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May 23, 2012 2:52 PM
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Seventy horses were entered to race at a matinee harness race event at LSK Downs in Gladewater, Texas, on Saturday (May 19). It was a successful 14 race card that was observed by an estimated 300 people, including USTA District 4 Directors Royal Roland and Gabe Wand.
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May 23, 2012 12:39 PM
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GLADA club president and race favorite Steve Oldford streaked to victory to take the first race and its points toward the championship under a threatening sky but before a receptive crowd on Monday (May 21) at Hazel Park.
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May 23, 2012 11:31 AM
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Yonkers Raceway hosted its first New York Sire Stakes event of the season Monday night, with the $339,040 Hugh Grant Pace for three-year-old colts and geldings.
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May 17, 2012 2:25 PM
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Sophomore filly trotters dominated the action on Wednesday night at Saratoga Casino and Raceway as the New York Sire Stakes season got underway. There were 11 races full of Sire Stakes competitors with seven divisions of the Excelsior Series, known formerly as the Late Closers, and four races for the "big time” stakes fillies.
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May 17, 2012 1:45 PM
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Multiple graded stakes winner Stay Thirsty, who took last year's Travers Stakes (G1), makes his 2012 debut in the Vanlandingham Stakes on Thursday at Belmont Park.
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May 15, 2012 11:19 AM
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Aksil defeated Sunday Dream by a half-length at Salon-de-Provence in France on Monday to become the first winner for freshman sire and 2008 Arlington Million (G1) winner Spirit One (Fr).
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May 14, 2012 5:00 PM
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Parx Racing has increased the purse of the grade I Cotillion Stakes for 3-year-old fillies to $1 million and scheduled it on the same day as the $1 million Pennsylvania Derby (gr. II) for 3-year-olds.
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May 14, 2012 4:58 PM
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Parx Racing has added a second million-dollar race to its stakes lineup for 2012.
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May 14, 2012 4:52 PM
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According to reports, the connections of Commander Crowe, who won the Oslo Grand Prix on Sunday (May 13), plan to bring the horse to the U.S. to compete in the Nat Ray on Hambletonian Day at the Meadowlands. The horse has not yet been officially invited to compete in the event, which is an invitation-only race.
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May 14, 2012 4:50 PM
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On the one hand, trainer Todd Pletcher is looking for redemption. On the other, it’s all about progression. Pletcher will saddle both Disposablepleasure and In Lingerie in the 88th renewal of the $300,000 Black-Eyed Susan (G2) on Friday at Pimlico Race Course.
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May 14, 2012 4:03 PM
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Peter Fuller, the New England car dealer best known for owning 1968 disqualified Kentucky Derby winner Dancer's Image, died May 14 after a lengthy illness.
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May 14, 2012 10:07 AM
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United States expatriates Fawkes and Love N Hate won the two royal races for 4-year-old trotters at Aby Thursday evening (May 10) and both were driven and trained by Ake Svanstedt.
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May 14, 2012 10:05 AM
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Perfect Rendition (Larry Stalbaum) blew away the competition and into Yonkers Raceway's record books on Thursday night (May 10). His 1:54.3 effort matched the fastest-ever local trot mile.
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May 23, 2012 12:39 PM
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Eight of North America’s top free for all pacers have earned their spots in the C$300,000 Molson Pace final, the signature race for The Raceway at Western Fair District, on Friday night (May 25).
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May 23, 2012 11:34 AM
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Three-year-old trotting gelding Mikey Hanover celebrated Victoria Day with an impressive victory in the Grassroots season opener at Mohawk Racetrack.
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May 17, 2012 2:44 PM
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Dan Patch Award winner Sweet Lou and runner-up A Rocknroll Dance are among 24 Little Brown Jug eligibles who will be competing in Sires Stakes this weekend at the Meadowlands Racetrack and Mohegan Sun at Pocono Downs.
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May 17, 2012 2:24 PM
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It has been reported that Brian Sears will drive Arch Madness in Europe’s biggest heat race, the Elitlopp at Solvalla, on May 27.
It will be the first time that Sears has ever driven in a European race, but it’ll be the second time that Arch Madness will race in the Elitlopp. Last year the Trond Smedhammer-trained Arch Madness won an elimination for Swedish driver Bjorn Goop, but finished unplaced in the final.
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May 15, 2012 11:31 AM
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Taylor Jean powered to the lead from post eight and glided through the slop to capture a division of Monday's $100,000 Pennsylvania Stallion Series stake at The Meadows.
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May 14, 2012 5:02 PM
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With each birth of a foal comes hope for greatness, for speed, for courage above all others. Among Standardbreds, those hopes usually come with long odds, as there are about 10,000 foals born in North America each year, virtually all in a plain brown wrapper. While there are occasional greys and chestnut Standardbreds, they are the exception to the rule -- brown or bay.
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May 14, 2012 4:58 PM
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The world's top-ranked horse, Frankel, makes his eagerly-anticipated
reappearance in Saturday's Group 1 Lockinge Stakes at Newbury and is likely to
be joined in the field by stablemate Bullet Train.
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May 14, 2012 4:57 PM
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Trainer Aidan O'Brien on Monday paraded Group 1 Derby favorite Camelot at a media morning organized by Epsom Downs Racecourse and Investec at his Ballydoyle Stable in County Tipperary and is counting down the days until the premier classic on June 2. O'Brien is chasing a third Derby victory following success with Galileo (2001) and High Chaparral (2002).
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May 14, 2012 4:52 PM
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AmWest Entertainment is the exclusive distributor of Singapore's racing festival, which features two group I races May 20.
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May 14, 2012 4:45 PM
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Delaware Park opened its 75th season of Thoroughbred racing on a picture-perfect afternoon May 12 with a large, yet it was also set to face some challenges for the 100-day meet.
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May 14, 2012 10:08 AM
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The New York Sire Stakes opens its 2012 campaign at Buffalo Raceway on Saturday (May 12) with a first post of 6:40 p.m. Three divisions of sophomore colt pacers will take to the Hamburg oval in NYSS action, going for purses of more than $48,000. Another five divisions of colt pacers will be competing in the Excelsior Series.
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May 14, 2012 10:07 AM
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Hoosier Park Racing & Casino played host to a trio of Indiana Silver Sire Stakes divisions for 3-year-old trotting fillies on Thursday (May 10). Offering purses of $10,000 each, they were the featured events on the 14-race card.
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