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Sat Feb 16 20:54:25 2008 |
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Hot Springs, AR (Sports Network) - The road to the Kentucky Derby from Oaklawn
Park begins in earnest on Monday with the running of the $250,000 Southwest
Stakes. The one-mile dirt race has attracted 11 three-year-olds.
Liberty Bull will
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Thu Feb 14 15:16:12 2008 |
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New York, NY (Sports Network) - The second year of the Breeders' Cup Challenge
will see the series of races involved more than double. The Breeders' Cup
Challenge, better known as "Win and You're In", is a series of thoroughbred
races
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Thu Feb 14 10:13:40 2008 |
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Albany, NY (Sports Network) - The New York State legislature has voted to
award the New York Racing Association (NYRA) a new 25-year franchise to
continue operating its three racetracks. The vote occurred on Wednesday, hours
before
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Tue Feb 12 15:22:05 2008 |
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Albany, NY (Sports Network) - Bloodhorse.com is reporting that the New York
Racing Association (NYRA) will continue to operate its three racetracks under
a pact hammered out Tuesday, February 12. There was no immediate response from
either
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Tue Feb 12 12:38:47 2008 |
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Monticello, NY (Sports Network) - The operator of Monticello Raceway in
upstate New York has announced plans to build a new harness track and
entertainment complex. Empire Resorts will construct a new Monticello Raceway
and Cas
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Mon Feb 11 11:16:19 2008 |
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Louisville, KY (Sports Network) - The mutuel field and recent stakes winner
Pyro finished as the top two favorites at the close of betting Sunday night
for the first of three Kentucky Derby Future Wagers. The mutuel field closed
as the
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Sat Feb 9 20:05:05 2008 |
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New Orleans, LA (Sports Network) - Breeders' Cup Juvenile runner-up Pyro
exploded down the stretch to capture Saturday's $300,000 Risen Star Stakes at
the Fair Grounds. The odds-on favorite covered the 1 1/16 miles in 1:44.68 on
a fast
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Tue Feb 5 16:04:30 2008 |
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Louisville, KY (Sports Network) - Breeders' Cup Juvenile champ War Pass is
one of three horses listed at 12-1 in the morning-line for the first Kentucky
Derby Future Wager this year. There are 23 thoroughbreds listed for betting
along with a 24
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Sat Feb 2 20:12:13 2008 |
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Hallandale Beach, FL (Sports Network) - Spring At Last, making his 2008 debut,
recorded his first North American stakes victory in Saturday's $500,000 Donn
Handicap at Gulfstream Park. The time for the 1 1/8 miles was 1:48.35 on a
fast tr
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Wed Jan 30 16:32:46 2008 |
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Hallandale Beach, FL (Sports Network) - Saturday's $500,000 Donn Handicap at
Gulfstream Park is the first major stakes race for older horses this year.
The 1 1/8 mile handicap has attracted nine thoroughbreds.
Four-time champion trainer Todd
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Tue Jan 29 10:38:57 2008 |
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Louisville, KY (Sports Network) - On the one year anniversary of Barbaro's
death, the owners of the former Kentucky Derby champion announced that the
ill-fated thoroughbred's ashes will be buried at Churchill Downs.
The announcement
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Mon Jan 28 16:06:05 2008 |
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Louisville, KY (Sports Network) - Churchill Downs has scheduled a Tuesday
morning news conference that will involve the owners of 2006 Kentucky Derby
winner Barbaro.
Roy and Gretchen Jackson, who owned the ill-fated thoroughbred,
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Sun Jan 27 23:20:51 2008 |
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Dover, DE (Sports Network) - Donato Hanover was named harness racing's 2007
Horse of the Year by the U.S. Harness Writers Association at the Night of
Champions on Sunday.
Donato Hanover, who won his first 11 races before losing
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Sat Jan 26 18:36:16 2008 |
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Arcadia, CA (Sports Network) - Go Between, ridden by Garrett Gomez, made a
sweeping move coming off the final turn to capture Saturday's sixth annual
Sunshine Millions Classic at Santa Anita Park. The Sunshine Millions is a
competi
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Thu Jan 24 16:32:06 2008 |
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Arcadia, CA (Sports Network) - Racing at Santa Anita Park needed to be
cancelled on Thursday after the synthetic track was deemed unsafe. The all-
weather Cushion Track did not drain properly due to heavy rain overnight on
Wednesd
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Tue Jan 22 13:04:48 2008 |
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Philadelphia, PA (Sports Network) - Unless you're a gambler who loves
basketball, this coming week is by far the low point of the calendar year.
With the Super Bowl more than a week away and the NHL in the midst of its all-
star break, there'
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Tue Jan 22 00:04:06 2008 |
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Beverly Hills, CA (Sports Network) - Breeders' Cup Classic winner Curlin has
been named 2007 Horse of the Year in voting by the National Thoroughbred
Racing Association (NTRA), National Turf Writers Association (NTWA) and Daily
Racing
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Sun Jan 20 19:18:53 2008 |
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Arcadia, CA (Sports Network) - Defending champion McCann's Mojave will take on
11 challengers in Saturday's sixth annual Sunshine Millions Classic at Santa
Anita Park. The $1 million race will be contested at 1 1/8 miles on the
track's
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Thu Jan 17 12:13:41 2008 |
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New York, NY (Sports Network) - The National Thoroughbred Racing Association
(NTRA) announced that Rags to Riches' exciting victory in the 139th Belmont
Stakes has been voted the 2007 NTRA Moment of the Year. Voting was conducted
on the
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Mon Jan 14 17:49:20 2008 |
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Arcadia, CA (Sports Network) - Former Eclipse Award winner Wait a While
rallied along the rail to win Monday's rescheduled $150,000 San Gorgonio
Handicap at Santa Anita Park.
Wait a While, the 2006 champion three-year-old filly,
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