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May 24, 2012 10:14 AM
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Harness racing has seen some very good 3-year-old pacers over the last decade. Somebeachsomewhere stands out as possibly the greatest of a group that includes Rocknroll Heaven, Rock N Roll Hanover, and others. While there have been some standout performers, you would be hard-pressed to find more than one or two other top quality sophomore pacers during the years that the previously mentioned horses competed.
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May 24, 2012 10:13 AM
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Brian Sears hopes to make his first trip to Sweden a winning one.
Sears will drive Arch Madness in Sunday’s prestigious Elitlopp, an invitational event that unites 16 of the world’s best trotters at Solvalla Racetrack, and could join elite company with a victory.
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May 24, 2012 10:12 AM
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La Sainte Helene scored a 1½-length victory at Lyon-Parilly in France on Wednesday to become the first winner for multiple Group 1 winner and French-based freshman sire Linngari.
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May 24, 2012 10:12 AM
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Simmard was assigned high weight in the Louisville Handicap (gr. IIIT) at Churchill Downs at 1 1/2 miles May 26, and it's easy to see why.
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May 24, 2012 10:11 AM
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Bustinattheseams bounded out of the starting gate under strong encouragement from John Velazquez and was never seriously threatened thereafter as she posted a comfortable victory in her career debut and became the first winner for Grade 1 winner and New York-based freshman sire Bustin Stones.
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May 24, 2012 10:11 AM
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Put On A Show brings a four-race win streak to Sunday afternoon's $100,000 Betsy Ross Invitational for pacing mares at Harrah's Philadelphia. In her only previous appearance at the track, Put On A Show won the 2010 Valley Forge in a stakes-record 1:50.1. She was named the sport's best 3-year-old pacing filly that season.
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May 24, 2012 10:00 AM
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Alternation, currently the top-rated horse in the weekly NTRA Thoroughbred Poll, came out of his game win last Friday in the Pimlico Special in good condition and will make his next start in the Stephen Foster Handicap on June 16 at Churchill Downs...
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May 24, 2012 9:35 AM
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A dull last of six in her season debut in the Grade 1 Jenny Wiley last month,
the five-year-old Aruna will attempt to rebound Saturday in the Grade 2,
$200,000
Sheepshead Bay at Belmont Park.
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May 23, 2012 4:24 PM
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Tim Tetrick has had a lot of great moments during his harness racing career, and what happens within the next week or so may rank near the top of the list when combining family life with his job.
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May 23, 2012 4:23 PM
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Trainer-driver Dan Shetler scored twice in the second round of the $10,000 Indiana Silver Sire Stakes action on Tuesday (May 22) at Hoosier Park Racing and Casino.
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May 23, 2012 4:22 PM
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The Virginia birthplace of 1973 Triple Crown winner Secretariat was sold at a foreclosure auction Tuesday.
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May 23, 2012 4:11 PM
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National television viewership of last Saturday's Preakness Stakes (G1) declined 7% compared with 2011, according to data released Tuesday by Nielsen Media and NBC Sports Group.
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May 23, 2012 3:04 PM
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On Fire Baby has trained so well since her fifth-place finish in the May 4 Kentucky Oaks that trainer Gary “Red Dog” Hartlage is trying her in another Grade 1 race, the Acorn Stakes on Monday at Belmont Park.
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May 24, 2012 10:14 AM
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Doug McNair really likes the horses he will drive in Friday’s C$300,000 Molson Pace and Saturday’s C$600,000 Upper Canada Cup. He is less enthusiastic about their starting spots.
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May 24, 2012 10:13 AM
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After producing convincing wins this winter in the Grade 2 Arcadia and Grade
2 Sir Beaufort, Mr. Commons was upset at odds-on in the Grade 1 Frank E. Kilroe
Mile on March 3, finishing second by a neck.
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May 24, 2012 10:12 AM
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Neither Sweet Lou or A Rocknroll Dance will be including the Somebeachsomewhere Stake on their respective dance cards.
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May 24, 2012 10:12 AM
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No factor in her only start this year, Aruna looks to get back on the beam for trainer Graham Motion in the $200,000 Sheepshead Bay Stakes (gr. IIT), scheduled for the inner turf course at Belmont Park May 26.
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May 24, 2012 10:11 AM
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Woodbine Polytrack specialist Stunning Stag makes his third attempt at winning the $150,000 Eclipse Stakes (Can-III) in the seasonal debut for Janice and Sid Attard's 8-year-old May 26.
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May 24, 2012 10:00 AM
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Put On A Show brings a four-race win streak to Sunday afternoon’s $100,000 Betsy Ross Invitational for pacing mares at Harrah’s Philadelphia. In her only previous appearance at the track, Put On A Show won the 2010 Valley Forge in a stakes-record 1:50.1. She was named the sport’s best 3-year-old pacing filly that season.
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May 24, 2012 9:35 AM
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Doug McNair really likes the horses he will drive in Friday's $300,000 Molson Pace and Saturday's $600,000 Upper Canada Cup. He is less enthusiastic about their starting spots.
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May 23, 2012 4:24 PM
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Doug McNair really likes the horses he will drive in Friday’s C$300,000 Molson Pace and Saturday’s C$600,000 Upper Canada Cup. He is less enthusiastic about their starting spots.
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May 23, 2012 4:23 PM
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San Pail's trainer, Rod Hughes, who along with his wife Emily also shares ownership of the 2011 Horse of the Year with Glenn Van Camp, told harnessracing.com that although he had contemplated traveling to Sweden for Sunday's Elitlopp in a "scouting trip” for a possible journey in 2013, he has decided to remain at his Ontario home.
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May 23, 2012 4:22 PM
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Foiled Again is the horse to beat Friday night at Western Fair Raceway.
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May 23, 2012 4:21 PM
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A half-dozen 3-year-olds--five colts and a gelding--have been entered for Yonkers Raceway's Art Rooney Pace. That limited number means the 22nd edition of the Rooney, worth $306,204, will be a one-dash-for-the-cash event, scheduled for Saturday night, June 2.
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May 23, 2012 3:04 PM
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Less than a week after he nearly died from a severe colon infection and accompanying heart attack, trainer Don Warren was recovering at a local hospital and eager to get back to work with his top horse, the 2011 champion older male Acclamation.
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