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August 20, 2012 8:56 AM
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On Saturday (Aug. 18), Northfield Park hosted four divisions of Ohio Sire Stakes racing action as part of the 13-race program. Three-year-old colt and gelding trotters and pacers each competed in two divisions.
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August 20, 2012 8:55 AM
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Jockey Brian Hernandez, Jr., won the 1,000th race of his career Saturday afternoon at Ellis Park.
Hernandez, who entered Saturday's program with 998 career victories, moved within reach of the milestone by riding Temp to a win in the sixth race for trainer Ronny Werner.
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August 20, 2012 8:52 AM
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HAYLEY TURNER landed the third top-level victory of her career on Saturday when she partnered I'm A Dreamer to a narrow success in the Grade 1 Beverly D Stakes, highlight of the supporting features on the Arlington Million card in Chicago.
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August 20, 2012 8:52 AM
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Questing turned in a dazzling performance Aug. 18 in the $600,000 Alabama Stakes (gr. I) at Saratoga Race Course, blazing the first half-mile in :46.01 and still pulling away to take the 1 1/4-mile test by nine lengths.
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August 20, 2012 8:51 AM
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Phipps Stable homebred Point of Entry cemented his standing among the best long-distance turf horses in the East with an overpowering four-length victory in the $600,000 Sword Dancer Invitational Stakes (G1) on Saturday at Saratoga Race Course.
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August 20, 2012 8:51 AM
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Chilean filly Amani (CHI) will take on males in the $1 million TVG Pacific Classic (gr. I) at Del Mar, trainer Neil Drysdale confirmed Aug. 18.
The bay filly worked seven furlongs in 1:26 4/5 earlier in the morning on the Cushion Track at Betfair Hollywood Park. Amani was a fast-closing third in her United States debut in Del Mar's Clement L. Hirsch Stakes (gr. I) Aug. 4.
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August 20, 2012 8:50 AM
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Hall of Fame trainer Jonathan Sheppard reported that Magalen Bryant's Stack the Storm was doing well the morning after her eventful victory in Friday's 3RD race at Saratoga, a $65,000 maiden claimer on turf for three-year-old fillies.
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August 20, 2012 8:36 AM
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Multiple grade I winner Jackson Bend was involved in a mishap the morning of Aug. 18 on the Oklahoma training track at Saratoga Race Course, but appears to have sustained no serious injuries.
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August 19, 2012 11:27 AM
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Larry Melancon thought he was headed for the 2,858th victory of his riding career, but then some young whippersnapper came along to narrowly beaten him.
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August 19, 2012 11:26 AM
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Golden Receiver ended the 2012 Meadowlands meet right where he began - in the winner’s circle.
The season’s dominant older pacer led from gate to wire to win the $431,400 William R. Haughton Memorial, the headliner on the final program of the Championship Meet. Driven by Andy Miller, Golden Receiver ticked off fractions of 25.4; 54 and 1:21.2 en route to a final 1:48.2 clocking. We Will See finished second, while Aracache Hanover was third.
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August 18, 2012 8:35 AM
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With two scratches shortening the field for the $431,400 William R. Haughton Memorial to just six horses, the race turned into a wire-to-wire, 1:48.2 journey for Golden Receiver.
"He is an iron-tough horse,” said winning driver Andy Miller. "He's so good off the gate. As soon as I put everybody in a hole I showed him the whip a little bit and he responded, but he was able to relax again.”
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August 18, 2012 8:34 AM
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The 2-year-old trotting filly Charmed Life beguiled Rideau Carleton Raceway fans on Friday night with an impressive Gold Elimination victory that saw her hit the wire just shy of the track record.
Stephen Byron positioned Charmed Life behind the number five on the Rideau Carleton starting gate and landed in third through the early going. See You In Spring handled the early pace, rolling by the :28.1 quarter, but Byron had the fan favorite on the move by the time the leader reached the :59.2 half and Charmed Life had things well in hand by the 1:28 three-quarters.
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August 18, 2012 8:34 AM
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On Friday, August 17 Northfield Park hosted four divisions of Ohio Sires Stakes racing action as part of the 13-race program. 3-year-old filly trotters and pacers each competed in two divisions.
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August 20, 2012 8:56 AM
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Even-money choice Lady of Shamrock was best by far in the $300,000 Del Mar Oaks (gr. IT), taking the overland route from last to a half-length victory Aug. 18.
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August 20, 2012 8:52 AM
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After European-based horses swept the first three Arlington International Festival of Racing stakes races on Saturday, U.S.-based Little Mike displayed his big heart in blazing to a front-running victory in the day's main event, the Arlington Million Stakes (G1).
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August 20, 2012 8:52 AM
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Heavily favored San Pablo mowed down Toby's Corner and Small Town Talk in the stretch to easily win the $150,000 Philip H. Iselin Stakes (gr. III) at Monmouth Park Aug. 18 for his seventh lifetime win in 12 starts.
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August 20, 2012 8:51 AM
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Jakkalberry, no stranger to travel, made his United States debut a winning one in the first running of the $400,000 American St. Leger Stakes at Arlington Park Aug. 18.
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August 20, 2012 8:51 AM
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The Aga Khan unveiled another racing star in North America on Saturday when his homebred Bayrir (Fr) rallied four-wide in the stretch en route to a 1 ¼ -length victory in the $500,000 Secretariat Stakes (G1) at Arlington Park.
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August 20, 2012 8:51 AM
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BRITAIN struck in the first of the four showpiece races at Arlington on Saturday when Melbourne Cup hope Jakkalberry took the inaugural running of the American St Leger for trainer Marco Botti.
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August 20, 2012 8:49 AM
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Grade 1 hero and millionaire Heatseeker registered his first winner as a freshman sire when Surtsey captured Saturday's 2ND race at Woodbine. Making her fourth start in the $32,000 maiden claimer, the Kevin Attard pupil rallied from midpack and stormed 3 1/2 lengths clear. Surtsey negotiated six Polytrack furlongs in 1:12 with Patrick Husbands aboard.
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August 19, 2012 11:27 AM
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Jockey Rafael Bejarano edged ever closer to the single-season stakes record at Del Mar by piloting Lady Ten to victory on Friday night in the $88,100 Sandy Blue Handicap for 3-year-old turf fillies.
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August 19, 2012 11:27 AM
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August 18, 2012 8:35 AM
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BRITAIN and Ireland account for nearly half the field in an open looking race for Saturday's Arlington Million, where the visitors are looking to complete a hat trick after victories in 2010 and 2011 for Debussy and Cape Blanco.
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August 18, 2012 8:35 AM
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Driver Yannick Gingras and trainer Ron Burke were presented with their first Meadowlands meet titles on Friday night (Aug. 17) as the track concluded its 2012 racing season. Burke Racing also won the owner's race.
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August 18, 2012 8:34 AM
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Fashion Athena captured her second straight Pennsylvania Sires Stake victory Friday at The Meadows when she made a quarter-pole move stand up in a stake-fastest 1:56.
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