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June 11, 2012 10:41 AM
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Saturday’s Racing Roundup features stories from Scarborough Downs, Pompano Park, Hoosier Park, Mohegan Sun at Pocono Downs, Tioga Downs, Cal Expo, Buffalo Raceway and Saratoga.
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June 11, 2012 10:41 AM
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Fort Loudon drew closer to a half-million in earnings while continuing his winning ways Saturday in the $75,000 Unbridled Stakes on Calder's Summit Preview Day. The Awesome of Course gelding took command of the six-furlong, fast-track contest at the quarter-pole and drew off under urging from jockey Fernando Jara to post a 3 3/4-length victory as the 3-5 favorite.
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June 11, 2012 10:40 AM
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Trinniberg wired the field to capture the 28th running of the Woody Stephens Stakes (G2) Saturday at Belmont Park, for connections still shaken by the breakdown of their Grade 1 winner Giant Ryan two races earlier.
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June 11, 2012 10:40 AM
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The 5-year-old Tapit mare holds off even-money favorite Winter Memories.
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June 11, 2012 10:39 AM
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My Gi Gi grabbed the lead in the final strides and held off the overwhelming favorite Lady of Shamrock by a nose for her first stakes victory in the $150,00 Honeymoon Handicap (gr. IIT) June 9 on the turf at Hollywood Park.
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June 11, 2012 10:39 AM
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Grade 1 winner Giant Ryan was to undergo surgery after breaking down in deep stretch of the True North Handicap (G2) on Saturday at Belmont Park.
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June 11, 2012 10:38 AM
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Saturday morning's qualifers for 2-year-old trotters at the Meadowlands included several impressive performances. Solveig's Breeders' Dontyouforgetit, a colt by Cantab Hall out of Solveig, turned in the fastest time for a freshman colt trotter to date winning in 1:58 flat for trainer-driver Jimmy Takter.
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June 11, 2012 10:38 AM
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Shrugging off a demanding 26.4 opening quarter, Marty Party remained strong to the wire Friday at The Meadows, capturing a Pennsylvania Sires Stake division in a stake-record 1:51.3.
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June 11, 2012 10:03 AM
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The superiority of New York-bred 3-year-old trotters For A Dancer and Archangel was again apparent on Friday night at Vernon Downs by virtue of the fact that each was a track record breaking winner in this season’s $472,750 Empire Breeders Classic divisional events.
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June 11, 2012 10:03 AM
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The sport’s top trotting mares stormed into Mohawk on Friday evening to contest a pair of C$50,000 Armbro Flight Eliminations. Driver Doug McNair found the winner’s circle in both eliminations, with Pembroke Heat Wave and Action Broadway.
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June 11, 2012 10:03 AM
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Jay Em Ess Stable's Redeemed took the lead soon after the start of Friday's Grade 2, $200,000 Brooklyn Handicap at Belmont Park and turned back several challenges en route to a dominating 10-length victory under jockey Ramon Dominguez. The four-year-old son of Include was forced to tote the highweight of 121 pounds following a 9 3/4-length romp in the Milesius Stakes on May 3, but that wasn't enough to stop him from completing 1 1/2 miles on the fast dirt in 2:28 4/5.
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June 11, 2012 10:02 AM
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nquiring minds may want to know what it looks like to ride a winning race aboard a Thoroughbred. More specifically, what does it look like for the jockey to come from well back in the pack and then have to split two rivals in tight quarters before going on and eventually catching the front runner?
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June 11, 2012 10:02 AM
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Doug McNair may look like your average 22-year-old, but not too many people his age have the opportunity to drive away a winner in the world's richest standardbred pacing event. He sports blond, tussled, yet meticulously placed hair, fashioning an Aeropostale t-shirt and jeans with flip flops.
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June 11, 2012 10:41 AM
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Acclamation, last year's champion old horse, made his long-awaited return to action with a front-running victory in the $250,000 Charles Whittingham Memorial Handicap (gr. IT) at Betfair Hollywood Park June 9.
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June 11, 2012 10:40 AM
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Making his second start in the U.S., Desert Blanc won a stretch duel with Papaw Bodie to win the Woodford Reserve Manhattan (gr. IT), the turf marathon on the June 9 Belmont Stakes card.
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June 11, 2012 10:40 AM
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"That was pretty impressive, to say the least," said trainer Dale Romans after Tapitsfly, his five-year-old mare, won the Longines Just A Game Stakes (G1) in wire-to-wire fashion Saturday at Belmont Park.
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June 11, 2012 10:39 AM
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Caixa Eletronica took advantage of a blistering early pace to rally in the stretch for a three-quarters of a length victory in the True North Handicap (gr. II) on the Belmont Stakes card June 8.
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June 11, 2012 10:39 AM
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Teeth of the Dog added further proof to the notion that the crop of this year's three-year-olds to compete in the spring classics was a strong group with a 3 ¾-length victory in the $100,000 Easy Goer Stakes on Saturday at Belmont Park.
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June 11, 2012 10:38 AM
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So Many Ways set a pressured pace before drawing clear in early stretch and powering to an eight-length victory in her career debut at Parx Racing, becoming the first winner for Grade 2 winner and freshman sire Sightseeing.
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June 11, 2012 10:38 AM
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The superiority of New York-bred 3-year-old trotters For A Dancer and Archangel was again apparent on Friday night at Vernon Downs by virtue of the fact that each was a track record-breaking winner in this season’s $472,750 Empire Breeders Classic divisional events.
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June 11, 2012 10:35 AM
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Multiple grade I winner Richard's Kid was victorious in his first start in the United States in more than 20 months, romping by 7 1/4 lengths at Betfair Hollywood Park in the $71,650 Prove It Stakes on the night of June 8.
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June 11, 2012 10:03 AM
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The finest sophomore trotting fillies on the continent were showcased at Mohawk on Friday evening in a pair of $30,000 Elegantimage Stakes eliminations. Hambletonian eligible Check Me Out and Maven scored victories in their respective eliminations.
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June 11, 2012 10:03 AM
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The finest sophomore trotting fillies on the continent were showcased at Mohawk on Friday evening in a pair of C$30,000 Elegantimage Eliminations, in which the Hambletonian eligibles Check Me Out and Maven scored victories in their respective divisions.
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June 11, 2012 10:02 AM
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This Sunday afternoon, 20 of arguably the best older horses in all of harness racing will converge here on the five-eighth’s mile oval of Tioga Downs.
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June 11, 2012 10:02 AM
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This year's deep crop of free-for-all pacers just added another world champion to its ranks. Hypnotic Blue Chip has come out of retirement and will make his 2012 debut in Saturday's tenth race at the Meadowlands Racetrack. The 6-year-old son of Art Major, who holds a 1:47.2 world record and earnings of $1,532,752, will start from post five with Hall of Famer Mike Lachance in the sulky.
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