Wolfgang remains on top of Ken Warkentin’s Road to the
Hambletonian Week Six.
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Rank
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Horse
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Driver, Trainer, Owner
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Ken Warkentin’s Comments
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1
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Wolfgang
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Yannick
Gingras, Jimmy Takter, Brixton Medical, Goran Falk, Hatfield Stables, Fair
Island Farm, Inc.
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Dominated
his Goodtimes elimination & final in 1:52.2 & 1:52.1 to go
two-for-two this season, took last week off & Stanley Dancer Memorial
eliminations next
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2
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Six Pack
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Ake
Svanstedt, Ake Svanstedt Inc, Little E, Stall Kalmar FF, Lars Berg
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Freshman NYSS champion fresh off a track record 1:51.2 in the
EBC Final @ Vernon Downs, cruised in his Earl Beal, Jr. elimination in 1:53.3
to go four-for-four this season
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3
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Fourth Dimension
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Brian Sears, Marcus Melander, Courant, Inc
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2017 Dan Patch Award winner set the pace & finished second
[1:52.4] in a track record 1:52.2 NYSS @ Tioga Downs, then broke &
finished eighth in his Earl Beal, Jr. Memorial elimination
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4
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Evaluate
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Corey
Callahan, Marcus Melander, Stall TZ Inc
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PASS winner in 1:51.4 @ Pocono Downs on May 26, won a N/W 4 @
Pocono on June 12
in 1:53.3, second to Six Pack in his Beal elimination only his eighth career
start
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5
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Southwind Chrome
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Scott
Zeron, Paula Wellwood, Dreamville Stable
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Lightly-raced son of Chapter Seven broke his maiden with ease in
his Big M debut in 1:54 on June 22, same connections who won the 2016 Hambo
with Marion Marauder come bursting on the scene
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6
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Alarm Detector
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Trevor
Henry, Benoit Baillargeon, Thomas & Elizabeth Rankin, Claude Hamel &
Santo Vena
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O’Brien
Award winner set a Canadian record of 1:52.4 in William Wellwood Memorial at
two, Goodtimes elimination winner & third [1:53.2] in Final, broke &
finished seventh in his Beal elimination
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7
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You Know You Do
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Yannick
Gingras, Jimmy Takter, Howard Taylor, Order By Stable, Bud Hatfield, Marvin
Katz, Al Libfeld, Sam Goldband
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P.
Haughton winner & Wm. Wellwood runner up, won PASS division in 1:53.2,
broke [ninth] as the heavy favorite in PA All-Stars division @ Pocono Downs
on June 17 & did not race last week
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8
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Patent Leather
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Tim
Tetrick, Jim Campbell, Fashion Farms LLC
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Second
[1:54] in a Currier & Ives division, won a PA All-Stars division in
1:52.3, second [1:53.3] in a Beal elimination
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9
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Crystal Fashion
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Tim
Tetrick, Jim Campbell, Fashion Farms LLC
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Grand Circuit stakes winner at two, took a Currier & Ives
division in 1:56.3, nosed out in a PA All-Stars division in 1:52.2 &
second [1:52.4] by a nose to Manchego in his Beal elimination
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10
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Met’s Hall
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Andy
Miller, Julie Miller, Stroy, Inc. Andy Miller Stable, Inc.
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Grand Circuit winner @ Red Mile & runner up in Breeders
Crown, fifth [1:55.3] in first qualifier behind Fourth Dimension on June 2,
second [1:53.2] in Big M qualifier on June 23
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KEY PREP RACES
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Date
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Stakes
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Site
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Winner
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Trainer
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Driver
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2nd Horse
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3rd Horse
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Time
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05/05
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Dexter Cup
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Fhld
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Lindy’s Big Bang
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Nifty Norman
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Dave Miller
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DON
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Perlucky
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1:56.1
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05/11
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NYSS
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VD
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SIX PACK
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Ake Svanstedt
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Ake Svanstedt
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Voss Volo
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CRUISING
IN STYLE
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1:53.1
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05/11
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NYSS
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VD
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Helpisontheway
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Linda Toscano
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Tim Tetrick
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Clive Bigsby
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VIC’S
WINNER
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1:55
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05/11
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NYSS
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VD
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DON
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Julie Miller
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Andy Miller
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CLASSICHAP
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Seven
Iron
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1:54.3
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05/18
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NJSS
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M
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SHOSHIE DEO
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Deshawn Minor
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George Brennan
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U NEED STONES
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Brutal
Storm
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1:56.2
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05/18
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E. Breeders Elim
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VD
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SIX PACK
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Ake Svanstedt
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Ake Svanstedt
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Helpisontheway
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CLASSICHAP
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1:52.1
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05/18
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E. Breeders Elim
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VD
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Seven Iron
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Linda Toscano
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Tim Tetrick
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On The Ropes
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Voss Volo
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1:54.2
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05/19
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PASS
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Mea
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What’s The Word
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Janice Conner
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Corey Callahan
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HILL STREET
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DAWSON
SPRINGS
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1:54.1
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05/19
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PASS
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Mea
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CAPTAIN MORGAN
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Staffan Lind
|
Christian Lind
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EVALUATE
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Im Your
Captain
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1:54.1
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05/19
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PASS
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Mea
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MOOSONEE
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Chris Beaver
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Aaron Merriman
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FASHIONWOODCHOPPER
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GEMOLOGIST
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1:54
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05/19
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PASS
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Mea
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Donatover
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Trond Smedshammer
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Trond Smedshammer
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CRYSTAL FASHION
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MISSLE
HILL
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1:54.4
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05/25
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NJSS
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M
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SHOSHIE DEO
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Dewayne Minor
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George Brennan
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U NEED STONES
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Brutal
Storm
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1:53.4
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05/26
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PASS
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PcD
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EVALUATE
|
Marcus Melander
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Corey Callahan
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CAPTAIN MORGAN
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Make It
A Double
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1:51.4
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05/26
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PASS
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PcD
|
YOU KNOW YOU DO
|
Jimmy Takter
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Yannick Gingras
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MOOSONEE
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Scirocco
Rob
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1:53.2
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05/26
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PASS
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PcD
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Whats The Word
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Janice Connor
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Corey Callahan
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HILL STREET
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Donatover
|
1:53.2
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05/28
|
E. Breeders Final
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VD
|
SIX PACK
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Ake Svanstedt
|
Ake Svanstedt
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SOUTHWIND CHROME
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Clive
Bigsby
|
1:51.2
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06/01
|
NJSS Final
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M
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SHOSHIE DEO
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Dewayne Minor
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George Brennan
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U NEED STONES
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Brutal
Storm
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1:53.4
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06/06
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Currier & Ives
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Mea
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MOOSONEE
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Chris Beaver
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Aaron Merriman
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PATENT LEATHER
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RICH AND MISERABLE
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1:53.4
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06/06
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Currier & Ives
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Mea
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CRYSTAL FASHION
|
Jim Campbell
|
Tim Tetrick
|
Scirocco Rob
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MEADOWBRANCH RICKY
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1:56.2
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06/08
|
Goodtimes Elim
|
Moh
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WOLFGANG
|
Jimmy Takter
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Yannick Gingras
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LAWMAKER
|
Run
Director
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1:52.2
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06/08
|
Goodtimes Elim
|
Moh
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ALARM DETECTOR
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Benoit Baillargeon
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Trevor Henry
|
Fiftydallarbill
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CRUISING
IN STYLE
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1:53.1
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06/16
|
Goodtimes Final
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Moh
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WOLFGANG
|
Jimmy Takter
|
Yannick Gingras
|
Stormont Ventnor
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ALARM
DETECTOR
|
1:52.1
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06/23
|
E. Beal, Jr. Elim
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PcD
|
Mission Accepted
|
Jeff Conger
|
Ryan Stahl
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PATENT LEATHER
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LAWMAKER
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1:53.2
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06/23
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E. Beal, Jr. Elim
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PcD
|
SIX PACK
|
Ake Svanstedt
|
Ake Svanstedt
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EVALUATE
|
FASHIONWOODCHOPPER
|
1:53.3
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06.23
|
E. Beal, Jr. Elim
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PcD
|
MANCHEGO
|
Jimmy Takter
|
Yannick Gingras
|
CRYSTAL FASHION
|
Mississippi
Storm
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1:52.4
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