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Fri Dec 21 13:21:14 2007 |
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New York, NY (Sports Network) - Veteran sports broadcaster Kenny Rice has been
chosen to host the 37th annual Eclipse Awards on Monday, January 21. The
National Thoroughbred Racing Association (NTRA) made the announcement Friday.
"It's
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Thu Dec 20 17:00:00 2007 |
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Louisville, KY (Sports Network) - Jess Jackson's Stonestreet Stables bought
out another partner Thursday and now has an 80 percent ownership interest in
Preakness and Breeders' Cup Classic winner Curlin.
Jackson acquired the stake of
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Tue Dec 18 13:08:59 2007 |
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Columbus, OH (Sports Network) - Donato Hanover, winner of the Hambletonian,
has been voted champion three-year-old male trotter for 2007 in voting by the
U.S. Harness Writers Association. The results for the Dan Patch Awards were
announc
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Mon Dec 10 09:59:09 2007 |
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New York, NY (Sports Network) - For the second straight year there will be
three new races offered on the Breeders' Cup World Championships program.
Breeders' Cup Limited has announced the addition of three races for the 2008
renewal at the Oak
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Thu Nov 29 12:45:05 2007 |
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Harrisburg, PA (Sports Network) - Leading driver Tim Tetrick has been voted
the 2007 Harness Driver of the Year by the U. S. Harness Writers Association.
Tetrick was a unanimous selection by the voters.
Tetrick leads the nation with 1
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Tue Nov 27 18:56:45 2007 |
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Philadelphia, PA (Sports Network) - Hall of Fame jockey Bill Hartack has been
found dead at the age of 74. Hartack died from an apparent heart attack in a
hunting cabin in southern Texas on Monday, November 26 according to the Daily
Racing
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Mon Nov 26 17:38:39 2007 |
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Philadelphia, PA (Sports Network) - Award winning trainer Todd Pletcher
concluded a record breaking Thanksgiving weekend with a brand new earnings
mark. The three-time champion trainer eclipsed his yearly record from 2006 on
Friday
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Mon Nov 26 02:18:19 2007 |
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Inglewood, CA (Sports Network) - Daytona, ridden by Mike Smith, went wire to
wire to capture Sunday's $500,000 Hollywood Derby and denied even-money
favorite Nobiz Like Shobiz a return to the winner's circle. A victory by the
favorite would hav
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Sun Nov 25 02:50:56 2007 |
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East Rutherford, NJ (Sports Network) - Hambletonian winner Donato Hanover
suffered his only defeat this year to Arch Madness in last week's Breeders
Crown elimination race. Saturday night Arch Madness did it again as the colt
wore do
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Fri Nov 23 21:44:59 2007 |
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Louisville, KY (Sports Network) - A. P. Arrow, ridden by Ramon Dominguez,
snapped a four-race losing streak on Friday with a victory in the $554,000
Clark Handicap at Churchill Downs. The winner was one of three horses in the
race tr
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Tue Nov 20 16:55:06 2007 |
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Louisville, KY (Sports Network) - Meadowlands Handicap winner Diamond Stripes
and runner-up Magna Graduate top a field of nine in Friday's $500,000 Clark
Handicap at Churchill Downs.
Diamond Stripes is coming off an eighth-place fini
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Tue Nov 20 16:46:30 2007 |
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Woodbridge, NJ (Sports Network) - The final eight races for the 2007 Breeders
Crown event at The Meadowlands have been set for Saturday night. The Breeders
Crown is harness racing's championship for pacers and trotters.
The eight races w
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Thu Nov 15 15:15:44 2007 |
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Ozone Park, NY (Sports Network) - Aqueduct Race Track has cancelled the
remaining seven races of Thursday's program due to poor conditions.
The first two races were conducted on a racing surface labeled sloppy because
of rain. Following the
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Tue Nov 13 11:48:41 2007 |
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North East, MD (Sports Network) - Veteran thoroughbred trainer Michael
Dickinson has announced that he will not be applying for a trainer's license
for 2008. Dickinson will be devoting his time to the all-weather racing
surface
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Mon Nov 12 14:43:26 2007 |
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Philadelphia, PA (Sports Network) - Leading jockey Garrett Gomez concluded a
record breaking weekend at Hollywood Park with an eye toward his first Eclipse
Award. Gomez re-wrote the record book with his 71st stakes victory of the year
breaking
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Wed Nov 7 19:01:57 2007 |
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Laurel, MD (Sports Network) - Veteran jockey Mario Pino notched his 6,000th
career win Wednesday at Laurel Park. Pino, the rider of Breeders' Cup Classic
runner-up Hard Spun, becomes the 15th rider to achieve the mark in North
America
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Mon Oct 29 14:51:48 2007 |
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New York, NY (Sports Network) - Breeders' Cup Classic winner Curlin ended his
season as the top rated thoroughbred in the final National Thoroughbred Racing
Association (NTRA) poll of 2007.
The three-year-old colt garnered 17 of 18 first-p
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Sun Oct 28 01:04:52 2007 |
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Yonkers, NY (Sports Network) - Odds-on favorite Always A Virgin had no problem
defeating seven rivals Saturday night as the three-year-old ran away with the
52nd edition of the Messenger Stakes at Yonkers Raceway.
Always A Virgin, driven b
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Sat Oct 27 19:54:26 2007 |
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Oceanport, NJ (Sports Network) - Preakness Stakes winner Curlin took the
lead at the top of the stretch on his way to winning the $5 million Breeders'
Cup Classic at Monmouth Park as the 24th Breeders' Cup World Championships
conclud
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Sat Oct 27 19:12:42 2007 |
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Oceanport, NJ (Sports Network) - Preakness Stakes winner Curlin took the
lead at the top of the stretch on his way to winning the $5 million Breeders'
Cup Classic at Monmouth Park. The victory by the three-year-old puts him in
positio
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