
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Two eliminations for the C$567,000 Fan Hanover Stakes went to post on Saturday night at Mohawk.
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How 'Sweet' it is. It will be even sweeter for Sweet Lou's connections next Saturday if he can duplicate his elim performance in the $1.5 million Pepsi North America Cup final for 3-year-old pacers.
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Two of the best freshman pacing fillies in Ohio last year scored their first victories of the 2012 season in Ohio Sires Stakes action at Scioto Downs on Saturday night.
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Dapper Dude, a 9-1 outsider driven by Hall of Famer John Campbell, got up in the closing strides to win the first C$50,000 Pepsi North America Cup Elimination Saturday at Mohawk Racetrack, and Sweet Lou set a track record in winning the other.
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