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May 8, 2012 12:37 PM
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Jockey DeShawn L. Parker reached a career milestone when he won his 4,000th career victory aboard Cuban Carmen in the third race at Mountaineer Casino Racetrack & Resort May 6.
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May 6, 2012 5:15 PM
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NICHOLS -- Derby Fest 5 on Saturday will open what is scheduled to be a 61-day harness racing season at Tioga Downs. Post time is set for 5 p.m. on a day when visitors can watch and wager on all races from Churchill Downs.
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May 3, 2012 5:28 PM
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Canada's champion sprinter Essence Hit Man looks for his second victory of the year in the $150,000 Vigil Stakes (Can-III) at Woodbine May 6.
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May 3, 2012 5:27 PM
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Second in last month's Providencia Stakes (gr. IIT), Byrama is one seven sophomore fillies seeking a first stakes tally in the $100,000 Senorita Stakes (gr. IIIT) on the turf May 5 at BetfairHollywood Park.
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May 3, 2012 4:23 PM
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Allthatgltrsisgold returned to Hoosier Park Racing & Casino's winner's circle for the second time this season while Abc Mercedes recorded his third win in a season's best performance in their $24,000 respective features on Wednesday.
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May 3, 2012 4:02 PM
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Harness racing convert Julie Parsons, from Wallacedale in south-west Victoria, wants her sport to get the recognition it deserves.
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May 3, 2012 3:50 PM
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Although the opening event of the 2012 Sires Stakes program for Florida-bred trotters and pacers doesn't start for another six weeks, there's been a noteworthy change in connections for the 3-year-old colt pacer Keemosabe.
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May 3, 2012 3:49 PM
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Eight stakes winners are among the entrants for the $150,000 Fort Marcy Stakes (gr. IIIT) on the grass May 5 at Belmont Park, with Boisterous the 5-2 morning line choice.
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May 3, 2012 12:22 PM
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Chamberlain Bridge, winner of the 2010 Breeders' Cup Turf Sprint (gr. IIT) at Churchill Downs, returns to familiar territory when he takes on 11 rivals in the Twin Spires Turf Sprint at the track.
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May 3, 2012 12:20 PM
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Winter Memories will attempt to win her fourth graded stakes at Belmont Park when she makes her 2012 debut in the $150,000 Beaugay (gr. IIIT) on May 5.
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May 3, 2012 12:11 PM
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The Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame is pleased to announce its 2012 Legend inductees.
The Legends section of the Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame honours the people and horses whose accomplishments and feats occurred a number of decades ago. These people and horses made unique contributions to horse racing in Canada and the Hall of Fame is pleased to recognize the special roles they played in the development of Canadian horse racing.
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May 3, 2012 12:11 PM
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Doubles Partner, third in the April 13 Makers 46 Mile (gr. IT) at Keeneland after an unfortunate trip, returns to one of his favorite grass courses for the $500,000 Woodford Reserve Turf Classic (gr. IT) at Churchill May 5.
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May 3, 2012 11:36 AM
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Get Stormy failed to turn an uncontested lead into a repeat victory in the Grade 1 Maker's 46 Mile at Keeneland three weeks ago, but will have an opportunity to make amends in his title defense of Saturday's Grade 1 $500,000 Woodford Reserve Turf Classic at Churchill Downs. The nine-furlong grass test, the traditional race before the Kentucky Derby, highlights a blockbuster Derby Day undercard that includes four other graded stakes.
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May 8, 2012 12:37 PM
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A pair of Illinois conceived and foaled stakes shared top billing during another busy weekend of action at Balmoral Park.
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May 3, 2012 5:29 PM
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For the second time in the three-track NAADA Trotting Series, Bob Hechkoff and Tremendous Hit have emerged victorious. Their most recent triumph came on Thursday (May 3) at Freehold Raceway when Hechkoff guided his veteran trotter to a 2:03.1 victory.
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May 3, 2012 5:28 PM
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Warrawee Needy, who banked $536,950 last season as a rookie, made his qualifying debut on Thursday morning (May 3) at Mohawk for Carl Jamieson.
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May 3, 2012 5:27 PM
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Yannick Gingras is well on his way to securing his first Meadowlands driving title as the 2012 Championship Meet kicks off Friday (May 4).
Gingras carved out the lead in the standings over the winter with 76 wins and $1.7 million in purses won through April 21. The 32-year-old Quebec native feels his confidence and horse power will help him maintain that momentum through the Championship Meet, which runs through Friday (August 17).
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May 3, 2012 4:23 PM
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Cowboy Hanover, a classy 8-year-old pacer with $185,000 in the bank and a 1:51.2 mark, is set to make his seasonal debut for trainer Mark Anderson in Saturday night’s (May 5) featured Winners Over Pace at Cal Expo.
The son of Western Ideal has won 30 of his 145 appearances, including several huge miles over the Cal Expo layout, and was last seen doing his work at Running Aces in Minnesota last August. Lemoyne Svendsen will handle the lines.
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May 3, 2012 3:50 PM
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Florida's most popular older trotting mare of last year, Wildfire, is getting better with age and en route to an even better encore performance in 2012. She survived a judges’ inquiry to take the top prize in the $8,500 Isle Mile I Open Handicap trot that highlighted the Wednesday evening, May 2 program at Pompano Park.
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May 3, 2012 3:49 PM
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Grade I winner Morning Line debuts for new trainer John Shirreffs in the $150,000 Mervyn LeRoy Handicap (gr. II) May 5 at Betfair Hollywood Park.
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May 3, 2012 12:23 PM
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Sassy Image will attempt to become the first repeat winner of the $300,000 Humana Distaff (gr. I) when she faces a strong lineup in the 26th renewal of the seven-furlong test May 5 at Churchill Downs.
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May 3, 2012 12:20 PM
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When Tioga Downs opens for its seventh season of live racing this Saturday, fans will once again be treated to a full menu of fast horses and exciting promotions.
Special opening day post time is at 5 p.m. The first three races of the card will be contested, then a break will be taken at 6 p.m. to allow fans to watch and wager on the 138th Kentucky Derby. Following the Run for the Roses, the remainder of the 10-race card will be run, starting at approximately 7 p.m.
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May 3, 2012 12:20 PM
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Sassy Image won numerous battles in the race for champion female sprinter
honors in 2011, but ultimately lost the war when Musical Romance was awarded top
honors after winning the Grade 1 Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Sprint in Sassy
Image's absence.
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May 3, 2012 12:11 PM
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Market Share, the New Jersey sired son of Revenue S-Classical Flirt, puts his six-race unbeaten streak on the line in the $138,300 Dexter Cup on Saturday (May 5) at Freehold Raceway.
The Dexter Cup, which has been contested since 1960, is one of the first stakes tests for 3-year-old colt trotters. Also, 16 trotting fillies will go postward on Friday (May 4) in the Lady Suffolk, split into a pair of $38,850 divisions, carded as the eighth and tenth races.
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May 3, 2012 11:37 AM
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It is early in the season, but trainer Kelly O’Donnell hopes Big Rigs is over his allergies.
“I think,” O’Donnell said with a laugh about his heretofore tumultuous trotter, “he was allergic to money.”
Big Rigs has won two of three races this year, suffering his only defeat by a head, as he gets ready for Friday’s Cutler Memorial prep at the Meadowlands Racetrack. The 4-year-old son of Andover Hall-Filly At Bigs has won 10 of 28 lifetime starts and earned $595,136 for owners Miller’s Stable, DM Stables and Ed Mullinax.
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