Archive for June 8th, 2012
America’s 1st superstar athlete: A horse, of course – Ct Post
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America's 1st superstar athlete: A horse, of course
Ct Post Author Sharon B. Smith of Milford holds a poster of the harness horse Dan Patch, a racing a marketing phenomenon from the first decade of the twentieth century. Smith's new book, The Best There Ever Was: Dan Patch and the Dawn of the American Century, … |
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Local Track Reacts: No Triple Crown Winner – WNEP-TV
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Local Track Reacts: No Triple Crown Winner
WNEP-TV Crowds are expected to bet on that race and watch harness racing there Saturday. Excitement about a possible Triple Crown Winner, I'll Have Another, died Friday with news that the horse is injured and will not run the race, but local racing officials … The Belmont Stakes, the Triple Crown, and a Sport's Pivot Point 'I'll Have Another' Scratched From Belmont Stakes Reddam puts study of knowledge to work in racing |
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Mohawk’s big weekend overshadowed by fears for harness industry – Hamilton Spectator
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Mohawk's big weekend overshadowed by fears for harness industry
Hamilton Spectator On Thursday the province announced it was creating a horse racing panel to explore options to sustain horse racing in the province, as well as $50 million in transitional funding to help retrain those employed in the industry now. More needed to save Ontario harness racing: industry |
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Harness racing fan finds a friend in Bartlett – Harnesslink
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Harness racing fan finds a friend in Bartlett
Harnesslink Night after night, Barry Addison was at Yonkers Raceway, hanging on the fence and watching the harness racing action. A resident of nearby Mount Vernon, NY, he had been going to the races for as long as he could remember, introduced to the sport by his … |
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Transition funding for horse racing industry – Kawartha Media Group
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Transition funding for horse racing industry
Kawartha Media Group After meeting with Kawartha Downs management last month, Dave Gibson, regional director for the Ontario Harness Horse Association, along with other local harness racers, learned the racing facility won't hold horse racing after March 31, 2013, … Drivers told harness racing will end next year at Kawartha Downs 0 Confimed: Kawartha To Cease Racing In 2013 If No Supplemental Funding Plan In … |
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McNair: The son also rises – Sportsnet.ca (press release)
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McNair: The son also rises
Sportsnet.ca (press release) (Photo: New Image Media) CAMPBELLVILLE, Ont. — 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, … |
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Kawartha Downs. (CLIFFORD SKARSTEDT/PETERBOROUGH EXAMINER) – Peterborough Examiner
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Kawartha Downs. (CLIFFORD SKARSTEDT/PETERBOROUGH EXAMINER)
Peterborough Examiner The amount that each of the three racing branches — thoroughbred, quarter horse and standard bred — would receive will be less than the total of how much was raced for at Kawartha Downs in 2012, Gibson said. The industry has also started to learn … |
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FireKeepers Casino: Horse Racing Act changes would violate agreement – The Jackson Citizen Patriot – MLive.com
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FireKeepers Casino: Horse Racing Act changes would violate agreement
The Jackson Citizen Patriot – MLive.com By Bob Wheaton | jwheaton@mlive.com BATTLE CREEK, MI — A FireKeepers Casino spokesman said legislation allowing a new kind of instant wagering at Michigan horse racing tracks would be improper. "I guess our view on this would be it would be a … |
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Match Race Between Politicians Set – Standardbred Canada
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Match Race Between Politicians Set
Standardbred Canada With the overwhelming consensus among horsemen being that politicians know little or nothing about the horse-racing industry, one track is doing its best to get the pols on-track, literally. Free T-shirts, a match race between two state legislators, … |
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Cleveland’s Ullman Sails blends new, old to harness the wind – Plain Dealer
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Cleveland's Ullman Sails blends new, old to harness the wind
Plain Dealer Two centuries after the original's star turn at the Battle of Lake Erie, Elliott was called on to keep the modern-day version racing before the wind. Sail making "was mostly considered an art form," Elliott said. "Back in the days of the original … |
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