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August 27, 2012 1:08 PM
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Vice President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai HH Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum won individual gold at the Longines FEI World Endurance Championship in the UK on Saturday.
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August 27, 2012 12:44 PM
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One week after Dave Palone took home the $10,000 first-place prize in the opening round of the 2012 Meadowlands/Vernon Downs Drivers' Championship , Ron Pierce captured three of Sunday's six races at Vernon Downs to finish first with 49 points and earn the $25,000 top prize. This was the six annual driver's competition, and Pierce also won this prestigious event in 2010.
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August 27, 2012 12:44 PM
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Following First Cornerstone's win in the Galileo EBF Futurity Stakes (Ire-G2) on Sunday at the Curragh, new owner Team Valor has set its sights on the $1-million Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf (G1) in November at Santa Anita Park.
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August 27, 2012 12:43 PM
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Toccetive made a steady advance as the eight-horse field made their second trip through the backstretch in the $201,560 Canadian Derby (Can-G3) on Saturday at Northlands Park and moved up to engage stablemate Doug's Buddy along with favored Devil in Disguise in a battle through the final furlong before securing a half-length victory.
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August 27, 2012 12:34 PM
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In a chaotic summer that has seen what was once a promising collection of three-year-olds lose much of their luster due to a rash of injuries and early retirements, Godolphin Racing's Alpha secured a spot in the upper echelon of the division with his game dead-heat victory in the $1-million Travers Stakes (G1) on Saturday at Saratoga Race Course.
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August 27, 2012 12:19 PM
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Capital Account and Coil gave trainer Bob Baffert a one-two finish in the $250,000 Pat O'Brien Stakes (gr. II) at Del Mar Aug. 26.
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August 27, 2012 12:18 PM
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The following statement was received from California-based attorney Bing Bush, Jr., VP of Zabeel Racing International, Corp., concerning the sale of Richard's Kid by Zabeel to a group including Santa Anita Park CEO Mark Verge. The two-time Pacific Classic was transferred from trainer Bob Baffert to the barn of Doug O'Neill, who is currently on suspension for a 2010 medication violation. Baffert said the transaction was handled "unprofessionally" and tensions between the two camps escalated at a social event earlier this week when Baffert's wife Jill and Verge had what observers said was a profanity-laced altercation.
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August 27, 2012 12:18 PM
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Hall of Fame trainer Nick Zito was his usual philosophical self the morning after Fast Falcon finished a fast-closing third to the dead-heating tandem of Alpha and Golden Ticket in Saturday's Grade 1 Travers at Saratoga.
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August 27, 2012 12:17 PM
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"We had been watching this horse train, and Danny Ramsey, who has a really good talent galloping for me, was telling me how good he was doing," McPeek explained. "He went 59 and change over the Oklahoma track and that was faster than I've had any horse work there. He went 59 there and that's like 57 anywhere else."
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August 27, 2012 12:17 PM
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From a traditional viewpoint, Saturday's Grade 1 King's Bishop was an ambitious spot for a New York-bred gelding making his first graded stakes appearance. Add to that the fact that Willy Beamin, who'd been claimed for $25,000 in March, was running back on just three days rest and the word "ambitious" would seem like an understatement.
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August 27, 2012 12:16 PM
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Due to the impending approach of Tropical Storm Isaac, Calder Casino & Race Course has canceled its live Thoroughbred horse racing program scheduled for Aug. 26.
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August 26, 2012 1:14 PM
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TRAINER Andy Oliver's gamble to stump up €9,500 to supplement First Cornerstone for the Futurity Stakes paid off when the son of Hurricane Run ended the unbeaten record of Aidan O'Brien's Flying The Flag, staying on stoutly to record a length and a half victory and earning a 20-1 quote from Paddy Power for the 2,000 Guineas.
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August 26, 2012 1:12 PM
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Before going to the racetrack each day, trainer Bob Baffert climbs aboard a treadmill to get his newly-repaired heart going. It’s all part of the doctor’s orders that includes a work-out and diet plan to keep the 59-year-old Hall of Famer on track and alive.
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August 27, 2012 12:44 PM
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The hometown favorite, Heston Blue Chip, continued to do what he does best at Tioga Downs, and that is win races. He came into the $107,572 Cane Pace elimination on Sunday night a perfect six-for-six at Tioga Downs and he left now seven-for-seven.
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August 27, 2012 12:44 PM
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Shipped to Southern California by trainer Dale Romans after a pair of lackluster efforts, Dullahan collared Game On Dude in deep stretch to take the $1 million TVG Pacific Classic (gr. I) in track-record time at Del Mar.
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August 27, 2012 12:43 PM
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Even-money pick Obviously set blazing fractions in the $200,000 Del Mar Mile (gr. IIT) and found the wire just in time while breaking the Jimmy Durante turf course record Aug. 26.
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August 27, 2012 12:43 PM
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Green Hills Farm's Love and Pride took the lead in midstretch and held off a late charge from re-rallying champion Royal Delta to post an upset win in the $600,000 Personal Ensign Handicap (G1) on Sunday at Saratoga Race Course.
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August 27, 2012 12:19 PM
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Ending a spate of runner-up finishes at Woodbine, Big Band Sound spurted away from the field at mid-stretch and held sway to win the $203,980 Play the King Stakes (Can-IIT) by 2 1/2 lengths on the turf Aug. 26.
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August 27, 2012 12:18 PM
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Hambletonian winner Market Share scored a two-length victory in a stakes and track record 1:52.1 in Sunday afternoon's $350,000 Dr. Harry M. Zweig Memorial Trot at Vernon Downs. The 3-year-old colt was driven by Tim Tetrick, who also directed Check Me Out to a world record-equaling 1:51.3 victory in the companion $150,000 Zweig Trot for 3-year-old fillies.
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August 27, 2012 12:18 PM
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Lothenbach Stables' Mister Marti Gras, hero of last summer's Grade 3 Washington Park Handicap, breezed Sunday at Arlington in advance of Saturday's 78th renewal of the $150,000 event, Arlington's richest race for older horses over its Polytrack course each year.
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August 27, 2012 12:18 PM
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Trainer Todd Pletcher sent out Grade 1 Woodward candidates Stay Thirsty and Rule to work five furlongs Sunday morning in company for Saturday's $750,000 race, with the pair firing a bullet 1:00.03 over Saratoga's fast main track.
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August 27, 2012 12:17 PM
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Shared or not, trainer Kiaran McLaughlin remained thrilled and delighted Sunday morning by Alpha's Grade 1, $1 million Travers victory. Godolphin Racing's Bernardini colt finished in a dead-heat for the win with Golden Ticket, trained by Ken McPeek for Magic City Thoroughbred Partners.
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August 27, 2012 12:17 PM
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Alpha and Golden Ticket, forever linked after their historic draw in the Travers Stakes (gr. I) Aug. 25, could meet again in another $1 million race, the Pennsylvania Derby (gr. II) at Parx Racing Sept. 22.
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August 27, 2012 12:16 PM
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Love and Pride, staked to a daylight lead in the stretch by John Velazquez, denied the late bid of 3-5 pick Royal Delta to earn her first grade I victory in the $600,000 Personal Ensign Stakes Aug. 26 at Saratoga Race Course.
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August 26, 2012 1:13 PM
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The 9-year-old Swedish gelding Commander Crowe continued his impressive winning streak on Saturday (August 25) at Cagnes sur Mer in southern France, where he won the Grand Prix of the General Council of the Alpes Maritimes in 1:52.4.
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