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Tue Apr 8 12:53:54 2008 |
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Louisville, KY (Sports Network) - This past weekend's Kentucky Derby prep
races caused a reshuffling among the contenders for the Run for the Roses when
betting finished in the final Kentucky Derby Future Pool. However, the top two
choices
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Sat Apr 5 18:36:58 2008 |
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Arcadia, CA (Sports Network) - Colonel John stamped himself a major contender
for the Run for the Roses after Saturday's victory in the $750,000 Santa Anita
Derby.
Trained by Eoin Harty, Colonel John was the 5-2 second choice in the
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Sat Apr 5 18:31:57 2008 |
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Cicero, IL (Sports Network) - Recapturetheglory led every step of the way in
pulling off the upset in Saturday's $500,000 Illinois Derby at Hawthorne
Race Course.
Recapturetheglory was sent off as a 15-1 longshot in the seven hor
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Sat Apr 5 17:55:39 2008 |
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Ozone Park, NY (Sports Network) - Tale of Ekati, ridden by Edgar Prado,
overtook 4-5 favorite War Pass late in the stretch to win Saturday's $750,000
Wood Memorial at Aqueduct. Tale of Ekati covered the 1 1/8 miles in 1:52.35
War
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Fri Apr 4 11:27:57 2008 |
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Philadelphia, PA (Sports Network) - Four weeks until the 134th Kentucky Derby
and things should begin the shake out this weekend. On tap Saturday are the
Wood Memorial, Illinois and Santa Anita Derbies.
Until now none of the three-year-olds
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Thu Apr 3 14:33:46 2008 |
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Ozone Park, NY (Sports Network) - A very competitive field of 10 three-year-
olds has been entered for Saturday's $750,000 Wood Memorial at Aqueduct.
Highlighting the entries for the 1 1/8 mile race is 2007 champion juvenile War
Pass.
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Wed Apr 2 16:17:31 2008 |
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Arcadia, CA (Sports Network) - Colonel John, winner of the Sham Stakes, is the
2-1 morning-line favorite for Saturday's $750,000 Santa Anita Derby. A total
of 11 three-year-olds have been entered in the 1 1/8 mile race leading to the
Kentuck
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Wed Apr 2 10:12:58 2008 |
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Louisville, KY (Sports Network) - Big Brown's wire to wire victory in the
Florida Derby was good enough to make him the 3-1 morning-line favorite for
the third and final Kentucky Derby Future Wager. Louisiana Derby winner Pyro,
who wa
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Tue Apr 1 14:50:37 2008 |
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Philadelphia, PA (Sports Network) - Since 2005, not many horses have won
from post 12 at Gulfstream Park. In fact, you can't even count them on one
hand, because the amount has been a big fat zero. That's until last Saturday,
when Big Brown c
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Mon Mar 31 16:06:03 2008 |
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Cicero, IL (Sports Network) - Undefeated Denis of Cork heads a field of seven
for Saturday's $500,000 Illinois Derby at Hawthorne Race Course. The 1 1/8
mile race has become an important Kentucky Derby prep in recent years.
In 2002 War
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Sat Mar 29 18:58:27 2008 |
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Hallandale Beach, FL (Sports Network) - Post-time favorite Big Brown blew the
field away to capture Saturday's $1 million Florida Derby at Gulfstream Park.
The time for the 1 1/8 mile race was 1:48.16.
Trained by Rick Dutrow, Jr., Big
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Sat Mar 29 16:20:57 2008 |
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Philadelphia, PA (Sports Network) - This year's balloting for 2008 Horse of
the Year is complete and defending title-holder Curlin is the unanimous
choice. The four-year-old colt blew away the competition by doing the same
thing a
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Sat Mar 29 14:06:23 2008 |
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Dubai, United Arab Emirates (Sports Network) - Odds-favorite Curlin ran away
from the field to win Saturday's 13th running of the $6 million Dubai World
Cup at Nad Al Sheba Racecourse.
Curlin was sent off as the 2-5 favorite in wagering
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Wed Mar 26 15:48:45 2008 |
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Hallandale Beach, FL (Sports Network) - A dozen Kentucky Derby hopefuls have
been entered for Saturday's $1 million Florida Derby at Gulfstream Park. The 1
1/8 mile race is situated five weeks before the Run for the Roses.
The 3-1 mornin
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Wed Mar 26 13:23:21 2008 |
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Dubai, United Arab Emirates (Sports Network) - Curlin, the world's leading
thoroughbred, has drawn post 12 for Saturday's 13th running of the $6 million
Dubai World Cup. The 1 1/4 mile race at Nad Al Sheba Racecourse will have a
record-
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Mon Mar 24 14:09:22 2008 |
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Hallandale Beach, FL (Sports Network) - Rags to Riches, 2007 Belmont Stakes
champ, has been retired due to a hairline fracture. Trainer Todd Pletcher made
the announcement on Monday.
Pletcher said that the same hairline fracture that put
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Sat Mar 22 19:55:11 2008 |
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Florence, KY (Sports Network) - Adriano, making his first start since a poor
performance at Gulfstream Park, raced down the middle of the track to capture
Saturday's $500,000 Lane's End Stakes at Turfway Park. The 1 1/8 mile race is
a major
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Fri Mar 21 11:20:16 2008 |
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Hot Springs, AR (Sports Network) - This year's $1 million Arkansas Derby will
be without the two winners of Oaklawn's two major prep races. Rebel Stakes
winner Sierra Sunset has been scratched from the April 12 race with an ankle
injury,
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Fri Mar 21 09:49:52 2008 |
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Philadelphia, PA (Sports Network) - Jack Klugman, who portrayed Oscar
Madison in the Odd Couple, uttered the above line when speaking to Tony
Randall (Felix Unger) in an episode that dealt with, of all things, gambling.
The more famous quote,
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Wed Mar 19 14:44:37 2008 |
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Florence, KY (Sports Network) - Saturday's $500,000 Lane's End Stakes at
Turfway Park has drawn a field of 12 three-year-olds. The 1 1/8 mile race is a
major stepping stone to the Kentucky Derby on Saturday, May 3.
Eclipse Award winnin
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