The Gulfstream Park Thoroughbred Aftercare Program and Heritage Horse Show will sponsor a season-long challenge for retired Thoroughbreds on the South Florida show circuit.
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As training and racing facilities in the South regroup after being struck by Hurricane Isaac, Palm Meadows Training Center in Florida has opened to house approximately 40 horses impacted by the early effects of the storm over the weekend. 
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Jackson Bend will get the chance to defend his title in the $500,000 Forego Stakes (gr. I) at Saratoga Race Course Sept. 1, according to Hall of Fame trainer Nick Zito.
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Grade 1 winners Data Link, in the midst of a solid season, and Prince Will I Am, returning off a year layoff, top the field for the Bernard Baruch Handicap (G2) Saturday on the Saratoga Race Course turf.
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Kyle Bolon, 24, has been splitting his driving assignments between the Meadows, the Red Mile and Scioto Downs this year. He currently sits second in the Red Mile driver standings, only two wins away from the top spot behind another young gun, Tyler Smith. Bolon also sits 15th in the Meadows standings with 14 wins.
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For the first several races of the year, driver Yannick Gingras and star 3-year-old colt pacer A Rocknroll Dance seemed to have difficulty getting in rhythm. Since the end of June, though, the two have been in step with each other.
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A salty field of seven stakes winners, headed by Suburban Handicap (G2) winner Mucho Macho Man, will line up to contest the historic Woodward Stakes (G1) on Saturday at Saratoga Race Course.
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Aunt Mel puts a two-race winning streak on the line in the $10,000 Helen Smith elimination, the fourth race on Friday (August 31) at Freehold Raceway.
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THE Aga Khan's French Oaks winner Valyra was put down yesterday after an accident on the beach at Deauville. The three-year-old filly, who was as short as 10-1 for the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe, was praised by connections for her "true class" following the fatal injury.
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Fans were treated to the best harness racing has to offer this past Sunday afternoon at Vernon Downs.
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Driver Sylvain Filion celebrated his 7,000th career win during Tuesday evening's (August 28) harness racing card at Georgian Downs.
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Momma's Jolt and McAlvin each completed sweeps of the four preliminary legs of the Stallion Series for 2-year-old colts and geldings on the pace with victories on Tuesday night at Mohegan Sun at Pocono Downs. There were eight Stallion Series divisions held at Pocono on Tuesday night, each carrying a purse of $20,000.
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An attractive renewal of the Grade 3 Washington Park Handicap is on tap for Saturday at Arlington Park in suburban Chicago, with Prayer for Relief, Pool Play, Mister Marti Gras, and Workin for Hops among the likely starters in the 1 1/8-mile Polytrack race.
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PUNTERS on Thursday evening were finally able to get stuck in to Saturday's action, as Paddy Power priced up Sandown's three main races.
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Gulfstream Park’s satellite training center, Palm Meadows, has opened to provide stalls and dry land to approximately 40 horses whose barns and paddocks were impacted earlier this week by Tropical Storm Isaac, which was upgraded to a hurricane after it left Florida.
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The North American Amateur Drivers Association will host four amateur drivers from New Zealand in a series of races to be held at three racetracks in the Northeast.
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Milton resident Brad Grant, a longtime Standardbred horse owner, who also owns a trucking company, could be in for a bona fide thrill ride on Saturday evening at Mohawk. Fresh off his sizzling 1:49.4 triumph in his Metro Pace elimination, Apprentice Hanover will look to deliver Grant one of his most cherished memories at the racetrack when the star pacer looks to capture the prestigious $1 million Metro final.
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Multiple stakes winner Street Life has been retired with a career-ending soft tissue injury to his left front pastern, Dan Hall of Hidden Brook Farm confirmed Aug. 30.
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County fair racing has always been an integral part of harness racing and although not as prominent as it was prior to pari-mutuel betting, the county fairs continue to be the backbone of the industry.
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Richard Young, co-owner of world champion mare Put On A Show, is once again supporting A Spring Of Hope, a charity near and dear to his heart.
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The wins are down but the money is up.
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Internationally-acclaimed jockey Kieren Fallon believes the unbeaten Frankel's career finale should come in the Breeders' Cup Classic (G1) November 3 at Santa Anita Park.
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Some of the country's top 3-year-old pacing fillies were on hand at Monticello Raceway on Tuesday afternoon to compete in three $54,125 divisions of the New York Sire Stakes. When they were completed the former track mark--for their age and gait--of 1:53.3, which was set in 2007 by Omen Hanover and driver Daniel Dube, was initially lowered to 1:52.4 by Handsoffmycookie. Then four races later Romantic Moment eased that standard when she was victorious in 1:52.3. A third split was won by another top filly, Major Look in 1:53.3.
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Odds On Equuleus’ name derives from a constellation, which might be appropriate because he is one of the stars in Saturday’s C$1 million Metro Pace at Mohawk Racetrack.
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Debussy, winner of the 2010 Arlington Million Stakes (gr. IT), has been retired from racing for stallion duty at Llety Stud in Carmathenshire, Wales, according to the Racing Post. The 6-year-old Irish-bred son of Diesis will stand for 3,500 pounds.
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