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August 7, 2016 9:52 AM
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Rick Zeron’s Canadian import pulls off a big upset in the U.S. Pacing Championship by Ken Weingartner With the focus on harness racing’s “Big Three,” Shamballa proved to be the one in Saturday’s (Aug. 6) $225,550 U.S. Pacing Championship for older pacers at the Meadowlands Racetrack. Shamballa, sent off at odds of 8-1, upset Wiggle …
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August 6, 2016 10:04 AM
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Five expert handicappers break down the biggest stakes on the Hambletonian Day card. This afternoon at the Meadowlands Racetrack (post time noon Eastern time), harness racing fans will be treated to another terrific Hambletonian Day card featuring 16 races and over $3.7 million in purses. Apart from the $1 million main event, our experts tackle …
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August 3, 2016 12:02 PM
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Mark Russell's 10-year-old gelding Russell Road, winner of 31 of 61 starts, will attempt to clear the $2 million mark in earnings Aug. 6 in the $100,000 Northern Panhandle Stakes for West Virginia-breds at Mountaineer Casino, Racetrack & Resort.
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August 3, 2016 10:54 AM
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Also on tap for Saturday’s Hambletonian Day card is the Hambletonian Oaks, a rematch of the Big Three in the U.S. Pacing Championship and Pure Country taking on the boys in the Cane Pace. by Ken Weingartner / Harness Racing Communications Southwind Frank will start from post five in the second of two Hambletonian eliminations …
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August 3, 2016 10:51 AM
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Godolphin Racing's Grade 1 Metropolitan Handicap hero Frosted will look to bolster his reputation as the heavyweight contender on the East Coast as he heads a talented field of six in the Grade 1, $1.25 million Whitney, the traditional focal race for older horses and co-richest race of the 148th Saratoga Race Course meet. A …
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August 3, 2016 10:32 AM
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Dramatic victories by Exaggerator, Flintshire, Minding, Lexie Lou and Qemah pair with equally dramatic upsets of Beholder and the winners of the Kentucky Derby and Belmont -- all this and more in weekend racing
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August 3, 2016 10:28 AM
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Horse Racing news: Horse Racing Rankings for August 1, 2016.
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August 3, 2016 10:16 AM
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LINCOLN- Harness Racing was in full effect at the Logan County Fairgrounds Monday afternoon with six races on the card for the Topline Racing circuit event.The first race of the afternoon featured Mad Hoss Jackson speeding to victory in the two-year-old pace event, with a mile time of 2 minutes, 2.1 seconds. The bay-colored gelding driven and trained by Mike Brink just edged out second-place finisher Gambling Babe, who completed the mile-long endeavor in 2:02.3.Following the two-year-old pacers
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August 1, 2016 10:21 AM
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Multiple Grade 1 winner and top sire Seeking The Gold has died at the age of 31. He was euthanized July 28 from infirmities of old age, according to Claiborne Farm representative Bernie Sams. The brilliant son of Mr. Prospector, out of the Buckpasser mare Con Game, was foaled in Kentucky at Claiborne Farm in …
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August 1, 2016 10:05 AM
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August 1, 2016 9:53 AM
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Fantastic Six Pack Wins Blue River Derby
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July 31, 2016 10:42 AM
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Despite brutal early fractions, favorite Racing Hill still pulled away in the stretch to deliver an astonishing Adios victory for driver Brett Miller and trainer Tony Alagna. by Dave Briggs (winner’s circle quotes by Jeff Zidek and additional copy by Evan Pattack) Driver Brett Miller said he “wanted to throw up” when he saw :52.1 …
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July 31, 2016 10:41 AM
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August 6, 2016 10:05 AM
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Frosted and Effinex square off in a Grade I battle at Saratoga and Hong Kong star Gold-Fun takes on the Euros in France in highlights of weekend Thoroughbred racing.
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August 6, 2016 10:03 AM
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This year’s Hambletonian field may not be very colorful, but it sure has muscle power. It won’t be very colorful because 17 of the 18 starters are bays. (Milligan’s School is brown.) That’s not so usual, of course, in any harness race as the breed has long been dominated by bays and browns with the …
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August 3, 2016 11:39 AM
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Burden of Proof, a multiple group winner in Europe and a leading sire in India, died Aug. 2 at the age of 24 at Dr. Vijay Mallya's Kunigal Stud where he stood at stud, the farm announced via Twitter.
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August 3, 2016 10:53 AM
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After nearly 20 years and a number of attempts, driver Chris Christoforou made it look easy while winning his first Battle of Waterloo title thanks to talented young colt Sports Column who also gave trainer Blake Macintosh his first win in Grand River Raceway’s premier event. by Dave Briggs For the better part of 20 …
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August 3, 2016 10:46 AM
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Hot Indy Chick Upsets Zia Futurity
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August 3, 2016 10:30 AM
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Plenty of racehorses come from behind to win. Not many of them were previously leading the race, lost all momentum, dropped several lengths back and then came from behind to win. That's exactly what happened in Saturday's seventh at Parx Racing. In the one-mile, $7,500 claiming event, Extrasexxyeurodude appeared to lead comfortably for most of …
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August 3, 2016 10:18 AM
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Lloyd Johnson has been calling harness racing for over 40 years.
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August 1, 2016 10:28 AM
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One Haskell entrant had been pointing to the race for nine months, another for just five days. In the end, both were happy they'd come.
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August 1, 2016 10:10 AM
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Upon earning his 4,000th career victory Sunday at Ellis Park, jockey Corey Lanerie recalled thinking he'd never make it to 1,000. “That was fun,” Lanerie, a two-time Ellis and 11-time Churchill Downs riding champion, said after guiding Fred Allor's Crooked Stick to a three-quarters of a length score over favored Put Da Blame on Me …
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August 1, 2016 9:59 AM
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CLEARFIELD --- A photo finish in one of four races decided in the Driving Park stretch was the highlight of the Clearfield County Fair harness racing meet’s
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July 31, 2016 10:45 AM
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Horse Racing news: Stellar Wind outduels Beholder in the Clement L. Hirsch.
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July 31, 2016 10:42 AM
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Side Bet Hanover and Celebrity Eventsy both posted upsets in the Hambletonian Oaks eliminations Saturday night at the Meadowlands. by Dave Little, Meadowlands media relations Side Bet Hanover and Celebrity Eventsy registered upset victories in their respective Hambletonian Oaks eliminations Saturday night (July 30) at the Meadowlands, and as a result, may select posts one …
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