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We wanted our IdaBet.com players know about some upcoming races at Charles Town.  The eighth running of the $1.25 million Grade 2 Charles Town Classic is quickly approaching. This year’s event will be held on Saturday, April 23.  First race post time is scheduled for 12:45 PM ET.

The Charles Town Classic, which rates as one of the country’s richest races outside of the Triple Crown and Breeders’ Cup World Championships races, will be one of 13 races on April 23rd and serves as the feature on a card that includes the $150,000 Sugar Maple presented by CANTER Mid-Atlantic and the $100,000 Robert Hilton Memorial.  Nominations for the Charles Town Classic close on March 26.

In addition, Charles Town will offer a $100,000 guaranteed All Stakes Pick 4.

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2016 CT Classic Flyer 8.5×11

Good morning, we thought you would want to know of the program changes at Emerald Downs for April 22, 2016.

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OVERWEIGHTS & CHANGES

DATE: 04/22/16
Track Condition: Fast
Weather: Cloudy, 60

SCRATCHES OVERWEIGHT RIDER & EQUIPMENT CHANGES OTHER

RACE 1: SCR – #3 LEAVE NO DOUBT

RACE 2:

RACE 3: SCR – #3 MEGALADON
SCR – #4 SEEKING A MYSTERY
SCR – #9 WELLBRIDLED

RACE 4: SCR – #1 VISION OF THE KAT #2 +1lb, #5 +2lbs

RACE 5: #5 +3lbs

RACE 6:

RACE 7: SCR – #6 TIMBER TITAN

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EAST RUTHERFORD, NJ – Bee A Magician shook off the cobwebs after a five-month layoff and stormed home in deep stretch to gun down arch-rival Shake It Cerry in her 2016 debut as a 6-year-old to win the featured $25,000 open handicap trot at the Meadowlands.

Shake It Cerry, sent off as the 4-5 favorite, made the early lead and was permitted to cut tepid fractions of :28.1 and :57.2 as the field raced single file past the half-mile marker.

Gural Hanover vacated the three hole at the five-eighths and came after the leader as Bee A Magician got into the outer flow, gradually making up ground to get into striking position.

At the head of the stretch, after three-quarters went in 1:25.2, Gural Hanover, the 7-1 fourth choice, came alongside Shake It Cerry, who appeared vulnerable despite the easy fractions.

In midstretch, driver Brian Sears tipped Bee A Magician off cover and rolled to an easy ¾-length score in 1:52. Gural Hanover outlasted Shake It Cerry for second.

The winner returned $5.60 to win as the 9-5 second choice, winning for the 42^nd time in 66 starts for trainer Richard Norman and owners Melvin Hartman, Herb Liverman and David McDuffie. Look for Bee A Magician in the May 8 Mack Lobell Elitlopp Playoff at the Big M, along with JL Cruze, Gural Hanover and Shake It Cerry, who will also be in the Mother’s Day event, with the winner earning a berth in the May 29 Elitlopp in Sweden.

CREATINE RETIRED: It was announced Thursday that Creatine was retired due to a suspensory injury. The lifetime earner of $2.1 million will stand stud at Diamond Creek Farm in Pennsylvania.

KATIE SAID TAKES F&M OPEN: Katie Said went an ideal second-over trip and stormed home to take the $25,000 open handicap pace for fillies and mares. The Jimmy Takter trainee got a perfect steer from Brett Miller to win by...